Trump's dark clouds will not be witnessed by Fidel, says FHC.
In a statement lamenting the death of Cuban leader Fidel Castro, former president Fernando Henrique Cardoso said that Fidel was responsible for spreading Latin American sentiment and the importance for countries in the region to feel capable of asserting their interests; "Times are different today. The dark clouds of Trump will not be witnessed by Fidel."
247 - Former President Fernando Henrique Cardoso also lamented the death of Cuban leader Fidel Castro, at age 90. In a press release, FHC said that Fidel was responsible for spreading Latin American sentiment and the importance for countries in the region to feel capable of asserting their interests.
"The struggle symbolized by Fidel of the 'little people' against the powerful had a dynamic function in the political life of the Continent," said FHC.
Read the full statement from former President Fernando Henrique Cardoso.
"Fidel's death brings to mind, especially for my generation, the role he and the Cuban revolution played in spreading Latin American sentiment and the importance for the countries of the region to feel capable of asserting their interests."
The struggle symbolized by Fidel, of the "little people" against the powerful, had a dynamic function in the political life of the Continent.
The Brazilian government opposed all measures to economically restrict the island, and from the Sarney administration to the present day, economic and political relations between Brazil and Cuba have flowed normally.
I met Fidel several times, in Brazil, Chile, Portugal, Argentina, Costa Rica, etc. The Fidel I knew, from the nineties onwards, was a personally kind man, convinced of his ideas, curious, and a good conversationalist.
Times have changed. From haughty disdain for the United States, Cuba has come to feel that with Obama it could break its isolation. The dark clouds of Trump will not be witnessed by Fidel. His death marks the end of a cycle in which, it must be said, while Cuba managed to expand social inclusion, it did not have the same success in ensuring political tolerance and democratic freedoms.
Along with my condolences to the Cuban people for the death of their leader, I want to express my hope that the transition the island is undergoing will allow for increased prosperity, but that the sense of equality that has broadened access to education and healthcare will be preserved in an environment of freedom.