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15:59 2001-01-26
FIDEL CASTRO WELCOMES PRESIDENT BUSH WITH THE PHRASE "I HOPE HE IS NOT AS
STUPID AS HE LOOKS"
True to form, President Fidel Castro of Cuba launched his first verbal
missile across the Straits of Florida yesterday with a venomous speech
against his counterpart in the USA. "Someone very strange, who promises very
little, took over the great empire that we have as a neighbour. This
gentleman arrived and we hope he isn't as stupid as he looks, nor a mafia
man, like his predecessors."
Since Fidel Castro came to power in 1959, he has seen ten presidents come and
go, from Eisenhower to Bush Junior, passing by Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson,
Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush Senior and Clinton. President George Bush
(Junior) has stated that his administration does not intend to change US
official policy towards Cuba, and that the embargo will remain until the
"political prisoners" are released and free elections are held. Maybe Fidel
Castro could ask the Americans for a blueprint for an election process, since
they are such experts at it. He could also ask for some advice from President
Bush about how to get elected by the courts after getting less votes than his
opponent and by excluding undesirable votes from being counted, our
correspondent Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey reports from Lisbon.
