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Castro may have a point.
He says that Capitalism has many problems.
Okay.

Communism only has three problems.
    1.) Breakfast
    2.) Lunch
    3.) Dinner.

120 posted on 06/08/2002 3:09:12 AM PDT by Bon mots
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To: Bon mots
Hi Bon mots!

Castro says Bush's power is excessive [Full text] SANTIAGO, Cuba - In his latest response to George W. Bush's hardline statements on Cuba, Fidel Castro on Saturday said the powers of the U.S. president are too vast and accused Bush of acting as the world's master. "The power and prerogatives of that country's president are too extensive, and the economic, technological and military power network in that nation is too pervasive," Castro said of the United States.

"The world is coming under the rule of Nazi concepts and methods," he said, without elaborating. Bush has ignored the United Nations in his declared war against terrorism, "assuming the role of world master and policeman," Castro told hundreds of thousands of people gathered for the early morning rally in this eastern provincial capital. As for Bush's May 20 statements on U.S. policy toward Cuba, "he went too far," Castro said. "He was rude. He insulted, he lied, and he threatened."

Bush vowed not to lift the four-decade old sanctions against this Caribbean island until independently monitored elections are allowed and a series of other conditions are accepted for a "new government that is fully democratic." International human rights groups often criticize Cuba's electoral process. Although they do not complain of electoral fraud, they charge that the elections are not competitive because only one political party - the Communist Party - can participate. Cuba's one-party system has elections every five years for the National Assembly, created in 1976. [End]

121 posted on 06/09/2002 1:36:04 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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