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  • 3/28/2016
"Obama made a speech in which he used the most honeyed words to express himself: 'It is time now for us to leave the past behind. It is time for us to look forward to the future together. And it won't be easy and there will be setbacks. It will take time. But my time here in Cuba renews my hope and confidence in what the Cuban people will do. We can make this journey as friends and as neighbors and as family, together.' I suppose each one of us would run the risk of a heart attack listening to these words of the President of the United States. After a ruthless embargo that has endured almost 60 years and those that have died in the mercenary attacks on ships and Cuban ports, an airplane filled with passengers detonated in midair, mercenary invasions, multiple acts of violence and strength?

No one should be under the illusion that the people of this noble and selfless country will surrender the glory and rights and spiritual riches that it has earned with the development of education, science and culture. Furthermore, I say that we are capable of producing food and material wealth that we need with the effort and intelligence of our people. We do not need the empire to give us anything. Our efforts will be legal and peaceful because it is our commitment to peace and brotherhood of all human beings that live on this planet. Fidel Castro Ruz, March 27, 2016."

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