This November 25 marks the ninth anniversary of the physical disappearance of the historical leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro Ruz, one of the greatest figures of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st. teleSUR
00:00Welcome back. This November 25th marks the 9th anniversary of the physical disappearance of the historical leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro Ruz, one of the greatest figures of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st. Let's see.
00:30It was his wish that no school, hospital or public work be named after him. Nor he did want monuments in his honor. He did not want his figure to become an object of worship. This is how the island looked and felt in the first days after his death.
00:47Very bad. My neighbor called me Idalmis. Fidel died. I couldn't believe it. I've been crying and crying. I can't sleep. I'm on pills. Today I had to send for medication. But I feel terrible because he... We were born with this revolution.
01:06That's who knew him say that he was not afraid of criticism. Nor he was dogmatic. He felt most comfortable among the people.
01:16The part of Fidel that we need to rescue for upcoming battles, in my opinion, is not his candor, his humanism, his sensitivity towards people. All of that is important. But that is not where we should be placing our emphasis because the context that is approaching is much more complicated. The disputes are much more complex.
01:44It seems to me that the Fidel most needed for the times we are living in Cuba and in Latin America is the most subversive, most radical Fidel.
01:56He once said that the revolution would be a difficult and dangerous undertaking. However, those who were close to him assure us that he never knew of fear. Nine years after his death, this is how he lives on in the imagination of Cuban children.
02:10His personality, his culture, he is cultured, he is good, kind. But just speak of Fidel in the present tense, as if he were still alive. Why? Because even though he is dead, to us he never died.
02:22Even if you don't believe it, Fidel is always by our side teaching us. And we are always learning things about him, even though he is no longer alive, but he is morally in the hearts of all children.
02:34On December 2011, he entered the Guinness Book of World Records as the person who was most attempted to be assassinated.
02:48From 1959 to 2000, 638 times. He challenged no less than 10 US presidents. They say he was strategist like few others in the history of humanity. Hated by some and venerated by others.
03:07What many agree on is that he was an irremediable dreamer who was definitely victorious.
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