Fidel Castro returns to the Sierra Maestra, 1962. Photo: Alberto Korda/ Fidel Soldier of Ideas

96 years after the birth of Commander in Chief Fidel Castro Ruz, leaders, social leaders, political parties and organizations from around the world remembered this anniversary

with the legacy of love and brotherhood that he left to the young generations, inside and outside of Cuba.

“We celebrate together with our Cuban brothers the 96th anniversary of the birth of the Leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro Ruz.

His vision of Socialism continues to illuminate the path of peoples who fight for dignity, respect and sovereignty.

Long live Fidel forever!” Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said on his Twitter account.

Together with our Cuban brothers, we celebrate the 96th anniversary of the birth of the Leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro Ruz.

His vision of Socialism continues to illuminate the path of peoples who fight for dignity, respect and sovereignty.

Long live Fidel forever!

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– Nicolás Maduro (@NicolasMaduro) August 13, 2022

Luis Arce Catacora remembered Fidel as a symbol of revolution, anti-imperialism, anti-capitalism, solidarity and dignity

, whose legacy will live forever in the hearts of those who fight for more social justice for the peoples.

Dr. Gustavo Eduardo Porras Cortés, president of the Nicaraguan assembly, in a letter sent to the CCPCC, expressed his union with the celebration for the life and career of the Leader of Our America, who embodied the highest values ​​of a revolutionary, who fought bravely to the end against Yankee imperialism and defended with his life the dignity of the Cuban people, he said;

“For his

, for his contributions to the liberation of peoples in Latin America, Africa and Asia, for his fight for the environment, against foreign debt and his great legacy of solidarity”, Sacha LLorenti , Executive Secretary of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America - People's Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP) remembered him as the greatest statesman of the 20th century.

The Broad Front of Uruguay and the Group of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) in the European Parliament, expressed their solidarity in relation to the great fire that occurred at the Matanzas supertanker base.

Manu Pineda, from the United Left of the European Union, stressed that Cuba is experiencing difficult times due to the Matanzas fire.

“A coup from which the Cuban people have been able to recover thanks to the indelible legacy of Commander in Chief Fidel Castro.”

The Nicaraguan parliament recalled with revolutionary enthusiasm the birth of a great teacher and guide for Our Latin America and the Caribbean, “celebrating the statesman who was, is and will be the main architect and driver of the Cuban Revolution;

for whom we raise our voice with pride and patriotism.”

Ana Hurtado, a prominent political activist on social networks, published on her Twitter account several videos of personalities who remembered the Comandante in his day, among which those of Raúl Torres, Israel Rojas and the president of the Canarian Friendship Association stand out. Cuban José Martí, among others.

I come to talk about Fidel !!!!

Thank you @Israel_BuenaFe for your words of honor to the commander.

Honor to whom honor is due.

You have to have good faith and a lot of love to

always speak with such clarity and principles.#FidelPorSiempe #FelicidadesFidel @H_Cubana pic.twitter.com/xxdmlAehjP

– Ana Hurtado (@Ana_Hurtado86) August 13, 2022

“Raúl Torres has made us cry so many times singing to Fidel… His sensitivity shows the love that the people feel for their Commander.

And a thousand times more, together with Raúl we say: Man, the grateful accompany you”;

Hurtado wrote in his official account.

Lilian Ruiz, Secretary of Youth of the National Coordinator of Solidarity with Cuba in Panama, specified that on the occasion of the anniversary, the Latin American and Caribbean Continental Network of Solidarity with Cuba will celebrate this year on digital platforms the Second Edition of the Festival "Remember Fidel”, in which activists from several countries in the region will participate.

Among the organizations that remembered the eternal Commander in his day are the José Martí Canary-Cuban Friendship Association, the National Association of Cuban Residents in Brazil-José Martí (Ancreb-JM), diplomats and members of the Cuban state missions in Ecuador , Brazil, New Zealand, Liberia, France and the Italy-Cuba National Friendship Association (Anaic), which held events in important squares of that country;

among them, those that took place on the steps of the Church of the Trinità dei Monti and the Trevi Fountain, as well as in the city of Pisa and other locations in that European nation.

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unrivaled thinker, of unattainable pragmatism, whose ideas grow and will grow over time with the new generations”, stated the ANAIC in a statement.

“Thank you Fidel for your life, for teaching the world to think, for showing that another better world is possible, for having restored dignity and hope to the dispossessed and oppressed, for fighting for freedom and justice against all fascism and racisms”.

(Taken from the PCC)