Castro warns Cubans of Bush takeover plans

Fidel Castro accused US President George Bush of plotting a new conquest of Cuba, in an essay published a day before the White House was to announce new plans to draw Cuba away from communism.

In yesterday’s brief essay titled 'Bush, Hunger and Death', Castro predicted that Bush “will adopt new measures to accelerate the ’transition period’ in our country, equivalent to a new conquest of Cuba by force”.