July 18 returns and the world evokes, Nelson Mandela, a leader of renown, of deeds and convictions; a man who has become a legend that the universe admires for his contributions to democracy, equality and peace.
Sixty-seven years in the service of humanity, as a human rights lawyer, as a prisoner of conscience, as the first democratically elected President of a free South Africa, are inscribed in the immortal career of Nelson Mandela, who proved that heroes sign and build peace.
His message to the world is clear, because he showed that the rights of justice are defended at any cost, they are conquered, because begging is cowardly.
Heroic in his actions, dignified in his conduct, sanctified in his image, Nelson Mandela is and will be a lasting legacy; he is and will be a cross and a guide, because he was the master of his destiny, the captain of his soul.
Mandela: a symbol of dignity
During 27 years of imprisonment, the South African leader did not lower his guard, he did not lower the flag of hope, the hard prison tempered his spirit, his frank courage; it did not transform his smile.
To the Nobel Peace Prize laureate belongs the honor of opening the way to a new South Africa, non-racial and united in the pursuit of happiness, equality and welfare of all its children, to overcome the aftermath of colonialism and slavery.
An example of unwavering perseverance is this man of universal stature, immense, pure, who showed forgiveness, but not forgetfulness before those who unjustly imprisoned him.
Madiba, honorary title granted without any paperwork by the elders of the clan, is the inspiration that transcends in Cuba with the condition of natural nobility earned in his land.
Madiba did not give up, he came out of prison raising those hands that did not remember how to lace shoes, because he was all the time a barefoot prisoner.
Madiba as soon as he set foot on the street he was already President to have respectable authority, to be the closest light to the galaxy that illuminates us, to demonstrate that love is something natural in the human spirit, to be a man of glory in the universe.
