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<channel><title><![CDATA[Toronto Forum on Cuba - 2012 Reflections]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://www.forumoncuba.com/2012-reflections]]></link><description><![CDATA[2012 Reflections]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 15:02:59 -0400</pubDate><generator>Weebly</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Fidel Castro is dying / Fidel Castro está agonizando]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://www.forumoncuba.com/2012-reflections/fidel-castro-is-dying-fidel-castro-est-agonizando]]></link><comments><![CDATA[https://www.forumoncuba.com/2012-reflections/fidel-castro-is-dying-fidel-castro-est-agonizando#comments]]></comments><pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2012 04:10:50 GMT</pubDate><category><![CDATA[agricultura]]></category><category><![CDATA[ahorro]]></category><category><![CDATA[bienestar]]></category><category><![CDATA[campesino]]></category><category><![CDATA[cuba]]></category><category><![CDATA[cultura]]></category><category><![CDATA[defensa]]></category><category><![CDATA[deporte]]></category><category><![CDATA[desarrollo]]></category><category><![CDATA[economia]]></category><category><![CDATA[educacion]]></category><category><![CDATA[estudiante]]></category><category><![CDATA[etica]]></category><category><![CDATA[fidel]]></category><category><![CDATA[granma]]></category><category><![CDATA[hombre]]></category><category><![CDATA[humanidad]]></category><category><![CDATA[industria]]></category><category><![CDATA[instituciones]]></category><category><![CDATA[juventud]]></category><category><![CDATA[libertad]]></category><category><![CDATA[mujer]]></category><category><![CDATA[nacion]]></category><category><![CDATA[obrero]]></category><category><![CDATA[patria]]></category><category><![CDATA[periodico]]></category><category><![CDATA[pueblo]]></category><category><![CDATA[revolucion]]></category><category><![CDATA[salud]]></category><category><![CDATA[soberania]]></category><category><![CDATA[social]]></category><category><![CDATA[socialismo]]></category><category><![CDATA[solidaridad]]></category><category><![CDATA[sustentable]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.forumoncuba.com/2012-reflections/fidel-castro-is-dying-fidel-castro-est-agonizando</guid><description><![CDATA[    Fidel Castro is dying    FIDEL CASTRO /PHOTOS: ALEX CASTRO    A message to the first graduating class from the Victoria de Gir&oacute;n Medical Sciences Institute was enough to prompt imperialist propaganda to go into overdrive and news agencies to voraciously launch themselves after the lie. Not only that but, in their cables, they attributed the most unheard of nonsense to the patient.                The ABC newspaper in Spain reported that a Venezuelan doctor from an unknown location reve [...] ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>  <!--BLOG_SUMMARY_END--></div>  <div class="paragraph" style="text-align:left;"><strong style="">Fidel Castro is dying</strong><br /><span style=""></span><br /><span style=""></span>    <em style="">FIDEL CASTRO /PHOTOS: ALEX CASTRO</em><br /><span style=""></span><br /><span style=""></span>    A message to the first graduating class from the Victoria de Gir&oacute;n Medical Sciences Institute was enough to prompt imperialist propaganda to go into overdrive and news agencies to voraciously launch themselves after the lie. Not only that but, in their cables, they attributed the most unheard of nonsense to the patient.<br /><span style=""></span><br /><span style=""></span><span style=""></span></div>  <div><div class="wsite-image wsite-image-border-thin " style="padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;text-align:center"> <a> <img src="https://www.forumoncuba.com/uploads/5/1/8/5/5185218/2692910.jpg?337" alt="Picture" style="width:auto;max-width:100%" /> </a> <div style="display:block;font-size:90%"></div> </div></div>  <div><div class="wsite-image wsite-image-border-thin " style="padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;text-align:center"> <a> <img src="https://www.forumoncuba.com/uploads/5/1/8/5/5185218/1073117.jpg?325" alt="Picture" style="width:auto;max-width:100%" /> </a> <div style="display:block;font-size:90%"></div> </div></div>  <div class="paragraph" style="text-align:left;">The ABC newspaper in Spain reported that a Venezuelan doctor from an unknown location revealed that Castro had suffered a massive embolism in the right cerebral artery; "I can state that we are not going to see him again in public." The alleged doctor who, if he is, would first abandon his own compatriots, described Castro&rsquo;s health as "very close to a neural-vegetative state."<br /><span style=""></span><br /><span style=""></span>    While many persons in the world are deceived by information agencies which publish this nonsense - almost all in the hands of the privileged and rich - people believe less and less in them. Nobody likes to be deceived; even the most incorrigible liar expects to be told the truth. In April of 1961, everyone believed the information published in the news agencies that the mercenary invaders of Gir&oacute;n or Bay of Pigs, whatever one wants to call it, were approaching Havana, when in fact some of them were fruitlessly trying by boat to reach the yanki warships escorting them.<br /><span style=""></span><br /><span style=""></span>    The peoples are learning and resistance is growing, faced with the crisis of capitalism which is recurring with greater frequency; no lies, repression or new weapons will be able to prevent the collapse of a production system which is increasingly unequal and unjust.<br /><span style=""></span><br /><span style=""></span>    A few days ago, very close to the 50th anniversary of the October Crisis, news agencies pointed to three guilty parties: Kennedy, having recently become the leader of the empire, Khrushchev and Castro. Cuba did not have anything to do with nuclear weapons, nor with the unnecessary slaughter of Hiroshima and Nagasaki perpetrated by the president of the United States, Harry S. Truman, thus establishing the tyranny of nuclear weapons. Cuba was defending its right to independence and social justice.<br /><span style=""></span><br /><span style=""></span>    When we accepted Soviet aid in weapons, oil, foodstuffs and other resources, it was to defend ourselves from yanki plans to invade our homeland, subjected to a dirty and bloody war which that capitalist country imposed on us from the very first months, which left thousands of Cubans dead and maimed.<br /><span style=""></span><br /><span style=""></span>    When Khrushchev proposed the installation here of medium range missiles similar to those the United States had in Turkey &ndash; far closer to the USSR than Cuba to the United States &ndash; as a solidarity necessity, Cuba did not hesitate to agree to such a risk. Our conduct was ethically irreproachable. We will never apologize to anyone for what we did. The fact is that half a century has gone by, and here we still are with our heads held high.<br /><span style=""></span><br /><span style=""></span>    I like to write and I am writing; I like to study and I am studying. There are many tasks in the area of knowledge. For example, never before have the sciences advanced at such an astounding speed.<br /><span style=""></span><br /><span style=""></span>    I stopped publishing "Reflections" because it is definitely not my role to take up pages in our press, dedicated to other tasks which the country requires.<br /><span style=""></span><br /><span style=""></span>    Birds of ill omen! I don&rsquo;t even remember what a headache is. As evidence of what liars they are, I present them with the photos which accompany this article.<br /><span style=""></span><br /><span style=""></span>    Fidel Castro Ruz<br /><span style=""></span>  October 21, 2012<br /><span style=""></span>  10:12 a.m.<br /><span style=""></span><br /><span style=""></span>    <a href="http://www.granma.cu/ingles/cuba-i/22oct-fidel.html" style="" title="">GRANMA</a><br /><span style=""></span>*************************************************************<span style=""></span></div>  <div><div class="wsite-image wsite-image-border-none " style="padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px;margin-left:0;margin-right:10px;text-align:center"> <a> <img src="https://www.forumoncuba.com/uploads/5/1/8/5/5185218/1351224492.png" alt="Picture" style="width:auto;max-width:100%" /> </a> <div style="display:block;font-size:90%"></div> </div></div>  <div><div class="wsite-image wsite-image-border-thin " style="padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;text-align:center"> <a> <img src="https://www.forumoncuba.com/uploads/5/1/8/5/5185218/490075_orig.jpg?0" alt="Picture" style="width:100%;max-width:577px" /> </a> <div style="display:block;font-size:90%"></div> </div></div>  <div><div class="wsite-image wsite-image-border-none " style="padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px;margin-left:10px;margin-right:0;text-align:center"> <a> <img src="https://www.forumoncuba.com/uploads/5/1/8/5/5185218/1351224601.png" alt="Picture" style="width:auto;max-width:100%" /> </a> <div style="display:block;font-size:90%"></div> </div></div>  <div class="paragraph" style="text-align:left;"><span style="display: block; outline-style: initial !important; outline-color: initial !important;"><strong>Fidel Castro est&aacute; agonizando</strong></span><br /><em style="">POR FIDEL CASTRO / Fotos: Alex Castro</em><br /><span style=""></span><br /><span style=""></span>    &nbsp;Bast&oacute; un mensaje a los graduados del primer curso del Instituto de Ciencias M&eacute;dicas "Victoria de Gir&oacute;n", para que el gallinero de propaganda imperialista se alborotara y las agencias informativas se lanzaran voraces tras la mentira. No solo eso, sino que en sus despachos cablegr&aacute;ficos le a&ntilde;adieron al paciente las m&aacute;s ins&oacute;litas estupideces.<br /><span style=""></span><br /><span style=""></span>    El peri&oacute;dico ABC de Espa&ntilde;a, public&oacute; que un m&eacute;dico venezolano que radica no se sabe donde, revel&oacute; que Castro hab&iacute;a sufrido una embolia masiva en la arteria cerebral derecha, "puedo decir que no vamos a volverlo a ver p&uacute;blicamente". El presunto m&eacute;dico, que si lo es abandonar&iacute;a primero a sus propios compatriotas, calific&oacute; el estado de salud de Castro como "muy cercano al estado neurovegetal".<br /><span style=""></span><br /><span style=""></span></div>  <div><div class="wsite-image wsite-image-border-thin " style="padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;text-align:center"> <a> <img src="https://www.forumoncuba.com/uploads/5/1/8/5/5185218/2427711.jpg?370" alt="Picture" style="width:auto;max-width:100%" /> </a> <div style="display:block;font-size:90%"></div> </div></div>  <div class="paragraph" style="text-align:left;">Aunque muchas personas en el mundo son enga&ntilde;adas por los &oacute;rganos de informaci&oacute;n, casi todos en manos de los privilegiados y ricos, que publican estas estupideces, los pueblos creen cada vez menos en ellas. A nadie le gusta que lo enga&ntilde;en; hasta el m&aacute;s incorregible mentiroso, espera que le digan la verdad. Todo el mundo crey&oacute;, en abril de 1961, las noticias publicadas por las agencias cablegr&aacute;ficas acerca de que los invasores mercenarios de Gir&oacute;n o Bah&iacute;a de Cochinos, como se le quiera llamar, estaban llegando a La Habana, cuando en realidad algunos de ellos trataban infructuosamente de llegar en botes a las naves de guerra yankis que los escoltaban.<br /><span style=""></span><br /><span style=""></span>    Los pueblos aprenden y la resistencia crece frente a las crisis del capitalismo que se repiten cada vez con mayor frecuencia; ninguna mentira, represi&oacute;n o nuevas armas, podr&aacute;n impedir el derrumbe de un sistema de producci&oacute;n crecientemente desigual e injusto.<br /><span style=""></span><br /><span style=""></span></div>  <div><div class="wsite-image wsite-image-border-thin " style="padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;text-align:center"> <a> <img src="https://www.forumoncuba.com/uploads/5/1/8/5/5185218/4949939.jpg?446" alt="Picture" style="width:auto;max-width:100%" /> </a> <div style="display:block;font-size:90%"></div> </div></div>  <div class="paragraph" style="text-align:left;">Hace pocos d&iacute;as, muy pr&oacute;ximo al 50 aniversario de la "Crisis de Octubre", las agencias se&ntilde;alaron a tres culpables: Kennedy, reci&eacute;n llegado a la jefatura del imperio, Jruschov y Castro. Cuba nada tuvo que ver con el arma nuclear, ni con la matanza innecesaria de Hiroshima y Nagasaki perpetrada por el presidente de Estados Unidos Harry S. Truman, estableciendo la tiran&iacute;a de las armas nucleares. Cuba defend&iacute;a su derecho a la independencia y a la justicia social.<br /><br />Cuando aceptamos la ayuda sovi&eacute;tica en armas, petr&oacute;leo, alimentos y otros recursos, fue para defendernos de los planes yankis de invadir nuestra Patria, sometida a una sucia y sangrienta guerra que ese pa&iacute;s capitalista nos impuso desde los primeros meses, y cost&oacute; miles de vidas y mutilados cubanos.<br /><br />Cuando Jruschov nos propuso instalar proyectiles de alcance medio similares a los que Estados Unidos ten&iacute;a en Turqu&iacute;a &mdash;m&aacute;s cerca todav&iacute;a de la URSS que Cuba de Estados Unidos&mdash;, como una necesidad solidaria, Cuba no vacil&oacute; en acceder a tal riesgo. Nuestra conducta fue &eacute;ticamente intachable. Nunca pediremos excusa a nadie por lo que hicimos. Lo cierto es que ha transcurrido medio siglo, y a&uacute;n estamos aqu&iacute; con la frente en alto.<br /><br />Me gusta escribir y escribo; me gusta estudiar y estudio. Hay muchas tareas en el &aacute;rea de los conocimientos. Nunca las ciencias, por ejemplo, avanzaron a tan asombrosa velocidad.<br /><br />Dej&eacute; de publicar Reflexiones porque ciertamente no es mi papel ocupar las p&aacute;ginas de nuestra prensa, consagrada a otras tareas que requiere el pa&iacute;s.<br /><br />&iexcl;Aves de mal ag&uuml;ero! No recuerdo siquiera qu&eacute; es un dolor de cabeza. Como constancia de cu&aacute;n mentirosos son, les obsequio las fotos que acompa&ntilde;an este art&iacute;culo.<br /><br />Fidel Castro Ruz<br />Octubre 21 de 2012<br />10 y 12 a.m.<br /><br /></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Message from Fidel / Mensaje de Fidel]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://www.forumoncuba.com/2012-reflections/message-from-fidel-mensaje-de-fidel]]></link><comments><![CDATA[https://www.forumoncuba.com/2012-reflections/message-from-fidel-mensaje-de-fidel#comments]]></comments><pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2012 18:10:25 GMT</pubDate><category><![CDATA[agricultura]]></category><category><![CDATA[ahorro]]></category><category><![CDATA[alba]]></category><category><![CDATA[alternativa]]></category><category><![CDATA[alternative]]></category><category><![CDATA[america]]></category><category><![CDATA[amistad]]></category><category><![CDATA[art]]></category><category><![CDATA[arte]]></category><category><![CDATA[bienestar]]></category><category><![CDATA[bolivarian]]></category><category><![CDATA[bolivariana]]></category><category><![CDATA[campesino]]></category><category><![CDATA[canada]]></category><category><![CDATA[cooperacion]]></category><category><![CDATA[cooperation]]></category><category><![CDATA[cuba]]></category><category><![CDATA[cultura]]></category><category><![CDATA[defence]]></category><category><![CDATA[defensa]]></category><category><![CDATA[defense]]></category><category><![CDATA[deporte]]></category><category><![CDATA[desarrollo]]></category><category><![CDATA[development]]></category><category><![CDATA[economia]]></category><category><![CDATA[economy]]></category><category><![CDATA[educacion]]></category><category><![CDATA[education]]></category><category><![CDATA[estados]]></category><category><![CDATA[estudiante]]></category><category><![CDATA[ethic]]></category><category><![CDATA[etica]]></category><category><![CDATA[farmer]]></category><category><![CDATA[fidel]]></category><category><![CDATA[freedom]]></category><category><![CDATA[friendship]]></category><category><![CDATA[granma]]></category><category><![CDATA[health]]></category><category><![CDATA[historia]]></category><category><![CDATA[history]]></category><category><![CDATA[hombre]]></category><category><![CDATA[homeland]]></category><category><![CDATA[humanidad]]></category><category><![CDATA[humanity]]></category><category><![CDATA[industria]]></category><category><![CDATA[industry]]></category><category><![CDATA[instituciones]]></category><category><![CDATA[institutions]]></category><category><![CDATA[internacionalismo]]></category><category><![CDATA[internationalism]]></category><category><![CDATA[juventud]]></category><category><![CDATA[latin]]></category><category><![CDATA[latina]]></category><category><![CDATA[libertad]]></category><category><![CDATA[liberty]]></category><category><![CDATA[man]]></category><category><![CDATA[mujer]]></category><category><![CDATA[music]]></category><category><![CDATA[m&uacute;sica]]></category><category><![CDATA[nacion]]></category><category><![CDATA[nation]]></category><category><![CDATA[news]]></category><category><![CDATA[obrero]]></category><category><![CDATA[patria]]></category><category><![CDATA[people]]></category><category><![CDATA[periodico]]></category><category><![CDATA[pueblo]]></category><category><![CDATA[revolucion]]></category><category><![CDATA[revolution]]></category><category><![CDATA[salud]]></category><category><![CDATA[savings]]></category><category><![CDATA[science]]></category><category><![CDATA[sciencia]]></category><category><![CDATA[soberania]]></category><category><![CDATA[social]]></category><category><![CDATA[socialism]]></category><category><![CDATA[socialismo]]></category><category><![CDATA[solidaridad]]></category><category><![CDATA[solidarity]]></category><category><![CDATA[sovereignty]]></category><category><![CDATA[sport]]></category><category><![CDATA[states]]></category><category><![CDATA[student]]></category><category><![CDATA[sustainable]]></category><category><![CDATA[sustentable]]></category><category><![CDATA[unidos]]></category><category><![CDATA[united]]></category><category><![CDATA[well-being]]></category><category><![CDATA[woman]]></category><category><![CDATA[worker]]></category><category><![CDATA[youth]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.forumoncuba.com/2012-reflections/message-from-fidel-mensaje-de-fidel</guid><description><![CDATA[    To the graduates of Victoria de Gir&oacute;n Institute of Basic Sciences and Preclinical Studies    DEAR compatriots:    Allow me to recall that five decades ago, during a public event in the presence of the first students of this prestigious institution, some from other universities and students at nursing colleges, this educational institute was inaugurated in response to the criminal action on the part of the neighboring empire, to take away, as it did with promises of visas and employmen [...] ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>  <!--BLOG_SUMMARY_END--></div>  <div class="paragraph" style="text-align:left;"><strong style=""><u style="">To the graduates of Victoria de Gir&oacute;n Institute of Basic Sciences and Preclinical Studies</u></strong><br /><span style=""></span><br /><span style=""></span>    DEAR compatriots:<br /><span style=""></span><br /><span style=""></span>    Allow me to recall that five decades ago, during a public event in the presence of the first students of this prestigious institution, some from other universities and students at nursing colleges, this educational institute was inaugurated in response to the criminal action on the part of the neighboring empire, to take away, as it did with promises of visas and employment, the majority of the country&rsquo;s 6,000 doctors.<br /><span style=""></span><br /><span style=""></span>    The Victoria de Gir&oacute;n Institute of Basic Sciences and Preclinical Studies marked the beginning of our massive training of doctors. The course had barely begun when the hazardous days of the October [Missile] Crisis arrived and, after a brief intensive training, the school was converted into a strong anti-aircraft unit.<br /><span style=""></span><br /><span style=""></span>    That spirit gave birth to and developed the tradition of this medical institution which, after the most critical days had been overcome, was capable of forging tens of thousands of professionals and taking our country to the highest levels of preventive care and health.<br /><span style=""></span><br /><span style=""></span>    Many of its graduates have undertaken honorable missions in remote parts of the work and in very difficult conditions.<br /><span style=""></span><br /><span style=""></span>    In the majority of countries, Cuba provided these services at no cost whatsoever. Such conduct has given our homeland well-deserved prestige.<br /><span style=""></span><br /><span style=""></span>    I congratulate everyone on this 50th anniversary and, in particular, the founding members of the Victoria de Gir&oacute;n Institute of Basic Sciences and Preclinical Studies, who merit special congratulations. They have honored those who, more than 50 years ago and at the cost of countless lives, demonstrated, to the powerful yanki empire, the response which anyone who might attempt to enslave our people would receive.<br /><span style=""></span><br /><span style=""></span>    In less than 72 hours, they defeated the mercenary invasion, trained, equipped and escorted to our coast by its navy; just six or eight of the more than 1,000 men were able to escape.<br /><span style=""></span><br /><span style=""></span>    I hope you will continue harvesting successes in the noble and humane task to which you have dedicated your lives.<br /><span style=""></span><br /><span style=""></span>    Fraternally,<br /><span style=""></span><br /><span style=""></span>    Fidel Castro Ruz<br /><span style=""></span>  October 17, 2012<br /><span style=""></span>  1:20 pm.<br /><span style=""></span><br /><span style=""></span>    <a href="http://www.granma.cu/ingles/cuba-i/18-octubre-message.html" style="">GRANMA</a><br /><span style=""></span>  ************************************************************<br /><span style=""></span>  <strong style="">Mensaje de Fidel</strong><br /><br /><span style=""></span>  <strong style=""><u style="">A los graduados del Instituto de Ciencias B&aacute;sicas y Precl&iacute;nicas "Victoria de Gir&oacute;n" que cumplieron con honor su deber.</u></strong><br /><span style=""></span><br /><span style=""></span>    Queridos compatriotas:<br /><span style=""></span><br /><span style=""></span>    Perm&iacute;tanme recordar que hace cinco d&eacute;cadas, en presencia de los primeros estudiantes de esa prestigiosa instituci&oacute;n, los de otras carreras universitarias y los alumnos de las escuelas de enfermer&iacute;a en acto p&uacute;blico, se inaugur&oacute; ese centro docente en respuesta a la criminal acci&oacute;n del vecino imperio, para llevarse, como se llev&oacute; con promesas de visas y empleo, a la mayor&iacute;a de los seis mil m&eacute;dicos que dispon&iacute;a el pa&iacute;s.<br /><span style=""></span><br /><span style=""></span>    El Instituto de Ciencias B&aacute;sicas y Precl&iacute;nicas "Victoria de Gir&oacute;n" marc&oacute; el inicio de la formaci&oacute;n masiva de m&eacute;dicos. Apenas iniciado el curso, vinieron los azarosos d&iacute;as de la Crisis de Octubre y la escuela con sus alumnos, tras un breve e intenso entrenamiento, se convirti&oacute; en una fuerte unidad de fuego antia&eacute;reo.<br /><span style=""></span><br /><span style=""></span>    En ese esp&iacute;ritu naci&oacute; y creci&oacute; la tradici&oacute;n de esa instituci&oacute;n m&eacute;dica que superados los d&iacute;as m&aacute;s cr&iacute;ticos fue capaz de fraguar decenas de miles de profesionales, y llevar nuestro pa&iacute;s a los niveles m&aacute;s altos la prevenci&oacute;n y salud.<br /><span style=""></span><br /><span style=""></span>    Muchos de sus egresados han cumplido honrosas misiones en apartados rincones del mundo y muy dif&iacute;ciles condiciones.<br /><span style=""></span><br /><span style=""></span>    En la mayor&iacute;a de los pa&iacute;ses Cuba prest&oacute; esos servicios sin costo alguno. Tal conducta le ha dado a nuestra Patria un justo prestigio.<br /><span style=""></span><br /><span style=""></span>    Los felicito a todos en este 50 aniversario, y particularmente, a los fundadores del Instituto de Ciencias B&aacute;sicas y Precl&iacute;nicas "Victoria de Gir&oacute;n", los cuales merecen una especial felicitaci&oacute;n. Ellos hicieron honor a los que hace m&aacute;s de medio siglo y al costo de numerosas vidas, demostraron al poderoso imperio yanqui la respuesta que tendr&aacute;n los que intenten esclavizar a nuestro pueblo. En menos de 72 horas, derrotaron la invasi&oacute;n mercenaria organizada, entrenada, equipada y escoltada por su marina de guerra hasta nuestras costas; solo 6 u 8 de m&aacute;s de mil hombres pudieron escapar.<br /><span style=""></span><br /><span style=""></span>    Les deseo que contin&uacute;en cosechando &eacute;xitos en la noble y humana tarea a la que ustedes consagraron sus vidas.<br /><span style=""></span><br /><span style=""></span>    Fraternalmente,<br /><span style=""></span><br /><span style=""></span>    Fidel Castro Ruz <br /><span style=""></span>  Octubre 17 de 2012 <br /><span style=""></span>  1 y 20 p.m.<br /><span style=""></span><br /><span style=""></span>    <a href="http://www.granma.cubaweb.cu/2012/10/18/nacional/artic09.html" style="">GRANMA</a><br /></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Universe and its Expansion / El Universo y su Expansión]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://www.forumoncuba.com/2012-reflections/the-universe-and-its-expansion-el-universo-y-su-expansin]]></link><comments><![CDATA[https://www.forumoncuba.com/2012-reflections/the-universe-and-its-expansion-el-universo-y-su-expansin#comments]]></comments><pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2012 01:06:03 GMT</pubDate><category><![CDATA[fidel]]></category><category><![CDATA[reflections]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.forumoncuba.com/2012-reflections/the-universe-and-its-expansion-el-universo-y-su-expansin</guid><description><![CDATA[    I respect all religions even though I do not profess them. Human beings, from the most ignorant to the wisest, are looking for an explanation for their own existence.  Science is continuously trying to explain the laws that govern the universe.&nbsp; At this moment you can see it is expanding, a process that began approximately 13.7 billion years ago.    Fidel Castro RuzJune 19, 20123:50 p.m.************************************************************  El Universo y su Expansi&oacute;n    Re [...] ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>  <!--BLOG_SUMMARY_END--></div>  <div class="paragraph" style='text-align:left;'>I respect all religions even though I do not profess them. Human beings, from the most ignorant to the wisest, are looking for an explanation for their own existence.<br /><span style=""></span><br /><span style=""></span>  Science is continuously trying to explain the laws that govern the universe.&nbsp; At this moment you can see it is expanding, a process that began approximately 13.7 billion years ago.<br /><span style=""></span><br /><span style=""></span>    Fidel Castro Ruz<br />June 19, 2012<br />3:50 p.m.<br />************************************************************<br /><span style=""></span><span style=""></span>  <strong style="">El Universo y su Expansi&oacute;n</strong><br /><span style=""></span><br /><span style=""></span>    Respeto todas las religiones aunque no las comparta. Los seres humanos buscan una explicaci&oacute;n a su existencia, desde los m&aacute;s ignorantes hasta los m&aacute;s sabios.<br /><span style=""></span><br /><span style=""></span>  La ciencia busca constantemente explicaciones de las leyes que rigen el universo. En estos instantes lo ven en momento de expansi&oacute;n, iniciado hace alrededor de 13 700 millones de a&ntilde;os.<br /><br />Fidel Castro Ruz<br />Junio 19 de 2012<br />3 y 50 p.m.<br /><span style=""></span><br /><span style=""></span></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Unimaginable / Lo Inimaginable]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://www.forumoncuba.com/2012-reflections/the-unimaginable-lo-inimaginable]]></link><comments><![CDATA[https://www.forumoncuba.com/2012-reflections/the-unimaginable-lo-inimaginable#comments]]></comments><pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2012 01:04:31 GMT</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.forumoncuba.com/2012-reflections/the-unimaginable-lo-inimaginable</guid><description><![CDATA[    The things that the yogi can do with the human body escape our imagination.&nbsp; They are right there, before our eyes, in the images that reach us immediately from a long distance through the TV program Pasaje a lo Desconocido (Passage to the Unknown).    Fidel Castro RuzJune 18, 20122:40 p.m.************************************************************  Lo Inimaginable    Los Yogas hacen cosas con el cuerpo humano que escapan a nuestra imaginaci&oacute;n. Est&aacute;n all&iacute;, ante nue [...] ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>  <!--BLOG_SUMMARY_END--></div>  <div class="paragraph" style='text-align:left;'>The things that the yogi can do with the human body escape our imagination.&nbsp; They are right there, before our eyes, in the images that reach us immediately from a long distance through the TV program Pasaje a lo Desconocido (Passage to the Unknown).<br /><span style=""></span><br /><span style=""></span>    Fidel Castro Ruz<br />June 18, 2012<br />2:40 p.m.<br />************************************************************<br /><span style=""></span><span style=""></span>  <strong style="">Lo Inimaginable</strong><br /><span style=""></span><br /><span style=""></span>    Los Yogas hacen cosas con el cuerpo humano que escapan a nuestra imaginaci&oacute;n. Est&aacute;n all&iacute;, ante nuestros ojos, a trav&eacute;s de im&aacute;genes que llegan instant&aacute;neamente desde enormes distancias, a trav&eacute;s de Pasaje a lo Desconocido.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br /><span style=""></span><br /><span style=""></span>    Fidel Castro Ruz<br />Junio 18 de 2012<br />2 y 40 p.m.<br /><span style=""></span><br /><span style=""></span></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Food and Wholesome Jobs / La Alimentación y el Empleo Sano]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://www.forumoncuba.com/2012-reflections/food-and-wholesome-jobs-la-alimentacin-y-el-empleo-sano]]></link><comments><![CDATA[https://www.forumoncuba.com/2012-reflections/food-and-wholesome-jobs-la-alimentacin-y-el-empleo-sano#comments]]></comments><pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2012 01:03:27 GMT</pubDate><category><![CDATA[fidel]]></category><category><![CDATA[reflections]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.forumoncuba.com/2012-reflections/food-and-wholesome-jobs-la-alimentacin-y-el-empleo-sano</guid><description><![CDATA[    The conditions have been created for the country to start the mass production of moringa oleifera and mulberry, which are inexhaustible sources of meat; milk and eggs; silk fibres that can be spun using traditional methods and also allow for the creation of jobs that can be performed in the shade and are appropriately remunerated, regardless of age or sex.    Fidel Castro RuzJune 17, 20122:55 p.m.************************************************************  La Alimentaci&oacute;n y el Empleo [...] ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>  <!--BLOG_SUMMARY_END--></div>  <div class="paragraph" style='text-align:left;'>The conditions have been created for the country to start the mass production of moringa oleifera and mulberry, which are inexhaustible sources of meat; milk and eggs; silk fibres that can be spun using traditional methods and also allow for the creation of jobs that can be performed in the shade and are appropriately remunerated, regardless of age or sex.<br /><span style=""></span><br /><span style=""></span>    Fidel Castro Ruz<br />June 17, 2012<br />2:55 p.m.<br />************************************************************<br /><span style=""></span><span style=""></span>  <strong style="">La Alimentaci&oacute;n y el Empleo Sano</strong><br /><span style=""></span><br /><span style=""></span>    Est&aacute;n las condiciones creadas para que el pa&iacute;s comience a producir masivamente Moringa Ole&iacute;fera y Morera, que son adem&aacute;s fuentes inagotables de carne, huevo y leche, fibras de Seda que se hilan artesanalmente y son capaces de suministrar trabajo a la sombra y bien remunerado, con independencia de edad o sexo.<br /><span style=""></span><br /><span style=""></span>    Fidel Castro Ruz<br />Junio 17 de 2012<br />2 y 55&nbsp; p.m.<br /><span style=""></span><br /><span style=""></span></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nicolás Guillén]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://www.forumoncuba.com/2012-reflections/nicols-guilln]]></link><comments><![CDATA[https://www.forumoncuba.com/2012-reflections/nicols-guilln#comments]]></comments><pubDate>Sun, 17 Jun 2012 01:02:21 GMT</pubDate><category><![CDATA[fidel]]></category><category><![CDATA[reflections]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.forumoncuba.com/2012-reflections/nicols-guilln</guid><description><![CDATA[    To your health, Guevara!    Or better still, from the very depths of the Americas: Wait for us!    We will depart with you.    We want to die so as to live as you have died;    and live as you live on.    Che: Commander and friend.      That was the beautiful final stanza of a poem written by the National Poet.    Fidel Castro RuzJune 16, 20123:05 p.m.************************************************************  Nicol&aacute;s Guill&eacute;n    &iexcl;Salud Guevara!    O mejor todav&iacute;a [...] ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>  <!--BLOG_SUMMARY_END--></div>  <div class="paragraph" style='text-align:left;'>To your health, Guevara!<br /><span style=""></span><br /><span style=""></span>    Or better still, from the very depths of the Americas: Wait for us!<br /><span style=""></span><br /><span style=""></span>    We will depart with you.<br /><span style=""></span><br /><span style=""></span>    We want to die so as to live as you have died;<br /><span style=""></span><br /><span style=""></span>    and live as you live on.<br /><span style=""></span><br /><span style=""></span>    Che: Commander and friend.<br /><span style=""></span><br /><span style=""></span>      That was the beautiful final stanza of a poem written by the National Poet.<br /><span style=""></span><br /><span style=""></span>    Fidel Castro Ruz<br />June 16, 2012<br />3:05 p.m.<br />************************************************************<br /><span style=""></span><span style=""></span>  <strong style="">Nicol&aacute;s Guill&eacute;n</strong><br /><span style=""></span><br /><span style=""></span>    &iexcl;Salud Guevara!<br /><span style=""></span><br /><span style=""></span>    O mejor todav&iacute;a desde el hond&oacute;n americano:<br /><span style=""></span><br /><span style=""></span>    Esp&eacute;ranos. Partiremos contigo. Queremos<br /><span style=""></span><br /><span style=""></span>    morir para vivir como t&uacute; has muerto,<br /><span style=""></span><br /><span style=""></span>    para vivir como t&uacute; vives,<br /><span style=""></span><br /><span style=""></span>    Che Comandante, amigo.<br /><span style=""></span><br /><span style=""></span>      Hermosos versos finales del Poeta Nacional.<br /><span style=""></span><br /><span style=""></span>    Fidel Castro Ruz<br />Junio 16 de 2012<br />3 y 5 p.m.<br /><span style=""></span><br /><span style=""></span></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deng Xiaoping]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://www.forumoncuba.com/2012-reflections/deng-xiaoping]]></link><comments><![CDATA[https://www.forumoncuba.com/2012-reflections/deng-xiaoping#comments]]></comments><pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2012 14:45:59 GMT</pubDate><category><![CDATA[fidel]]></category><category><![CDATA[reflections]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.forumoncuba.com/2012-reflections/deng-xiaoping</guid><description><![CDATA[    He professed to be a wise man, and in fact he was.&nbsp; But he made a little mistake.&ldquo;Cuba must be punished&rdquo;, he said one day.&nbsp; Our country had never even pronounced his name.It was an absolutely unwarranted offence.Fidel Castro RuzJune 14, 20121:40 p.m.******************************************Deng XiaopingPresum&iacute;a de hombre sabio y, sin duda, lo era. Pero incurri&oacute; en un peque&ntilde;o error. &ldquo;Hay que castigar a Cuba&rdquo;, dijo un d&iacute;a. Nuestro  [...] ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>  <!--BLOG_SUMMARY_END--></div>  <div class="paragraph">He professed to be a wise man, and in fact he was.&nbsp; But he made a little mistake.<br /><span></span><br /><span></span>&ldquo;Cuba must be punished&rdquo;, he said one day.&nbsp; Our country had never even pronounced his name.<br /><span></span><br /><span></span>It was an absolutely unwarranted offence.<br /><span></span><br /><span></span>Fidel Castro Ruz<br />June 14, 2012<br />1:40 p.m.<br />******************************************<br />Deng Xiaoping<br /><span></span><br /><span></span>Presum&iacute;a de hombre sabio y, sin duda, lo era. Pero incurri&oacute; en un peque&ntilde;o error. <br /><span></span><br /><span></span>&ldquo;Hay que castigar a Cuba&rdquo;, dijo un d&iacute;a. Nuestro pa&iacute;s nunca pronunci&oacute; siquiera su nombre.<br /><span></span><br /><span></span>Fue una ofensa absolutamente gratuita.<br /><span></span><br /><span></span>Fidel Castro Ruz<br />Junio 14 de 2012<br />1 y 40 p.m.<br /><span></span><br /><span></span></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alberto Juantorena]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://www.forumoncuba.com/2012-reflections/alberto-juantorena]]></link><comments><![CDATA[https://www.forumoncuba.com/2012-reflections/alberto-juantorena#comments]]></comments><pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2012 14:40:59 GMT</pubDate><category><![CDATA[fidel]]></category><category><![CDATA[reflections]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.forumoncuba.com/2012-reflections/alberto-juantorena</guid><description><![CDATA[    His prestige is gaining strength as an example of Cuba&rsquo;s great sporting figures.&nbsp; His age and health portray him as the ideal prototype to preside over the Cuban Olympic Committee.Such predictions seem to be right!Fidel Castro RuzJune 13, 20121:55 p.m.**********************************Alberto JuantorenaCrece con fuerza su nombre como ejemplo de la gloria deportiva cubana. Su edad y su salud lo presentan como prototipo ideal para presidir el Comit&eacute; Ol&iacute;mpico Cubano.&ie [...] ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>  <!--BLOG_SUMMARY_END--></div>  <div class="paragraph">His prestige is gaining strength as an example of Cuba&rsquo;s great sporting figures.&nbsp; His age and health portray him as the ideal prototype to preside over the Cuban Olympic Committee.<br /><span></span><br /><span></span>Such predictions seem to be right!<br /><span></span><br /><span></span>Fidel Castro Ruz<br />June 13, 2012<br />1:55 p.m.<br />**********************************<br />Alberto Juantorena<br /><span></span><br /><span></span>Crece con fuerza su nombre como ejemplo de la gloria deportiva cubana. Su edad y su salud lo presentan como prototipo ideal para presidir el Comit&eacute; Ol&iacute;mpico Cubano.<br /><span></span><br /><span></span>&iexcl;Tales predicciones parecen correctas!<br /><span></span><br /><span></span>Fidel Castro Ruz<br />Junio 13 de 2012<br />1 y 55 p.m.<br /><span></span><br /><span></span></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teófilo Stevenson]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://www.forumoncuba.com/2012-reflections/tefilo-stevenson]]></link><comments><![CDATA[https://www.forumoncuba.com/2012-reflections/tefilo-stevenson#comments]]></comments><pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2012 14:25:28 GMT</pubDate><category><![CDATA[fidel]]></category><category><![CDATA[reflections]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.forumoncuba.com/2012-reflections/tefilo-stevenson</guid><description><![CDATA[    Stevenson has left us. The news arrived yesterday after 4:00 p.m. No other amateur boxer shone so much in the history of that sport.&nbsp; He could have achieved another two Olympic titles hadn&rsquo;t it been for certain duties that the principles of internationalism imposed on the Revolution.&nbsp; No money in the world would have been enough to bribe Stevenson.Glory be to his memory forever!Fidel Castro RuzJune 12, 20123:15 p.m.******************************************Te&oacute;filo Stev [...] ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>  <!--BLOG_SUMMARY_END--></div>  <div class="paragraph">Stevenson has left us. The news arrived yesterday after 4:00 p.m. No other amateur boxer shone so much in the history of that sport.&nbsp; He could have achieved another two Olympic titles hadn&rsquo;t it been for certain duties that the principles of internationalism imposed on the Revolution.&nbsp; No money in the world would have been enough to bribe Stevenson.<br /><span></span><br /><span></span>Glory be to his memory forever!<br /><span></span><br /><span></span>Fidel Castro Ruz<br />June 12, 2012<br />3:15 p.m.<br />******************************************<br /><STRONG>Te&oacute;filo Stevenson<br /><span></span></STRONG><br /><span></span>Se nos ha ido Stevenson. Despu&eacute;s de las cuatro de la tarde de ayer lleg&oacute; la noticia. Ning&uacute;n otro boxeador amateur brill&oacute; tanto en la historia de ese deporte. Podr&iacute;a haber obtenido dos t&iacute;tulos ol&iacute;mpicos adicionales, si no hubiese sido por deberes que los principios internacionalistas impusieron a la Revoluci&oacute;n. Ning&uacute;n dinero del mundo habr&iacute;a sobornado a Stevenson.<br /><span></span><br /><span></span>&iexcl;Gloria eterna a su memoria!&nbsp; <br /><span></span><br /><span></span>Fidel Castro Ruz&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br />Junio 12 de 2012&nbsp; <br />3 y 15 p.m.<br /><span></span><br /><span></span></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conducts Hard to Forget / Conductas Que No Se Olvidan]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://www.forumoncuba.com/2012-reflections/conducts-hard-to-forget-conductas-que-no-se-olvidan]]></link><comments><![CDATA[https://www.forumoncuba.com/2012-reflections/conducts-hard-to-forget-conductas-que-no-se-olvidan#comments]]></comments><pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2012 13:36:50 GMT</pubDate><category><![CDATA[fidel]]></category><category><![CDATA[reflections]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.forumoncuba.com/2012-reflections/conducts-hard-to-forget-conductas-que-no-se-olvidan</guid><description><![CDATA[    Erich Honecker was the most revolutionary German I had ever known.Every man lives his own time.&nbsp; These are infinitely changing times if they are compared to any former time.&nbsp; I had the privilege of observing his conduct when he was bitterly paying the debt contracted by the one who had sold his soul to the devil for a few swigs of Vodka.I keep the deepest feelings of solidarity towards Honecker.Fidel Castro RuzJune 11, 20123:17 p.m.***************************************Conductas Q [...] ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>  <!--BLOG_SUMMARY_END--></div>  <div class="paragraph">Erich Honecker was the most revolutionary German I had ever known.<br /><span></span><br /><span></span>Every man lives his own time.&nbsp; These are infinitely changing times if they are compared to any former time.&nbsp; I had the privilege of observing his conduct when he was bitterly paying the debt contracted by the one who had sold his soul to the devil for a few swigs of Vodka.<br /><span></span><br /><span></span>I keep the deepest feelings of solidarity towards Honecker.<br /><span></span><br /><span></span>Fidel Castro Ruz<br />June 11, 2012<br />3:17 p.m.<br />***************************************<br /><STRONG>Conductas Que No Se Olvidan<br /><span></span></STRONG><br /><span></span>El alem&aacute;n m&aacute;s revolucionario que he conocido fue Erich Honecker.<br /><span></span><br /><span></span>Cada hombre vive su &eacute;poca. La actual es infinitamente cambiante, si se compara con cualquier otra anterior. Me correspondi&oacute; el privilegio de observar su conducta cuando este pagaba amargamente la deuda&nbsp; contra&iacute;da por aquel que vendi&oacute; su alma al diablo por unas pocas l&iacute;neas de Vodka.<br /><span></span><br /><span></span>Guardo hacia Honecker el sentimiento m&aacute;s profundo de solidaridad.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br /><span></span><br /><span></span>Fidel Castro Ruz<br />Junio 11 de 2012<br />3 y 17 p.m.<br /><span></span><br /><span></span></div>]]></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>