Niemeyer built a monument to the revolution in Cuba

Havana - A monument dedicated to the Cuban Revolution and its fight against American imperialism was unveiled in Cuba last night. Its author is the century-old Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer, a great friend of Cuban leader Fidel Castro.
    The work, which is part of a space that will also include a theater and multimedia center, was unveiled by Cuban Minister of Culture Abel Prieto. On this occasion, he praised Niemeyer for developing the project "while others cowardly toppled Lenin statues to replace them with McDonald’s."
    The structure, weighing 9.5 tons and made of red steel pipes, represents a monster spitting fire at a figure of a Cuban holding the Cuban flag. Niemeyer dedicated the sculpture to Castro on his 80th birthday and "the heroic Cuban people defending their uniqueness against the imperialist monster."
    The building is part of a concrete space in an elliptical shape covering 20,000 square meters, where 13,500 people can gather.
    The project was created at Niemeyer Square in the campus of the University of Computer Science in eastern Havana, which is attended by 17,000 students.
    Among Niemeyer's most significant projects is the construction of Brazil's new capital Brasília; this project was realized in the 1950s at the request of then Brazilian President of Czech descent Juscelino Kubitschek. Among his most well-known buildings are not only the government buildings in Brasília but also the headquarters of the French Communist Party. He also contributed to the designs of the UN building in New York.