Fidel Castro breaks silence to praise Obama

Just by mentioning the idea that he is open to dialogue, Obama opened doors, paving the way to peace.

The man has more diplomacy skills in his pinky than Bush could fit into a hundred of his fake Texas ranches.

WHO CARES?

~ Mind Control

I'm glad Obama is such an encouraging representation of the new administration. I just hope people don't believe he is the cure-all for every issue we're facing right now. I don't mean to be a party pooper, and I'm excited about it as well, but putting him on an incredibly high pedestal could be counter-effective. He was elected because a majority of the US believes he can get the ball rolling on the problems that we face, and that's good. But Obama doesn't have a magic wand (or a lightsaber, contrary to the action figure allegedly made of him). He's human like the rest of us.

I completly agree with the following statement:
"I expressed that personally I had not the least doubt of the honesty with which Obama, the 11th president since January 1, 1959, expressed his ideas, but in spite of his noble intentions there remained many questions to answer," he said.

Hopefully other leaders respect for Obama will bring about better global relations.

Has anyone else noticed how white Fidel's teeth are?

great news! and look he's even wearing red white and blue!!

This is fantastic, it's such a momentous turnaround, really really important historically. It's great to be living in a time where we can witness these things that our kids' kids will learn about in their history classes.

If anything should make Americans wonder if they choose poorly it should be the adulation of people like Fidel. If dictators cheer the election of our president something is wrong.

I wonder if Obama likes him too?

"the revolution that put him in power on January 1, 1959, had outlasted 10 U.S. presidents."

Yeah, Fidel. We actually have democracy here. Isn't it great?

Great news, i spent 8 months living in Havana & Trinidad 5 years ago. It's a splendid country with great people. The Cuban people are tired and jaded. Let's hope they open dialogue in the future, ease the embargo's and perhaps make the Island a better place.

how many of you out there have been adversely affected by castro? can you comment for us so that we can understand the reason for all of the hatred for this guy?

i've studied the history, but have never heard it first hand.. does or did he torture and imprison his people? is he still doing so? i'd love to hear about it from someone who has experienced life in cuba.. wonder if anyone wants to comment.. hope so..

Obama, simply make a bag, go to Cuba and speak to them. End of the issue.

That's crazy... Castro was a smart man to accomplish what he did... same with Obama... but who's behind his organization? What's next? What are the plans?

Who gives a shit about rush an d his scripts..I hope he dies fat lonely and broke...quote me!

I'm sure the major news networks will have a field day with this in the days to come.

But hey, I do like seeing the support of countries for our president, I hear a lot of talk radio pundits speak as if other countries liking us is a bad thing, which is insane. I'm excited to see a big shift in our foreign policy to...ummm...that one thing, what's it called?...Gosh it's been so long...DIPLOMACY! That's it!

A charismatic approachable leader may be just the thing to get our foot in the door to help work out global issues collectively with other governments.

i cannot wait until Rush Limbaugh get's his hands on this tidbit. lol. he's going to need an extra dose of Oxy tomorrow morning

I thought this guy died already? But seriously, I don't see why Americans hate Cuba so much. We trade with China and their government is far worse than Castro any day in my opinion.

One question, Castro said, was "how can a wasteful and consumerist system par excellence preserve the environment?"

Oh Snap! Let's prove this mo-fo wrong!

This photo is not real...its photoshoped.

Cool. Viva Fidel!