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...Castro: I would have to write an encyclopedia. [laughter...
...Castro: I had good personal relations with Mr. Gorbachev. I believe that he was full of good intentions. He never talked about destroying socialism. Later on, though, I think that he did not follow a consistent strategy. He said things could not be done in an orderly way, one priority after the other, but that everything had to be done at the same time. So he destroyed the history of the U.S.S.R. He destroyed the party. He destroyed the state. It was impossible for the Soviet Union to make the reforms they wanted while destroying history, destroying the party, destroying...
...Castro: He now says he's not communist, and I say, yes, I'm communist. He repents of having been a communist, and I am proud to be one. Why do I have to renege on my principles...
...Castro: It went wrong by not liquidating capitalism earlier. I believe that capitalism, in spite of its great successes, is a catastrophe for the world. No matter how many cars, no matter how much good living you have, there are billions of people living in poverty who have no cars, no comfort, no public health, no education. The atmosphere is already poisoned. The waters are poisoned. The forests are being subjected to acid rain. The weather is getting warmer. We have suffered from that ourselves. Capitalism developed the forces of production; it developed technology. But at the same time...
...Castro: I was among those who proposed joint ventures even before the collapse of the Soviet Union because we had resources that we could not make use of. We have factories that need raw materials, such as fuel, or some more updated technologies so we may accept a joint venture. The principle we base our activities on is that to develop the country needs capital, technology and markets. All these investments and joint ventures are fundamentally aimed at export production...