President Obama sure has been getting a lot of grief from other countries lately.

As we reported this morning, European commentators criticized Obama for his statements about the global economy -- and now Fidel Castro is calling him "stupid."

In his latest column for state-run media, Castro blasted Obama for saying U.S. policy toward Cuba -- including the five-decade embargo -- might change if it becomes democratic.

The aging and ill dictator wrote, "Many things will change in Cuba, but they will change by our own effort and in spite of the United States. Maybe before that empire falls."

At a roundtable on Hispanic issues Wednesday, Obama said, "What we've tried to do is to send a signal that we are open to a new relationship with Cuba if the Cuban government starts taking the proper steps to open up its own country ... and provide the space and the respect for human rights that would allow the Cuban people to determine their own destiny."

This from Reuters: