Fidel Castro has said that he is ultimately responsible for the persecution suffered by homosexuals in Cuba after the revolution of 1959. The former president told the Mexican newspaper La Jornada that there were moments of great injustice against the gay community. “If someone is responsible, it’s me,” he said. In the 1960s and 70s, many homosexuals in Cuba were fired, imprisoned or sent to “re-education camps”.

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