Dmitry Medvedev, President of the Russian Federation, congratulated the President of the State Council and the Council of Ministers of Cuba, Raul Castro, and the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, Fidel Castro, on the occasion of the national holiday marking the fiftieth anniversary of the liberation of Cuba.
The Russian head of state said, among other things: “Today the tried and tested relationship of mutual understanding and cooperation between Russia and Cuba is newly reinvigorated. The deep tradition of friendship between our two peoples is one of the fundamental bases for the broadening of bilateral action and the co-ordination of our efforts on the international stage.”
In his message to Fidel Castro, Dmitry Medvedev said, “The Cuban revolution – your life’s work – opened a new path to freedom for the Cuban people. It entered the history books as a legendary example of the struggle for the high ideals of social justice. I am convinced that the new momentum in Russian-Cuban cooperation will henceforth work both to benefit the populations of Russia and Cuba, and also in the interests of ensuring a stable and multilateral world order.”
The Golden 50th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution was marked on New Year’s Day. Fifty years ago, Fidel Castro and his small group of bearded rebels entered the city of Santiago on the first day of 1959, just hours after General Fulgencio Batista fled the country. A week later, they would ride triumphantly into Havana and change the course of human events forever.
Since that time, ten US administrations have gone to extremes in their failed attempts to isolate Cuba and eliminate its top leader. There have been invasion attempts, assassination attempts, terrorist attempts and an inhuman, illegal embargo meant to make people so miserable and unhappy that they would revolt. But it never happened. Cuba, her people and the Revolution have prevailed.
Fidel Castro and the Cuban Revolution have inspired many people around the globe, especially in Latin America and Africa. Fidel Castro remains active, writing on international and domestic issues, his recollections of times past, consulting on policy with his brother and meeting with various visiting heads of state. A very humble man, he has lived to see his dream come true and the Great Cuban Revolution has brought forth many sons to carry the torch and to change the face not only of Latin America, but of the world.
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