Лучшие произведения Фиделя Алехандро Кастро Руса

В этой искренней, очень современной и глубоко личной книге собраны публикации последних лет легендарного Фиделя Кастро, бессменного лидера мятежной Кубы на протяжении более полувека. Это книга о нашем мире и о том, что волнует нас всех. Много нового и неожиданного читатель узнает и о стране, и о самом Фиделе. Одинаково непринужденно он пишет о Путине и Обаме, Буше и Чавесе, Медведеве и Че Геваре, об истории и геополитике, о злободневных вопросах экономического кризиса и о том, например, как сам рубил сахарный тростник.

1 января, помимо наступления нового десятилетия, в мире будет отмечаться еще одно памятное событие – 50 лет кубинской революции. 1 января 1959 года повстанческие войска под руководством Фиделя Кастро и Эрнесто Гевары вошли в города Сантьяго и Санта-Клара, вынудив президента Фульхенсио Батисту покинуть Кубу. Это событие во многом определило правила геополитической игры на всю оставшуюся половину двадцатого века и продолжает являться идеологическим маяком борьбы для «левых» стран Латинской Америки, составляющих оппозиционный костяк глобальному рыночному порядку на континенте. К этой знаменательной дате издательство «Алгоритм-Книга» подготовило сборник статей Фиделя Кастро «Агрессивные Штаты Америки», в котором лидер и идеолог революции на Кубе дает свой анализ нынешней международной обстановки, агрессивной внешней политики «демократических» государств, глобальных проблем современности и способов их решения.

An outstanding new anthology by one of history's greatest orators.Here, at last, is a comprehensive anthology presenting the voice of one of history’s greatest orators, Fidel Castro. Love him or hate him, there is no denying he is a “master of the spoken word,” as Gabriel García Márquez has described him.Emerging in the 1960s as a leading voice in support of Third World anticolonial struggles and continuing to play a role in the antiglobalization movement of today, Fidel Castro remains an articulate and penetrating—if controversial—political thinker and leader, who has outlasted ten hostile US presidents.His direct, forthright approach, his incredible grasp of diverse economic, historical, and cultural topics, and his idealism stand in stark contrast against the spin and superficiality of most political leaders.Covering five decades of Fidel’s speeches, this selection begins with his famous courtroom defense (“History will Absolve Me”), and also includes his speech on learning of Che Guevara’s death in Bolivia, his analysis of the collapse of the Soviet Union, and his response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks. With his declining health and the emergence of new leaders such as Hugo Chávez in Venezuela and Evo Morales in Bolivia, this book sheds light not just on Castro’s mighty role in Latin America’s immediate past, but also on his legacy for the future.The [i]Fidel Castro Reader includes a chronology of the Cuban Revolution, an extensive glossary and index as well as 24 pages of photos. As the first anthology of Castro’s speeches to be published in English since the 1960s, this is an essential resource for both scholars and general readers.“Fidel’s devotion to the word is almost magical.” —[b]Gabriel García Márquez“Fidel is the leader of one of the smallest countries in the world, but he has helped to shape the destinies of millions of people across the globe.” —[b]Angela Davis“Fidel Castro is a man of the masses… The Cuban revolution has been a source of inspiration to all freedom-loving people.” —[b]Nelson Mandela“Fidel’s is a singing and dancing intellect.” —[b]Alice Walker“[The editors] have done an admirable, even heroic,
job of editing and excerpting this reader [which] serves a purpose for both historians and politicos.”
—[b][i]Foreword Magazine

Dr. Jeffrey M. Elliot and former Rep. Mervyn M. Dymally here contribute a lengthy, revealing interview with Cuban President Fidel Castro, discussing a wide-ranging series of topics dealing with local and international politics and economics, as well as the future of Cuba, the third world, Central and South America, and the United States.

TWO WORLD-RENOWNED revolutionary icons, Nelson Mandela and Fidel Castro, meet for the first time in Cuba in 1991, and speak together at a rally. Their speeches from that historic day are contained in this book. Mandela praises Cuba’s assistance to incapacitate the US-backed South African army, accelerating the end to apartheid. Castro in turn acknowledges the particular contribution of South Africans to the world wide fight for freedom from oppression. Mandela and Castro regarded each other as mentors. The world regards them as heroes.