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08-25-2009, 11:50 PM
Fidel Castro: Right Wing Trying to Stop Obama
By VOA News
25 August 2009
A 12 Feb 2009 file photo of Cuban President Fidel Castro in Havana
Former Cuban President Fidel Castro is accusing detractors of U.S. President Barack Obama of racism.
In an essay on state-run Web site cubadebate.com Monday, Mr. Castro said the "extreme right hates" Mr. Obama for being African-American and will do "everything possible" to block his agenda.
He said Mr. Obama inherited the problems of former U.S. President George W. Bush, but is trying to, in his words, "improve the deteriorated image" of the United States.
Mr. Castro cited as examples President Obama's efforts on health care, climate change, immigration reform, reviving the economy and eliminating tax havens. But he said none of those initiatives will change the capitalist U.S. system, as some opposition Republicans have charged.
By VOA News
25 August 2009
A 12 Feb 2009 file photo of Cuban President Fidel Castro in Havana
Former Cuban President Fidel Castro is accusing detractors of U.S. President Barack Obama of racism.
In an essay on state-run Web site cubadebate.com Monday, Mr. Castro said the "extreme right hates" Mr. Obama for being African-American and will do "everything possible" to block his agenda.
He said Mr. Obama inherited the problems of former U.S. President George W. Bush, but is trying to, in his words, "improve the deteriorated image" of the United States.
Mr. Castro cited as examples President Obama's efforts on health care, climate change, immigration reform, reviving the economy and eliminating tax havens. But he said none of those initiatives will change the capitalist U.S. system, as some opposition Republicans have charged.