The rich world should condone their foreign debt and grant them fresh soft credits to finance their development. The traditional offers of assistance, always scant and often ridiculous, are either inadequate or unfulfilled.
The reason a lot of third world countries, like Castro's own home, are starving and suffering is that their Dictators hoard the resources of their people. When we do send aid, people like Saddam steal it, and build palaces with the money take.
Castro's speech sounded similar to the "reparations" argument.
Oh, that's right, him and mister shakedown are buddies.