The Spanish government promised the Cuban people equal rights and self-rule -- but in the future.

VOA: special.2010.07.15

But the prime minister campaigned on a promise of a "more equal" relationship.

VOA: special.2009.11.21

But he also said Cuba must be treated as an equal.

VOA: special.2009.04.18

But in the right to eat the bread that his own hand earns, he is my equal and the equal of Judge Douglas, and the equal of every living man."

VOA: special.2009.06.11