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Fidel Castro speeches

SPEECHES & ARTICLES

Message from the Commander in Chief Fidel Castro, 18th February 2008

Reflections of President Fidel Castro – Cuba’s Self-Criticism. July 10, 2007

The english submarine – Reflections by the Commander in Chief Fidel Castro about the Astute Class submarine, the first of its kind to be constructed in Great Britain in more than two decades. From Juventud Rebelde, 21st May 2007

Speech delivered by Dr. Fidel Castro Ruz, President of the Republic of Cuba, at the Commemoration of the 60th Anniversary of his admission to University of Havana, in the Aula Magna of the University of Havana, on November 17, 2005

Dr. Fidel Castro Ruz, has sent a message to all participants at this Second South Summit. Havana, June 12, 2005

SPECIAL PRESENTATION BY DR. FIDEL CASTRO RUZ, AT THE TELEVISED ROUNDTABLE ON RECENT EVENTS IN THE COUNTRY AND THE INCREASE OF AGGRESSIVE ACTIONS BY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AGAINST THE CUBAN PEOPLE. APRIL 25, 2003

The world is coming under the rule of Nazi concepts and methods – Remarks by Dr. Fidel Castro Ruz, at a rally held in General Antonio Maceo square. Santiago de Cuba. June 8, 2002

KEY ADDRESS BY DR. FIDEL CASTRO RUZ, AT THE RALLY PROTESTING AND REPUDIATING THE BLOCKADE, THE SLANDERS, THE LIES AND THREATS OF PRESIDENT BUSH HELD AT MAJOR GENERAL CALIXTO GARCIA SQUARE, IN HOLGUIN PROVINCE. JUNE 1, 2002

RESPONSE FROM DR. FIDEL CASTRO RUZ, TO THE STATEMENTS MADE BY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT ON BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS. Friday, May 10, 2002

SPEECH BY DR. FIDEL CASTRO RUZ , AT THE INTERNATIONAL WORKERS' DAY CELEBRATION IN REVOLUTION SQUARE, HAVANA, MAY 1st 2002. Official Translation - May 3, 2002

There are many misunderstandings and lies spread about Cuba on the issue of homosexuality. Therefore it is worth noting what Fidel Castro said in his interview with the Nicaraguan Tomás Borge in 1992

1992
Capitalism is a Society of Wolves
Speech by President Fidel Castro at the concluding plenary session of the Sixth Congress of the Union of Young Communists (UJC), in the Plenario Room at the Convention Palace in Havana 4th April 1992

Blaming Stalin for everything would be historical simplism
From an interview with Tomas Borge for Managua's EL NUEVO DIARIO, 3 June 1992

1967
Sixth Anniversary of the Victory of Playa Giron
Speech at the Chaplin Theater in Havana at a ceremony commemorating the sixth anniversary of the victory of Playa Giron
Originally broadcast in Spanish from Havana by Cuban Domestic Radio and Television Services 20 April 1967

1962
Broadcast to the People of Cuba
Originally broadcast in Spanish to the Americas on 24 October 1962

1961
"The Counter-Revolution is a Rotting Worm"
The Lard Problem & Imperialism
Radio & TV Interview with Fidel Castro
First published in Revolucion, Havana, 6 July 1961

History Dooms Imperialists
Speech in Havana at a ceremony honouring Castro for receiving the Lenin prize
Broadcast by Havana Domestic Service in Spanish 0453 GMT 20 May 1961

1959
Speech to the Citizens of Santiago
Speech made at the Cospedes Park in Santiago de Cuba.
First published in Spanish in Revolucion, 3, 4, & 5 January, 1959

Against Complacency
From a COBC broadcast to the Cuban people, Havana, Jan. 9, 1959

Appeal to Labour
Speech by Fidel Castro to 1959 CTC Congress
From a Radio Progreso broadcast, Nov. 19, 1959

A Single Flag, a Single Ideal: Cuba!
Speech to the National Federation of Sugar Workers, 15th December, 1959
Originally released by the Department of Public Relations, Ministry of State, Republic of Cuba, Havana, 15 December, 1959

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Raul Castro speeches

Havana Convention Centre on 11 July 2008

Raúl Castro, speech to the Cuban national assembly of people's power. 24 February 2008

Camagüey. July 26th, 2007

At the Political Ceremony, Military Review and March of the Combatant People in Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the Landing of the Granma Yacht and the Day of the Revolutionary Armed Forces, and in Celebration of the 80th Birthday of the Commander-in-Chief, Fidel Castro Ruz. " December 2nd, 2006

During the event marking the 45th anniversary of the founding of the Western Army in San José de las Lajas, Habana province. June 14, 2006

The Ernesto Che Guevara Collection

SPEECHES & ARTICLES

1967 Message to the Tricontinental: "Create Two, Three...Many Vietnams"
First published in English by the Executive Secretariat of the Organization of the Solidarity of the Peoples of Africa, Asia, and Latin America (OSPAAAL), Havana, April 16, 1967.

1964 Colonialism is Doomed
Speech delivered before the General Assembly of the United Nations on December 11, 1964
Havana, Ministry of External Relations, Information Department.
Official Cuban Government translation.

On Development
Speech delivered March 25, 1964 at the plenary session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) at Geneva, Switzerland, at which Guevara headed the Cuban delegation.
Official Cuban Government translation.

1961 On Growth and Imperialism
Speech at the Special Meeting of the Inter-American Economic and Social Council of the Organization of American States in Punta del Este, Uruguay, August 8, 1961.
Official OAS translation.

Felipe Pérez Roque

(Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba)

Statement by Felipe Pérez Roque, to the Local and Foreign Media, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.10 December 2007

Speech at the UN on the eve of the vote against the US blockade, November 2006

Roque's speech to the UN Human Rights Commission, 2005

Roque's speech at the UN in September 2004

Press conference by the Cuban Foreign Minister on the trials of counter-revolutionaries held from 3-7 April 2003

Ricardo Alarcón

Reading the enemy's language – PROGRESO WEEKLY, August 9, 2007

 

 
 
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