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I am aware of its shortcomings, but I think they should learn long before criticizing both. Hope you like ...
Fidel's resignation
Frei Betto
Fidel Castro, 81, resigned as president of Cuba's State Council and Commander in Chief of the Revolution. Dedicated to health care, he preferred to stay out of government activities and participate in public debate-always-loved by his articles in the media. remains without However, as a member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of Cuba.Next Sunday 24 Raul Castro, 77, will be elected by the new National Assembly deputies, to fill the roles of president of Cuba.
is the second time that Fidel renunciation of power. The first was in July 1959, seven months after the victory of the Revolution. Elected prime minister, clashed with President Manuel Urrutia, who considered very radical revolutionary laws, such as agrarian reform, adopted by the council of ministers. To prevent a coup, Cuban leader chose to resign. The people took to the streets to support him. pressure from the demonstrations, Urrutia had no alternative but to leave office. The chair was occupied by Oswaldo Dorticos, and Fidel turned to the role of prime minister.
I was in Cuba in January this year to participate in the International Conference on World Equilibrium, in light of the 155th anniversary of the birth of José Martí, paradigmatic figure of the country. returned in mid-February for another international meeting, the Congress Universiade 2008 in which several Brazilian university presidents.
On both occasions I met with Raul Castro and other Cuban ministers. I also met the leadership of the FEU (Federation of University Students)
who are mistaken to believe that Fidel's resignation means the beginning of the end of socialism in Cuba. There is no indication that significant sectors of Cuban society aspire to return to capitalism. Even the bishops of the Catholic Church. With the exception of a few who do not mind that the future of Cuba was equivalent to this in Honduras, Guatemala and Nicaragua. Moreover, none of those who left the country continued to defend human rights when inserted into the enchanted world of consumerism.
Cuba is not resistant to change. Raul Castro himself sparked an internal criticism of the Revolution through the mass organizations and professional sectors. More than a million suggestions areas addressed by the government. Cubans know that the difficulties are enormous, because live in a quad-island geographical West only socialist nation, devoid of support that gave the Soviet Union blocked more than 40 years by the U.S. government
Despite all this, the country earned praise from Pope John Paul II during his visit in 1998. The UN HDR 2007 Brazil was glad to be in the position 70. The first seventy countries are considered the best in quality of life. Cuba, where there is no charge for the universal right to health and education, is ranked 51.
The country has a rate of early literacy
doctors and teachers working in over 100 countries, including Brazil and throughout Latin America promoting "Operation Miracle, free curing eye diseases, and early literacy campaign
will, yes, changes in Cuba after leaving the U.S. blockade, when they released the five Cubans unjustly imprisoned in Florida for fighting terrorism, and whether the Guantanamo naval base, now used as clandestine prison-world symbol of disrespect for human and civil rights of suspected terrorists-was returned.
not expect, however, that Cuba remove entries to Havana two signs that make us ashamed of us Latin Americans who live on islands of affluence surrounded by poverty on all sides: "Every year 80 000 children are killed disease avoidable, none of them is Cuban. " "Tonight, 200 million children sleep in the streets of the world. No one is Cuban. " (Translation JLBurguet)
