Fidel Castro Reader

Fidel Castro Biographical Note ix --
Foreword: Fidel\'s Virtues by Felipe Perez Roque 29 --
1 History Will Absolve Me --
Santiago de Cuba, October 16, 1953 45 --
2 On the Triumph of the Revolution --
Cespedes Park, Santiago de Cuba, January 2, 1959 107 --
Camp Columbia, Havana, January 8, 1959 133 --
3 At the United Nations General Assembly --
New York, September 26, 1960 137 --
4 The Bay of Pigs Invasion and the Proclamation of the Socialist Character of the Revolution --
Colon Cemetery, Havana, April 16, 1961 189 --
May Day, Havana, May 1, 1961 194 --
5 Words to Intellectuals --
Havana, June 30, 1961 213 --
6 Manifesto for the Liberation of me Americas: \"The Second Declaration of Havana\" --
Havana, February 4, 1962 241 --
7 The October Missile Crisis --
The Five Points of Dignity, October 28, 1962 269 --
On the Missile Crisis, November 1, 1962 270 --
8 Formation of the Cuban Communist Party and Che\'s Farewell Letter --
Chaplin Theater, Havana, October 3, 1965 275 --
9 On the Latin American Revolution --
Havana, August 10, 1967 293 --
10 The Death of Che Guevara --
Revolution Plaza, Havana, October 18, 1967 315 --
11 One Hundred Years of Struggle for Cuban Independence --
La Demajagua Monument, Manzanillo, October 10, 1968 327 --
12 Revolution and Counterrevolution in Allende\'s Chile --
National Stadium, Santiago de Chile, December 2, 1971 359 --
13 On behalf of the Movement of Nonaligned Countries --
UN General Assembly, New York, October 12, 1979 387 --
14 Rectifying the Errors of the Cuban Revolution --
Karl Marx Theater, Havana, April 19, 1986 417 --
15 Cuban Internationalism and the Collapse of the Socialist Bloc --
Havana, December 7, 1989 431 --
16 Return of Che Guevara\'s Remains to Cuba --
Santa Clara, Cuba, October 17, 1997 443 --
17 Inauguration of President Chavez in Venezuela: \"The Battle of Ideas\" --
University of Venezuela, Caracas, February 3, 1999 447 --
18 Response to the US Declaration of the \"War against Terrorism\" --
Havana, September 22, 2001 477 --
19 Assessing Half a Century of the Cuban Revolution --
Revolution Plaza, Havana, May 1, 2003 483 --
20 In Answer to the Empire: Letters to President George W. Bush --
Proclamation by an Adversary of the US Government, May 14, 2004 499 --
Second Epistle, June 21, 2004 504 --
Epilogue: Fidel Castro on the Cuban Revolution After Fidel 511.