Fidel Castro: Meeting
With Chavez "Great
Honour"
HAVANA - Former Cuban
leader Fidel Castro said
he felt it "a great
honour" for him to meet
Venezuelan President
Hugo Chavez in Havana on
Sunday.
"The meeting with
Venezuelan President
will be a brief one ...
It will be a great honor
for me," Castro wrote
Saturday in his
"Reflections" column,
which was published on
Sunday by the Juventud
Rebelde newspaper.
In the article titled
"The Truth and the
False," Castro defined
Chavez as "an
indefatigable preacher
of the most advanced
ideas of his era in
Venezuela," confronting
"the huge media
instruments in the hands
of the Yankee oligarchy,
who try to deceive and
confuse the people."
Castro said that
Venezuela was the first
one to offer Cuba
financial and material
aid after hurricanes
Gustav and Ike ravaged
the country.
Castro also said that
almost 40,000 Cubans now
work in Venezuela, which
he said was a win-win
situation for both
countries.
According to media
reports, Chavez will
stop for a brief visit
to Cuba on his week-long
tour to China, Russia,
Belarus, France and
Portugal.
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