1. overthrew a us-backed dictator, fulgencio batista
2. returned cuban land and mineral resources to the cuban nation
3. in 72 hours repelled a us-backed invasion at Playa Giron [Bay of Pigs]
4. eradicated illiteracy in one year
5. achieved one of the highest kindergarten-9th grade retention rates
6. highest number of school teachers per capita
7. free publically funded education from kindergarten to doctoral studies
8. lowest infant mortality 60 per 1000 in the hemisphere, lower than many US cities
9. increased life expectancy by 15 years with its universal health care system
10. highest number of doctors per capita
11. commercial-free tv, where public-service announcements inform
12. eradicated racist Jim Crow laws imposed on Cuba from the US
13. no paramilitary death squads
14. development of sport and culture
15. supported Algerian nationalists against France
16. supported and sent troops to aid Angola against US-backed apartheid South Africa
17. supplied weapons to Algeria to fight off US-backed Moroccan invasion
18. sent a brigade to aid Syria in defense of the Golan Heights against Israel
19. supported Patrice Lumumba in the Republic of Congo and his supporters
20. supported Congolese freedom fighters against US-backed Mobutu
21. aided in the independence of Portuguese colonies with Amilcar Cabral
22. Cuito Cuanavale!
23. stood in solidarity with the people and struggle of Viet Nam from 1960 on
24. aided economic development of Grenada until US invasion
25. internationalist missions of doctors, technicians, and teachers
26. supported Nelson Mandela when Reagan and Thatcher called him a terrorist.
27. offered and was refused to dispatch first responders after Katrina
28. spoke on behalf of children who do not have even a piece of bread
29. offered political asylum to Black and Puerto Rican activists, like Assata Shakur
30. thwarted 686 CIA assassination attempts made public through US Congress
31. Survived the machinations of Eisenhower, the Kennedy Brothers, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush I, Clinton ... and Mr. J. Edgar Hoover
for these crimes against the new world order, fidel must be punished.
Gracias, Fidel!
