Fidel Castro compares Hurricane Gustav to atomic bomb

Havana - Hurricane Gustav hit Cuba like an atomic bomb last weekend, said the island's ailing former leader Fidel Castro. In a commentary published under his name in the Communist Party daily Granma on Wednesday, Castro said the storm caused damages estimated at many hundreds of thousands of dollars. This amount would be needed only to satisfy the most elementary needs of the population, the 82-year-old former... [read full story]