Nicaraguan President Thanks Cuba
for Solidarity
HAVANA, Cuba, (ACN) -
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega on Thursday thanked visiting
Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez for Cuba’s solidarity with the
Central American nation.
According to Prensa Latina news agency, Ortega met with the top
Cuban diplomat, who conducted a one-day official visit to Nicaragua
on Thursday, at the venue of the Secretariat of the Sandinista
National Liberation Front (FSLN) in Managua.
The Nicaraguan leader praised Cuba’s assistance to his country in an
ongoing nationwide literacy campaign using the Cuban methodology “Yo
si puedo” (Yes, I Can) that aims at declaring the country free from
the scourge of illiteracy on July 19, 2009.
Likewise, Ortega stressed that the contribution of Cuban health
professionals has been invaluable in their efforts to increase the
health levels of the Nicaraguan people.
Finally, he praised Cuba’s support of the Central American nation in
the energy sector, which allowed Nicaragua to eliminate power cuts
that could last up to 14 hours.
During his meeting with Perez Roque, the head of the Nicaraguan
government reiterated his call on the new US Administration to put
an end to the almost fifty-year-old economic blockade of Cuba and to
release five Cuban anti-terrorist fighters who remain unjustly
imprisoned in US jails since 1998. |
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