Penn State to remove Fidel Castro quote from campus after campaign by student who fled communism in Venezuela
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Penn State University said Saturday it would remove a quote by the late Cuban dictator Fidel Castro from a campus building following a campaign led by Erik Suarez, a PSU international student who experienced the effects of a communist regime firsthand in his native Venezuela.
"I wasn’t expecting to see in Penn State a quote from this dictator that 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," Suarez told Fox News. "There was a lot of feelings in that moment because I love my school. My school has given me a lot of opportunities and I have a deep connection with it. Watching it display a Fidel Castro quote hit hard and it was very shocking for me." Suarez sparked a social media outcry earlier this week after tweeting an image of the quote. He partnered with several student organizations, including the Penn State College Republicans, to send a formal letter to university president Eric Barron on Thursday requesting the quote’s removal.More Related News