Giuliani takes swipe at Raul

Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani made another campaign stop in Little Havana on Thursday, promising a "new day" for Cuba, and reminding voters that he knows Raul Castro is just another blood-thirsty dictator — just like his brother.

The Los Angeles Times reports:

Raul Castro, the bearded revolutionary's 76-year-old brother, has assumed much of the regime's leadership duties. But, Giuliani said, he represents no hope for democratic change.

The Republican candidate recalled that as defense minister, the younger Castro was believed to have given the order to shoot down the Brothers to the Rescue planes for allegedly violating Cuban air space. All four men aboard the two light aircraft, who had been on a leafleting mission over Havana, died.

"He has been at Fidel's side from the beginning and all throughout. He's been at the head of the secret police and intelligence. He has blood on his hands," Giuliani said of Raul Castro during a speech to about 200 exiles crowded into the small Bay of Pigs Museum in Little Havana.

The Miami Herald has more.