Fidel
Soldado de las Ideas
Fidel is one of the emblematic figures of the 20th century, said Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto today, at a posthumous tribute to the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution at Havana''s Jose Marti Revolution Square.
More than half a century ago, Fidel y Raul Castro chose Mexico as the starting point of their revolutionary struggle when they were exiled, the Mexican president recalled in his speech.
Fidel Castro is a person who devoted his life to defend the rights of the oppressed and the struggle against colonialism, the vice president of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Majid Ansari, said today.
His name will remain eternally engraved in the history of humankind, stressed Ansari at a political-cultural event to pay posthumous tribute to the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, at Havana's Revolution Square.
The Emir Father of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani said here that Fidel Castro is in a high place among the great leaders of the liberation of the 20th Century.
Fidel supported the fair causes, especially the causes of the Palestinians, for which he deserves our gratitude for the support he provided in his struggle for our rights, he pointed out.
The Belarussian envoy to the posthumous tribute to Fidel Castro, Victor Sheiman, has said here today that the legacy of the Cuban leader has been a light of hope. We say goodbye with sadness to the eminent leader of the Cuban Revolution, our friend Fidel, Sheiman said at the beginning of his speech.
'It has been very difficult to convey in words the feelings that are in our hearts,' the official said with regret during the tribute at the Jose Marti Revolution Square.
Bolivian President, Evo Morales, has said here that the leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, will live forever in the history of humanity and his supporters.
Fidel and Cuba changed the world: now, as long as there is a socialist person standing and fighting, Fidel will be forever among us, Morales said in the posthumous tribute to the leader, at the Revolution Square in Havana.
He has not died because his ideas do not die, because the battles do not cease and less those of those who pursue his liberation, the president said.
Overwhelmed by one of the largest crowds that has ever assembled in this city, Havana's Revolution Square was the venue Tuesday night of the capital's last goodbye to Comandante en Jefe Fidel Castro.
Presided over by President Raul Castro and attended by more than a dozen heads of state and official delegations from some 50 countries, the mass rally is part of the activities during the official 9-day mourning and tribute to the historic Cuban leader.
President Xi Jinping has signed a book of condolence today at the Cuban embassy in the nation, on occasion of the death of the historical leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro.
Accompanied by Foreign Minister, Wang Yi; Secretary of State Council, Yang Jiechi; and several senior officials of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPCh)'s Central Committee, Xi regretted the death of Commander-in-Chief, Fidel Castro, on Friday, November 25th, at the age of 90.
Fidel Castro made a great contribution to guarantee morale in the international arena, something we now lack, declared Foreign Minister Serguei Lavrov when paying tribute here to the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution.
'I am sure nobody did more than him for both the Cuban people and the links between Cuba and Russia', Lavrov added.
Comrade Fidel Castro will live forever, expressed today upon his arrival in Cuba the Chinese Vice-President Li Yuanchao.
As special envoy of Xi Jinping, Secretary General of the Communist Party of China and the president of that Asian nation, he expressed his deepest condolences for the death of Fidel.
He reaffirmed that in these moments of deep grief over the event, the Chinese people will remain firmly on the side of the Cuban people.
The Bolivian government today has declared a seven-day period of mourning for the death of the leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, considered by the president, Evo Morales, as a teacher of principles and values.
'National mourning is declared for the death of the former President of the Republic of Cuba, citizen Fidel Alejandro Castro, throughout the territory of the Plurinational State of Bolivia for seven days, without suspension of public or private activities,' the decree stated.
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