Cuba hits back at EU top diplomat's comments over crisis

HAVANA, Cuba — Cuba on Monday criticized EU top diplomat Kaja Kallas for a lack of "objectivity" in her comments about the economic and energy crises on the US-blockaded island. Kallas, the European Union's foreign policy chief, told reporters in Mexico on Thursday that Cuba's current hardship had followed "decades of mismanagement and political repression." "Cuban people deserve opportunity and freedom, and no more control and isolation," she said. Washington imposed an energy blockade on