Cuban President Fidel Castro (news - web sites) watched President George W.
Bush (news - web sites)'s inaugural address closely, and says what he saw
was "the face of a deranged person." He drew laughs when he added, "If only
it were just the face."


Castro may have been partially reacting to remarks made last Tuesday by
Secretary of State-designate Condoleezza Rice (news - web sites) who labeled
Cuba an ''outpost of tyranny'' during testimony before Congress.


Castro defended his communist country by saying it is a paradise that is
doing fine without the help of the United States or Europe.