Citas

“Many have been the attempts by the United States to destroy the Puerto Rican nationalism, to destroy the Puerto Rican culture, to destroy every single distinctive feature of the Puerto Rican people […]”
References to the original: Speech given at the ceremony to welcome the Cuban Sport Delegation which participated in the Tenth Central American and Caribbean Games, held at the ‘Latinoamericano’ Sports Stadium, June 29, 1996

"children will begin to acquire reading habits through the frequent use of books that will spark their interest in seeking information on whatever they want to know".

References to the original: SPEECH DURING THE INAUGURATION OF THE JUAN MANUEL MARQUEZ PRIMARY SEMIBOARDING SCHOOL IN BOCA DE JARUCO
“But I insist that truly a people shall be stronger, they will have a much more secure future, related to how much culture, how much training they have in all aspects; but especially how much more political culture, revolutionary culture, that people have.”
References to the original: Speech at the ceremony celebrating the conclusion of the setting-up of an Electric Company Unit in Tallapiedra. July 23, 1972

“We should proclaim with all of our energies that we have the right to breath pure air, to drink uncontaminated water, to feed ourselves with healthy food….we have the right to be educated, to receive medical assistance, to be less poor when others are ever richer.”

References to the original: Speech delivered at the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) held in Istanbul, Turkey, June 14, 1996

“Saving Old Havana, which they were already completely destroying, but which the world now admires as the Heritage of Humanity, all that architecture that has incalculable value, protected, where they were already starting to make heliports and tall buildings. If the Revolution had been delayed a few more years, nothing would remain of Old Havana, which is now not only a cultural center admired by the world but even a center of wealth and income for the country. There isn't a citizen who comes to the capital who doesn't want to go to visit Old Havana, which has been preserved by the Revolution”.

References to the original: SPEECH IN THE CLOSING CEREMONY OF THE FIRST NATIONAL MEETING OF CHAIRPERSONS OF THE CREDIT AND SERVICE COOPERATIVES. International Conference Center, Havana. 3 June 1998

“Another terrible problem that we are suffering (...) is that of the aggression to our national identities, the ruthless aggression to our cultures, as never before in history, the trend towards a universal monoculture. How can anyone conceive such world? It is not a world order that combines the wealth and culture of many countries, but a world order that, by definition, destroys culture, a globalization that inevitably destroys culture.”

References to the original: Master lecture delivered at the autonomous university of Santo Domingo, August 24, 1998

"The tyranny of an order that imposes blind, anarchic and chaotic principles leading the human species toward an abyss must be stopped.  Nature must be saved.  National identities must be preserved.  The culture of every country must be protected.  Equality, fraternity and true liberty must prevail.  The unfathomable gap between the rich and the poor countries, and within each country, must not continue to widen it must rather diminish until one day it ceases to exist. Let it be the merits, the ability, the creative spirit and what man can contribute to the well-being of humanity that determine their differences and not theft, speculation or the exploitation of the weaker.  A humane spirit should truly be proclaimed, not with hypocritical words but with deeds."

References to the original: Speech given on the 40th Anniversary of the triumph of the Revolution, held at Cespedes Park in Santiago de Cuba on January 1st,1999