Castro's Done Praising Obama Now

[Zorro]

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Former Cuban President Fidel Castro says he's received an "immediate response" from the White House to a column he posted online Wednesday evening, and he's clearly disappointed with what he heard. His latest comments were posted late Thursday on a Cuban Web site and were to be published in the country's press Friday.

On Wednesday, Castro questioned what the new U.S President plans to do about Washington's almost five-decade-old economic and trade embargo on Cuba, among other issues of concern to Havana.

Castro said Thursday that within hours of his question being posted on cubadebate.cu, the answer came in an exchange between White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel and reporters.

"It's of no importance that he failed to mention my modest Reflection," the former Cuban leader said of his blog posting...

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More at: http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/02/06/world/worldwatch/entry4779234.shtml

[Cha]

1. That's too bad.

I hope they get around to addressing it.

[Clio the Leo]

2. I'm sorry Fidel but we're not gonna buy cigars from Cuba....

.... if we're not even buying steele from Canada.