Cuban President Fidel Castro said his country will continue fighting terrorism and the hostile policies of the United States.

Cuba will insist that extremist anti-government figure Luis Posada Carriles, who was arrested in the United States, be brought to trial for his crimes against the island, said Castro, as cited Friday by local state-run daily Granma.

Posada, considered by Havana as a terrorist, was supposedly arrested in the United States because of his illegal entry into the US territory.

Castro said last week that the arrest of Posada in the United States was only a farce as the accused is in the payroll of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

He also said that Cuba, which faces a constant harassment by the United States, has the capacity to handle its internal affairs, including the raising of the living conditions of its people.

Cuba said Posada is involved in an attack on a Cuban airliner in 1976 that exploded while flying over the waters of Barbados. The tragedy killed 73 people. He was also involved in a series of bomb attacks in Havana in 1997, which led to the death of an Italian vacationer.

Source: Xinhua