日批在线视频_内射毛片内射国产夫妻_亚洲三级小视频_在线观看亚洲大片短视频_女性向h片资源在线观看_亚洲最大网

  Home>News Center>World
         
 

Cuba's Castro, Bolivian's Morales say co-op to bloom
(AP)
Updated: 2006-01-01 09:28

Cuban President Fidel Castro and Bolivian President-elect Evo Morales say cooperation between their countries will bloom despite U.S. worries about more nations allying with Cuba and a growing leftward tilt in Latin American politics.

Morales on Saturday ended a visit to Cuba that lasted less than 24 hours but underscored his desire to boost ties with Castro and other left-leaning leaders in the region.

During the visit the two men announced a 30-month plan to erase illiteracy in the South American nation as Cuba moves to increase hemispheric cooperation without U.S. influence.

Cuba also agreed to offer free eye operations to up to 50,000 needy Bolivians with vision problems, as well as 5,000 full scholarships for young Bolivians to study medicine on the island.

Bolivian President-elect Evo Morales (L) and Cuban President Fidel Castro greet the audience during a meeting with Bolivian students in Havana December 30, 2005.
Bolivian President-elect Evo Morales (L) and Cuban President Fidel Castro greet the audience during a meeting with Bolivian students in Havana December 30, 2005.[Reuters]
Castro anticipated that Washington would not welcome him gaining another close ally in South America, where he already boasts a strong friendship with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.

"Could it be that the government of the United States feels hurt that Cuba cooperates with a brother nation?" Castro asked. "Does that offend the U.S. government ... is it antidemocratic, is it a crime?"

Morales said he would not allow himself to be pressured by the United States while in power.

"I never had good relations with the United States, but rather with the American people," the Bolivian president-elect said.

Morales, a coca farmer, says he won't resume the U.S.-backed coca eradication campaign in Bolivia. He has vowed to crack down on drug trafficking while promoting legal markets for coca leaf, which is used to make cocaine but has many legal uses in Bolivia.

Castro and Venezuela's Chavez over the past year have launched plans to share programs in social cooperation among countries in the region while rejecting a U.S.-backed plan for hemispheric free trade. Washington has expressed concern about their growing political alliance.

Speaking to about 400 young Bolivians already studying here under full scholarships from Cuba's communist government, the two leaders did not spell out the details of the literacy plan.

But in the past Cuba has launched similar programs in poor areas of other countries, most recently Venezuela, sending Cuban advisers with educational materials to work with local instructors to teach reading and writing to disadvantaged people.

Cuba carried out its own literacy program in the first years after the 1959 revolution that brought Castro to power, sending young teachers into poor regions in the island's mountains and other remote areas.

"We have agreed to the first measures of cooperation," Morales said, adding that his meetings with Castro had been "an encounter of two generations in the struggle for dignity ... of two revolutions."

Castro is the first head of state the Morales has visited as he starts reaching out to other leaders even before taking office on January 22.

Morales won the presidency December 18 with nearly 54 percent of the vote _ the most support for any president since democracy was restored to Bolivia two decades ago.

The 46-year-old president-elect left Cuba to be back in Bolivia in time for a New Year's Eve celebration in his hometown of Orinoca. On January 3, he departs on a world tour that will include visits to Spain, France, Brussels, Holland, South Africa, China and Brazil. He will hold his first meetings in Spain on January 4.



New Year's celebrations around the world
Cold weather grips Germany, France
Panda cub on show at US zoo
 
  Today's Top News     Top World News
 

President Hu delivers New Year address

 

   
 

Russia says it will cut off Ukraine gas

 

   
 

Sino-US textile agreement takes effect today

 

   
 

Central government website opens formally

 

   
 

Premier Wen visits quake-hit area in Jiangxi

 

   
 

Beijing OKs electric bicycles to ease traffic

 

   
  Russia says it will cut off Ukraine gas
   
  Five Sudanese embassy staff freed in Baghdad
   
  Palestinian gunmen blow up UN club in Gaza City
   
  Four children tested for possible bird flu in Turkey
   
  South Korean president accepts resignation of Unification Minister
   
  California storm prompts evacuation plea
   
 
  Go to Another Section  
 
 
  Story Tools  
   
  News Talk  
  Are the Republicans exploiting the memory of 9/11?  
Manufacturers, Exporters, Wholesalers - Global trade starts here.
Advertisement
         
主站蜘蛛池模板: 黄视频在线免费看 | 91日韩欧美 | 欧美日韩a | 亚洲男女啪啪 | 亚洲欧美日韩成人在线 | 午夜小网站| 黄色一级片黄色一级片 | 啪啪中文字幕 | 97小视频| 久久久久无码国产精品一区 | 色婷av | 欧美日韩综合在线观看 | 亚洲欧美国产精品专区久久 | 国产精品av久久久久久无 | v天堂中文在线 | 成年人黄色在线观看 | 日韩中文字幕av | 日本久久网站 | 色片网站在线观看 | 精品人人人人 | 97精品久久 | 日韩在线导航 | 国产5页| 久久久成人精品视频 | 99在线看 | 午夜一级视频 | 人人cao| 大地网资源在线观看免费高清 | 自拍亚洲国产 | 99精品小视频 | 黄色操人视频 | 四虎久久 | 成人天堂av | 国产综合精品久久久久成人av | 999av视频 | 看一级黄色 | 午夜在线观看影院 | 最新中文字幕第一页 | 激情高潮呻吟抽搐喷水 | 久草精品在线观看 | 三级视频在线看 |