Aleida Guevara

Overview

Aleida Guevara born Havana, Cuba November 24, 1960. Cuban pediatrician; communist; two years in Angola saving lives of children in postwar chaos; also served in Ecuador and Nicaragua.

Quotations

“There is no peace in real meaning in the world, if there is poverty and death in lack of doctors and medicines.” (Japan Times, May 31, 2008)

On visit to Hiroshima: “As a pediatrician as well, I was overcome by a feeling of helplessness wondering why the lives of the children could not have been spared. The use of nuclear weapons is absolutely unacceptable. In order to abolish nuclear weapons, people must engage in dialogue and apply pressure on nuclear weapons states.” (hiroshimapeacemedia.sp, June 2, 2008; photo alchetron.com)