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Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz was a Cuban communist revolutionary and politician who was the leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2011. He served as prime minister from 1959 to 1976, president from 1976 to 2008, and first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba from 1965 until 2011. Ideologically a Marxist–Leninist and Cuban nationalist, under his administration Cuba became a one-party communist state; industry and business were nationalized, and socialist reforms were implemented throughout society.
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“Czy to źle być dyktatorem? Widziałem, jak Stany Zjednoczone zaprzyjaźniały się z niektórymi dyktatorami.”
“If we had paused to tell the people that we were Marxist-Leninists while we were on Pico Turquino and not yet strong, it is possible that we would never have been able to descend to the plains.”
“Condenadme, no importa, la Historia me absolverá.”
“The figure of Lenin is a giant in history and his luminous ideas represents the common heritage of revolutionary fighters in every corner of the Earth.”
“Fascism appears in the world precisely after the October Revolution; fascism appears in the world as a tool against Marxism-Leninism. Capitalist and imperialist countries created the conditions for the rise of fascism in the world; and the whole fascist campaign, since its first appearance in Europe, was based on anti-communism, on communists' slaughter and on the destruction of the Soviet Union.”
“Marxism-Leninism is ultimately deeply internationalist and, at the same time, deeply patriotic.”
“I propose the immediate launching of a nuclear strike on the United States. The Cuban people are prepared to sacrifice themselves for the cause of the destruction of imperialism and the victory of world revolution.”
“Marxism-Leninism is the ideology of the working class, the most complete political doctrine, the most accurate explanation of social and historical problems.”
“Musimy zachować spokój, ponieważ gang, mafia [o Unii Europejskiej] dołączyła się do jankeskich imperialistów, ohydnie służąc nazistowskiemu rządowi Stanów Zjednoczonych.”
“Democratic Korea, its leaders and its people will always live in our feelings of revolutionaries, patriots and fighters for the triumph of socialism.”
“Marxism-Leninism is the denial of the exploitation of man by man, that has been precisely the source of crimes, wars, oppressions and calamities that humanity has suffered over millennia.”
“Marxism-Leninism is the richest doctrine in ideas of justice, freedom, equality, fraternity among men.”
“Fascism, with its violence, gets rid of everything: it attacks universities, it closes them and crushes them; it attacks intellectuals, represses them and persecutes them; it attacks political parties; it attacks trade union organizations; it attacks all mass and cultural organizations. Therefore, nothing is more violent, more retrograde and more illegal than fascism.”
“A revolution is not a trail of roses.... A revolution is a fight to the death between the future and the past.”
“I am a Marxist-Leninist, and I will be a Marxist-Leninist until the last days of my life.”
“Opis: krytykując prezydenta Mahmuda Ahmadineżada za politykę wobec Izraela.”
“Marxism-Leninism is an explanation of historical events; Marxism-Leninism is a guide for action, Marxism-Leninism is the ideology of the proletariat, which must guide, make its action conscious to overthrow exploiters, to establish a classless society.”
“Marx and Lenin represent precisely the two human personalities that will mark the passage between prehistory and the history of mankind.”
“El capitalismo produce fieras, el socialismo produce hombres.”
“The Alliance for Progress is an alliance between one millionaire and many beggars.”
“Variant translation: I am a Marxist-Leninist and will be one until the day I die.”
“Kim Il-sung, one of the most prominent, bright and heroic socialist leaders of the present day, whose history is one of the most beautiful thing a revolutionary may have written in the service of the cause of socialism.”
“We believe that Marxism-Leninism is an incontestable truth.”
“The death of a fighter is not a reason to mourn, if we believe, as we have always believed, as our people have believed and as revolutionaries of every era have believed, that no true man, no true revolutionary dies in vain.”
“Warfare is a means and not an end. Warfare is a tool of revolutionaries. The important thing is the revolution! The important thing is the revolutionary cause, revolutionary ideas, revolutionary objectives, revolutionary sentiments, revolutionary virtues!”
“Opis: wspominając wychowanie odebrane w katolickiej szkole.”
“President Ho Chi Minh, understanding the extraordinary historical importance and the consequences of the glorious October Revolution, and assimilating Lenin's luminous thought, saw clearly that in Marxism-Leninism we could find the teaching and the path that had to be followed to find a solution to the problem of the peoples oppressed by colonialism.”
“Che brought the ideas of Marxism-Leninism to their freshest, purest, most revolutionary expression.”
“Nawet gdyby mnie dopadł parkinson, to co z tego? Papież Jan Paweł II jeździł z parkinsonem po całym świecie.”
“Muszę przyznać, iż w pewnym okresie zdawało się, iż będziemy mogli pozostawić władzę innym; byliśmy trochę „utopistami.”
“Ci, którzy nie wyrzekną się nawyku picia rumu, będą musieli drogo płacić za ten napój.”
“Można porównać prześladowania za przekonania religijne, które w gruncie rzeczy były też ideami politycznymi niewolników i ciemiężonych w Rzymie, z systematycznymi i brutalnymi prześladowaniami, których ofiarami w czasach nowożytnych byli nosiciele politycznych idei robotników i chłopów, czyli komuniści.”
Awarded Confucius Peace Prize (2014).
It was revealed that along with Hugo Chávez, Castro had played a significant behind-the-scenes role in orchestrating peace talks between the Colombian government and the far left FARC guerrilla movement to end the confli
Awarded Order of Merit, 1st class (2010).
Awarded Order of Timor-Leste (2010).
“Opis: zaraz po publikacji wywiadu, Castro oświadczył, że został źle zrozumiany: wprost.pl, 10 września 2010”
Awarded Order of the Quetzal (2009).
Awarded Order of Omar Torrijos Herrera (2009).
Awarded Order of the Companions of O. R. Tambo (2009).
Going from 550 million US dollars in their 2005 list
Career landmark: Secretary General of the Non-Aligned Movement (2006–2008).
Castro transferred his responsibilities to Vice President Raúl Castro, who was elected to the presidency by the National Assembly in 2008
Following the election of leftist President Martín Torrijos
Castro shut down 118 factories, including steel plants, sugar mills and paper processors to compensate for a critical shortage of fuel
It broke off diplomatic ties with Panama after centrist President Mireya Moscoso pardoned four Cuban exiles accused of attempting to assassinate Castro in 2000
Former US president Jimmy Carter visited Cuba, where he highlighted the lack of civil liberties in the country and urged the government to pay attention to the Varela Project of Oswaldo Payá
Awarded Order of the Crown of the Realm (2001).
Castro attended the Conference Against Racism in South Africa at which he lectured on the global spread of racial stereotypes through US film
Castro successfully proposed a one-time cash purchase of food from the US while declining its government's offer of humanitarian aid
Awarded Emblem of the Republic (2000).
Awarded Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 1st class (2000).
Awarded Order of the Liberator (2000).
Signed an agreement through which Cuba would send 20,000 medics to Venezuela, in return receiving 53,000 barrels of oil per day at preferential rates; in 2004, this trade was stepped up, with Cuba sending 40,000 med
Awarded Order of Belize (1999).
Awarded Grand Cross of the National Order of Mali (1998).
Awarded Order of Merit of Duarte, Sanchez and Mella (1998).
Awarded Grand Collar of the Order of Good Hope (1998).
Canadian prime minister Jean Chrétien arrived in Cuba to meet Castro and highlight their close ties
A ministry dedicated to the environment was established, and new laws established in 1997 that promoted awareness of environmental issues throughout Cuba and stressed the sustainable use of natural resources
Awarded Order of Agostinho Neto (1992).
“Special Period in Time of Peace”
Castro led Cuba through the economic downturn of the "Special Period", embracing environmentalist and anti-globalization ideas
Havana hosted the Pan American Games, which involved construction of a stadium and accommodation for the athletes; Castro admitted that it was an expensive error, but it was a success for Cuba's government
Was joined onstage by Nelson Mandela, recently released from prison
Awarded Order of Hồ Chí Minh (1989).
Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of the Aztec Eagle (1988).
Organized a quadripartite talk between the USSR, US, Cuba and South Africa; they agreed that all foreign troops would pull out of Angola while South Africa agreed to grant independence to Namibia
Awarded Order of the Yugoslavian Great Star (1986).
Awarded Order of Lenin (1986).
Awarded Order of Klement Gottwald (1986).
Awarded Order of Karl Marx (1986).
Mikhail Gorbachev became general secretary of the Soviet Communist Party; a reformer, he implemented measures to increase freedom of the press (glasnost) and economic decentralization (perestroika) in an attempt to stren
Havana hosted five international conferences on the world debt problem
Career landmark: Secretary General of the Non-Aligned Movement (1979–1983).
The Conference of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) was held in Havana, where Castro was selected as NAM president, a position he held until 1982
Befriending Grenadine president Maurice Bishop and sending doctors, teachers, and technicians to aid the country's development
Awarded Order of Jamaica (1977).
Awarded Order of Merit (1977).
The Ogaden War broke out over the disputed Ogaden region as Somalia invaded Ethiopia; although a former ally of Somali president Siad Barre, Castro had warned him against such action, and Cuba sided with Mengistu Haile M
Awarded Order of the October Revolution (1976).
Career landmark: President of Cuba (1976–2008).
Won Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" (1975).
As a result of high international sugar prices and new credits with Argentina, Canada, and parts of Western Europe
Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (1973).
“Opis: do dziennikarzy w 1973.”
The military led a coup d'état and established a military junta led by Augusto Pinochet
Awarded Order of Lenin (1972).
Awarded Star of the Socialist Republic of Romania (1972).
Awarded Collar of the Order of the White Lion (1972).
Awarded Grand Star of People's Friendship (1972).
Awarded Order of Georgi Dimitrov (1972).
“Opis: latem 1968, decydując się na pojednanie z Moskwą i kończąc 10-letni okres tzw. „herezji kubańskiej.”
Castro proclaimed a Great Revolutionary Offensive, closing all remaining privately owned shops and businesses and denouncing their owners as capitalist counterrevolutionaries
Although gay men continued to be imprisoned
Castro staged a Tri-Continental Conference of Africa, Asia and Latin America in Havana, further establishing himself as a significant player on the world stage
Gay men were forced into the Military Units to Aid Production (Unidades Militares de Ayuda a la Producción – UMAP)
Castro authorized Che Guevara to travel to Congo-Kinshasa to train revolutionaries against the Western-backed government
Awarded Hero of the Soviet Union (1963).
Awarded Order of Lenin (1963).
“Opis: w 1963, kpiąc z radzieckich komunistów.”
The government cracked down on Protestant sects in Cuba, with Castro labelling them counter-revolutionary "instruments of imperialism"; many preachers were found guilty of illegal US links and imprisoned
“This is one of the gravest risks of nuclear war since the October Crisis in 1962 involving Cuba , 50 years ago,”
Awarded Lenin Peace Prize (1961).
Was a four year plan devised to be implemented in 1962 through 1965
Career landmark: First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba (1961–2011).
Awarded Bintang Mahaputera Adipurna (1960).
Fidel Castro announced that all future elections would be cancelled
Awarded Order of the Nile (1959).
Career landmark: Prime Minister of Cuba (1959–2008).
His regime spent $120 million on Soviet, French, and Belgian weaponry and by early 1960 had doubled the size of Cuba's armed forces
Castro assumed military and political power as Cuba's prime minister
And the early 1960s, Cuba's basic economic structure changed very little between then and the 1980s
Met with leading members of the Partido Ortodoxo, Raúl Chibás and Felipe Pazos, authoring the Sierra Maestra Manifesto, in which they demanded that a provisional civilian government be set up to implement moderate agr
But Sánchez and another defector uncovered that he was born earlier than Fidelito
Bombings and violent demonstrations led to a crackdown on dissent, with Castro and Raúl fleeing the country to evade arrest
While he was in prison due to the attacks on the Moncada Barracks
Batista's government held presidential elections, but no politician stood against him; the election was widely considered fraudulent
“Opis: z przemówienia w sądzie we własnej obronie w procesie ataku na koszary Moncada, 1953.”
Studied at University of Havana, Doctor (1945–1950).
Castro joined the Party of the Cuban People (Partido Ortodoxo), founded by Eduardo Chibás
Castro began studying law at the University of Havana where he became embroiled in student activism and the violent gangsterismo culture within the university
Studied at Belen Jesuit Preparatory School (1945–1945).
Castro transferred to the Jesuit-run El Colegio de Belén in Havana
Born 1926-08-13.
Awarded Al-Gaddafi International Prize for Human Rights.
Awarded honorary doctorate of the National University of San Marcos.
Awarded Order of José Martí.