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Fidel Reiterates the Human Race is in Danger of Extinction.

CUBA, February 15th, 2011.- Commander in Chief Fidel Castro reiterated on Tuesday, during a meeting with intellectuals participating in the Cuba 2011 International Book Fair in Havana, that the human race is in imminent danger of real disappearance.

I’m optimistic, and I believe in the protection of man, that’s why efforts should be made now to prevent such an event, explained the leader of the Cuban Revolution in a meeting with renowned philosophers, historians, creators and journalists from different continents attending the Fair.

Intellectuals, explained Fidel, play a vital role to prevent, from ideas and with persuasion, the extinction of life on Earth, a disappearance that seems to be closer every day, in a planet with wars in different parts.

He underlined that the dropping of the nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, in World War II, are the most terrible acts committed against man.

The sole use of 100 nuclear weapons in this moment would cause a nuclear winter, which will cover the entire planet and will prevent us from seeing the sun, argued Fidel, who –since the Summit of Rio in 1992- warned the world about problems like desertification, climate change and the danger of disappearance of the human race.

We haven’t stopped fighting for a different life, which each person in the world is entitled to, expressed the leader of the Cuban Revolution.

During the presentation of the meeting, Cuban Culture Minister Abel Prieto explained that Fidel has been the main promoter of the Fair, until turning into a cultural event of national scope.

He specified that, at the initiative of the Commander in Chief, provincial publishing houses were also created, which have expanded literature everywhere in the country.

Participating in the meeting with Fidel were –among others- several winners of social sciences and literature prizes, like Jaime Sarusky and Fernando Martinez, to whom this edition of the Fair is dedicated.

Also present were Angolan Culture Minister Rosa Cruz e Silva; Suleica Romay, president of the Cuban Book Institute; and writers Estela Calloni, from Argentina, Daniel Chavarria, from Uruguay, and Pascual Serrano, from Spain, among other distinguished personalities. (Cubamnirx-Cuban News Agency)