Fidel Castro's Enduring Environmental Legacy

Fidel was not only a stalwart of anti-imperialism and anti-capitalism, his commitment to environmentalism and Cuba's achievements in the area were also monumental achievements for Cuba under his decades of rule.

“Let human life become more rational. Let us implement a just, international, economic order. Let us use all the science necessary for pollution-free, sustained development. Let us pay the ecological debt, and not the foreign debt. Let hunger disappear, and not mankind.”