April 29, 2004

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  Miami radio station fined over Castro crank call

  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  

  Sun Apr 25, 2:04 PM ET

  
  

  
  

  WASHINGTON (AFP) - The Spanish-language radio station in Miami that crank called Cuban leader Fidel Castro faces a 4,000 dollar fine, according to the Federal Communications Commission
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  

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  The station, El Zol 95.7, duped Castro into believing that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was calling to seek help in tracking down a suitcase containing secret documents he said he lost during a trip to Argentina.
  

  
  

  Eventually, a man posing as a Chavez aide asked Castro: "Do you agree with the shit on the island, murderer?" and added, "You fell for it ... the whole of Miami is listening to you, Fidel Castro."
  

  
  

  "What did I fall for, you shit?" the irate Cuban leader answered, adding further crude expletives, including references to the anatomy of the radio host's mother.
  

  
  

   

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