Today you celebrate your 93 wonderful years of existence, an exemplary parable of life, devoted to the social, moral and human redemption of heroic Cuba and of the peoples of this vast, wide and unequal world, always at the side of the undefeated Commander in Chief FIDEL CASTRO, THE GREAT, THE GREATEST AMONG THE GREAT in the History of Humanity…

You are, Comrade RAUL, a paradigm and a symbol of solidarity and hope for those who have no voice, no hope, no capacity for immediate redemption…

RAUL, an integral communist since the 50’s, peerless fighter, colossal defender of the Infinite Island, remarkable President of the sacred homeland of JOSE MARTI, and sublime leader who courageously and heroically managed the resistance against the fiercest criminal attacks of US imperialism, receive the humble but moving offering that today I give you – extensively to the sweet memory of the unforgettable comrade VILMA ESPIN-, this June 3, 2024, in which we celebrate your coming to the world in the beautiful East of our precious Cuba.

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*Colombian poet, novelist, journalist and university professor.