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The Commander-in-Chief of ideas and the revolutionary epic

Photo: Ismael Batista

There are human beings who, although they are not physically among us, survive in the imaginary and daily actions, not only of their contemporaries but also of the generations that succeed them.
This quality is not granted by decree, nor is it the result of impositions of any kind. On the contrary, it is only possible to ascend to such a dimension when the peoples identify, and assume, that the one who inspires them is a paradigm, from the unfinished, of the better world to conquer.
Fidel Castro is, in his own right, and merits that can never be sullied, one of those chosen in any latitude. His imprint, in innumerable dimensions, goes far beyond the Antillean geography to penetrate, to the marrow, in the very marrow of the Global South that does not resign itself to be vilified.
Since the dawn of the revolutionary struggle, it penetrated deep into the hearts of millions of people in the most varied latitudes. After the epic triumph of 1959, and the extraordinary journey undertaken to mold a new man and a new woman, and a society emancipated from capitalist hindrances, the strength of his example increased every day.
He shone with unparalleled light, not only in the “luminous and sad” days of the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, as he was described by that other giant of action and ideas, Che Guevara, but in each of the undertakings he undertook in favor of the peoples of the world.
That rebellious and indomitable bearded man, who built bridges everywhere for the sake of world peace, gave himself body and soul to the revolutionary cause with passion and sidereal energies. The permanent contact with the people was his greatest stimulus, and the sap from which he drank to defeat imperialism in every trench.
It is not possible, in a few lines, to examine all his contributions. In his brilliant performance there are countless pillars. The struggle for world peace, and the cessation of the arms race and denuclearization, is one of them.

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The United States perpetuates the crime in Gaza

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I have always heard it said that problems are not solved by moaning; but, however true the phrase may be, the United States tramples on it, as it does with the UN, which is now using it, and vetoes a Security Council resolution proposal calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.
This is the third time in a row that the Biden administration has vetoed a possible solution, albeit incomplete and with fewer elements than necessary, because the Israeli genocide against the Palestinian people needs to be stopped in its tracks and the offenders punished more severely.
These are those who bomb and kill, and the financiers and suppliers of weapons to the Zionist Israeli army forces, used disproportionately with the certainty that the U.S. government will not allow any resolution of condemnation, even the very limited one calling for a cease-fire.
Yesterday, 13 members of the Security Council voted in favor of the Resolution, one abstained (United Kingdom), and there was only one vote against -that of the United States-, enough for the international community to be convinced, more and more every day, that lamentations will not solve the Palestinian issue nor put an end to the Israeli genocide.
The same happens at the International Court of Justice, where the resolutions for Israel to be brought to justice for the genocide it commits are filed away among so many documents that show a defenseless UN in the face of what is happening to a Palestinian population that Israel has set out to extinguish.
This time, as on previous occasions, the United States “justified” its veto with the words of its ambassador to the UN, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, who assured that “the project will not achieve a lasting peace, but will prolong the captivity of the hostages held by Hamas”.
Rhetoric that turns into a veto. Veto turned into a crime. Punishment that does not come. Palestinian deaths that keep adding up.

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Cuba denounces and warns against indiscriminate Israeli attacks in Damascus and Beirut

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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba condemns, in the strongest terms, the continued air strikes perpetrated by Israeli government forces against the residential areas of Beirut and Damascus, in flagrant violation of International Law, including International Humanitarian Law.
Cuba denounces, in particular, the air attack carried out on November 14 by Israeli forces occupying the Syrian Golan against the residential neighborhood of Mezzeh, in Damascus, where diplomatic headquarters and offices of the United Nations accredited in Syria are located.
We denounce, in the same terms, the daily Israeli attacks in the southern suburb of Beirut, near the neighborhood of Hazmieh.
These attacks have occurred in places very close to the Cuban diplomatic headquarters in Damascus and Beirut.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba has requested the attention of the UN Secretary General to this denunciation, and demands that the Security Council exercise its primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security, as established in the Charter of the United Nations.
We also request the efforts, in the same sense, of the President of the General Assembly of the United Nations.
The heinous crimes committed by Israel have caused dozens of deaths and injuries among the civilian population, including women and children, and caused the complete destruction of residential buildings.
These actions are part of the aggressive policy of the State of Israel against the nations of the Middle East, as evidenced by the genocide committed against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, the attacks in Lebanon and other aggressions against the Syrian territories.
Israel, the occupying power, has the military, logistical and political backing of the United States government, which guarantees impunity and has led to a dangerous escalation that further compromises regional and international stability and security.
Cuba, while expressing its solidarity with the nations attacked by Israel, calls for the pursuit of legitimate international efforts to achieve peace and an immediate and permanent ceasefire to avoid further escalation of a conflict that has already cost the lives of tens of thousands of civilians, including women, the elderly and children, and has aggravated the humanitarian crisis to alarming levels in these peoples of the region.
In accordance with its foreign policy, based on strict respect for the UN Charter and International Law, the Republic of Cuba reiterates that peace will only be possible in the Middle East through a comprehensive, just and lasting solution to the conflict, which contemplates the creation of a sovereign and independent Palestinian State, with the pre-1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital and the return of refugees.
It also demands that the entry of Palestine as a full member of the UN be guaranteed without further delay.
Havana, November 18, 2024.