Now that the war drums against Cuba are sounding again, it would be useful to reflect on Fidel Castro's speech in 1989, as Cuba was commemorating the lives of Cuban soldiers that gave their lives for African liberation:
"To the Revolution and socialism, we owe everything we are today. If capitalism were ever to return to Cuba, our independence and sovereignty would disappear forever; we would be an extension of Miami, a mere appendage of the Yankee empire, the fulfillment of that repugnant prophecy by a president of the United States in the last century, when they were thinking of annexing our island, who said that it would fall into that country’s hands like a ripe fruit. To prevent it today, tomorrow, and forever, there will be an entire people willing to die. Once again it is fitting to repeat here, before his own grave, Maceo’s immortal phrase: “Whoever tries to take possession of Cuba will gather the dust of its soil drenched in blood, if he does not perish in the struggle.”