Castro welcomes US Cuba changes

Former Cuban President Fidel Castro has described US rules allowing unlimited family travel and remittances to the island as "positive, although minimal".

He welcomed the changes - announced by the Obama administration on Monday - in a column posted on a Cuban web site.

The changes will allow Cuban Americans to travel more freely to Cuba and allow them to send more money to relatives still living there.

Last month Mr Obama signed a bill easing some economic sanctions on Cuba.

Cuba's President Raul Castro has said he is prepared to negotiate with the new US administration, providing there are no preconditions.