Fidel Castro dumped into dustbin

Published: 10/11/2006 12:00 AM (UAE)
Fidel Castro dumped into 'dustbin'

Reuters

Miami: In a typically south Florida end to a dispute between a
Connecticut sculptor and Miami's often-tempestuous Cuban exiles, a giant
head of ailing Cuban President Fidel Castro has been relegated to "the
dustbin of history".

The clay sculpture of Castro that artist Daniel Edwards originally
intended to display in New York's Central Park was dumped on Wednesday
in a garbage truck in a mock send-off of the Cuban leader in "Little
Havana", the heartland of anti-Castro sentiment.

"Fidel Castro is where he belongs," exile and activist Ninoska Perez
told about 200 people gathered for the ceremonial trashing of the
sculpture, an event promoted on a popular local Spanish-language radio
station. "He's gone from the street to the dustbin of history," Perez said.

"Only in Miami, right?" Perez later added in remarks to Reuters as
pulsating music from a salsa band kicked off a raucous celebration of
what many exiles see as the near end of Castro's communist government.
Castro, 80, has only been seen in photographs and videos since
temporarily handing power to his brother Raul after having intestinal
surgery on July 31.

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