Editor's Note: Any questions anyone may have about the effects of age on the mind of Fidel should be put to rest with his discourse below. In this wide-ranging treatise, he brings together events that include everything from methane gas escaping the floor of the Gulf of Mexico and the bombing of... » read this article

In the meeting I had with the economists of CIEM (World Economy Research Center) on Tuesday, July 13, I talked to them about an excellent documentary film by the French director Yann Arthus-Bertrand which includes statements by the most farsighted and well informed international personalities about another terrible danger threatening... » read this article

Editor's Note: Here in South America, we had the pleasure of seeing Fidel on TeleSur. last night. He was looking good at age 83, clear-minded and animated, alerting all people that a U.S./Israeli attack on Iran may be imminent with devastating consequences for the entire world. He delivered his message in... » read this article

WHEN these lines are published tomorrow, Friday, in Granma newspaper, the 26th of July, a date on which we always recall with pride the honor of having resisted the onslaughts of the empire, will still be in the distance, despite it being only 32 days away.   Those who determine... » read this article

(Taken from CubaDebate) I was left with no alternative other than to write two "Reflections" on Iran and Korea, which explain the imminent danger of war with the use of nuclear weapons. I have also expressed the opinion that one of them could be overcome if China decided to veto... » read this article

Reflections by Comrade Fidel THE BROTHERHOOD BETWEEN THE BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC AND CUBA I had the privilege of having a conversation for three hours last Thursday the 15th with Hugo Chávez, the president of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela: he had the courtesy to visit our country once again, this time... » read this article

Reflections by comrade Fidel The youth is more interested than anyone else in the future. Until very recently, the discussion revolved around the kind of society we would have. Today, the discussion centers on whether human society will survive. These are not dramatic phrases. We must get used to the... » read this article

Reflections by comrade Fidel THE BOLIVARIAN REVOLUTION AND PEACE I know Chavez well, and no one could be more reluctant than him to allow a showdown between the Venezuelan and Colombian peoples leading to bloodshed. These are two fraternal peoples, the same as Cubans living in the east, center and... » read this article

Reflections by Comrade Fidel  Last October 1st commemorated the 60th anniversary of the Peoples’ Republic of China.  On that historic day in 1949, Mao Zedong presided over the first parade of the Peoples’ Army and the people of China in Tiananmen Square as leader of the Communist Party of China. ... » read this article

The concept of nation emerged from the combination of common elements such as history, language, culture, costumes, laws, institutions and others related to the material and spiritual life of human communities. Bolivar, who worked the great heroic deeds that made him be known as ‘The Liberator’ during his struggle for... » read this article

(Taken from CubaDebate; Translated by Granma Int'l.) THE interminable document read out yesterday by Nobel laureate Oscar Arias is far worse than the seven points of the act of rendition that he proposed on July 18. He did not communicate with international opinion via a Morse code. He spoke before... » read this article

(Taken from CubaDebate) IN my reflection written last Thursday night, June 25, I said: "We do not know what will happen tonight or tomorrow in Honduras, but the brave conduct of Zelaya will go down in history." Two paragraphs before I noted: "What is happening there will be a test... » read this article

(Taken from CubaDebate) I am halting for a moment the work on a historic episode that I have been writing for the last two weeks to express my solidarity with the constitutionally-elected president of Honduras, José Manuel Zelaya. It was impressive to see him on Telesur, haranguing the people of... » read this article

TEN YEARS TEACHING AND LEARNING “Hello President” began broadcasting on May 23, 1999. That day this year, Chávez was in Ecuador celebrating the 187th anniversary of the Battle of Pichincha. Tomorrow the celebration of the tenth anniversary of the program will begin. The case of Hugo Chávez is an exceptional... » read this article

Reflections of Fidel What went through my mind TODAY the presence of the Influenza A (H1N1) virus in Cuba was announced. The carrier is a young Mexican citizen who is studying medicine in our country. The only thing that can be affirmed for now is that the CIA did not... » read this article

Reflections of Fidel The struggle has barely begun (Taken from CubaDebate) GOVERNMENTS might change, but the instruments with which they converted us into colonies are still the same. For one president in the United States with a sense of ethics, in the last 28 years we have had three who... » read this article

(Taken from CubaDebate) CARTER is the only ex-president of the United States that I have had the honor of knowing, apart from Nixon, who had not as yet become president. I had visited Washington to take part in a press conference that represented a difficult challenge for me, given the... » read this article

An important US political delegation is visiting us right now. Its members belong to the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) which, in practice, has functioned as the most progressive wing of the Democratic Party. The Congressional Black Caucus was founded in January 1969 by the 12 African-American legislators who were members... » read this article

IT is a difficult subject to explain, although it seems very simple. The U.S. Federal Reserve system was created in 1913 as the result of capitalism in full development. Salvador Allende, a man we all remember as from our era, had turned about 15 years old. World War I broke... » read this article

I did not want to write a third consecutive reflection, but I can not leave this until Monday. There is one accurate response to Bush’s "democratic capitalism:" Chavez’ democratic socialism.  There couldn’t be a more accurate way to express the great contradiction that exists between North and South in our hemisphere,... » read this article