“The Cuban people along with international solidarity defeated this imperial position [America] in the middle of the 21st century and have demonstrated the potential of a nation that has lived under an iron handed blockade and permanent aggression including state sponsored terrorism and yet has survived. In the new circumstances we have the absolute conviction that we will move forward even more than we already have.” PeopleStatesAmericaMovingNationsMiddleCenturyPositionCircumstancesAbsolutesIncludingInternationalConvictionTerrorismMoving ForwardPermanentIronAggressionDefeatedSolidaritySurvived21st CenturyCubanBlockades Author:Alejandro Castro Espin
“If we are going to talk about the most recent of the "Indignados" movements in several countries of the world, including Europe, those are social movements but eventually they will evolve into political movements. This will happen because the traditional bourgeois parties have lost credibility after being the main political influence in most countries of Latin-America and Europe in the last 50 or 60 years.” IfsWorldYearsCountryHappensLastsAmericaPoliticalLostSocialPartyInfluenceMovementEuropeIncludingTraditionalEvolveLatinCredibilityBourgeoisLatin AmericaSocial MovementsPolitical MovementsCountries Of The WorldPolitical Influence Author:Alejandro Castro Espin
“The United States turned to repression when its prominence started to slip in Latin America through establishing military dictatorships.” StatesAmericaUnitedUnited StatesMilitaryLatinSlipsDictatorshipRepressionLatin AmericaProminence Author:Alejandro Castro Espin
“Cuba cannot go back to capitalism; we know all the tragic experience that it has generated for Latin America and the world. We also know the positive experiences of socialism not only in our geographic environment but also like what we are witnessing in China.” KnowsWorldAmericaEnvironmentCapitalismChinaSocialismTragicLatinCubaLatin AmericaPositive Experiences Author:Alejandro Castro Espin
“Basically with the financing of the war economy America emerged as the great power that developed logically into a superpower. I am not going to explain to you the history of the Cold War because you certainly know it but what we see now is China as the rising economic superpower, one that is certainly moving forward.” KnowsWarAmericaMovingEconomyEconomicColdChinaMoving ForwardRisingCold WarSuperpowerGreat PowerFinancing Author:Alejandro Castro Espin
“America did not need to be discovered because quite simply America had the American-Indians. There were whole groups of people that already lived there including very developed societies such as the Incas, the Aztecs, and the Mayans. But then came the European vision that saw the conquest as a source of advanced growth away from medieval Europe. The new revolutionary bourgeois trend formed a new perspective on what was democracy that they saw as an improvement to the democracy of ancient Greece.” PeopleNeedsWholeAmericaGrowthVisionDemocracySawsGroupsSourcePerspectiveEuropeIncludingAncientImprovementRevolutionaryTrendsConquestGreeceMedievalBourgeoisNew PerspectiveAncient GreeceMayansMedieval EuropeIncas Author:Alejandro Castro Espin
“Cuba has not accepted the domain and imposition of an empire that has wanted to dominate us for over half a century [America].” WantedAmericaHalfCenturyAcceptedEmpiresDomainCubaImpositionHalf A Century Author:Alejandro Castro Espin
