Fidel Castro cautiously endorses U.S.-Cuba policy reset

Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro offered a tepid endorsement of the Obama administration's move to normalize relations with Havana, writing in a letter that he supports renewed diplomacy even though he remains leery of the U.S.

"I don't trust the policy of the United States, nor have I exchanged a word with them, but this does not mean I reject a peaceful solution to the conflicts," he wrote in a letter published Monday by state-run media.

The 88-year-old Castro has remained mostly out of the public eye for the past few years. This was the first time he addressed the landmark policy shift since it was announced in mid-December.

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