Castro Wishes Mandela a Happy Birthday

This post is late considering Mandela's birthday was last week but below I've posted Castro's birthday wish below. Also, I've uploaded a song in Mandela's honor- Special AKA's In The Studio.

MESSAGE TO NELSON MANDELA ON HIS 90TH ANNIVERSARY

GLORY to you, Nelson, who defended human dignity in the 25 years of solitary imprisonment you endured! Neither slander nor hatred could break your iron will. You held your ground and, unwittingly and unintentionally, you became a symbol of what is noblest in human nature. You shall live on in the memory of future generations, as will the Cubans who fell in defense of the freedom of their brothers in other lands of the world.

Source: http://www.granma.cu/INGLES/2008/julio/lun21/Reflections-21julio.html

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Che's 80th Birthday

Here is an update from a blog entry from last month.

To celebrate Che's 80th Birthday I've included an excerpt of his speech to the U.N. in 1964. The audio is in Spanish with no English dub.

Che's 80th Birthday

Ernesto Che Guevara's 80th birthday is coming up in a few weeks (June 14th) and a new website was launched today to commemorate the occasion:

www.che80.co.cu

Che's widow sent a congratulatory message to award winning actor Benicio del Toro for his role in Steven Soderbergh's biopic. Del Toro received the Best Actor Prize in this year's Cannes Film Festival for his portrayal of the legendary revolutionary (see full article here).

Salon.com's Andrew O'Hehir attended the movie premier at Cannes and wrote a glowing review of the film.


Below I have uploaded some archival footage of Che.