Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro has censured the lack of more environmental compromise from the Group of Eight (G8) nations at their recent summit in Hokkaido, Japan.
At the summit, the world's most industrialized countries pledged to halve greenhouse gas emissions worldwide by 2050. However, Castro expressed doubts on whether a 42-year plan would finally be realized.
In an article titled "The impotence of the potencies" released by the press Tuesday, Castro spoke about "a kind of danger of extinction", expressing worry that humanity could be wiped out one day in an environmental crisis or a military conflict.
"A swarm of national and international problems is coming over all of them (G8), and these problems need urgent solutions," Castro said.
None of the critical problems that inspired this "strange summit" had been solved, he added.
G8 members Japan, Germany, France, United Kingdom, Italy, Canada and Russia face the growing political, economic, technological and military control of fellow-member the United States, said Castro.
He also censured a U.S. senate law for modernizing spying and providing immunity to telecom companies that collaborate with the government on the pretext of fighting terrorism.
The G8 leaders met from July 7 to 9 in Hokkaido.
Source: Xinhua
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