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Cuba: Madiba Was Great, But Not Perfect

Written byJanine Mendes-Franco
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Posted 18 December 2013 11 years ago

Cuban blog Without Evasion says the best way in which she can pay tribute to Nelson Mandela is by “imitating him in forgiveness and reconciliation”:

I forgive you…for the friendship with…the vilest dictator my people has ever had…for placing your hand –redemptive for your people- on the bloodied shoulders of the one who excludes and reviles mine.

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