Castro talks education in New York newspaper column

President Fidel Castro

Monday, October 6, 2003

NEW YORK, New York: Cuban President Mr. Fidel Castro has called Cuba's education system "first in the world" and says "Cuba's name will go down in history for its contributions in education, culture and health during one of the most difficult periods mankind has known." 

The President made the comments in a newspaper column published by The New York Daily News on Friday, 3rd October. The column was originally slated to run in spiked the Spanish-language newspaper, El Diario-La Prensa, but was canned by the owners after some staffers objected to the piece, calling it propaganda for Cuba's Communist government.

The newspaper's editor resigned in protest. The Daily News reportedly obtained a copy of the column and translated it from Spanish to English. 

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