Parliament presented the book “Raul Castro, a man in Revolution"

The book Raul Castro, a man in Revolution S. Nicolai Leonov, was presented in a special session of the National Assembly of People's Power, with the participation of the deputies of the legislative body and headed by Esteban Lazo Hernandez, president of the Cuban Parliament.

Commenting the book details at the Havana's Convention Center , the historian of Havana, Eusebio Leal, Raul acknowledged the capacity of "structure to the historical time that we lived a personality that manages to convey to his people in an instant given the strong and sober desire to continue forward. "

"That is perhaps his greatest merit," said Leal, who recounted the journey in which Raul and Leonov met during a trip to Mexico.

He stressed that the book documents "the organizing character of Raul, his meticulous observance of a discipline that is rarely interrupting nothing but an extraordinary event, his personal generosity when analyzing relevant issues, and their ability to be reached in full youth maturity at which Fidel refers (in conversation with Ignacio Ramonet alluded to Leal), give a privileged place in history. "

Leal said that in 1953 Leonov was sent to study at the Faculty of Philology and Philosophy of the Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). During the trip to that country on the ship Andrea Gritti, he met Raul.

"Dreams and common purpose then cemented a friendship that continues to this day, like the author's admiration for the Cuban Revolution," he said. Note back cover of the book review in this book speaks of the Cuban Revolution and the role played in it by Raul, "one of the few who has tried an objective to approach his life and personality," he says.

Raul Castro, a man in Revolution has a version in Russian and one in Spanish by Editorial Capitan San Luis, and also boasts a chronology of the most important dates in the life of Raul Castro, as well as a list with more 80 photos, some unpublished.

The author of this biography, Nikolai Sergeyevich Leonov (Almazovo, Russia, 1928), is a retired Lieutenant General, Doctor of Historical and professor of the Department of Diplomatic Work Moscow State Institute of International Relations Sciences, recalled Historian City. He was head of the Research Committee for State Security of the USSR, when he requested his retirement the disappearance of the USSR in 1991.

Translated by: Daysi Olano Fernandez