CONTENTS

Fidel Castro Biographical Note

Editors’ Preface

Chronology

Foreword: Fidel’s Virtues by Felipe Pérez Roque

1.History Will Absolve Me

Santiago de Cuba, October 16, 1953

2.On the Triumph of the Revolution

Céspedes Park, Santiago de Cuba, January 2, 1959

Camp Columbia, Havana, January 8, 1959

3.At the United Nations General Assembly

New York, September 26, 1960

4.The Bay of Pigs Invasion and the Proclamation of the Socialist Character of the Revolution

Colón Cemetery, Havana, April 16, 1961

May Day, Havana, May 1, 1961

5.Words to Intellectuals

Havana, June 30, 1961

6.Manifesto for the Liberation of the Americas: “The Second Declaration of Havana”

Havana, February 4, 1962

7.The October Missile Crisis

The Five Points of Dignity, October 28, 1962

On the Missile Crisis, November 1, 1962

8.Formation of the Cuban Communist Party and Che’s Farewell Letter

Chaplin Theater, Havana, October 3, 1965

9.On the Latin American Revolution

Havana, August 10, 1967

10.The Death of Che Guevara

Revolution Plaza, Havana, October 18, 1967

11.One Hundred Years of Struggle for Cuban Independence

La Demajagua Monument, Manzanillo, October 10, 1968

12.Revolution and Counterrevolution in Allende’s Chile

National Stadium, Santiago de Chile, December 2, 1971

13.On behalf of the Movement of Nonaligned Countries

UN General Assembly, New York, October 12, 1979

14.Rectifying the Errors of the Cuban Revolution

Karl Marx Theater, Havana, April 19, 1986

15.Cuban Internationalism and the Collapse of the Socialist Bloc

Havana, December 7, 1989

16.Return of Che Guevara’s Remains to Cuba

Santa Clara, Cuba, October 17, 1997

17.Inauguration of President Chávez in Venezuela: “The Battle of Ideas”

University of Venezuela, Caracas, February 3, 1999

18.Response to the US Declaration of the “War Against Terrorism”

Havana, September 22, 2001

19.Assessing Half a Century of the Cuban Revolution

Revolution Plaza, Havana, May 1, 2003

20.In Answer to the Empire: Letters to President George W. Bush

Proclamation by an Adversary of the US Government, May 14, 2004

Second Epistle, June 21, 2004

Epilogue: Fidel Castro on the Cuban Revolution After Fidel

Further Reading

Index