Fidel Castro - 1959 TV SPEECH lyrics

PRIORITY CASTRO SPOKE ON TELEVISION OVER TWO HOURS LAST NIGHT. PROGRAM CUT SHORT BECAUSE HIS SON GRAVELY INJURED AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT AND OPERATED ON EARLY THIS MORNING. CONDITION SAID SATISFACTORY PRINCIPAL POINTS WERE: 1. AGRARIAN REFORM KEY TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF COUNTRY AND SUCCESS OF REVOLUTION. IF IT FAILS, REVOLUTION FAILS. THIS WOULD HAVE DISASTROUS CONSEQUENCES FOR CUBA, AND SET BACK DEMOCRATIC DEVELOPMENT THROUGHOUT HEMISPHERE. FROM VARIOUS SOURCES, PRINCIPALLY CANCELLATION CURRENCY LARGE DENOMINATIONS AND PROPERTY SEIZED FROM MEMBERS FORMER REGIME, GOVT NOW HAS $75 MILLION FUND FOR AGRARIAN REFORM. 2. CUBAN ECONOMY BASICALLY SOUND, COMPARED WITH THAT MANY LESS FORTUNATE LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES. CUBA HAD LOST $1 BILLION EXCHANGE RESERVES IN 10 YEARS DUE ADVERSE BALANCE PAYMENTS UNITED STATES. IF BATISTA GOVT HAD LASTED LONGER, COUNTRY WOULD HAVE BEEN BROKE. ADVERSE BALANCE PATTERN MUST BE CHANGED. 3. REVOLUTIONARY GOVT WOULD PROTECT AND DEFEND INTERESTS ALL CUBANS, REGARDLESS OF CLASS. ALL CUBANS SHOULD COOPERATE WITH GOVT, FORGETTING CLASS INTERESTS, AND AVOID EXCESSIVE DEMANDS. 4. CUBA NOW HAS TRUE DEMOCRACY. THOSE WHO SPEAK OF COMMUNIST INFILTRATION ARE ENEMIES OF REVOLUTION AND DEFENDING CLASS INTERESTS. CUBAN CROWDS WHICH VOLUNTARILY ASSEMBLE IN HIS HONOR ARE TRUE EXPRESSIONS OF DEMOCRACY. 5. HIS BUENOS AIRES PROPOSAL THAT UNITED STATES SUPPLY $30 BILLION PUBLIC CAPITAL FUND FOR DEVELOPMENT LATIN AMERICAN SUPPORTED BY ALL LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES, AND INCREASINGLY SUPPORTED WITHIN THE UNITED STATES. THIS ONLY POSSIBLE SOLUTION LATIN AMERICAN PROBLEMS. COMMON LATIN AMERICAN MARKET DESIRABLE, SINCE LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES HAVE SIMILAR PROBLEMS. BONSAL -END-