" FTP, name this speech which concluded the defendant's case on behalf of himself in the 1953 trial of Fidel Castro.
This speech condemns those who "prostate themselves before the master of the moment until they grind their foreheads into the ground." It praises, in descending numerical order, seven hundred thousand unemployed, five hundred thousand farmhands, thirty thousand teachers, and ten thousand graduates of professional schools. It was delivered from memory over the course of five hours. The speaker responds to "those who call me a dreamer" by invoking the "apostle of independence," and condemns a thirty percent illiteracy rate. This speech mounts a defense for the actions at the Moncada base that inspired the 26th of July movement, but never mentions the name of "the miserable tyrant who took the lives of seventy of my comrades," Bautista. It ends with the title phrase, which comes after "Condemn me. It does not matter." FTP, name this speech which concluded the defendant's case on behalf of himself in the 1953 trial of Fidel Castro.
This speech condemns those who "prostate themselves before the master of the moment until they grind their foreheads into the ground.
“{History Will Absolve} Me” [or “La {Historia} Me {Absolverá}”]