Citas

"(...) we must unite, not only here in the Caribbean and Central America but also with South America. They need it as much as we (...)"

References to the original: ADDRESS DELIVERED AT THE FIRST WORKING SESSION OF THE ACS SUMMIT, SANTO DOMINGO, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, 17 APRIL 1999
"We are a small nation, but with millions of people who walk together pushing in the same direction, pulling towards the same direction. The Revolution is a huge cart that we all should carry on our shoulders, load it and pull it. It is insane to act as individuals or yoked in pairs, everyone pulling in different directions."
References to the original: Speech given by Fide Castro in the ceremony for the 40th Anniversary of the Promulgation of the First Agrarian Reform Law, May 17, 1999.

“As Latin Americans, we should try to cooperate with Colombia, with the country itself, to help it achieve a fair peace, one that would benefit everybody”.

References to the original: Speech given in the closing ceremony of the first International Congress on Culture and Development. International Convention Center, June 11, 1999
“The sum total of all our cultures would be one enormous culture and a multiplication of our cultures.  Integration should not affect but enrich the culture of every one of our countries.”
References to the original: Closing speech at the I International Congress for Culture and Development, held at the Havana Convention Centre.

“Unity, integration and justice mean the possibility of preserving everything we love. Cultures and nations will always exist even if we reach the highest degree of unity or disintegration.”

References to the original: Speech to representatives of Brazil’s National Students Union. Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 1 July 1999

“(…) is not the time to be thinking about our own nations; we must think in terms of the Latin American and Caribbean nation which is also represented here by OCLAE”.

References to the original: Speech to representatives of Brazil’s National Students Union. Belo Horizonte, Brazil. July 1,1999

"What we need to do is carry forward a united struggle. We have to work together to create a consciousness, to sow ideas."

References to the original: Speech to representatives of Brazil’s National Students Union. Belo Horizonte, Brazil. July 1, 1999