President Bush : Cubans Fidel Castro , beset with health problems , handed day-to-day governing power over to Raúl , his younger brother , earlier this year . also `` should be trusted to speak freely in public '' Bush calls for Cuba to implement major free-market reforms . The United States and the European Union have been trying since 2002 to persuade Havana to allow greater political freedoms New leader Raúl Castro allowing Cubans to buy cell phones , DVD players .
President Bush : Cubans also `` should be trusted to speak freely in public '' Bush calls for Cuba to implement major free-market reforms . The United States and the European Union have been trying since 2002 to persuade Havana to allow greater political freedoms New leader Raúl Castro allowing Cubans to buy cell phones , DVD players .