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“…it is essential, fundamental that the states and governments adequately concern themselves and give priority to public health”.
References to the original: Opening remarks at the Pediatric Congresses, Cuba/84.

“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

"I believe that, rather than weapons the peoples need ideas. They need a change from an inhumane, unsustainable global world that threatens life on the planet, to a just and humanitarian social order that offers humanity an opportunity to survive. The peoples need a world with a bit of drinking water and air to breathe where the necessary food is available and advanced technology can be used to produce housing, schools to educate the children, medicines to preserve human health and medical care indispensable to all, children, adolescents and the elderly".

References to the original: Speech given by Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro Ruz, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Councils of State and Ministers, upon receiving the José Bonifacio Medal, Grand Official grade, at the Rio de

“In Cuba, the social and human nightmare denounced in 1953, which gave rise to our struggle, had been left behind just a few years after the triumph of the Revolution in 1959. Soon, there were no longer (…) undernourished, barefoot, parasite-ridden children, without schools or teachers, even if their schooling took place beneath the shade of a tree. They no longer died in massive numbers from hunger, disease, from lack of resources or medical care. No longer were the rural areas filled with unemployed men and women.”

References to the original: Speech given by Fidel Castro at the ceremony commemorating the 50th anniversary of the attack on the Moncada and Carlos Manuel de Céspedes Garrisons, held in Santiago de Cuba.

The “Henry Reeve” Brigade has been created, and whatever tasks you undertake in any part of the world or our own homeland, you shall always bear the glorious distinction of having responded to the call to assistance our brothers and sisters in the United States, and that nation’s humblest children especially, with courage and dignity.

Let’s go forward, generous defenders of health and of life, winners over pain and death itself!

References to the original: Remarks by Dr. Fidel Castro Ruz, President of the Republic of Cuba, meeting with the medical doctors assembled to offer assistance to the American people in areas affected by Hurricane Katrina. Havana Convention Center, September 4, 2005

"Cuba has been the only country in the world to take this gigantic step forward when it set out to determine the total number of people with disabilities".

References to the original: Address by Commander in Chief Fidel Castro Ruz at the ceremony held in celebration of the 53rd anniversary of the attacks on the Moncada and Carlos Manuel de Céspedes barracks AT THE “HOMELAND SQUARE” OF Bayamo, Granma

"(...) that mental retardation is no dishonor to anyone, and in a society like ours, mentally retarded children should go to school and get  prepared so that their lives could be as normal as possible.  No one is to blame.  Parents perhaps are if, for example, they fail to fully understand that during pregnancy, mothers-to-be should not drink alcohol.  Parents could have some responsibility, but children have none. There is mild, moderate, severe, and deep mental retardation".

References to the original: Address by Commander in Chief Fidel Castro Ruz at the ceremony held in celebra