• redthebaron [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    2 years ago

    if i recall corectly fidel castro told lula to not give up on politics after losing an election it was something like “you do not have the right to abandon politics, you don’t have the right to do that to the working class” absolute mvp of latam

    • Redcuban1959 [any]@hexbear.net
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      2 years ago

      If I remember correctly Lula had lost an election for governor, in Cuba, Fidel asked how many votes he had won. When Lula said 1 million, Fidel responded with “Lula, never in the history of Brazil has a working class man received so many votes. You can’t give up, these people need you.”