“We are, simply, a country that has lived up to the moment it is living, a people that, when it was necessary, gathered all the heroics it has inside, all the tenacity, all the braveness, all the nobility, all it has good inside so it could resist all dangers, so it could face all contingencies”.
“Put and end to the ongoing genocide against the Palestinian people that is taking place while the world stares in amazement. May the basic right to life of that people, children and youth, be protected. May their right to peace and independence be respected; then, there will be nothing to fear from UN documents”.
“Today, of course, the main concern of our people and the planet as a whole is the preservation of peace, because without peace, the world would be headed towards a fatal abyss. And we will struggle for peace with the same courage, honor and dignity as we always have”.
“It would suffice to return to the United Nations Organization the prerogatives that it has been deprived of and let the General Assembly, its most universal and representative body, be the center of that fight for peace --regardless of its limitations due to the arbitrary veto right of the Security Council standing members, most of them also a part of NATO-- and for the eradication of terrorism with total and unanimous support from the world opinion”.
General Antonio Maceo, Cubans today, brought up on your immortal example, would like to have shared with you the honour of being with you that glorious day when you said to the representative of Spanish colonial power: We want no peace without independence.
I do not trust the US policy, nor have I ever exchanged a single word with them, something that in no way means a rejection to a peaceful settlement of conflicts or war dangers.
“We insist here that to us peace is fundamental and peace is closely linked to development. It is impossible to conceive development without peace and disarmament; and to think of peace without development would not be realistic.”
“The question does not stem from the fact that every country in our area strives to save themselves on their own, because it is an impossible dream in a world dominated today by industrial and political giants. We need to create a giant, among all of us, so that we can truly develop ourselves and enjoy peace, independence and security.”
“Peace is just the primary condition so that we can overturn, according to our beliefs, the colossal sources of energy and resources necessary for all of humanity, and not just for one part of it, to be able to live honourably, decently and decorously.”
[…] and I promise you, with the seriousness with which we have always promised to do things and lived up to our promises, that I will be the last to use a weapon here to solve any problem; that I will the most firm, determined an consistent advocate of peace, […]