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Fidel Castro: Cuba has the duty to warn mankind about the real danger of a nuclear confrontation.

CUBA,  September 3, 2010.-  Cuba has the duty to warn humanity of the enormous danger that represents a nuclear confrontation, in this mission we cannot lose heart, "said the Leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro Ruz, before a broad representation of higher education students and people of the Cuban capital, gathered at the steps of the University of Havana to speak out against war and for a peaceful future.

The time that humanity has to fight this battle is incredibly limited, Fidel said regarding his warnings about the dangers that threaten life on our planet, the center of his most recent reflections and exchanges.

He recalled that nuclear devices were used at the end of World War II against the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and today the destructive power of the nuclear stocks is equivalent to more than 440 000 times the power of those used against Hiroshima and Nagasaki. "It’s what math says," he said.

He explained that there is no other alternative but to recall the fact that we are not living in the age of cavalry, steel, swords and muskets, preceded by those machines to turn down walls, "weapons always cruel, but of limited destructive power."

The problem of the world peoples, billions of people, it to prevent the tragedy of a nuclear war. "I don’t like to tell the painful truth that is a shame: this reality was deliberately concealed from the world."

This stairway, to which I never thought to come back, keeps unforgettable memories for me, "said the Commander in Chief, Fidel Castro, at the beginning of his message to the Cuban university students.

"Fidel, Fidel", chanted the thousands of young people gathered around the stairway at the University of Havana when the Cuban leader approached to the microphones after the message of peace of the Federation of University Students. (Cubaminrex-RHC)

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