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The kings of Spain brought us the conquistadores and masters, whose footprints remained in the circular land grants assigned to those searching for gold in the sands of rivers, an abusive and shameful form of exploitation, traces of which can be noted from the air in many places around the country.

From Fidel Castro

None of us is designed for the role we must assume in a revolutionary society, although Cubans had the privilege of Jose Marti's example.

From Fidel Castro

We do not need the empire to give us anything.

From Fidel Castro

Defending peace is the duty of all.

From Fidel Castro

Cynicism is something which has become symbolic of imperial policy.

From Fidel Castro

Cuba never had advisors in Vietnam. The military there knew very well how to conduct their war.

From Fidel Castro

General Giap was one of the most brilliant military strategists of our era, who in Dien Bien Phu was able to place missile launchers in remote, mountainous jungles, something the yankee and European military officers considered impossible.

From Fidel Castro

Senator McCain is Israel's most unconditional ally in Mossad's machinations, something that even his worst adversaries would have been able to imagine. McCain participated alongside this secret service in the creation of the Islamic State, which has appropriated a considerable part of Iraq as well as a third of Syria, according to its affirmations.

From Fidel Castro

England was the first true colonial power to use its dominion over a large part of Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Australia, North America, and many Caribbean islands, in the first half of the 20th century.

From Fidel Castro

Twenty-six million Russians died in the defense of their homeland against the Nazis.

From Fidel Castro

Fidel Castro

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