Derbez Destroyed for Being a US Candidate, Says Fidel Castro
US support shattered aspirations of Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Ernesto Derbez to become Secretary General of the Organization of American States(OAS), said Cuban leader Fidel Castro.

In a special appearance on Wednesday night before representatives from political and mass organizations of the Island, Fidel Castro said Derbez was doomed from the moment he became a US-supported candidate.

Derbez wouldn't win, anyway, said the Cuban leader, referring to Washington's setback as it could not impose its candidate on the regional body.

He reiterated OAS was a ministry of colonies, with a shameless record of betrayal and complicity with the US.

It was all a great sham worthy of this organization, he said when commenting on the voting process behind the scenes that led to Chilean Jose Miguel Insulza's victory.

The Cuban leader also pointed that the US Assistant Secretary of State Roger Noriega deserves a raspberry, in response to remarks by the White House official that OAS must deal with the issue of democracy in Cuba.

Fidel Castro also made fun of the latest attacks from US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice against Cuba and Venezuela, the two countries where the largest number of people gathered on May Day.

¿Look who's talking about democracy, the ones who imposed dictatorships on the peoples in Latin America, the ones who created infamous governments, murderers and thieves,¿ he said in reply to Rice's remarks.