Posted on 12/20/2016 7:56:14 PM PST by Olog-hai
The president of the U.N. General Assembly called Fidel Castro “one of the 20th century’s most iconic and influential leaders” at a memorial tribute Tuesday to the late commander of the Cuban revolution who led his country for nearly 50 years.
Peter Thompson told the ceremony in the assembly chamber that for many people Castro “embodied the struggle of the global south for independence, justice and development.”
He said Castro’s “activism in pursuit of a fairer and more just world made him a symbol of resistance and inspiration to people across the world in Latin America, Africa and beyond.”
Nearly 30 representatives of various groups and countries lauded Castro, who died Nov. 25 at the age of 90. But there were no speakers from Western nations. …
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US out of the UN, UN out of the US
What a joke. Hitler was “iconic” and “influential” too.
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