A remarkable collection of recent speeches by President Fidel Castro. Fidel covers a wide variety of subjects of historic and contemporary importance--in a manner both enlightening and inspiring including issues confronting the socialist Caribbean island as it faces the 21st century.

In an engaging manner, President Castro explains how Cuba has survived the economic crisis following the demise of the Soviet Union, and analyzes the measures that Cuba has adopted to assure the survival of socialism. He gives a fascinating history of his first political struggles as a young student at the University of Havana, and the unforgettable early days of the Cuban Revolution.

Some of the speeches include his October 1995 UN address, his November 1994 speech at the First International Conference in Solidarity with Cuba, the speech at the 35th anniversary commemoration of the Cuban victory at Bay of Pigs, and at the April 1996 CTC Workers Congress.

The book contains extensive footnotes that add considerably to its value by providing a great deal of historical information about Cuba's revolutionary history, as well as clarifying many of Fidel's references.