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| Fidel Castro says Obama's smile can't be trusted |
| 2009-12-15 |
| This breakup is gonna be bigger than Tigers, I tell ya. Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro warned on Monday that President Barack Obama's "kindly smile" could not be trusted, saying Washington was plotting against leftist Latin American governments including Venezuela's. Castro, 83, who ran Cuba for nearly 50 years before poor health led him to hand the presidency to his younger brother Raul last year, initially welcomed Obama's election but has been increasingly critical. In a letter read by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez at a gathering of leftist leaders in Havana, Castro said the United States was backing rightist movements in a bid to weaken Chavez and other regional socialist leaders. "The empire's real intentions are obvious, this time beneath the kindly smile and African American face of Barack Obama," Castro's letter said. "The empire is mobilizing behind rightist forces in Latin America to strike Venezuela and, in doing so, strike (other leftist) states," the letter said. Castro, who came to power at the head of the 1959 Cuban revolution, criticized Washington's stance on a June 28 coup in Honduras and a deal to allow U.S. troops more access to Colombian military bases. The elder Castro has been seen only in occasional photos and videos since having surgery for an undisclosed intestinal ailment in July 2006. He still has a behind-the-scenes role in government and keeps a high profile through his writings. Last week, he chided Obama for accepting the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize as he steps up the U.S. war effort in Afghanistan by deploying more troops. Chavez, Washington's most outspoken critic in Latin America, called Obama "the Nobel War Prize" winner on Monday. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #7 Commies never like fellow Commies. Raul Castro hates Hugo Chávez Fidel? Well he doesn't trust anyone. That's how you survive for 50 years as a dictator. |
| Posted by: European Conservative 2009-12-15 19:02 |
| #6 Takes a Commies to really know a fellow Commie. |
| Posted by: ed 2009-12-15 16:10 |
| #5 Do your best to distract us, Fidel, while Obama keeps trying to get Zelaya back in power in Honduras. But we've learned to watch both of Obama's hands and so have the Hondurans. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2009-12-15 14:30 |
| #4 We don't trust Fidel's beard, either. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2009-12-15 11:20 |
| #3 Even a broken clock is right twice a day. |
| Posted by: Black Bart Ebberens7700 2009-12-15 10:01 |
| #2 If only it were so. Fidel has been singing this tune for 50 years. |
| Posted by: Spot 2009-12-15 08:38 |
| #1 Will someone please check the temperature of Hell? Based only on the headline, not the content of the article, I actually agree with Fidel Castro! |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2009-12-15 07:16 |