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Maduro’s well deserved congratulations
• Comandante en Jefe Fidel Castro
sent a letter to President of Venezuela Nicolás
Maduro,
congratulating him on
his speech at the
UN
General
Assembly
On Tuesday, September 23, I listened to the
President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
speak at the UN General Assembly. He spoke for 12
minutes. It was impeccable.
Last night, the Venezuelan delegation traveled to
the Bronx where an enthusiastic population was
awaiting them. Hugo Chávez who had also been there,
left among them indelible memories.
At the height of the current international
situation, numerous people have expressed profound
ideas and thoughts.
It could be stated that, through television screens,
millions of people participated in this historic
event.
I
decided, the following day, to send a message of
congratulations to the Venezuelan President, but not
knowing his itinerary I asked our Minister of
Foreign Relations, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, who is
also in New York, to deliver the message to the
Venezuelan President.
For my part, I didn’t even expect that at the same
time that I asked Bruno if he had delivered what I
had written that morning, he would inform me that
Maduro was about to begin another speech before the
General Assembly. Listen to it! I told him. I
immediately switched on
TeleSur
and there he began his second speech to the General
Assembly and his third in
New York. This time he spoke for half an hour and
left no crucial point unaddressed.
Hugo
would have been proud to see one of his
revolutionary sons saying what he said and how he
said it.
That is why I mention only two speeches in the
letter and not three. I add only that when Bruno
delivered my message, Maduro only asked if I had any
objection to it being published. “Of course not” I
responded that “it is a great honor.”
Fidel Castro Ruz
September 25, 2014
11:15 a.m.
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