Letter to Mr. Peter Marucci
Havana
May 4, 1963
Year of Organization
Mr. Peter Marucci
Editor of The Telegraph
The Daily Mercury
Guelph, Canada
Compañero,
First of all, I must confess that bureaucracy is solidly and thoroughly entrenched in our country. It absorbs papers; incubates them; and, in time, allows them to reach the people to whom they are addressed.
This is why I haven’t replied to your letter before this.
Cuba is a tropical, indomitable, naive and joyous socialist country. It is socialist without losing any of its own characteristics, the socialism adding maturity to its people. It is well worth knowing. We will be happy to welcome you whenever you wish to come.
Sincerely,
Homeland or Death!
We will win!
Commander Ernesto Che Guevara