Cuba and Guatemala
Foster Links
Cuba's Deputy Foreign
Minister Bruno Rodriguez
highlighted here the
good state of relations
between Cuba and
Guatemala, while
regarded future
bilateral links as
promising.
Rodriguez spoke with
Prensa Latina shortly
before winding up an
official visit to
Guatemala, where
attended the opening
ceremony of the third
ophthalmologic center
equipped by Cuba.
"We have had a full
agenda reflecting the
satisfactory relations
and promising
perspectives between the
two countries," said the
official.
Rodriguez met with
President Alvaro Uribe
Colom, vice president
Rafael Espada, Foreign
Minister Haroldo Rodas
and Health Minister
Eusebio del Cid, among
other government
officials.
He also presided over,
along with Colom, the
opening of the
ophthalmologic hospital
Carlos J. Finlay in the
western department of
San Marcos.
Another two eye hospital
staffed with Cuban
doctors are already
working in Guatemala.
In his speech of
gratitude and
solidarity, President
Colom said that
cooperation between Cuba
and Guatemala also
include sports, and
education, with the
implementation of the "Yo
si puedo" (Yes I Can)
program. |
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