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Fidel Castro is the Greatest Example of Solidarity in the World

NICARAGUA, March 19, 2010 .- Fidel Castro, the Cuban Revolution leader, has raised the torch of solidarity higher than anyone in all history, said Nicaragua's former foreign minister and Catholic priest Miguel d'Escoto.

He, also a former president of the General Assembly of the United Nations, referred to the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution at the close of the presentation of the second edition of his book Prayers and Soliloquies, held Thursday night at the University of Engineering in this capital, reported Prensa Latina.

In his words, d 'Escoto recalled the Christian parable of the Good Smaritan, of showing love for others and a spirit of solidarity that ought to prevail between people.

And then he asked: "Who has, frankly, raised the torch of solidarity highest in this world?"

"I would like to say that it was a Pope, I would like to say that, but I can not say it because God is listening and I have to tell only the truth," he said. And then he said: "Who has raised the torch of freedom higher and more than anyone ever in history, is called Commandante Fidel Castro Ruz.

I never get tired of saying that and it's the truth," he reiterated, adding: "That example helped us have a revolution in Nicaragua and now that feeling grows.

Before more than a hundred people who attended the presentation, Padre d'Escoto was preceded by the discourses of intellectuals and friends who stressed the virtues of the book and the personal qualities of its author as a fervent Christian and uncompromising revolutionary. (Cubaminrex - Cubadebate / ABN)

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