Fidel Castro — "I'll be 90 years old soon. Soon I'll be like all the others. The time will come …"
I'll be 90 years old soon. Soon I'll be like all the others. The time will come for all of us, but the ideas of the Cuban Communists will remain as proof that on this planet, if one works with fervor and dignity, they can produce the material and cultural goods that human beings need and that need to be fought for without ever giving up.
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Cuban revolutionary who overthrew Batista in 1959 and led Cuba's communist state for 49 years through 11 US presidents.
Closely associated with
Che Guevara (his revolutionary partner) and Hugo Chávez (Latin American successor in Venezuela).
For an intellectual contrast, see
Ronald Reagan, Cold War US president — Reagan's hardline anti-communism and economic-warfare strategy made Cuba a test case for the entire late-Cold-War US foreign policy — the institutional power Castro's island state spent 49 years resisting.
Details
Speech at a congress of the Cuban Communist Party.