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Communist and traitor. Artime mentioned that he resigned because Castro had not been honest with the businessmen by not telling them their property would be confiscated.

3. The following excerpts from Artime's book Traicion clearly outline Artime's ideology:

"We believe the state should foment and stimulate private economy, both national and foreign. We have to have an effective democracy as Latin America needs to evolve. Democracy in this area has been perverted because of that. Many countries call themselves democratic but in reality are nothing but militarist and demagogic, and many simply go through the motions of elections. Many are simply totalitarian governments which are living off the blood and toil of the people. The corrupt politicians, the strong men, the totalitarians have been the strongest allies of Communism. Our fight is not against one man, it is not a war of personal hatred—it is a war against the doctrine of hatred, be it called Castro or what have you—it is a war against a doctrine; we are as much opposed to Khrushchev as we are against Tito. We are as much opposed to the totalitarian left as we are opposed to the fascist right."

"We don't care if they call us extremists. They will continue to call us rightist or leftist, fascist, philo-communist. I recall the words of Don Quixote when he was passing on the outskirts of a small town and Sancho said to Don Quixote, 'Sir, the dogs are barking at us,' Don Quixote replied, 'Let them, Sancho, if they are barking, it is because we are moving. And we will continue to move.'"

"They say we are very ambitious. Our ambition is that in the coming days when Cuba is liberated people will pronounce our name with respect in our country."

"Our men in Cuba are not only fighting for the independence of our country but also for the independence of the American hemisphere, for the survival of Christian principles in America, for the Western world." Artime maintains that the situation today is such the way Lenin would have hoped for. Britain and France have recognized Red China; the U.S. is at odds with these two governments—this is exactly what Lenin would have wanted. Artime has supported his thesis by quoting Lenin, 'Within 30 years we will encompass one or two continents, and exchange and we will split the free nations and smash these impotent bourgeois.'"

"The battle-ground for Latin America lies 90 miles from our shores. Should the Western world lose this battle, the sleeping giant (Latin America) will wake up on the side of the Communist camp. This would be preferable to the Red China and the free world will have to prepare for war."

"We are all guilty for having turned over Cuba to the hands of a man who had no govern nor property. We have knocked on doors. We will continue to do so until our success is assured. We cannot afford to wait for miracles. We must prepare. We cannot fight and ask for aid. We have to fight and then ask for aid. We are not going to go to the Cuban people to liberate Cuba. If we are not true to our word or principles, I will not join that struggle."

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