Reflections
by Comrade Fidel
AN IMMENSE AND UNDESERVED
HONOUR
I was able to
follow the debates of the Caribbean leaders, the highest representatives of
their nations at the meeting in Santiago de Cuba, capital of the former Oriente
province and birthplace of the Revolution. In a few days we will be marking the
50th anniversary of its triumph, on January 1st, 1959.
The Order of the Caribbean
Community is an immense and undeserved honour, which I deeply appreciate.
Each one of the
leaders expressed their ideas with brilliant reasoning. Their knowledge of
historic, economic and political issues, and their sincerity and courage was
evident.
I humbly receive
the noble idea of the decoration and will keep it in my mind, together with the
thought of José Martí that “A free Antilles will safeguard the independence of
Our Americas.”
Fidel Castro Ruz
December 9, 2008
1:25 p.m.