Castro likens Gustav to nuclear bomb
Fidel Castro is likening Hurricane Gustav’s destruction in Cuba to a nuclear explosion.
He suggests the storm will cost the government “30 or 40 times” more than €61m in losses.
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He suggests the storm will cost the government “30 or 40 times” more than €61m in losses.
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