CUBA

Guardian: Home run to Havana
When George Bush decides to make a speech these days, the world watches. This is not exactly because the US president has a big, international fan club. Nor is it because he makes particularly good television, even when he dresses up in a flying suit and uses America's fighting men and women for scenery.
No, the reason the world watches when Bush opens his mouth is because everybody is wondering: what IS he going to say now? Is he going to invade Iran or have the US liberate France again? Is he going to announce another tax cut for millionaires or start a new trade war with Europe? Or maybe he's going to deliver "America's justice" to another poor, benighted part of the planet before heading back to the Air Force One gym.

Early warning: Bush is expected to make another of his speeches next Tuesday - and like so many of its predecessors, it could spell trouble. Tuesday is the 101st anniversary of Cuba's independence. And like last year, the president appears to have some peculiarly unhelpful ideas about a birthday present.
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Miami Herald: Cuba says Gov. Bush is urging an attack
A top Cuban official charged in an interview broadcast Sunday that Gov. Jeb Bush is pressing his brother, President Bush, to bring down the government of Fidel Castro.
Appearing on ABC's This Week, Ricardo Alarcón, the leader of Cuba's National Assembly, said Florida's governor was urging President Bush to invade the island.