Fidel Castro Ruz, historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, warned almost 30 years ago that collective and urgent action was needed to combat the destruction of the Earth’s environment. In this prescient five-minute speech at the UN Earth Summit, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 12, 1992, Fidel rightfully laid the blame squarely on capitalism’s rapacious nature as the cause of the environmental crisis. He spoke for the peoples of the planet — and Earth itself — suffering from the effects of underdevelopment and imperialism’s super-exploitation. Fidel’s revolutionary, socialist perspective on this urgency for humanity rings truer than ever today.

Hanoi, Aug 22.- The works of a square to be named after Fidel Castro in central Quang Tri province, one of those visited by the historical leader of the Cuban Revolution when he was in Vietnam in 1973, are going fast.

The citizens of Guaimaro remember the passage of the Caravan Tribute to Fidel through the central highway of this city where the people concentrated to give a goodbye from the depths of the heart to the Leader of the Cuban Revolution, to Fidel forever.

Havana, Aug 14.- When the world witnesses so many scandalous and violent aggressions, all led by the United States and its allies, we can see today the validity of Fidel Castro's light, said Canadian writer Arnold August.