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Some things you might be interested to know about that letter.
ReplyDelete1. In the complete image of the letter you can see that Castro says:
"I am twelve years old."
Castro was born in August of 1926. The letter is dated November 1940. In November of 1940 Castro was 14 years old, not 12.
This demonstrates that even at early age Castro was exhibiting deceptive traits. Perhaps he felt a younger child had a better chance of collecting the "ten dollars bill green American" that he was requesting. Keep in mind that he was asking for the equivalent of $100 in today's currency.
Secondly, the letter demonstrates a keen awareness at an early age of the power of the United States. You can see how a person with delusions of grandeur might later make his life's mission to become famous and powerful by confronting such a power (since he couldn't rightfully lead it himself).
The postscript is also very telling:
If you want iron to make your ships I will show you the bigest (minas) of iron of the land. They are in Mayari, Oriente Cuba.
He's inviting the president of the United States to exploit Cuba's mineral wealth, ostensibly in exchange for $10. Of course we are talking about the logic of a small boy but one can see that Fidel has had no compunction about selling off Cuba's assets to the highest bidder. Canada is involved in Cuban nickel mining, Spain is involved in Cuban travel and tourism, etc. And the person who enjoys the inflows from such ventures is Castro himself. So his thinking hasn't changed that much in almost 70 years.