29 Mar 2024
Wednesday 20 April 2016 - 10:08
Story Code : 210348

Castro urges people to follow communist ideals in final speech

The Cuban revolutionary leader and former president, Fidel Castro, has given a valedictory speech on the final day of the country's 7th Communist party congress, acknowledginghe will not be long for this world.

The 89-year-old Castro made the comments in what is likely to be his final speech to the congress at Convention Palace in the capital Havana on Tuesday, after the Communist party announced that it had reelected 84-year-old Raul Castro, Fidels brother and the countrys incumbent president, for another five years as the first secretary of the party.
Ill be 90 years old soon. Soon Ill be like all the others. The time will come for all of us, but the ideas of the Cuban communists will remain as proof on this planet that if they are worked at with fervor and dignity, they can produce the material and cultural goods that human beings need, and we need to fight without truce to obtain them, Castro said in his most extensive public appearance in years.
Fidel led the 1959 Cuban socialist revolution, which overthrew the US-backed authoritarian government of Fulgencio Batista, and brought Castro to power. He served as the president of Cuba from 1976 to 2008 and as the first secretary of the central committee of the Communist party of the country from 1961 to 2011.
This may be one of the last times I speak in this room. We must tell our brothers in Latin America and the world that the Cuban people will be victorious, Castro further said, dressed in a plaid shirt and sweat top.
Castros comments came as younger Cubans complain bitterly about low state salaries of about $25 a month that leave them struggling to afford food and other staple goods. They might be disappointed by the aging leaderships decision on Tuesday and expectthe leaders to begin handing over the reins to younger generation and introduce more substantialeconomic reforms.

By Press TV
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