"Tomorrow will fulfill 90 years. I was born in a territory called Biran in eastern Cuba ," so begins the article by Fidel , published by the Cuban newspaper Granma . In it, Fidel Castro recounts some of the stories of his life , his family , the place where he was born and raised , and the difficult times that the Cuban people lived in the first half of the last century .
It also makes several reflections on the political , social and future of humanity today. " Humankind today faces the greatest risk of its history. The specialists in these areas are the most to do for the inhabitants of this planet , whose number rose from billion at the end of 1800 , seven billion beginning of 2016. How many will our planet in a few years ? "says the leader of the Cuban Revolution.
Likewise, the Cuban revolutionary gave his assessment of the current political world . " Great powers like China and Russia can not be subject to threats to impose the use of nuclear weapons . They are people of great courage and intelligence ," says the article.
He also criticized the recent visit of Barack Obama to Japan. "I think we lacked height to the speech of President of the United States ... and lacked words to apologize for the killing of hundreds of thousands of people in Hiroshima ... was equally criminal attack on Nagasaki , a city that owners randomly they chose life . " " That's why you have to hammer on the need to preserve peace and that no power will take the right to kill millions of people ," concluded Castro.
Putin and Lavrov congratulated Castro on his birthday
Russian President Vladimir Putin has congratulated Fidel Castro on this day . "In Russia you inspire an extraordinary respect as a great political activist who devoted his life to the Cuban people . It is difficult to describe his great contribution to the growth of friendly relations and cooperation between our countries ," cites TASS the official letter from the president .
Meanwhile , Sergey Lavrov , Foreign Minister of Russia , said that " Castro is a legendary human being and an example to follow , who commands respect anywhere in the world." "You have to see his eyes, has a look of a young , transparent and confident person ," said the minister. "Maybe not physically either before, but his strength of spirit is monumental ," said Lavrov , and concluded by saying that Castro is a " born leader , who fought for the right of Cubans to live as they wished "