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To: combjelly who wrote (337304)	5/11/2007 6:23:28 PM
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Fidel Castro publishes new article against biofuels May 10 12:12 PM US/Eastern View larger image Cuba late Wednesday released an advance copy of an article by convalescing President Fidel Castro on the evils of biofuels. It is the sixth article attributed to Castro, 80, in the nine months he has been recovering from intestinal surgery. In the article, to appear in Thursday's newspapers, Castro chastises biofuel proponents for being ignorant or indifferent to the fact that people will go hungry in order for fuel to be produced -- or the proponents are doing it for their own material interest. Support for biofuels is "ethically and politically unacceptable," and what is needed is "an energy revolution, but one at the service of the people and not of the monopolies and imperialism (US dominance)." It is Castro's second written comment of the week. On Tuesday in the Communist Party newspaper Granma he blamed the United States for a fatal attempted hijacking of a plane by two deserting soldiers in Havana last week. Four of the six articles attributed to the Cuban leader have been on the "dangers" of biofuel production. Castro was last seen in public on July 26, 2006, one day before his operation. During his recovery he has appeared in photographs and in six video recordings, the most recent one released on January 30. A seventh video, in which he meets visiting Chinese officials, was not broadcast on the island. In the footage Castro, dressed in a track suit, appears to have returned to some of his work, and seemed to have gained some weight.