""God is in the details" - Meeting between Fidel and Argentine sociologist, Atilio Boron

[magbana]

Hi folks:

Machetera has translated a terrific article about a meeting between an Argentine sociologist, Atilio Boron and Fidel. It is long, but well worth reading through to the end. Following is an excerpt from Machetera's intro to the article:

/Fidel and Boron discussed the G-20 meeting, and the motives for inviting Argentina, Brazil and Mexico to dine with the adults. And Fidel talked about the recent cabinet changes: “If I expressed an opinion about the change in the cabinet,” he said, “it was due to the necessity to cut off at the root the talk about a conflict between Fidel’s men and those of Raúl. I couldn’t endorse this stupidity by my silence…Raúl is the one who is governing. In Cuba, many people paid with their lives for the victory and consolidation of the Revolution, not just in the Sierra Maestra and in the struggle against Batista. Afterwards, they also killed our literacy teachers in Cuba, and they are still doing it outside of Cuba. The same thing goes on with our doctors, who risk their lives to make socialist internationalism a reality.”/

/Finally, they discuss the ominous possibility of a rightward political swing in Latin America as a consequence of the economic crisis./


The article is a great tribute to Fidel, as it should be.

magbana

http://machetera.wordpress.com/2009/03/31/god-is-in-the-details/#more-1161

[Judi Lynn]

1. This was very, very good. It answered some questions some people would have about the new faces.

Also, interesting seeing two more photos, and getting the sense he has actually been concerned about his image and isn't crazy to have photos taken of him when he isn't up to snuff, when he was told the author wanted to take photos, and asked if he could check the mirror first! Very cute.

http://machetera.files.wordpress.com.nyud.net:8090/2009/03/na19fo01.jpg http://machetera.files.wordpress.com.nyud.net:8090/2009/03/na20fo01.jpg

He is looking much less like death warmed over, isn't he?
Thank you for this article. Very worth reading.