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Castro Rails on Bush Address

Long-silent Cuban leader rips into State of the Union speech

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Jan 30, 2008 1:51 PM CST
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(Newser) – President Bush’s latest State of the Union address was his worst yet, according to Fidel Castro, full of “demagoguery, lies, and a total lack of ethics.” Castro hasn’t shown himself since 2006 emergency surgery, but a scathing essay was published in his name in today’s Cuban papers, ripping Bush for everything from wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to the US' bulging deficit.

“For a population that knows how to read, write, and think, nobody can offer a more elegant criticism of the empire than Bush himself,” Castro wrote, saying Bush’s “external expressions” during Monday's speech spoke volumes more than “the words written by his advisers.” The 81-year-old Castro stepped aside as president after the surgery, but still heads Cuba’s supreme governing body.

President Bush delivers the State of the Union address, Monday, Jan. 28, 2008, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Tim Sloan, Pool)
President Bush delivers the State of the Union address, Monday, Jan. 28, 2008, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Tim Sloan, Pool)   (Associated Press)
Fidel Castro referred to Bush's State of the Union address as demagoguery, lies and total lack of ethics in a commentary published Wednesday.
Fidel Castro referred to Bush's State of the Union address as "demagoguery, lies and total lack of ethics" in a commentary published Wednesday.   (Associated Press)
Cuban President Fidel Castro is animated while speaking as he marks the 36th anniversary of his troops first attack on the Batista regime in Camaguay, Cuba in this July 26, 1989, file photo taken by Associated Press photographer Charles Tasnadi. (AP Photo/Charles Tasnadi, File)
Cuban President Fidel Castro is animated while speaking as he marks the 36th anniversary of his troops first attack on the Batista regime in Camaguay, Cuba in this July 26, 1989, file photo taken by Associated...   (Associated Press)
In this photo released on Jan. 16, 2008 by Cuba's newspaper Juventud Rebelde, Cuba's leader Fidel Castro, right, speaks with Brazil's President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva in Havana, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2008. (AP Photo/Juventud Rebelde)
In this photo released on Jan. 16, 2008 by Cuba's newspaper Juventud Rebelde, Cuba's leader Fidel Castro, right, speaks with Brazil's President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva in Havana, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2008....   (Associated Press)
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