Castro rebuffs Bush's 'sex lies' about Cuba

Cuban President Fidel Castro has denied recent charges by US President George W Bush that the communist island has become a destination for sex tourists. Speaking at a Revolution Day ceremony, Mr Castro said "Bush's lies" were made up to justify last month's restrictions on travel to Cuba by Cuban-Americans. The Cuban leader also questioned Mr Bush mental capacities, calling him a "sinister figure" and past alcoholic. Mr Bush said earlier in July Cuba lured sex tourists to earn hard currency.Mr Castro spent much of his nearly two-hour speech reading extracts from a recently published book by a US psychoanalyst who portrays Mr Bush as a man driven by rage and fear. "He [Bush] depends on religion as a defence mechanism, substituting thought.... In some ways, he doesn't even have to think," the Cuban leader said. [more]