President Hugo Chavez on Friday proposed joining
forces with communist Cuba to bring free health and education programs
to poor Caribbean nations ravaged by recent hurricanes and tropical
storms. Chavez, a political ally of Fidel Castro, Cuba's leader, has
been accused by domestic foes and Washington of working with Havana to
export his left-wing "revolution" to Latin America and the Caribbean, a
charge he rejects. "I've proposed to Cuban President Fidel Castro that
Venezuela and Cuba pool resources to offer the governments of these
people, if they consider it appropriate, these programs for literacy .
. . and medical attention," he said. It was unclear how Castro had
reacted to Chavez's proposal. [more ]
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