Fidel
indicates that he joins all those who congratulated the Venezuelan President
for the brilliant, valiant speech he made on the night of December 6, as soon
as the election results were announced
December 11, 2015
09:12:32
Dear Nicolás:
I share the unanimous opinion of those who have congratulated
you for your brilliant, valiant speech on the night of December 6, as soon as
the election’s outcome was announced
In world history, the highest level of political glory which a
revolutionary can reach, is that of the illustrious Venezuelan combatant,
Liberator of America, Simón Bolívar, whose name now belongs not only to this
sister country, but to all peoples of Latin America.
Another Venezuelan official of honorable legacy, Hugo Chávez,
understood and admired him and struggled for his ideas until the last moment of
his life. As a boy, attending elementary school in the country where the poor
children of Bolívar were obliged to work to help support their families, he
developed the spirit in which the Liberator of America was forged.
The millions of children and youth who today attend the largest
and most modern system of public schools in the world are Venezuelan. More can
be said about the country’s network of medical care centers and the attention
paid to the health of its people, brave but poor as a result of centuries of
plunder by Spanish colonialism, and later by huge transnationals, which for
more than 100 years extracted from its entrails the best of the immense oil
reserves nature bestowed on this country.
History also bears witness that workers exist, and make possible
the enjoyment of nutritious food, medicine, education, security, housing and
the world’s solidarity. You could ask the oligarchy, if you like: Do you know
all of this?
Cuban revolutionaries - just a few miles from the United States,
which always dreamed of taking possession of Cuba to make it a hybrid
casino-brothel, as a way of life for the children of José Martí - will never
renounce their full independence or respect for their dignity.
I am sure that human life on Earth can only be preserved with
peace among all peoples of the Earth, and acknowledgement of the right to make
the planet’s natural resources common property, as well as the sciences and
technologies created by human beings to benefit all of its inhabitants. If
humanity continues along the path of exploitation and the plunder of its
resources by transnationals and imperialist banks, the representatives of
states meeting in Paris, will draw the relevant conclusions.
Security does not exist today for anyone. There are nine states
which possess nuclear weapons. One of them, the United States, dropped two
bombs which killed hundreds of thousands of people in just three days, and
caused physical and psychological harm to millions of defenseless people.
The People’s Republic of China and Russia know the world’s
problems much better than the United States, because they were obliged to
endure the terrible wars imposed on them by fascism’s blind egoism. I do not
doubt that, given their historical traditions and their own revolutionary
experience, they will make the greatest effort to avoid a war and contribute to
the peaceful development of Venezuela, Latin America, Asia and Africa.
Fraternally,
Fidel Castro Ruz
December 10, 2015
6:42 pm
