Fidel Castro retired last week (Tom Shields / Sunday Herald)

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George W Bush said nothing had changed in a regime run by two politically corrupt brothers (Fidel and Raul) who had fixed elections since way back in the 1960s.

The irony may be lost on President Bush, who won his way to the White House in 2000 after some less than transparent electoral manoeuvres in the state of Florida, where his brother Jeb just happened to be governor.

Bush also criticised Fidel for his (admittedly) implacable record in jailing political enemies. In another scary parallel, Bush has imitated Fidel with his very own political concentration camp at Guantanamo, on Cuban soil ...

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