Fidel Castro has a fascinating op-ed in the state-run Cuban paper Granma, attacking Obama's recent Cuba speech with a slight note of regret that such a "progressive" candidate has taken such a hard-line stance. Castro charged that "Presidential candidate Obama’s speech may be formulated as follows: hunger for the nation, remittances as charitable hand-outs and visits to Cuba as propaganda for consumerism and the unsustainable way of life behind it." But he also made clear that Obama is his preferred candidate: He's "doubtless, from the social and human points of view, the most progressive candidate to the U.S. presidency."