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Castro cancels Uruguayan trip
due to health problems
Cuban President Fidel Castro Ruz
canceled his Uruguayan trip due
to health problems, Uruguayan
president-elect Tabare Vazquez
said Monday.
Castro had planned to
participate in Vazquez's
inauguration ceremony scheduled
for Wednesday evening, but Cuban
doctors recommended Castro
cancel the trip to continue the
recovery of his knees which were
wounded accidentally last year,
local media reported.
Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe
Ramon Perez Roque will lead the
Cuban delegation for the
inauguration ceremony.
The two countries had announced
they would resume diplomatic
ties after Vazquez's
inauguration.
Uruguay broke off diplomatic
relations with Cuba in 2002
after Castro described Uruguayan
President Jorge Batlle as a "Juda"
after Uruguay sponsored a UN
resolution on Cuba's human
rights record.
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