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Canadian Launch of Fidel Castro's Book "Strategic Victory" The new historical book Strategic Victory ("La Victoria Estratégica") by the leader of the Cuban Revolution  Fidel Castro had its Canadian launch on October 7 at the Steelworkers Hall in Toronto. The launch is part of the agenda of the Cuban delegation attending the 2010 Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA) from October 6-9, economics professor Dr. Ramon Sanchez Noda told Prensa Latina. The book was launched in Cuba on August 20. The book was presented by outstanding Cuban intellectuals Miguel Barnet and Aurelio Alfonso who explained the content and historical value of the book. The launch was the highlight of an event organized by the Canadian Cuban Friendship Association-Toronto which included a speech by Elizabeth Palmeiro, the wife of Ramon Labañino, one of the five anti-terrorist Cuban fighters unjustly held in U.S. prisons. Dr. Sanchez Noda is leading a delegation of about 78 Cuban social scientists taking part in the four-day academic congress, the largest of its kind, attended by about 5,000 experts on Latin American and Caribbean issues. The wide-ranging program of the congress includes some 1,000 presentations on political, religious, cultural, historical and social issues, with the U.S. aggression against Cuba and the impact of illegal immigration and violence on Mexico at the centre of panel discussions in several sessions.