"(...) here we state that there will never be peace with the empire without full sovreignty and independence of our homeland; there will never be peace with the empire without the full validity of the Revolution and socialism; we shall never submit to any hegemony, and we shall never accept the unipolar dominion of the Yankee empire; we do not care about those who will give up the flag on the way, who will give up the march; we shall never care about those who will adhere to the gold and the power of the empire.  We belong to your lineage, Antonio Maceo, to your blood-line, to your cou

Visiting the writer Augusto Roa Bastos, 1989 Cervantes Literary Prize ", in his apartment in Asunción (Paraguay) and inviting him to visit the Island.  The famous Paraguayan writer-novelist accompanied him on his return trip to Cuba to present the Cuban edition of his books Hijo de hombre (Son of Man) and  Yo, el Supremo (I, the Supreme) at the Casa de las Américas. Fidel and Roa Bastos had met in Buenos Aires in 1959 and they met again during the Cuban leader’s three-day visit to Paraguay where he had attended the swearing in of President Nicanor Duarte.

Visiting the writer Augusto Roa Bastos, 1989 Cervantes Literary Prize ", in his apartment in Asunción (Paraguay) and inviting him to visit the Island.  The famous Paraguayan writer-novelist accompanied him on his return trip to Cuba to present the Cuban edition of his books Hijo de hombre (Son of Man) and  Yo, el Supremo (I, the Supreme) at the Casa de las Américas. Fidel and Roa Bastos had met in Buenos Aires in 1959 and they met again during the Cuban leader’s three-day visit to Paraguay where he had attended the swearing in of President Nicanor Duarte.

Visiting the writer Augusto Roa Bastos, 1989 Cervantes Literary Prize ", in his apartment in Asunción (Paraguay) and inviting him to visit the Island.  The famous Paraguayan writer-novelist accompanied him on his return trip to Cuba to present the Cuban edition of his books Hijo de hombre (Son of Man) and  Yo, el Supremo (I, the Supreme) at the Casa de las Américas.