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Fidel gives camera to boy humiliated by the blockade
RAYSEL Sosa González received a
digital camera on Wednesday night (Oct. 25), sent by
President Fidel Castro, the daily Juventud
Rebelde reported.
The boy received his gift
publicly from the hands of Roberto González, deputy
minister of health, at the school where Raysel
attends seventh grade, Olof Palme Junior High, in
the Havana neighborhood of La Lisa.
Jorge González, who leads the
Coloring My Barrio Community Workshop, where Raysel
cultivates his artistic talent, said that for four
months, they had suffered together after the
Japanese company Nikon shamefully refused to give
Raysel the camera that was his prize for the 15th
International Children’s Painting Competition on the
Environment, because the camera had U.S. components.
“Today, justice has been done,
and it has come from the most just man in the
world,” the teacher affirmed.
Raysel, who was so surprised that
he didn’t open his carefully gift-wrapped present
for several minutes, said he was very happy about
the camera sent by Fidel.
He said that he would like to see
him when he gets better, give him a kiss on the
cheek, and thank him for that warm gesture.
Raysel hasn’t yet decided what
images his new camera will capture, but he will
always remember this day, along with the pleasant
knowledge of the solidarity given him by his
classmates and neighbors, who a few minutes earlier
had listened attentively to the detailed explanation
from José Ramón Cabaña, an official with the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, regarding the
aggressive U.S. policy toward Cuba and its
relentless blockade, which was used to try to
deprive this young Cuba of his happiness.
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