UN General Assembly
1960

154. It is obvious that the Head of the Government of the Republic of Cuba is not to the taste of the United States Government. Two days ago he delivered a remarkable speech in the Assembly [872nd meeting], a speech which made mincemeat of the theories of the imperialists and their attempts to oppress and plunder the nations. He defended the right of the Cuban people and of the other Latin American peoples to independent existence and sovereign development. This speech was a bitter pill for some delegations in this hall. Nevertheless, they listened to it. We, the representatives of the socialist countries, are also in this hall, and no matter how unpleasant this fact may be to some people, they sit here and listen to us.