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This phenomenon has beaten all the odds of the imperialistic, social contract to the modern society.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;It is clear, Marxism is out, political clientelism is out but Fidelism, hero of modern political culture, is in and has measured with time and has shaped the &lt;place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;placetype w:st="on"&gt;Republic&lt;/placetype&gt; of &lt;placename w:st="on"&gt;Cuba&lt;/placename&gt;&lt;/place&gt; in a perpetual and pragmatic way that has the world at large in a shock of ideological amazement. The mosquito taught the elephant how to dance and at the same time romanced the elephant’s feet.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;The mosquito is &lt;country-region w:st="on"&gt;Cuba&lt;/country-region&gt; and the elephant is the great &lt;place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;country-region w:st="on"&gt;United States of America&lt;/country-region&gt;&lt;/place&gt;.&lt;span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: white;"&gt;dr kevin alcena mchari dr kevin alcena mchari &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;The &lt;place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;country-region w:st="on"&gt;United States&lt;/country-region&gt;&lt;/place&gt;’ embargo consequently gave birth to a formidable Cuban economy that had practical implications to the entire undeveloped world. The ideology of Fidelism has been witnessed by our Prime Minister The Hon. Perry Christie in a historical fashion and we hope and wait patiently that the Bahamas learns that a country is as good as its leader and sovereignty is sacred and that imperialism is a temporary impression that man manipulates for his own gain, at the expense of evolving nations.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"&gt;We must not allow, in The Bahamas, intimidating tactics and betrayal syndromes of other countries’ foreign policies to determine our global relationship and we must not forget the remarkable achievement that Fidel Castro has given genesis to in the &lt;place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;placetype w:st="on"&gt;Republic&lt;/placetype&gt; of &lt;placename w:st="on"&gt;Cuba&lt;/placename&gt;&lt;/place&gt;. It is clear that the Puertorican model has failed, the &lt;country-region w:st="on"&gt;Guyana&lt;/country-region&gt; socialist ideology has failed, the political clientelism in the entire &lt;place w:st="on"&gt;Caribbean&lt;/place&gt; has failed. The social economic revolution that &lt;place w:st="on"&gt;Latin America&lt;/place&gt; was hoping to embrace its citizens with has failed, as I indicated in a previous article, but the heroic Fidelism has not failed.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: white;"&gt;dr kevin alcena mchari dr kevin alcena mchari &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"&gt;Fidelism is an ideology that we must understand why it did not fail; understanding the phenomenal odds against it and the isolation that the world has participated in against the &lt;place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;placetype w:st="on"&gt;Republic&lt;/placetype&gt; of &lt;placename w:st="on"&gt;Cuba&lt;/placename&gt;&lt;/place&gt;. We will never understand, in the present state, of the contribution that Fidel Castro has made with the social and economic development of the &lt;place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;placetype w:st="on"&gt;Republic&lt;/placetype&gt; of &lt;placename w:st="on"&gt;Cuba&lt;/placename&gt;&lt;/place&gt;.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;We do know that every country in the region that did not embrace his ideology has some severe social and economic scars.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Democracy, we know through the region, clearly represented the biggest social and economic disparity.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;So, in fact, democracy worked throughout the &lt;place w:st="on"&gt;Caribbean&lt;/place&gt; region by default.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: white;"&gt;dr kevin alcena mchari dr kevin alcena mchari dr kevin alcena mchari &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"&gt;Absolute poverty plagued our region. Inclusion of people and values in the &lt;place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;placetype w:st="on"&gt;Republic&lt;/placetype&gt; of &lt;placename w:st="on"&gt;Cuba&lt;/placename&gt;&lt;/place&gt; was priority.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;We do know that Marcus Garvey, Martin Luther King, Jr., Mahatma Ghandi - all these great men’s political and social ideologies were cut down and never were tested for the masses because of one factor, the imperialistic arm of deceit and betrayal.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: white;"&gt;dr kevin alcena mchari dr kevin alcena mchari &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoBodyTextIndent" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;Fidelism challenges and even succeeded where &lt;country-region w:st="on"&gt;Russia&lt;/country-region&gt; and &lt;place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;country-region w:st="on"&gt;China&lt;/country-region&gt;&lt;/place&gt; have failed in the social contract to its citizens.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;They all have, in their own way, abdicated their principle responsibility to their citizens. We see the consequences in &lt;country-region w:st="on"&gt;China&lt;/country-region&gt; and &lt;place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;country-region w:st="on"&gt;Russia&lt;/country-region&gt;&lt;/place&gt; of their homeless citizens.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;We are now recognizing the social disintegration of their previous Marxist and socialist ideologies. This is not the case in the &lt;place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;placetype w:st="on"&gt;Republic&lt;/placetype&gt; of &lt;placename w:st="on"&gt;Cuba&lt;/placename&gt;&lt;/place&gt;. Fidel Castro refuses to betray his people for the sake of the mighty dollar and that is commendable.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;He has outlived and outmatched all of the polar ideologies of the twentieth century. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoBodyTextIndent" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;The &lt;place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;country-region w:st="on"&gt;Bahamas&lt;/country-region&gt;&lt;/place&gt; must embrace the relationship and must understand, as indicated earlier, the importance of the social, economic and political contract with its citizens.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;We can be vicarious and understand sovereignty and that the respect of sovereignty is first.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;We must show that democracy within our society has worked and the ideology that our fore-parents handed down to us with regard to capitalism has also worked.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;But if we abdicate our national and our ancestral responsibilities we can face the problems of &lt;country-region w:st="on"&gt;Haiti&lt;/country-region&gt; and &lt;place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;country-region w:st="on"&gt;Guyana&lt;/country-region&gt;&lt;/place&gt;. &lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;We must also recognize that Fidelism is an evolving philosophy that must be respected, but at the same time be congratulated for the historical and pragmatic contribution that it has on the society.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;We must not be caught up in the dogmatism and isolateralism of the &lt;country-region w:st="on"&gt;United States of America&lt;/country-region&gt;’s propaganda against the &lt;place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;placetype w:st="on"&gt;Republic&lt;/placetype&gt; of &lt;placename w:st="on"&gt;Cuba&lt;/placename&gt;&lt;/place&gt;. &lt;span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: white;"&gt;dr kevin alcena mchari dr kevin alcena mchari dr kevin alcena mchari dr kevin alcena mchari &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"&gt;The &lt;country-region w:st="on"&gt;&lt;place w:st="on"&gt;United States&lt;/place&gt;&lt;/country-region&gt; may dislike the ideological position of Fidel Castro, but at the same time they like him.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;So, there is nothing that we need to fear in regards to our relationship with the &lt;placetype w:st="on"&gt;Republic&lt;/placetype&gt; of &lt;placename w:st="on"&gt;Cuba&lt;/placename&gt; except to embrace the moment of history of this great charismatic, global leader, who made Africa proud and &lt;place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;country-region w:st="on"&gt;Cuba&lt;/country-region&gt;&lt;/place&gt; great and the European world suspicious with a sense of awe.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: white;"&gt;dr kevin alcena mchari &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"&gt;In conclusion, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-IE"&gt;I commend &lt;place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;country-region w:st="on"&gt;Cuba&lt;/country-region&gt;&lt;/place&gt; for hosting the summit of the Nonaligned Movement of 116 developing nations next week.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Many nations will be represented at this summit, such as Africa, Asia and &lt;place w:st="on"&gt;Latin America&lt;/place&gt;. Even though Fidel Castro may not be able to attend the summit, reports state that the worst is over and the Cuban leader is recovering well.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"&gt; We must recognize President Fidel Castro in all of his positive and legendary majesty.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"&gt;September 14, 2006&lt;span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: white;"&gt;dr kevin alcena mchari dr kevin alcena mchari dr kevin alcena mchari dr kevin alcena mchari &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;In life there are moments of history, some of which are propelled by perpetual events.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;It is clear in this century that history has given birth to a global, ideological and practical phenomenon that has shaped the entire developing world. This phenomenon has beaten all the odds of the imperialistic, social contract to the modern society.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;It is clear, Marxism is out, political clientelism is out but Fidelism, hero of modern political culture, is in and has measured with time and has shaped the &lt;place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;placetype w:st="on"&gt;Republic&lt;/placetype&gt; of &lt;placename w:st="on"&gt;Cuba&lt;/placename&gt;&lt;/place&gt; in a perpetual and pragmatic way that has the world at large in a shock of ideological amazement. The mosquito taught the elephant how to dance and at the same time romanced the elephant’s feet.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;The mosquito is &lt;country-region w:st="on"&gt;Cuba&lt;/country-region&gt; and the elephant is the great &lt;place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;country-region w:st="on"&gt;United States of America&lt;/country-region&gt;&lt;/place&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;The &lt;place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;country-region w:st="on"&gt;United States&lt;/country-region&gt;&lt;/place&gt;’ embargo consequently gave birth to a formidable Cuban economy that had practical implications to the entire undeveloped world. The ideology of Fidelism has been witnessed by our Prime Minister The Hon. Perry Christie in a historical fashion and we hope and wait patiently that the Bahamas learns that a country is as good as its leader and sovereignty is sacred and that imperialism is a temporary impression that man manipulates for his own gain, at the expense of evolving nations.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"&gt;We must not allow, in The Bahamas, intimidating tactics and betrayal syndromes of other countries’ foreign policies to determine our global relationship and we must not forget the remarkable achievement that Fidel Castro has given genesis to in the &lt;place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;placetype w:st="on"&gt;Republic&lt;/placetype&gt; of &lt;placename w:st="on"&gt;Cuba&lt;/placename&gt;&lt;/place&gt;. It is clear that the Puertorican model has failed, the &lt;country-region w:st="on"&gt;Guyana&lt;/country-region&gt; socialist ideology has failed, the political clientelism in the entire &lt;place w:st="on"&gt;Caribbean&lt;/place&gt; has failed. The social economic revolution that &lt;place w:st="on"&gt;Latin America&lt;/place&gt; was hoping to embrace its citizens with has failed, as I indicated in a previous article, but the heroic Fidelism has not failed.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"&gt;Fidelism is an ideology that we must understand why it did not fail; understanding the phenomenal odds against it and the isolation that the world has participated in against the &lt;place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;placetype w:st="on"&gt;Republic&lt;/placetype&gt; of &lt;placename w:st="on"&gt;Cuba&lt;/placename&gt;&lt;/place&gt;. We will never understand, in the present state, of the contribution that Fidel Castro has made with the social and economic development of the &lt;place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;placetype w:st="on"&gt;Republic&lt;/placetype&gt; of &lt;placename w:st="on"&gt;Cuba&lt;/placename&gt;&lt;/place&gt;.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;We do know that every country in the region that did not embrace his ideology has some severe social and economic scars.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Democracy, we know through the region, clearly represented the biggest social and economic disparity.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;So, in fact, democracy worked throughout the &lt;place w:st="on"&gt;Caribbean&lt;/place&gt; region by default.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"&gt;Absolute poverty plagued our region. Inclusion of people and values in the &lt;place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;placetype w:st="on"&gt;Republic&lt;/placetype&gt; of &lt;placename w:st="on"&gt;Cuba&lt;/placename&gt;&lt;/place&gt; was priority.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;We do know that Marcus Garvey, Martin Luther King, Jr., Mahatma Ghandi - all these great men’s political and social ideologies were cut down and never were tested for the masses because of one factor, the imperialistic arm of deceit and betrayal.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoBodyTextIndent" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;Fidelism challenges and even succeeded where &lt;country-region w:st="on"&gt;Russia&lt;/country-region&gt; and &lt;place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;country-region w:st="on"&gt;China&lt;/country-region&gt;&lt;/place&gt; have failed in the social contract to its citizens.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;They all have, in their own way, abdicated their principle responsibility to their citizens. We see the consequences in &lt;country-region w:st="on"&gt;China&lt;/country-region&gt; and &lt;place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;country-region w:st="on"&gt;Russia&lt;/country-region&gt;&lt;/place&gt; of their homeless citizens.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;We are now recognizing the social disintegration of their previous Marxist and socialist ideologies. This is not the case in the &lt;place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;placetype w:st="on"&gt;Republic&lt;/placetype&gt; of &lt;placename w:st="on"&gt;Cuba&lt;/placename&gt;&lt;/place&gt;. Fidel Castro refuses to betray his people for the sake of the mighty dollar and that is commendable.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;He has outlived and outmatched all of the polar ideologies of the twentieth century. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoBodyTextIndent" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;The &lt;place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;country-region w:st="on"&gt;Bahamas&lt;/country-region&gt;&lt;/place&gt; must embrace the relationship and must understand, as indicated earlier, the importance of the social, economic and political contract with its citizens.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;We can be vicarious and understand sovereignty and that the respect of sovereignty is first.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;We must show that democracy within our society has worked and the ideology that our fore-parents handed down to us with regard to capitalism has also worked.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;But if we abdicate our national and our ancestral responsibilities we can face the problems of &lt;country-region w:st="on"&gt;Haiti&lt;/country-region&gt; and &lt;place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;country-region w:st="on"&gt;Guyana&lt;/country-region&gt;&lt;/place&gt;. &lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;We must also recognize that Fidelism is an evolving philosophy that must be respected, but at the same time be congratulated for the historical and pragmatic contribution that it has on the society.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;We must not be caught up in the dogmatism and isolateralism of the &lt;country-region w:st="on"&gt;United States of America&lt;/country-region&gt;’s propaganda against the &lt;place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;placetype w:st="on"&gt;Republic&lt;/placetype&gt; of &lt;placename w:st="on"&gt;Cuba&lt;/placename&gt;&lt;/place&gt;. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"&gt;The &lt;country-region w:st="on"&gt;&lt;place w:st="on"&gt;United States&lt;/place&gt;&lt;/country-region&gt; may dislike the ideological position of Fidel Castro, but at the same time they like him.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;So, there is nothing that we need to fear in regards to our relationship with the &lt;placetype w:st="on"&gt;Republic&lt;/placetype&gt; of &lt;placename w:st="on"&gt;Cuba&lt;/placename&gt; except to embrace the moment of history of this great charismatic, global leader, who made Africa proud and &lt;place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;country-region w:st="on"&gt;Cuba&lt;/country-region&gt;&lt;/place&gt; great and the European world suspicious with a sense of awe.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"&gt;In conclusion, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-IE"&gt;I commend &lt;place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;country-region w:st="on"&gt;Cuba&lt;/country-region&gt;&lt;/place&gt; for hosting the summit of the Nonaligned Movement of 116 developing nations next week.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Many nations will be represented at this summit, such as Africa, Asia and &lt;place w:st="on"&gt;Latin America&lt;/place&gt;. Even though Fidel Castro may not be able to attend the summit, reports state that the worst is over and the Cuban leader is recovering well.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"&gt; We must recognize President Fidel Castro in all of his positive and legendary majesty.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"&gt;September 14, 2006&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5316664147794886776-4551092452409756478?l=kevin-alcena-mchari-institutef.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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