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Castro says Schwarzenegger all muscle
Havana, Nov 03: Cuban President Fidel Castro has praised California Governor-elect Arnold Schwarzenegger`s muscles but wonders how much brain power the former Mr. Universe has.
Havana, Nov 03: Cuban President Fidel Castro has praised California Governor-elect Arnold Schwarzenegger's muscles but wonders how much brain power the former Mr. Universe has.
"To judge from the photographs, he has a lot of muscle, but they have not tested him to see how much muscle he has in the brain," the bearded revolutionary quipped during a five-hour speech closing a Latin American social sciences conference.
"He way well have more force in the arms than in the brain," Castro, 77, said of the former Austrian body builder who went from B-movie actor to Hollywood star and governor of the richest U.S. state.
"At least he has the merit of having done a lot of exercise," added the Cuban leader, who played basketball and baseball when he was younger.
Anti-Castro exiles in Miami have called on California's future Republican governor not to trade with the communist-run island, where Castro has been in power since a 1959 guerrilla-led revolution.
Earlier this year a Californian firm became the first American company to sell seafood to Cuba in four decades, under a 2000 law that eased U.S. trade sanctions to allow sales of agricultural products. Bureau Report
"He way well have more force in the arms than in the brain," Castro, 77, said of the former Austrian body builder who went from B-movie actor to Hollywood star and governor of the richest U.S. state.
"At least he has the merit of having done a lot of exercise," added the Cuban leader, who played basketball and baseball when he was younger.
Anti-Castro exiles in Miami have called on California's future Republican governor not to trade with the communist-run island, where Castro has been in power since a 1959 guerrilla-led revolution.
Earlier this year a Californian firm became the first American company to sell seafood to Cuba in four decades, under a 2000 law that eased U.S. trade sanctions to allow sales of agricultural products. Bureau Report