On July 26th, 1953, a young lawyer, along with a group of rebels assaulted the Moncada Headquarters in Santiago de Cuba. The attack failed and the leader was detained. The name of Fidel Castro began to enter into history.
Fidel himself prepared his own defense. What was supposed to be an exemplary punishment for the insurgents converted into a new assault against the Bautista regime and a prelude to the Cuban Revolution. With a detailed discourse, Fidel outlined a democratic program of national liberation, without yet espousing his true intentions, which later converted itself in the first socialist revolution in the Americas.
That defense became a book and millions of copies have gone around the world since that time. Forty years later, also from Santiago de Cuba, Fidel makes a new balance and renews his commitment with the majorities of the planet. Among the two texts we discover a coherent man, faithful to his ideas and one of the most passionate social experiences of the century.







