I can understand why Fidel Castro is upset that Mexican President Vicente Fox asked him to leave a U.N. summit in Monterrey before Dubya got there, but why is the Mexican Congress in a tizzy? One Castro-lover said:

”This is the biggest disgrace Mexican foreign policy has suffered; the president’s conduct is shameful,” said Marti Batres, a leader of the leftist Democratic Revolution Party.

Wasn’t Castro the one who both taped and released a tape of a confidential conversation? And what did Fox say on tape? He asked Castro not to make any anti-U.S. statements in his speech and to take off early. What’s wrong with that? Trust me, I don’t think any of the people in attendance were sorry to see the notriously long-winded dictator end his speech after only a brief seven minutes.

Why was this disgraceful excuse for a human being even invited to the summit in the first place? The president’s conduct is “shameful”? I guess Castro’s turning Cuba into an island prison where dissent is a crime, toilet paper is a luxury item and prostitution is the No. 1 growth industry is just dandy. I disagree with the embargo against Cuba, which only punishes innocent people for their leader’s actions, but I don’t see why Castro should be invited to any international meeting, much less asked to stay and grind his tireless axe agains the United States.

And they wonder why Fox is having difficulty getting rid of corruption and reforming the civil service in Mexico?