comrades,
I am happy and it gives me great honor to your Please comply with a message at the 17th to transmit World Festival of Youth and Students, held in the homeland of Nelson Mandela, a living symbol of the struggle against the hated apartheid system.
Cuba has hosted two festivals: the IX. in 1978 and the XIV in 1997.
was at that time it was the first time that the festival took place not in Europe, but in a country in the hemisphere.
The decision was on the IX. Assembly of the World Federation of Democratic Youth in Varna, Bulgaria, the end of 1974 made.
There were different times: the world has serious but less dramatic problems stood against. The advanced youth fought for the right of all people to a dignified life. That was the old dream of the greatest minds of humanity, as it was obvious that science, technology, labor productivity and the development of consciousness made this possible.
Over a short period of accelerated globalization, the communications sector has reached an unexpectedly high level, the means to promote education, health and culture have multiplied. Our dreams were not unfounded. In this spirit, found the IX. added World Festival of Youth and Students held, attended by all our people.
In the General Assembly the World Federation of Democratic Youth, the beginning of October 1995 in this very heroic South Africa took place, the decision was adopted on the implementation of the XIV Festival. This festival took part in more than 12,000 delegates from 132 countries. At that time there were already 37 years in which our country led the political and ideological struggle against the United States and its brutal economic blockade.
Until the 1980s it was not just the People's Republic of China, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, which have suffered from the genocide of cross-border wars and crimes of the Yankees, but also the European socialist camp and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, a multinational country with an area of 22,402,200 km2, with enormous resources to agricultural soil, forests, oil, gas, minerals has, etc. The great imperialist power, the socialist superpower with over 800 bases around the world made contrary.
The dissolution of the USSR, which errors in one or another moment in history were also more committed was a serious blow to the progressive movement in the world.
The Yankees have quickly moved and expanded the military bases, and used the facilities built by the USSR to deal with its war machine close to encircle the Russian Federation, which is still a great power.
The military adventure in the United States and its NATO allies has grown in Europe and Asia. You have started the war in Kosovo and Serbia divided.
In our hemisphere, they have 1965, well before the dissolution of the Soviet Union, attacked the Dominican Republic, have bombed Nicaragua and are invaded by mercenary forces, with their regular troops they attacked Granada, Panama and Haiti, have bloody coups in Chile , Argentina and Uruguay promoted and supported the brutal suppression of Stroessner in Paraguay.
you have the "School of the Americas created when they are trained not only thousands of Latin American military officers for conspiracy and coups, but many of them familiar with hate doctrines and elaborate torture made while they are before the world as defenders" of human rights and democracy represented.
sees the first decade of this century, as if the imperialist great power out of control.
The bloody events of 11 September 2001, when the Twin Towers were destroyed - a dramatic event, with about three thousand people lost their lives - and the subsequent Attack on the Pentagon came the unscrupulous adventurers George W. Bush summoned as to call out the so-called war on terror, which simply means a dangerous increase in the brutal politics that run the United States on our planet.
And more than demonstrated the shameful support of the NATO countries in this vicious war. This military organization has just announced its intention to intervene in any country of the world in which their interests, provides that threatens the interests of the United States.
The monopoly of the mass media in the hands of large transnational capitalist enterprises was used by imperialism, to spread lies to create conditioned reflexes to develop and selfish instincts.
While the youth and students to South Africa, traveled to fight for a world in peace, dignity and justice, have students and their professors in the UK delivered a heated battle with the strong, well-equipped repression Corps on their spirited horses. Rarely or perhaps never before in history we have seen a similar scene of capitalist "democracy." The ruling neo-liberal parties have played their role as the gendarme of the oligarchy, broken their election promise and approved in Parliament, measures the cost of a University studies have increased to 14,000 dollars a year. The worst was the audacity with which said the vote that "would solve the market problem." Only the rich have the right to an academic title.
A few days ago, said the current Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates, when he commented on the documents published by Wikileaks secrets: "The fact that governments operate with the United States because it is in their interest, not because they like us, not because they trust us, and not because they believe that we are able to keep secrets. Some governments operate with us because they are afraid of us, others because they respect us, the majority because they need us. We are still important, as was said earlier, "the indispensable nation."
Many intelligent and well-informed people believe that the Yankee empire, like all previous empires also occurred in the last stage, and that the signs are it irrefutable.
A on the website TomDispatch article published on the website Rebelión translated from English, outlines four hypotheses of the likely course of events in the United States. In all hypotheses, a World War II as one of the options , although it does not exclude that there might be another solution. It is added, that that country's leading role in global exports of goods and in less than 15 years, its leading role in technological innovation, like the dollar will lose its privileged role as guide and reserve currency. It adds that China is this year with 12% before the United States and reaches 11% in global exports of goods. It was played and the presentation of the supercomputer Tianhe-1A by the Defence Minister of China in October this year, a computer that is so powerful that he, according to a U.S. expert in the United States have existing "computer eliminated No. 1" is achieved.
When our fellow citizens of South Africa, it was one of her first activities to pay homage to the internationalist fighters the honor in the battle for Africa gave their lives.
care for twelve years, our Doctors in neighboring Haiti, the Haitian people today, in cooperation with internationalist doctors who have studied in the Latin American School of Medicine (ELAM). There they fight also for Africa, where they fight against the cholera epidemic, the disease of the poor to to prevent it from spreading to those that continent, where there is much poverty in Latin America. With the experience gained by our doctors have reduced the mortality rate greatly. The Herald newspaper in Harare in August 2008 was claimed to be triggered very close to South Africa, Zimbabwe, the epidemic "in an explosive manner." Robert Mugabe has accused the governments of the United States and Great Britain to have introduced the disease.
As proof of total lack of scruples of the Yankee government, it is necessary to remember that the U.S. government to the apartheid regime has been nuclear weapons, had used the racists almost against the Cuban and Angolan troops after the victory of Cuito Cuanavale in the south marched in the Cuban staff feared that risk and took the necessary tactical measures that enabled him to complete air dominance. If they had tried to use these weapons, they would not win them went out. But it is legitimate to ask: What would have happened if the South African racists nuclear weapons against the Cuban and Angolan troops had used? How will the international reaction would have been? How would justify this barbaric act? Like the USSR would have reacted? These are questions we should ask ourselves.
When the racists, the government of Nelson Mandela handed over, they have also said nothing, not even what they have done with these weapons. The investigation and prosecution of these events today would be a great service to the world. I urge you to, dear fellow citizens, to raise this issue at the World Festival of Youth and Students.
Homeland or death!
Venceremos!
Fidel Castro Ruz
13th December 2010
