Sunday 14 December
2008, San José, Costa
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Raul Castro Begins
First Overseas Trip
Caracas - Cuban
President Raul Castro
arrived in Caracas on
Saturday for a brief
visit to Venezuela on
his first overseas trip
since assuming office in
February.
Castro was met at the
airport by Venezuelan
President Hugo Chavez.
Castro was to lay a
wreath at a statue of
Venezuela's independence
hero Simon Bolivar in
Plaza Bolivar in
downtown Caracas. Then
he will hold talks with
Chavez at the
presidential palace and
attend the closing
ceremony of the 11th
inter-governmental mixed
committee between the
two countries.
After Venezuela, Castro
is expected to head to a
summit of leaders of
Latin American and
Caribbean countries
scheduled for Dec. 16 in
Brazil.
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