But Cuba was a fruit - according to the opinion of a President of the United States at the beginning of the past century, John Adams -, it was an apple hanging from the Spanish tree, destined to fall, as soon as it was ripe enough, into the hands of the United States. (Fidel Castro)

But Cuba was a fruit - according to the opinion of a President of the United States at the beginning of the past century, John Adams -, it was an apple hanging from the Spanish tree, destined to fall, as soon as it was ripe enough, into the hands of the United States.

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