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...Flanked by more than 16 U.S. and Cuban security agents, El Commandante sauntered onto the podium in full military regalia. Raising his hands high above his head to chants of "Fidel si, Clinton no," Castro appeared to relish the attention, like a U.S. politician running for reelection...
...Then, some local children approached the church altar where Castro stood, carrying two bouquets of flowers. Fidel hugged each one and then presented them with a souvenir Cuban flag. Unfortunately, not all the kids were impressed. A three-year-old simply handed back Castro's gift. El Commandante, surprised at the rebuff, tried again. No luck. After a third attempt, he simply gave it to another child, who now had two flags he didn't know what to do with...
...least there was plausible deniability on the handshake. Or so the White House thought, Thursday, after Bill Clinton became the first U.S. president to shake hands with Fidel Castro. Hours after the inevitable had happened - the U.S. president and the Cuban strongman came face to face on their way out of a luncheon for world leaders hosted by Kofi Annan at the U.N. and held their first-ever conversation - U.S. officials were especially eager to ensure that nobody read any geopolitical meaning into the moment. "A chance encounter" initiated by Castro, said Secretary of State Albright, insisting that the conversation...
...Gore may have finally overcome his Bill Clinton problem, but can Clinton overcome his Fidel Castro problem? That's the question on the minds of most observers at Wednesday's opening session of the United Nations Millennium Summit in New York, which will be attended by both men. During Castro's last visit to a U.N. event in 1995, U.S. officials naturally snubbed him and left him off the guest list for President Clinton's gala event hosting all the world leaders present. But the wily Cuban strongman, who has outlasted eight U.S. presidents, wasn't about to sulk...
...reception for dignitaries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Wednesday night, but nobody's expecting the guest list to include the bearded one. But Castro is a big man, and can't easily be ignored, so the big question that has the press corps buzzing is "What will Fidel do next?" He blew into Manhattan at midday on Tuesday and went straight into meetings with China's President Jiang Zemin and with Malaysia's Prime Minister Mahathir Mohammed. Later that night, he met some unspecified American "friends" at Cuba's U.N. mission. In the chaotic swirl of some...