CUBA: Responds To Charges Of Racism From U.S. Blacks.

AP/ MIAMI HERALD/
In a 5-page statement, Cuba responded to 60 prominent U.S. black leaders who challenged its race record. The Cuban statement said the island is not a racist society, saying blacks have opportunities "like never before in our country." While blacks number at least 35% of the island's population and hold many seats in its parliament, there are virtually no Afro-Cubans at the highest levels of the government.