Ricardo Alarcon
Ricardo Alarcon
Ricardo Alarcón de Quesadais a Cuban statesman. He served as Cuba's Permanent Representative to the United Nationsfor nearly 30 years and later served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1992 to 1993. Subsequently Alarcón was President of the National Assembly of People's Power from 1993 to 2013, and because of this post, was considered the third-most powerful figure in Cuba. He also was a Member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba until 2013...
NationalityCuban
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth21 May 1937
CountryCuba
Who is trying to provoke (the) situation? Clearly those in Miami that are making good money with the lives of individuals. People have died.
Our view is that the Elian Gonzalez event may help us precisely to improve relations.
We are not going to encourage illegal (emigration). Far from that. We will continue to do everything within our commitment to avoid that.
The congress will bring ratification, reiteration of the fundamentals of the revolution.
The boy belongs to his father, belongs to his family, and nobody should interfere with that,
It's like a work of art ... the work doesn't disappear when the author disappears,
The whole strategy, ... is getting in forever.
The whole world should feel that this tragedy is its own.
That (prediction) is based on the assumption that you have just trouble with one man. But this is not a personal affair and it is not a personal matter -- it's a social phenomenon. It's a social process that involves millions of Cubans and not just one man.
For almost two months, he has been arbitrarily separated from his father and his four grandparents.
The news pained and saddened Cubans. In their name, we wish to express our profound solidarity with the people of the United States, state and local authorities and the victims of this catastrophe.
The United States only accepts reports that are favorable. It is not surprising it continues to ignore the U.N. whenever convenient.
I believe in the word of the U.S. authorities. They have expressed themselves clearly in the proper relation. Let's hope that they will find a way to simply convert its words into actions.
The law is not working. It cannot work. It will not work. After the law, we have continued trading with other countries, receiving foreign partners.