Fidel Castro in the Words of Ernesto Che Guevara
On the
occasion of the Fourth anniversary of the death
of Fidel Castro, TML Weekly is publishing an
extract highlighting what Che Guevara wrote
about Fidel in April 1961.
That telluric force called Fidel Castro Ruz has
gained a historical projection within a few years.
The future will place our prime minister in his
exact place, but for us he is comparable with the
most elevated figures in Latin American history.
But, what are the exceptional characteristics
surrounding the personality of Fidel Castro?
There are various aspects of his life and
character that make him stand out far above all
his comrades and followers: Fidel is a man of such
great personality that he will occupy a leadership
role in any movement in which he participates, and
this has been the case throughout his career from
student life to the premiership of our homeland
and of the oppressed peoples of America.
He has the characteristics of a great leader
that, combined with his personal gifts of
boldness, strength and valour, and his
extraordinary desire to sound out the will of the
people have taken him to the position of honour
and sacrifice that he occupies today.
However he has other important qualities: the
capacity to assimilate knowledge and experience in
order to comprehend all the aspects of a situation
without losing sight of the details, his immense
faith in the future, and his breadth of vision
that can foresee events and anticipate incidents,
always seeing further and more accurately than his
comrades.
With these great cardinal qualities, with his
capacity to adhere and unite, opposing divisions
that can weaken, his leadership capacity at the
head of any popular action, his infinite love for
the people, his faith in the future and his
capacity to foresee it, Fidel Castro has done more
than anyone else in Cuba to construct from nothing
the now formidable apparatus of the Cuban
Revolution.
Fidel gave the Revolution its impulse in the
initial years, the leadership, the tonic, always.
Hence we are forging ahead. It does not shame us
or intimidate us to say that there goes Fidel, at
the head of a vast column.
This article was published in
Volume 50 Number 46 - November 28, 2020
Article Link:
Fidel Castro in the Words of Ernesto Che Guevara
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