Havana: Cuban President Fidel Castro on Saturday called US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice "mad" after having condemned the head of the US diplomatic mission in Havana as a "little gangster".
The Communist leader's latest tirade against the United States has been in response to Rice's meeting this week with a US government commission intended to prepare for a democratic transition in Cuba after Castro.
"I am going to tell you what I think about this famous commission: they are a group of shit-eaters who do not deserve the world's respect," Castro told the Cuban Parliament.
"In this context, it does not matter if it was the mad woman who talks of transition -- it is a circus, they are completely depraved, they should be pitied," added the 79-year-old Cuban leader.
The attack followed Castro's comments yesterday, when he called Michael Parmly, head of the US interests section in Havana, a "little gangster" for criticising the regime at a speech marking International Human Rights Day this month.
"The Cuban regime's hurling of angry and often violent groups against pro-democratic dissidents is particularly disgusting," Parmly said, adding that such actions were similar to the Nazis.
He condemned Castro's "outrageous crimes," pointing out that one out of every five imprisoned journalists in the world is in Cuba.
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