Castro no fan of ethanol...or brevity

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The latest ruminations of Fidel Castro, blasting a U.S.-Brazil accord on ethanol, are available online at the Cuban Communist Party’s house organ, Granma.

Still recovering from intestinal surgery, Castro has talked on the telephone and written columns. But his brother, Raul, is still running the government. Castro is not known for brevity, and the column is no exception, making it hard to imagine it’s ghost-written.

The dictator has clearly been keeping up to date on world grain prices, global warming and the mysterious disappearance of bees in the United States. Check it out here.

Posted by Geoffrey Mohan Times Foreign Desk