Oslo, August 14th, 2024. Norwegian organizations paid tribute to the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro Ruz, on the occasion of the 98 anniversary of his birth.
The Norway-Cuba Friendship Association issued the following statement:
Happy birthday, Fidel!
Fidel Castro Ruz was born 98 years ago.
Fidel turned Cuba, a banana republic and mafia clubhouse, into an international force in education, health care, biotechnology and worldwide solidarity.
For more than 65 years, the Cuban Revolution has been an inspiration to people around the world for its achievements in health, education, internationalism and much more!
For its part, the youth organization of the Communist Party of Norway (NKP) published this post in its profile in Facebook:
Today the Young Communists in Norway mark the birthday of Fidel Castro Ruz!
“We will live in a society without selfishness; we will live in a society without hatred; we will live in a society where everybody will be working for everyone and where everyone will be working for everybody. That world will be much better; that world will be much happier.” — Fidel Castro, excerpt from a speech delivered at the end of First Congress of the Rebel Youth Association (Asociación de Jóvenes Rebeldes), April 4, 1962
(Embassy of Cuba in Norway)