Alejandro Castro Espin Quotes

Cuba, Politician
July 29, 1965

Alejandro Castro Espín is a Cuban political and military figure. He has the rank of colonel in the Interior Ministry of Cuba. He is the only son of Raúl Castro, the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba, and Vilma Espín, one of the main leaders of the Cuban Revolution; he is a nephew of Fidel Castro.

Also known as Military

To apply communism is an aspiration, in fact it has never been applied anywhere, it is really still a utopia.

Alejandro Castro Espin
- Communism
- Apply
- Utopia
The future of Cuba is one earned by a country that has resisted for over 50 years against the most powerful empire on Earth. The resilience of its people made this triumph materialize.

Alejandro Castro Espin
- Country
- Future
- Resisted

Cuba has not accepted the domain and imposition of an empire that has wanted to dominate us for over half a century [America].

Alejandro Castro Espin
- America
- Empire
- Domain
The United States turned to repression when its prominence started to slip in Latin America through establishing military dictatorships.

Alejandro Castro Espin
In Cuba we had the most ferocious form of capitalism for 60 years. It dominated every sphere of life.

Alejandro Castro Espin
Cubans are a people who suffered from capitalism in the cruelest way, in the social order, the economic order and the political order.

Alejandro Castro Espin
In Cuba we are building a socialist society and we could say we are on the verge of a communist society which is hard to achieve, very hard to achieve, but is a longing worth fighting for.

Alejandro Castro Espin
- Society
- Fighting
- Achieve
Today China is a first world economy, in terms of development. The U.S. may still be in first in GDP but it is a broken economy in reality.

Alejandro Castro Espin

Socialism is overcoming certain difficulties, it is working in order to try to achieve social advances, to really achieve a society where everybody improves, not where just the elite improve and the others get worse.

Alejandro Castro Espin
Under communism, no one would be living in marginal conditions as they do under capitalism today and where the greatest part of humanity lives.

Alejandro Castro Espin