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Castro Leads Anti-Europe March in Havana
Yeah. Let's see how you guys like dealing with him. 
Castro Brothers Lead Protests at EU Embassies
Thu Jun 12, 1:30 PM ET
By Marc Frank
HAVANA (Reuters) - President Fidel Castro and his brother, Raul Castro, led hundreds of thousands of marchers past the Spanish and Italian embassies in Havana on Thursday to protest the European Union's hardening position toward Cuba.
The Cuban government usually reserves its wrath for its longtime ideological foe, the United States  , but has been furious with the EU for taking political measures against the Communist-led island after Havana's massive crackdown on dissents in April.
The 76-year-old Castro, dressed in his traditional military garb and waving a small Cuban flag, led the marchers in Thursday's early morning protest at the Spanish Embassy in the old colonial district of the capital.
On the other side of town, the Cuban leader's younger brother, Raul, defense minister and second in the Cuban hierarchy, led the march at Italy's diplomatic mission in the upscale district of Miramar.
Fidel Castro, in a four-hour television appearance on Wednesday night, blamed Spain and Italy for the 15-member EU's decision last week to end high-level visits to the Caribbean island, reduce cultural exchanges and invite Castro opponents to receptions at its Havana embassies.
Castro singled out Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar in Wednesday night's address, calling him "a little Fuehrer with a mustache and Nazi-fascist ideology."
He also attacked Spain's history as Cuba's former colonial master and said Aznar wanted to lead the EU into an alliance with the United States against Cuba as a key player in U.S. "fascist" plans to dominate the world.
The State Department said this week that Cuba could be on the agenda at a Washington summit with the EU scheduled for later this month.
DAY OFF WORK TO MARCH
The Cuban government gave most workers in Havana and surrounding Havana province the day off with pay on Thursday, and provided transportation for them and students to the marches, broadcast live by the official and only media.
Local authorities estimated more than 1 million people took part.
Youngsters shouted "down with fascism" and "Cuba has to be respected" over loudspeakers, as the marchers passed the embassies with diplomats looking on from inside. 
Relations with the EU, Cuba's largest trading partner, investor and source of tourists, have deteriorated since Cuba imprisoned 75 dissidents for an average of 19 years in April, charging they were working with the United States to undermine the Castro government.
Castro said on Wednesday that Cuban officials would not attend European receptions if dissidents attended, nor invite EU ambassadors to official government events.
"If diplomats' missions are simply to have relations with these mercenaries of the United States (dissidents), really there are more than enough of them," Castro said, in a clear warning some diplomats might be expelled.
The European Union has not commented on Cuba's response to its recent measures, nor Spain on Castro's personal attack on Prime Minister Aznar, though Madrid pointed out Wednesday that the EU measures were adopted unanimously.
The EU helped the island overcome economic crisis in the 1990s after the collapse of Havana's former benefactor, the Soviet Union, even as the United States toughened its decades-old economic embargo on the island.
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June 12, 2003, 18:46
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Evil europeans, Castro called Aznar little fuhrer.
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June 12, 2003, 18:50
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Let me guess Europe's reaction:
 to Europe for whatever they are doing to stand up to this petty thug of a dictator!
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June 12, 2003, 18:53
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I have no problem with us taking sanctions against the surge of dictatorship Cuba has recently experienced. Cuba is weak and isolated enough for these sanctions to potentially work, so I don't see any reason to hesitate.
Besides, am I wrong or is Fidel quite a chubby old fart now ?
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June 12, 2003, 18:54
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Let me guess Europe's reaction:
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Bingo. Does Castro believe we give a **** what he thinks of us?
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Fidel Castro, in a four-hour television appearance on Wednesday night
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Wow, I bet they just love this kind of riveting televisual feast in the Communist utopia, huh?
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June 12, 2003, 18:59
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Castro singled out Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar in Wednesday night's address, calling him "a little Fuehrer with a mustache and Nazi-fascist ideology."
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June 12, 2003, 19:00
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4 hours is quite weak for Castro. He was used to 6-8 hours interventions. I guess he's just getting old.
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June 12, 2003, 19:43
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God bless Castro for standing up to the lackey's of American imperialism.
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June 12, 2003, 19:47
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When do we get to have a missile crisis of our own?
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June 12, 2003, 19:56
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Why does the US not now invade Cuba for the whole "unprovoked threatening of its' citizens with nuclear fire" thing a few decades ago? Kennedy's promise died with the Soviet Union, but it doesn't seem that Castro's mistake and totalitarian hell has yet died with him
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June 12, 2003, 20:43
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Castro singled out Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar in Wednesday night's address, calling him "a little Fuehrer with a mustache and Nazi-fascist ideology."
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Stupid ass Castro.. if he was here I beat the **** out of him, ripping that awful beard off his face and shove a cuban cigar down his throat.
No one insults my Prime Minister and gets away with it!
Monkspider, zip it. This old little fat dictator we know as Fidel has executed even communists who didn't like his rule.
Edit: On the other hand, who gives a crap about the island he has so successfully misruled? Certainly not Madrid! We don't care about a little poodle yapping off before a microphone for four hours.. he irrelevant to the world arena.
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June 12, 2003, 21:21
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Originally posted by monkspider
God bless Castro for standing up to the lackey's of American imperialism.
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When did the EU become our lackeys again?
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June 12, 2003, 21:32
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It's nice to see an old man still fit enough to protest.
As to what he's protesting about, I haven't a clue.
Oh yeah, "end high-level visits to the Caribbean island, reduce cultural exchanges and invite Castro opponents to receptions at its Havana embassies. "
Like there was a lot of high level exchange before, cultural visits? And why the hell can't an embassy invite who it wants?
Like I said, I really don't understand what he's protesting about.
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June 12, 2003, 21:44
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Yay!
More blatant misuse of the term fascism!
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June 12, 2003, 21:48
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Blah.. let him protest all he wants.. maybe we get lucky and he has a heart attack while marching.
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June 12, 2003, 21:51
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Blah.. let him protest all he wants.. maybe we get lucky and he has a heart attack while marching.
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I never thought of that.. yeah go protest some more Castro.. maybe you will die of a heat stroke.
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June 12, 2003, 22:35
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Isn't Fidel just plain *adorable* when he goes marching with his little lackeys through the streets of Havana, cursing the world for standing against him from time to time? Dumbsh*t. He isn't even worth respect anymore, let alone fear. 
Castro doesn't trust his people to lead themselves, because if he did, there'd have been free elections there years ago. Elections with multiple parties and real candidates. Maybe he would've won, and maybe not. But we still don't know, since Castro keeps a "paternalistic" chokehold on Cuban politics. Say, who was that dictator who went before Castro? Might they be related when it comes to ideas on how to govern people?
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June 12, 2003, 22:36
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What the hell? The evil commies are attacking each other!
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June 12, 2003, 22:52
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Except Cuba, who is a commie in the whole deal ?
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June 12, 2003, 22:55
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Except Cuba, who is a commie in the whole deal ?
All the free countries, of course. What's more communistic than democratic elections, free markets, and human rights codes of the sort found in Europe? 
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June 12, 2003, 22:56
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Except Cuba, who is a commie in the whole deal ?
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You. 
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June 12, 2003, 22:57
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Wait a minute, do you think I'm being serious right now? :eek!:
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June 12, 2003, 23:03
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What's more communistic than free markets
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As a communist, I can only oppose the ruthlessness of a dictator. Communists want Mankind to be freed of its enslavers, not to enslave it again under new masters. That's precisely why the likes of Castro should be especially loathed, for they are traitors to the cause.
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June 12, 2003, 23:22
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Re: Castro Leads Anti-Europe March in Havana
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Yeah. Let's see how you guys like dealing with him.
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I think four Belgian carrier battle groups arrive soon in the region
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Viva Castro!
Hasta la victoria, siempre!
Gotta love ol' Fidelito. 
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Re: Re: Castro Leads Anti-Europe March in Havana
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I think four Belgian carrier battle groups arrive soon in the region
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Are they going to be supported by Austrian naval elements?
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June 13, 2003, 00:04
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You bet With super star destroyers and stuff
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June 13, 2003, 00:18
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Superstar destroyers?
You mean like Barbara Streisand?
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June 13, 2003, 02:04
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*chokes*
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June 13, 2003, 05:01
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Stupid ass Castro.. if he was here I beat the **** out of him, ripping that awful beard off his face and shove a cuban cigar down his throat.
No one insults my Prime Minister and gets away with it!
Monkspider, zip it. This old little fat dictator we know as Fidel has executed even communists who didn't like his rule.
Edit: On the other hand, who gives a crap about the island he has so successfully misruled? Certainly not Madrid! We don't care about a little poodle yapping off before a microphone for four hours.. he irrelevant to the world arena.
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I am sure you would do that
We are all interested please continue in your description of how you would use his teeth if you have finally killed him
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