Fidel Talks Barack

Fidel Castro, who writes pieces for the state-run media, had this to say:
"Obama does not want to change the U.S. political and economic system, but in spite of that, the extreme right hates him for being African-American and fights what the president does to improve the deteriorated image of that country..."

"I don't have the slightest doubt that the racist right will do everything possible to wear him down, blocking his program to get him out of the game one way or another, at the least political cost."

Castro, 83, ran Cuba for 49 years after taking power in a 1959 revolution, but stepped down last year so Raul Castro, his younger brother, could succeed him.