Fidel
Soldado de las Ideas
I have been watching for hours now on television the tribute that the entire country is paying to Commander of the Revolution Juan Almeida Bosque. I think that facing death was for him just another duty as so many others he discharged throughout his life. He did not know neither did we how much sadness the news of his physical absence would bring to us.
Humanity has to cope with very difficult problems. I wish our species is not faced with disaster, and many of us could have a clear conscience for having done our best to prevent it.
Fidel gives a speech at the inauguration of a program to repair, expand and build 779 schools.
Fidel talks with a girl at the Militia Leaders School.
Opening ceremony of the International Conference in Solidarity with the Struggles of the African and Arab Peoples, Ethiopia.
Alter concluding the inaugural ceremony of the Primary School Teachers Intensive Training Course, Fidel talked with students.
Meeting with Cuban internationalists in Angola.
The head of the Philips office in Brazil literally said to the Cuban representatives: “There is a brutal intransigence on the part of the US Government in terms of equipment regulations and license applications regarding Cuba.”
“I know that this affects the Commander’s program. Our organization is being affected and threatened. All our organizations are very scared.” And right after that he repeated: “they are very scared.”
Visit to the UN, Millennium Summit, New York. “Humanity should be aware of what we have been so far and what we cannot continue to be. Presently, our species has enough accumulated knowledge, ethical values and scientific resources to move towards a new historical era of true justice and humanism.”
Visit to the ‘Hector Pieterson’ Memorial during his visit to South Africa.
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