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Fidel Castro praises Obama but says he is neutral
Published on Wednesday, November 5, 2008 Email To Friend Print Version
HAVANA, Cuba (Reuters): Cuban's former communist leader Fidel Castro on Tuesday praised Democrat Barack Obama as "more intelligent" than "old, bellicose" Republican John McCain, but said that he was officially neutral in the US presidential election.
The ailing Castro, 82, said in a column published in state-run media that neither of the candidates running in Tuesday's election was concerned with the world's most pressing problems as they campaigned to lead what he called "a parasitic and plundering empire."
Obama, Castro wrote, is "without doubt more intelligent, cultured and calm than his Republican adversary."
Former Cuban President Fidel Castro. AFP PHOTO
McCain, he said, is "old, bellicose, uncultured, not very intelligent and not healthy."
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Published on Wednesday, November 5, 2008 Email To Friend Print Version
HAVANA, Cuba (Reuters): Cuban's former communist leader Fidel Castro on Tuesday praised Democrat Barack Obama as "more intelligent" than "old, bellicose" Republican John McCain, but said that he was officially neutral in the US presidential election.
The ailing Castro, 82, said in a column published in state-run media that neither of the candidates running in Tuesday's election was concerned with the world's most pressing problems as they campaigned to lead what he called "a parasitic and plundering empire."
Obama, Castro wrote, is "without doubt more intelligent, cultured and calm than his Republican adversary."
Former Cuban President Fidel Castro. AFP PHOTO
McCain, he said, is "old, bellicose, uncultured, not very intelligent and not healthy."
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