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“With what moral authority can they speak of human rights - the rulers of a nation in which the millionaire and beggar coexist; the Indian is exterminated; the black man is discriminated against; the woman is prostituted; and the great masses of Chicanos, Puerto Ricans, and Latin Americans are scorned, exploited, and humiliated? How can they do this - the bosses of an empire where the mafia, gambling, and child prostitution are imposed; where the CIA organizes plans of global subversion and espionage, and the Pentagon creates neutron bombs capable of preserving material assets and wiping out human beings.”

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Fidel Castro, born on August 13, 1926, and died on November 25, 2016, was a former Prime Minister of Cuba. He was a key figure in the Cuban Revolution, leading the successful overthrow of Fulgencio Batista's regime in 1959 and establishing the Republic of Cuba. Castro's political career and leadership style had a profound impact on Cuba and the Latin American region. more

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