Castro warns of climate change

“Science created the ability to destroy ourselves and the planet several times in a matter of hours,” said Mr. Castro in an editorial published by local media. “The greatest contradiction in our age is the ability of our species to destroy itself and its inability to govern itself at the same time.” In the editorial entitled “The madness of our time”, Mr. Castro listed the catastrophic effects of global warming and pointed to threats posed by new weapons and military technologies of the United States.

He criticised the United States for developing new high-tech military devices such as the recent launch of an unmanned “space plane” from Cape Canaveral.