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03-05-2009, 02:20 PM
Fausto Rosario Adames of Clave newspaper gives some insights into President Leonel Fernandez's recent five-day trip to Cuba, where he met with former leader Fidel Castro and President Raul Castro.
Journalist Rosario Adames points out that Fernandez is just one of many Latin American statesmen who have traveled to Cuba in the last two months to be photographed with the Cuban legend. Others before him have been Cristina Fernandez (Argentina), Michelle Bachelet (Chile), Luis Ignacio Lula Da Silva (Brazil), Martin Torrijos (Panama,), Alvaro Colom (Guatemala), Rafael Correa (Ecuador) and Jose Manuel Zelaya (Honduras). That does not include frequent visits by Hugo Chavez (Venezuela) and Evo Morales (Bolivia).
Rosario Adames says that so far the US government has not issued an official statement on the meetings between the Latin American Presidents with Castro and his brother, Raul.
"When the visits began it was thought that they were bidding their farewells to Fidel Castro, who was apparently on his death bed. But the photographs, with or without make up, made it clear this was no farewell," he observes.
"Later it was thought that the visits were for direct negotiations about Venezuelan fuel. But the price of fuel has dropped and Chavez is keeping a lower profile," he writes.
"Now people think that the Cuban government plans to take an aggressive step, which could mean it joining the Inter-American system with the blessing of the United States. What is not known is the dimension of the step that Cuba will take, with Fidel and Raul in the lead," he concludes.
Havana's Prensa Latina dated in Havana had reported that President Leonel Fernandez "expressed his opinion on the US blockade against Cuba, stressing that 50 years of that wrong and failed policy have passed, which should lead the US government and President Barack Obama to reflect on it."
Havana Journal also reports that since October 2008, when Brazilian President Lula visited Cuba, President Raul Castro has met with 10 heads of state, including President Hu of China, President Medvedev of Russia, President Jose Eduardo dos Santos of Angola, President Abdelaziz Bouteflika of Algeria and President Hifikepunye Lucas Pohamba of Nigeria.
http://havanajournal.com/politics/entry/... (http://havanajournal.com/politics/entry/president-raul-castro-has-met-with-ten-presidents-since-october-2008/)
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Journalist Rosario Adames points out that Fernandez is just one of many Latin American statesmen who have traveled to Cuba in the last two months to be photographed with the Cuban legend. Others before him have been Cristina Fernandez (Argentina), Michelle Bachelet (Chile), Luis Ignacio Lula Da Silva (Brazil), Martin Torrijos (Panama,), Alvaro Colom (Guatemala), Rafael Correa (Ecuador) and Jose Manuel Zelaya (Honduras). That does not include frequent visits by Hugo Chavez (Venezuela) and Evo Morales (Bolivia).
Rosario Adames says that so far the US government has not issued an official statement on the meetings between the Latin American Presidents with Castro and his brother, Raul.
"When the visits began it was thought that they were bidding their farewells to Fidel Castro, who was apparently on his death bed. But the photographs, with or without make up, made it clear this was no farewell," he observes.
"Later it was thought that the visits were for direct negotiations about Venezuelan fuel. But the price of fuel has dropped and Chavez is keeping a lower profile," he writes.
"Now people think that the Cuban government plans to take an aggressive step, which could mean it joining the Inter-American system with the blessing of the United States. What is not known is the dimension of the step that Cuba will take, with Fidel and Raul in the lead," he concludes.
Havana's Prensa Latina dated in Havana had reported that President Leonel Fernandez "expressed his opinion on the US blockade against Cuba, stressing that 50 years of that wrong and failed policy have passed, which should lead the US government and President Barack Obama to reflect on it."
Havana Journal also reports that since October 2008, when Brazilian President Lula visited Cuba, President Raul Castro has met with 10 heads of state, including President Hu of China, President Medvedev of Russia, President Jose Eduardo dos Santos of Angola, President Abdelaziz Bouteflika of Algeria and President Hifikepunye Lucas Pohamba of Nigeria.
http://havanajournal.com/politics/entry/... (http://havanajournal.com/politics/entry/president-raul-castro-has-met-with-ten-presidents-since-october-2008/)
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#2)