On the 73rd anniversary of the assault on the Moncada and Carlos Manuel de Céspedes barracks, Cuban ambassador Nazario Fernandez remarked that the leader of the Revolution revived the Martí-inspired utopia of a Republic “with everyone and for the good of everyone.”

  “Among the many teachings Fidel bequeathed to us,” he stated, “are his unwavering faith in victory and unity in the pursuit of dreams of justice for Cuba and the world.”

  “We’re living through extraordinarily complex times,” he noted, “as Yankee imperialism—in clear decline and disintegration, devoid of arguments or morality—seeks to defeat us by force.”

  “That makes them more dangerous, as they lash out in various ways—wars, soft coups, blockades, sanctions, and slanderous media campaigns,” the ambassador warned.

  “They [the United States government] aim to drag us back to fascism, McCarthyism, and, in our region, the Monroe Doctrine,” he specified at the Cuban diplomatic mission in the capital.     “Against these dangers,” he added, “there is no other response but to unite and courageously confront aggression and threats, sustained by the conviction conveyed daily by Army General Raúl Castro: ‘It was possible, it is possible, and it will be possible.'”

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