Havana, August 14 (RHC) -- The political stature of the statesman and the exceptional human being, the historical leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, continues today in the epicenter of the tribute offered in multiple latitudes by his birth 98 years ago.

On social networks and numerous press media circulate from this August 13th, messages of recognition for the sovereign and emancipatory legacy of the commander in chief of that revolutionary process of great draft in Cuba and the world.

Thus, in Bolivia, Panama, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Ecuador, Argentina and other Latin American nations recognized the contributions of Fidel Castro to the achievement of its independence or the consolidation of liberating movements in the American continent.

In the land of Bolívar, Venezuelas's Foreign Minister Yván Gil exalted the transcendental life of the Cuban and universal leader, while Argentines graduated on the island expressed their gratitude to the Cuban legend, whose legacy is visible today in hundreds of social missions of the Bolivarian country.

Meanwhile, in Ecuador, members of the state mission, friends of the island and Cuban residents in that country, as well as representatives of political and social organizations paid tribute to former Antillano president in the Embassy of Cuba in Quito.

The ambassador of the Caribbean country there, Basilio Gutiérrez, recalled that the head of the Cuban Revolution changed the history of his nation and contributed to the independence of other peoples of Latin America and the world.

In the same sense, messages arrived from diplomatic headquarters from the Caribbean country in Europe and Africa, social movements, political parties and world leaders, especially those of progressive sign.

They do justice to Fidel Castro turned into a living legend since their triumphal arrival to Havana, on January 8, 1959, at the head of the guerrillas who defeated the Fulgencio Batista regime (1952-1958). With his thinking and work, that revolutionary process transcended the borders of the Cuban nation.

Fidel Castro's Cuba is today a paradigm for Latin American revolutionaries and progressive movements from various parts of the planet, which had their solidarity, Latin American and third world vocation to achieve independence in their countries.

The contributions of the Cuban and universal leader to the strengthening of the left -wing forces in Latin America and the rest of the planet, are widely documented, and their contribution to anti -colonial struggles in Africa is epic, to the defeat of apartheid in South Africa, and to the unit of the poor nations of the world.   (Source: Prensa Latina)