Cuba's Castro criticizes Bush on war spending bill

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Bradenton Herald/Associated Press

Posted on Friday, May 25, 2007
Cuba's Castro criticizes Bush on war spending bill
By WILL WEISSERT
Associated Press Writer


HAVANA --Cuban leader Fidel Castro lashed out at President Bush Friday, hours after the American leader approved legislation paying for military operations in Iraq without setting a timetable for troop withdrawal.

In his latest comments as he convalesces from intestinal surgery, the 80-year-old Cuban leader accused Bush of waging a war that was causing conditions in the region to deteriorate.

"Just yesterday, Bush bragged about having won the battle over his adversaries in Congress," he wrote in a four-page statement released to the media. "He has $100 billion, all the money he needs to duplicate, however he wishes, the sending of American troops to Iraq and continue the slaughter."
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On Wednesday, Castro provided key details about his health and recovery, divulging he underwent not one but several surgeries, the first of which did not go well and has slowed his recuperation.




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[Judi Lynn]

1. Cuba's secret to becoming a centenarian? Happiness

Cuba's secret to becoming a centenarian? Happiness

By Silvia Ayuso May 26, 2007, 3:59 GMT
Havana - The music has barely begun when Flora Lopez jumps up on her feet and starts dancing - a scene not at all unusual in Cuba, but for the fact that Flora is 101 years old.

'I even dance alone, music runs in my feet, in my head,' she says, very happy and very lucid.

Beside her, María Alcala claps her hands following the rhythm. She's the same age as Flora, and also shares what they regard as the secret to becoming a centenarian.

Pure and simple, it's 'happiness.'

More:
http://news.monstersandcritics.com/americas/features/article_1309581.php/Cubas_secret_to_becoming_a_centenarian_Happiness

[IndianaGreen]

2. K&R

I wonder what Fidel thinks of the Democratic "opposition" Party that went BOHICA on Bush and gave him another blank check for war.