After months of steady progress in normalizing relations between the United States and Cuba, Fidel Castro used the occasion of his 90th birthday to lash out once more against President Obama. Castro stepped down as president eight years ago, and his younger brother Raul Castro succeeded him. During a joint news conference with Obama, Castro also bristled when a reporter asked whether he was willing to release political prisoners, countering that Cuba doesn’t have any. Fidel Castro wrote a long, critical piece in response, saying that upon hearing those "most sweetened" words, "all of us were at risk of a heart attack." "He doesn't like Obama because Obama has stolen his charismatic thunder," he said.

Source: Los Angeles Times August 13, 2016 16:50 UTC