NYC Letter: Fidel Castro, World Hero

Day 228 of CHOPE

Caught us completely by surprise. Godless Castro is "the best disciple of Jesus".

MIGUEL D´ESCOTO: «FIDEL CASTRO
ES EL MEJOR DISCÍPULO DE JESÚS»

LA HABANA septiembre 5, 2009 (ABC.es) - El presidente de la Asamblea General de la ONU, el nicaragüense Miguel D'Escoto, aseguró hoy en La Habana que el líder cubano, Fidel Castro, es "el mejor discípulo de Jesús". "Fidel es para mí, hoy en día, el mejor discípulo de Jesús. Me tocó el privilegio de estar cerca, de observarlo, de oirlo, de verlo, y es un hombre enamorado de la justicia, de la fraternidad, de la solidaridad", dijo el sacerdote y ex canciller sandinista.

D'Escoto insistió en que la ONU tiene que ser "reinventada", al presentar en La Habana su libro "Antiimperialismo y no violencia" ante el presidente del Parlamento cubano, Ricardo Alarcón, y el ministro de Cultura, Abel Prieto, entre otros funcionarios.

The president of the UN General Assembly, Nicaraguan Miguel D'Escoto, said today in Havana that the Cuban leader, Fidel Castro, is "the best disciple of Jesus." "Fidel is for me, today, the best disciple of Jesus. I was privileged to be near him, to observe him, to hear him, to see him, and he is a man in love with justice, brotherhood, solidarity," said the priest and former Sandinista foreign minister.

D'Escoto emphasized that the UN must be "reinvented", introducing in Havana his book "Anti-imperialism and non-violence" to the Cuban Parliament President Ricardo Alarcon and Culture Minister Abel Prieto, among other officials.

[Translation: Barcepundit]

It gets better. The UN -- "'after extensive consultation' among representatives of the General Assembly’s member countries" -- has trumped up a medal for Mr. Castro as “World Hero of Solidarity”, along with a "World Hero of Mother Earth" medal for socialist Evo Morales, president of Bolivia.

“What we want to do is present these three* people to the world and say that they embody virtues and values worth emulation by all of us,” said D’Escoto, who like the socialist Morales is a staunch critic of U.S. foreign policy in Latin America.

Surprisingly no "World Hero of Social Finances" medal for Mr. Mugabe. Also no posthumous award for the little chairman, a recognized "World Hero of Stateless Terrorism". [Pause.] Or how about ""World Hero of Anti-Zionism". Or education. Or something.

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* The African socialist Julius Nyerere was posthumously awarded a medal as “World Hero of Social Justice" also.