Socialist Cuba must protect gay rights`
Daughter of current Cuban president Raul Castro, Mariela Castro, heads the Cuban National Center for sex education. She discusses same sex marriages, women in power and, of course, family affairs in RT`s interview.
-What can you share with us about your father, and about the Castro family, that few would know or expect?
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I admire the revolutionary ork that took place in Cuba throughout its history, long before the participation of my father and mother. It has influenced a great deal my decisions, life projects, and ideology. I also like the authenticity that prevailed in Cuba`s revolutionary part despite the common belief that it was a mere satellite of the Soviet Union. I can assure you that it wasn`t.But we did take all the valuable examples from the Soviet experience and the European socialist camp.
We all lament the collapse of the Soviet Union because it achieved some magnificent things that could be improved and reconsidered dialectically. In my father`s relationship with USSR, I liked that it was very sincere, transparent and critical. He managed to establish a human and very beautiful friendship that went far beyond politics. I do not know whether it has been or will be written about, but that`s what I lived and observed. So in my family I saw authenticity, originality, spontainety, learning capacity, flexibility and not this rigid thing the world used to hear of.
-How often do you get to see your uncle? How`s Fidel feeling?
MC: I haven`t seen him since he got sick. As far as I understand, he is very well. Above all, I can appreciate it in the things he writes, his reflections, how attentive he is to what is going onin Cuba and worldwide. He shares his points of view and his experience as a wise old man with a very rich history that had an important influence on the Cuban nation and even the practical experience of socialism.
-One day your uncle, Fidel Castro, a symbol of the longevity of the revolution, is going to die, do you think his death will change the status quo here in Cuba?
MC: First of all, the death of Fidel will bring great suffering for the Cuban people and will be an enormous loss. But as far as I can see, Cubans are willing to continue on the path of socialism even when our Comendante is no londer with us, even when my father and other forefathers of the revolution are not. Our people want socialism. Of course, we are very self-critical, so what we need is a better and enriched version of it that would resolve most of the existing contradictions. The people themselves are proposing actions necessary for the survival of our society; a society that should always guarantee social justice, equality and solidarity within the nations as well as in relations with others. We want welfare, but not as exaggerated as that of the cosumer societies.I think that socialism in Cuba will survive and become what we have considered to be a utopia.
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