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 HAVANA (AP) - Cuba's communist government on Friday blamed the White House for the release of an anti-Castro exile wanted in the 1976 bombing of a Cuban airliner, as outraged Cubans pressed demands that the man they call a terrorist be brought to justice.
Cuba and Venezuela accuse Luis Posada Carriles of violent acts, including the 1976 bombing that killed 73 — something the former CIA operative denies. And the government here renewed accusations that Washington has a double standard on terrorism, as the 79-year-old was released on bond and allowed to await trial on immigration fraud charges under house arrest.
"Cuba condemns the shameless decision to free Luis Posada Carriles and signals the government of the United States as the only one responsible for this cruel and infamous act," the government said in a statement published on the front page of the Communist Party newspaper Granma.
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