Fidel Castro: Obama Suffering 'Systematic Debilitation' of Influence

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In a rambling column published this week, former Cuban president Fidel Castro praised President Obama's agenda and warned that the "racist right will do everything possible to wear him down."

"It was logical that many hopes would be aroused among U.S. citizens who supported him," Castro writes. "However, an elemental knowledge of reality should have sufficed for not falling into illusions in relation to a possible political change in the United States on the basis of the election of a new president." He expresses perplexity at the American right's vehement opposition to Obama, since the president supports the "imperial capitalist" system and is not attempting to change it significantly.

Castro goes on to copy extensively from a Washington Post report on Obama's falling poll numbers, selecting passages that describe radical health care protesters and warnings about right-wing extremism. He refers to New York Gov. David Paterson's recent remarks about racism against black politicians, presumably to substantiate his prediction that America's "traditionally racist society" will be Obama's undoing.

Castro concludes: "Hopefully I am mistaken!"

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