Venezuelan student gets university in the US to remove Fidel Castro's phrase from a wall

A Venezuelan student got those responsible for Penn State University, in the United States, to remove a phrase by the late Cuban dictator Fidel Castro displayed on the walls of one of the study center's buildings.

Erik Suárez, along with groups of students from Pennsylvania State University, signed a letter on Friday making such a request, just days after thousands of Cubans took to the streetsin protest against the Government of the island on Sunday, July 11.

In the letter, the young people raise with the university management the inappropriateness of having a quote from Castro about equal access to education and culture, on the walls of one of its buildings.

According to the signatories, the phrase misrepresents the "infamous legacy" of the Cuban communist leader and is contrary to the values of Penn State. In a statement, the university said it agreed with the concerns raised by the letter and would remove the quote.

“For many across campus, Castro is a figure of totalitarianism and oppression that many victims of communism and their families have experienced throughout their lives,” says the letter, shared via Twitter.

The phrase is located on the wall of the Paul Robeson Cultural Center. “We agree with the concerns and the appointment is being removed. “We have also reached out directly to inform the student who expressed concern that this is a university decision,”Penn State spokeswoman Lisa Powers said in a statement..

In statements toFox News, Suárez expressed his concern about the "misinformation" that exists about the "reality of socialism and authoritarianism" among the members of his community and assured that he will work to ensure that quotes from "dictators" do not appear on campus again.

“I did not expect to see at Penn State a quote from this dictator who had been repressing the people of Cuba for more than six decades and who was the inspiration for the regime that is repressing my country right now,” said the young Venezuelan.

Castro's phrasecause of controversy, states: “The equality of all citizens to health, education, work, food, security, culture, science, and well-being, that is, the same rights that we proclaimed when we began our fight plus the "That they emanate from our dreams of justice and equality for the inhabitants of our world, is what I wish for everyone."