adminMaduro also told reporters he met with former Cuban leader Fidel Castro (86), for five hours on Saturday, “remembering Comandante Chavez, remembering that those two built this relationship.” He added, “Our ties are now beyond strategic alliance, and is more a brotherhood than an alliance.”
Maduro affirmed that the 51 projects that were approved in the 13th Meeting of the commission formed by Cuba and Venezuela’s governments, ratified that both countries walk on Chavez’s path.
“It is the path of unity, duty and true integration of Latin American and Caribbean peoples”, said the Venezuelan president.
Maduro said that both sides agreed on an important amount of joint investment amounting to US$2 billion for economic and industrial development, culture, health, education and food production, besides the creation of joint companies to take on the development of vital and strategic areas of those countries’ economies.
The Venezuelan president highlighted that as a result of mutual co-operation, there was a creation of 6,712 medical posts for the people and 571 integral centres of health, 583 integral rehabilitation centres and 35 high-technology centres.
Due to the bilateral co-operation, 40,000 Cuban doctors have served in Venezuela and 1,756,261 Venezuelans learnt to read and write. — Prensa Latina/Reuters.
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