Cubans swarm Spanish and Italian embassies to protest EU - "Fidel is pathetic."***Castro marched through the narrow streets of Old Havana, while his brother Raul, head of the armed forces, marched through a residential neighborhood, past the Italian embassy. Followers carried placards equating Italy's fascist past to Europe's decision to punish Cuba. The government said it expected the crowds to swell to more than a million, as the labor ministry gave workers the day off. Posters depicted Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar as a "puppet" and a "little fuhrer." Italian Prime minister Silvio Berlusconi became "Benito Berlusconi," in reference to Italian fascist leader Benito Mussolini.
........... Felipe Gonzalez, Spain's Socialist prime minister from 1982-1996, told The Miami Herald, "Fidel is pathetic." Gonzalez was the conservative Aznar's predecessor and had a generally warm relationship with Castro. But he is among those in Europe whose patience with Castro clearly has waned. "Now he is like Franco when he was dying," Gonzalez said in the interview published Thursday.***
I think that just about sums it up..."