By Prensa Latina,
Havana : Cuban Revolution leader Fidel Castro sent a congratulation message to former South African President and Nobel peace prize winner Nelson Mandela on his 90th birthday.
Glory to you, Nelson, who defended human dignity during 25 years of solitary imprisonment! Slander and hatred proved useless against your steely resistancere, Fidel Castro wrote in a message published Sunday by the Juventud Rebelde newspaper.
You manage to resist, and without knowing or looking for it, you became a symbol of mankind’s nobility, stresses the message dated July 18.
“You will live in the memory of future generations and, with you, the Cubans who died defending their brothers in other countries of the world”, says the Cuban leader.