President Bush : Cubans also ` ` should be trusted to speak freely in public '' U.S. State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said that `` the U.S. government has programs to provide humanitarian assistance to people that are essentially forgotten by the Cuban government and that we ... do not stand in the way of private groups doing that as well . '' Bush calls for Cuba to implement major free - market reforms . Cuba has imposed an apartheid against Cuba for decades . 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 . Cuba has imposed an apartheid against Cuba for decades . New leader Raúl Castro allowing Cubans to buy cell phones , DVD players .