Castro upbraids Mexico as Cuba reports 1st flu case

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HAVANA, May 12 (Reuters) - Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro accused Mexico's government of not revealing an outbreak of H1N1 flu during a visit by U.S. President Barack Obama, which Mexico denied on Tuesday after Cuba reported its first confirmed case of the illness.

The Cuban government said on Monday a Mexican student at a Cuban medical school was found to have the new flu virus after returning from a trip home in late April. No further details about the student's condition were given.

On April 28, Cuba suspended flights from Mexico, epicenter of the swine flu outbreak that has spread to at least 30 countries, in a move that upset Mexican President Felipe Calderon.

Calderon said in a television interview last week that he might cancel a planned trip to Cuba "as one of the unforeseen consequences of decisions that have no technical basis..."

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