Michael Moore: Castro should deliver my Oscars acceptance speech

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February 21, 2008 - 10:54AM

LOS ANGELES (AP) - "Sicko" director Michael Moore jokes that Fidel Castro would be a "ratings grabber" at Sunday night's Academy Awards show.

The Michigan native's Oscar-nominated documentary on the health-care industry concludes with a trip to Cuba, where he seeks health care for a group of 9/11 responders.

They're greeted with open arms at a Havana hospital and given what appears to be top-notch care that they could not get in the United States.

The 81-year-old Castro announced his retirement as president of Cuba this week, ending a half-century of autocratic rule.

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