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Nelson Mandela and Fidel Castro

John Andrews | 07.12.2013 14:57

The press appear to have forgotten the link between Nelson Mandela and Fidel Castro

The British Press has had a field day in remembering Nelson Mandela. Many of the papers have issued glossy, colour memorial brochures celebrating the life of the great man. Given the speed in which the brochures have appeared, I can only asume that they were printed some time back and stored.

Upon his release from prison in 1990, one of the first world leaders that Nelson Mandela travelled to meet was Fidel Castro. Search as I have done, through the colour brochures, I have not come across a single photograph of Nelson Mandela with Fidel Castro.

Strange that.

 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/27/nelson-mandela-fidel-castro_n_3509710.html

 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/06/nelson-mandela-castro_n_4400212.html?ref=topbar

John Andrews
- e-mail: jh.andrews@btinternet.com

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this is not news,please remove

07.12.2013 18:46

"One of the first world leaders he travelled to was Castro....."Nelson mandela associated with people across the political spectrum, thats the way good leaders get things done unless you like bullets involved,
Whatever your personal political peccadilos,
get over it.

RIP, a great man,
Heres to more fair equality& "egalitarianism" in south Africa& globally

Rose Bub

Rose Bub, you miss my point

07.12.2013 21:09

that the western media are air-brushing Nelson Mandela. They show photos of Nelson Mandela with Bill Clinton etc but not with the people that he truly connected with. He was a revolutionary and was prepared for an armed struggle. He was close to Fidel Castro; why should that fact be hidden from view?

John Andrews
mail e-mail: jh.andrews@btinternet.com

Hero

07.12.2013 21:20

Mandela was not a hero he was a piece of shit that ruined South Africa and turned into an A.I.D.S ridden and crime ridden slum.

matthew collins