Havana, Nov. 1 (Reuters): Cuban President Fidel Castro praised California governor-elect Arnold Schwarzenegger’s muscles but wondered how much brain power the former Mr Universe has.

To judge from the photographs, he has a lot of muscle, but they have not tested him to see how much muscle he has in the brain,” the bearded revolutionary quipped during a five-hour speech last evening closing a Latin American social sciences conference.

“He way well have more force in the arms than in the brain,” Castro, 77, said of the former Austrian body builder who went from B-movie actor to Hollywood star and governor of the richest US state.