Fidel Castro Praises Obama's Nobel Win
Former Cuban leader says award is a "positive measure"
Updated 10:45 AM EST, Sat, Oct 10, 2009
Former Cuban Leader Fidel Castro celebrated President Obama's controversial Nobel Peace Prize win early Saturday, saying the commander in chief's honor was a "positive measure" that was intended to criticize past U.S. leaders -- not Obama's achievements in particular.
Castro wrote in a column for Cuban media that he didn't generally agree with the Nobel Committee's decisions but that their choice on Obama was one he could throw his support behind. "I'm obligated to recognize that in this instance it was, in my judgment, a positive measure," he wrote.
The former leader indicted past U.S. administrations for their "genocidal policies," saying Obama should be celebrated for his divergent politics.
"Many will say that he still hasn't earned the right to receive such distinction. We prefer to see in the decision, more than a prize for the president of the United States, a criticism of the genocidal policies that not a few presidents of that country have followed," he wrote.
Get more: Reuters
First Published: Oct 10, 2009 9:35 AM EST
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