CUBAN CHRONOLOGY 1986

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• Publication Date: May 1, 1987
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Directorate of Confidential
Intelligence
Cuban Chronology
1986
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ALA 87-10026
May 1987
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This publication is a chronological listing of major international and
domestic events affecting Cuba during the period from 1 January to 31
December 1986. The events are arranged alphabetically by country. In
addition, two general subject categories are included: the Nonaligned
Movement and the Palestine Liberation Organization. The events included
in this reference aid were selected for their individual significance; the
publication is not intended to be a complete collection of every major
Cuban event during this period.
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Key to Abbreviations
AALAPSO Afro-Asian-Latin American People's Solidarity Organization
ALADI Latin American Integration Association
AZAP Zairean News Agency
BCP Bulgarian Communist Party
CDR Committees for Defense of the Revolution
CPCZ Czechoslovakia Central Committee
CPSU Communist Party of the Soviet Union
ECLA Economic Commission for Latin America
EMS Economic Management System
FAPLA Popular Armed Forces for the Liberation of Angola
FRG Federal Republic of Germany
ICAO International Civil Aviation Organization
ICAP Cuban Institute of Friendship With Peoples
KUFNCD Kampuchean United Front for National Construction and Defense
PZPR Polish United Workers' Party
TANA Anti-Imperialist Tribunal of Our America
UN United Nations
UNCTAD United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
UNITA Union for the Total Independence of Angola
US United States
USSR Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
VOA Voice of America
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Canary Islands 40
Cape Verde 41
China (PRC)
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Democratic Yemen-Yemen, People's Democratic Republic of (South Yemen)
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Denmark
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Dominican Republic
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Ecuador
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El Salvador
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Ethiopia
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Finland
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Germany, East
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Germany, West
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Ghana
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Guinea-Bissau
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Trinidad and Tobago
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Uruguay
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United States
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USSR
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Vietnam
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Western Sahara
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Yugoslavia
Zimbabwe
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January 1986-December 1986
Afghanistan
Cuban Chronology
President of the Revolutionary Council of
Afghanistan Babrak Karmal sends a congratulatory
message to Fidel Castro on the occasion of the
27th anniversary of the Cuban revolution.
Fidel Castro sends a message of congratulations to
Najib, General Secretary of the People's
Democratic Party of Afghanistan Central Committee
on the occasion of his election to that post.
June 17 Deputy Foreign Minister of Afghanistan Sarwar
Yuneis arrives in Havana.
Vice Foreign Minister Giraldo Mazola and his
counterpart from Afghanistan Sarwar Yuneis sign a
protocol in Havana extending the cooperation plan
at-the ministerial level.
Vice President of the Council of State
Juan Almeida receives the credentials of Abdol
Mahid Sarvelan as Afghanistan's new ambassador to
Cuba.
November 11 Politburo member Jorge Risquet meets in Havana
with Nur Ahmad, member of the People's Democratic
Party of Afghanistan Politburo.
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September 14 Albania's Minister of Foreign Trade Shane Korbeci
departs for Cuba.
September 17 Foreign Trade Minister Ricardo Cabrizas signs a
bilateral trade and payment protocol for 1987 with
Albania.
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Polisario official Masut Ali Beiba conveys
greetings to the Third Party Congress and thanks
Cuba for its multilateral aid to the Saharan
Democratic Arab Republic.
February 24 Commander of the Revolution Juan Almeida stops in
Algeria enroute to the Saharan Democratic Arab
Republic, where he will attend events commemorat-
ing the 10th anniversary of its founding.
February 25 Foreign Minister Malmierca and Rene Rodriguez Cruz
attend a ceremony in Havana commemorating the 10th
anniversary of the Saharan Democratic Arab
Republic.
Algerian official Mohamed Cherif Messaadia
receives Fidel Castro in Moscow to discuss the
impact of the world economic crisis on developing
countries.
Politburo member Juan Almeida visits Algeria and
is received by President Chadli Bendjedid and
Mohamed Cherif Messaadia, Secretary General of the
National Liberation Front.
Juan Almeida visits the Saharan Arab Democratic
Republic and delivers a speech on the occasion of
the Republic's 10th anniversary expressing Cuba's
support for its independence.
Juan Almeida ends his official 3-day visit to
Algeria where he was received by Algerian
President Chadli Bendjedid.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez meets with Boubaker
Belkaid, Professional Training and Labor Minister
of Algeria, to discuss economic cooperation.
Boubaker is presiding over the fifth session of
the joint Cuban-Algerian Commission in Havana.
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Algeria
September 10 Fidel Castro and his delegation arrive in Algeria
and are met at the airport by Algerian President
Chadli Bendjedid.
In Algeria, Fidel Castro discusses topics of
common interest with Saharan President Muhamed
Abdelaziz. Abdelaziz expresses his appreciation
for Cuba's solidarity with his people.
September 11 In Algeria, Fidel Castro and Chedli Bendjedid
discuss bilateral relations, the Nonaligned Move-
ment, and other world issues.
Fidel Castro lays a floral wreath at the monument
of Algerian martyrs. He tours the monument
accompanied by Algerian Foreign Minister Ahmed
Taleb Ibrahimi.
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January 13 Madrid EFE reports that UNITA is taking credit in
Lisbon for the death of 5 Cubans and 143 Angolan
soldiers during the fighting on 7-9 January in
Central and Northern Angola.
January 16
January 18
UNITA claims that 58 FAPLA soldiers and 3 Cubans
were killed between 10 and 13 January.
A car bomb explodes outside the Cuban airline
office in central Luanda but causes no injuries.
January 25 An Angolan delegation led by Education Minister
Augusto Lopes Teixeira departs for Cuba.
January 27 UNITA issues a communique stating that 6 Cubans
and 87 FAPLA troops were killed in a matter of
2 days in January.
UNITA claims that its forces have killed 23 Cuban
soldiers in fighting that took place in the
provinces of Moxico, Benguela, and Bie.
February 7 In his closing speech at the Party Congress, Fidel
warns Washington that any interference in
Nicaragua or Angola would meet with stiffer Cuban
resistance.
UNITA claims it has killed more than 150
Government troops and 35 Cuban soldiers in Cuanza
Norte Province.
The UNITA news agency, KUP, reports that at least
7,474 MPLA soldiers and 10 Cubans were killed in
fighting in six provinces of Angola on 3 and 4
February.
February 27 Fidel Castro and Angolan President Eduardo dos
Santos meets in Moscow to discuss matters of
interest for their nations.
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Lisbon press reports that Major Garcia Hernandez,
Cuban military adviser, and dozens of Cuban and
Angolan military were killed on 9 March between
the city of Sumbe and the city of Gabela.
In a communique issued in Lisbon, UNITA says it
has overrun a government position at Cavinda
killing 64 Cuban and government soldiers, and has
shot down two MI-8 helicopters.
A spokesman for UNITA in Lisbon claims it has
killed 61 Angolan government troops and three
Cubans in fighting in five provinces.
The first committee of the Cuban National
Association of Innovators and Efficiency Experts
begin working in Angola at the Union of Caribbean
Construction Enterprises.
UNITA's chief of staff for intelligence Brigadier
Huambo Casito says Cuban General Ramires has
arrived in Kuando Kubango Province to command the
government's Cuban and Soviet-backed offensive.
A communique by UNITA published in Lisbon says
that 74 Angolan and four Cuban soldiers were
killed by UNITA forces between 17-19 March.
Jorge Risquet arrives in Luanda carrying a message
from Fidel Castro to Jose Eduardo dos Santos
presenting his views on the problems facing the
Angolan revolution and issues of South Africa.
Politburo member Jorge Risquet and Angolan
President dos Santos meet in Launda. Risquet
presents dos Santos with a verbal message from.
Fidel Castro. They discuss bilateral cooperation.
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Jorge Risquet grants an interview in Angola. Dur-
ing the 10th meeting of the bilateral commission,
Cuba agreed to broaden cooperation in economic,
political, social, and military fields.
UNITA claims in Lisbon to have killed 81 Angolan
soldiers and 3 Cubans during action carried out
from 5-8 April in four regions in Angola.
Lisbon press reports that Angola's UNITA rebels
say they killed 81 government troops and three
Cuban soldiers in attacks during which they
captured the town of Musserra.
Minister of Culture Armando Hart begins talks in
Angola with his counterpart Boaventura Cardoso.
Hart also meets with Roberto Almeida and Maria
Mambo Cafe, Minister of State for social affairs.
South African Minister of Foreign Affairs Pik
Botha says recent US aid to UNITA has made the
Angolan Government "disinclined" to negotiate a
possible Cuban troop withdrawal.
UNITA reports that 59 government soldiers and
eight Cubans were killed in fighting between
3-5 May.
Experts from the Cuban State Committee for Statis-
tics begin a study in Luanda to recommend the
creation of a national statistical system. This
system will create a basis for a national network
with structures for direction and control.
Five members of the political cooperation group of
Cuban internationalists in Angola, receive medals,
awarded by Cuba, during a ceremony presided over
by Roberto de Almeida, member of the Politburo of
the MPLA.
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UNITA forces acting in the provinces of Uige in
the north, Huambo in the central plateau, and
Luanda in the northeast, have killed 61 enemy
soldiers, 2 Cubans, and 59 FAPLA.
Havana press reports that a Cuban TV signal has
been received in Angola since 1 April through a
Soviet satellite.
UNITA announces in Lisbon that it killed 102
Angolans and 7 Cuban soldiers during operations
carried out in two Angolan provinces 14-16 May.
Internationalists in Angola receive medals after
finishing the second lumber harvest in the Maiombi
jungle. The number of Cubans receiving the Inter-
nationalist Medal has risen to 59.
On the occasion of Africa Day and the 23rd anni-
versary of the Organization of African Unity,
Fidel Castro sends a message to Angolan President
dos Santos saying the US is solely responsible for
the tense situation in southern Africa.
Tass reports that unarmed Cuban and Soviet
merchant ships, unloading in the Port of Namib in
Angola, became targets of a pirate attack on
5 June; the Soviet ships were damaged and the
Cuban ship was sunk.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez meets in Havana with Maria
Mambo, Economic Secretary of State of Angola, to
exchange opinions on the Cuban and Angolan
economies and on existing economic and cooperation
agreements.
In Vienna, Isidoro Malmierca reaffirms that Cuban
troops will be withdrawn from Angola after agree-
ment has been reached with Luanda, the same day
that the Pretoria regime disappears, and Namibia
becomes independent.
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UNITA claims it shot down two Mig-23 fighter
aircraft and inflicted heavy casualties in Moxico
Province and that Soviet- and Cuban-supported
government troops had suffered heavy losses since
the beginning of their offensive in May.
In a statement distributed in Lisbon, UNITA says
that Angolan rebels killed more than 40 government
soldiers and four Cuban advisers in attacks
throughout the country last week.
South Africa's Minister of Foreign Affairs Pik
Botha issues a statement to the Angolan Government
to submit proposals for a realistic program on the
withdrawal of Cuban troops.
In a statement released in Lisbon, UNITA says that
8 Angolan brigades, 4,000 Cuban, 28 tanks, and
about 20 Soviet-built jets and helicopters are at
battle readiness in the Cuando Cubango Province.
First Vice Minister of Foreign Relations Jose
Viera affirms in Havana that the recent South
African aggressions against Angola are a demon-
stration of an adventurist policy and US alliance
with the apartheid racist regime.
Politburo member Jorge Risquet attends a ceremony
at the Angolan House of Culture in Havana marking
the 10th anniversary of the establishment of
economic relations.
In a statement issued in Lisbon, UNITA says it has
killed more than 40 government soldiers and an
unspecified number of Cubans in renewed fighting
in the southeastern province of Cuando Cubango.
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In Harare, Isidoro Malmierca predicts a swift
withdrawal of Cuban troops from Angola but does
not give a date. He says it depends on the Non-
aligned countries hastening the demise of the
South African Government.
Foreign Minister Malmierca says he believes the
presence of Cuban fighters will not continue for
very long in Angola--Cuban troops may soon pull
out.
September 7 Fidel Castro and his delegation arrive in Luanda.
Fidel and Angolan President dos Santos renew their
commitment to struggle against apartheid and for
Namibia's independence. Fidel says Cuban forces
will remain in Angola as long as they are needed.
September 8 UNITA issues a communique claiming to have killed
87 Angolan Government troops and 16 Cubans in
operations carried out from 1 to 4 September in
the Provinces of Cuanza Norte, Bie, and Moxico.
September 9 Fidel Castro presides over a meeting in Luanda
with civilian cooperative workers during which
they ratified the decision to contribute to
progress and peace in South Africa.
Fidel Castro addresses troops in Funda, Angola
assuring them that Cuban troops will remain in
Angola as long as apartheid exists.
September 10 Fidel Castro, Carlos Rafael Rodriguez, and Central
Committee members Jose Abrahantes and Carlos
Aldana end their visit to Angola. During the
visit, Fidel reveals that the number of Cuban
troops deployed in Angola now is 30,000.
Fidel Castro speaks at workers' meeting in Luanda
saying that the day apartheid ceases to exist,
there will be no need for a single Cuban soldier
in Africa or in any other frontline country.
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September 10 Luanda press reports that during his Southern
African visit, Fidel Castro revealed that the
number of Cuban troops deployed in Angola was
now 30,000, some 10,000 more than previous
estimates.
UNITA reports that during 1-4 September 8 Cuban
troops and 49 MPLA soldiers were killed in fight-
ing in Cuanza Norte, Bie, and Moxico Provinces.
September 18 In a communique delivered to Agence France-Presse
in Lisbon, UNITA claims its forces have shot down
a Luanda government MIG fighter and captured its
Cuban pilot on 14 September.
The official Zairean news agency AZAP reports that
the Cuban pilot of an Angolan Mig-21 fighter
that crashed in Zaire last month has been released
to an Angolan official.
Jorge Risquet and Angolan Political Bureau member
De Almeida sign a cooperation agreement in Havana
that includes exchanges in press and radio, train-
ing of Angolan cadres in Cuban schools, and educa-
tion of Angolan students in journalism.
Before departing Mozambique, Jorge Risquet met
with the Presidents of Angola, Guinea-Bissau, and
Burkina, as well as a high-level Soviet delega-
tion.
Angolan President dos Santos meets with Jorge
Risquet to discuss international affairs, espec-
ially southern Africa. Risquet also meets in
Luanda with Namibia's SWAPO leader Sam Nujoma to
reiterate Cuba's support for Namibia.
Commander of the Revolution Juan Almeida and
Politburo member Jorge Risquet attend a reception
in Havana on the occasion of the 11th anniversary
of the declaration of independence of Angola.
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November 25 UNITA reports in Lisbon that the killing of an
Angolan civilian by Cuban soldiers on 15 November
unleashed serious disturbances in the city of
Menongue in Southern Angola.
Free Land of Angola reports that at the Huambo's
hospitals, Cuban Majors Brito and Santoya are
amputating the upper and lower limbs of Angolans,
who could undergo normal treatment, in retaliation
for UNITA attacks on Cuban units at Huambo.
December 20 At a news conference in Portugal, Angola's Foreign
Minister Afonso Van-Dunem, says his country has a
sovereign right to station Cuban troops in its
territory if it wishes and does not need to dis-
cuss that right with any other government.
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Javier Rosales, representing the National
Commission of Atomic Energy of Cuba, and his
Argentine counterpart, Abel Gonzalez, sign an
agreement in Buenos Aires.
Argentina and Cuba sign an agreement in Buenos
Aires allowing frequent maritime traffic between
the two countries for transporting bilateral
export and import merchandise.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez, Ricardo Alarcon, and
consultant to Rodriguez, Martinez Salsamendi,
visit Argentina.
In an interview with TELAM in Buenos Aires, Carlos
Rafael Rodriguez says the aggressive attitude of
the Reagan administration is a hindrance for rela-
tions with Latin America and that Fidel Castro
maintains the ideals and drive of a revolutionary.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez also tells TELAM of the
tense situation prevailing between Washington and
Nicaragua and that Cuba is not in a position to
break a US air and naval blockade against
Nicaragua because Cuba's forces are defensive.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez tells TELAM that there are
Cubans in Nicaragua: 800 national security and
military assistants, about 700 civilian assist-
ants, and about 700 civilian assistants.
Buenos Aires press reports that, according to
diplomatic sources, Cuba has partially suspended
payment of its $3.5 million foreign debt.
Reuters reports that, according to diplomatic
sources, the Central Bank of Argentina has
suspended commercial credits to Cuba because of
growing delays in Cuban payments of its commercial
debts.
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October 2
October 18
Vice Minister of Foreign Relations Ricardo
Alarcon meets in Buenos Aires with Raul Alconada
Sempe, Under Secretary for Latin American Affairs,
to discuss bilateral matters and the forthcoming
Nonaligned Summit in Harare.
Havana press announces that Argentine President
Raul Alfonsin will officialy visit Cuba on
18 October and will meet with Fidel Castro.
Radio Rebelde announces that Vice President Severo
Aguirre will head the Cuban delegation to the 76th
Inter-Parliamentary Union Meeting in Argentina.
Fidel Castro and thousands of Cubans welcome
Argentine President Raul Alfonsin, the first
Argentine president to visit Castro's Cuba. Fidel
and Alfonsin discuss economic issues, especially
bilateral trade.
In an interview in Havana with an Argentine TV
station, Fidel Castro and Raul Alfonsin agree that
all Latin American countries need to overcome
stagnation and the struggle for peace and disarma-
ment were the most important points discussed.
Havana Radio Reloj reports that the Argentine
executive branch has passed a decree approving a
scientific-technical cooperation agreement between
Argentine and Cuba. The agreement was signed in
1984.
The Argentine Congress renews an agreement signed
in 1984 with Cuba for scientific and technical
cooperation, the exchange of documents, missions,
and training, as well as joint research projects.
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November 5 The Foreign Ministry says the decision by the UK
to extend the zone around the Malvinas Islands
usurps Argentine rights. Cuba reiterates its
solidarity for Argentina's claim to its legitimate
right of sovereignty over the islands.
November 7 The National Assembly of the Peoples' Government
expresses its strongest condemnation of Great
Britain for its new aggeession against Argentina
by unilaterally extending by 150 and 200 miles the
zones around the Malvinas Islands.
November 8 Fidel Castro receives Argentine National Nuclear
Energy Commission Chairman Engineer Alberto
Constantini to discuss Argentina's experience in
the use of nuclear science and technology for
peaceful purposes.
At the 17th Latin American Energy Organization
(OLADE) meeting held in Buenos Aires, Cuba was
elected by acclamation to host the 18th minister-
ial meeting scheduled for November, 1987.
November 9 Fidel Castro Diaz-Balart, Executive Secretary of
the Nuclear Energy Commission and Alberto
Constantini sign a nuclear energy agreement in
Havana.
November 25 Argentine Public Health and Social Action Minister
Conrado Storani and Foreign Trade Minister
Cabrizas meet in Buenos Aires to discuss imple-
mentation of technological cooperation. Cabrizas
also discusses bilateral trade with top officials.
November 27 Ricardo Cabrizas and Argentine Public Health and
Social Action Minister Conrado Storani discuss
joint production of antibiotics medication which
would primarily be exported to third countries.
December 17 Trade Minister Ricardo Cabrizas arrives in Buenos
Aires to negotiate a trade agreement for 1987.
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December 23 Foreign Trade Minister Ricardo Cabrizas and
Argentina's Economy Minister Juan Vital
Sourrouille sign a trade agreement in Buenos
Aires that includes the restructuring of Cuba's
debt with Argentina.
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The third contingent of the "Southern Cross"
Australian Brigade, including members of the
Australia-Cuba Friendship Association, arrives
in Cuba.
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March 12 Austria press announces the appointment of
Christopher Parisini as new Austrian Ambassador to
Cuba.
Herbert Neumayer, Director of the federal press
service of the Austrian Chancellory visits Cuba.
He says Austria has no proof of Libyan participa-
tion in terrorist attacks.
Foreign Trade Minister Cabrizas meets with
Austrian Finance Minister Franz Vranitzky to
explore the possibilities of increasing trade.
Foreign Trade Minister Ricardo Cabrizas concludes
a visit to Austria. The goal of his visit was to
discuss increased trade relations between the two
countries. Austria signs a commercial line of
credit worth more than $6.5 million.
Isidoro Malmierca and Sam Nujoma, in Vienna
attending the international conference for the
immediate independence of Namibia, call for the
application of total compulsory sanctions against
South Africa.
In Vienna, Isidoro Malmierca reaffirms that Cuban
troops will be withdrawn from Angola after agree-
ment has been reached with Luanda, the same day
that the Pretoria regime disappears, and Namibia
becomes independent.
A parliamentary delegation from the Republic of
Austria arrives in Havana at the invitation of the
National Assembly of the Peoples' Government.
Ernest Nedwed, Deputy of the Austrian National
Council, heads the delegation.
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September 26 Fidel Castro Diaz-Balart, Executive Secretary of
the Cuban Commission on Nuclear Energy, attends
the special meeting of the International Atomic
Energy Organization in Vienna. He says the safety
of Cuba's nuclear power plant is "guaranteed."
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March 21 A delegation headed by Foreign Minister Malmierca
arrives in Nassau and is greeted by Minister of
External Affairs and Tourism, Clement Maynard.
August 9
Malmierca discusses matters of bilateral interest
with Bahamian Deputy Prime Minister Clement
Maynard and Attorney General Paul Adderley.
Nassau press reports that during Foreign Minister
Malmierca's visit to the Bahamas on 26 March both
countries agreed to maintain ambassadors at the
non-resident level, improve cooperation, and to
combat drug trafficking.
Cuban nonresident Ambassador Severino Mansur
Jorge presents his credentials at the government
house in Nassau. He brings "very cordial greetings
from Fidel Castro" to the people of the Bahamas.
Vice President of the Council of State Juan
Almeida presides at a ceremony honoring
Mr. Davidson Heiburn, who has been accredited as
new Bahamian Ambassador to Cuba.
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Mexico City press reports that the new Government
of Barbados indicates that it wishes to have good
relations will all countries. Prime Minister Errol
Barrow's Social Democrats wish for open, sincere
relations, and cooperation with the US and Cuba.
September 26 The Caribbean Report in Bridgetown says that Cuba
is reportedly planning a major shake-up within
its Foreign Ministry. The sweeping changes are
intended to give top posts to staunchly pro-Moscow
figures.
October 24 Bridgetown press reports that Jamaica's Opposition
Peoples National Party leader Michael Manley held
talks in Havana with Fidel Castro on the Central
America conflict. Manley is concerned over the
dangers that lurk if Contadora fails.
November 13 Havana is selected to host the 1991 Pan-American
Games at the 23rd Congress of the Pan-American
Sports Organization meeting in Bridgetown.
Some strings are attached; Cuba must participate
in the 1988 Summer Olympics in South Korea.
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July 22
A delegation from the Belgian Communist Party ends
a visit to Pinar Del Rio Province as part of its
activities in the country at the invitation of the
Cuban Institute of Friendship With the Peoples.
November 24 Vice President of the Council of Ministers Juan
Almeida receives the credentials of Willie
Berriest as Belgium's new Ambassador to Cuba.
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April 18 Granma announces that Jose Felipe Suarez has been
named Cuban Ambassador to Benin.
May 20 A delegation of the Communist Party of Cuba led by
Jorge Valdes arrives in Cotonou.
Cotonou Press reports that during Jorge Valdes'
21-day visit to Benin, he visited 6 provinces, met
with various politico-administrative authorities,
held working sessions with Central Committee PRPB
members, and met with President Kerekou.
The Council of State designates Jose Felipe
Suarez Ambassador to Togo, with residence in
Cononou, where he holds the same position.
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July 15
Bolivia's Planning and Coordination Ministry
reports that Cuba has offered three-year scholar-
ships to Bolivian students from 15 to 20 years of
age to study x-ray and laboratory technology,
labor, economics, and physical education.
Georgina Barae, Deputy of the National Assembly
departs for Bolivia to participate in a meeting of
the permanent commission of economic integration
of the Latin American parliament.
October 4 Bolivian Foreign Minister Guillermo Bedregal
Gutierrez arrives in Cuba and is met at the air-
port by Acting Foreign Minister Jose Raul Viera.
This is the first time a Bolivian foreign minister
has visited Cuba.
October 6 Foreign Minister Malmierca and his Bolivian
counterpart Guillermo Bedregal discuss Cuban-
Bolivian relations, the Central American situa-
tion, and other topics of bilateral interest.
During his visit to Cuba, Bolivian Foreign
Minister Bedregal and his delegation sign
documents on bilateral consular relations,
technological and scientific cooperation, and
cultural cooperation.
October 8 Fidel Castro, Isidoro Malmierca, and Jorge Risquet
meet with Foreign Minister Bedregal and his wife
Esperanza de Bedregal to discuss bilateral rela-
tions and topics of international interest.
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February 28 Granma announces that Alfonso Herrera Perdomo is
named Cuban Ambassador to Botswana.
The Council of State appoints Alfonso Herrera
Perdomo Ambassador to the Republic of Botswana.
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February 19 Brazilian Foreign Minister Abreu Sodre asserts
after meeting President Jose Sarney in Brasilia
that Brazil will resume diplomatic relations with
Cuba this year.
Brazilian Foreign Minister Abreu Sodre announces
that diplomatic relations with Cuba will be
restored before the 15 November National Assembly.
At a press conference in Lisbon, Brazilian Presi-
dent Jose Sarney reiterates that his government is
considering resuming diplomatic relations with
Cuba, which is consistent with his line of main-
taining links with all the countries of the world.
Speaking at the Group of the seven negotiating
committee meeting in Brasilia, Ricardo Cabrizas
notes the serious situation of the under-developed
countries' economies.
Frei Betto, author of the book "Fidel and
Religion" arrives in Cuba to participate in the
second Latin American and Caribbean Meeting of
Mass Education, which begins at the House of the
Americas on 24 June.
The Brazilian Foreign Ministry denies an entry
visa to Juan Alberto Suarez Diaz, a member of the
Cuban Institute of Friendship With the Peoples,
who was to offer a series of conferences in five
Brazilian cities.
Havana and Brazil agree to establish relations of
friendship and cooperation at the embassy level.
Ambassadors will be exchanged soon. Relations were
broken in 1964 by the military government then
ruling in Brasilia.
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Fidel Castro sends a message to Brazilian Presi-
dent Sarney and the Brazilian people greeting them
on the resumption of diplomatic relations between
the two countries. Sarney replies with a thank you
message.
A Cuban delegation visiting Paris headed by Deputy
Foreign Minister Vieira tells a Brazilian delega-
tion headed by Foreign Secretary General Flecha de
Lima, that Cuba's main interest in resuming ties
with Brazil is in economic cooperation.
Deputy Foreign Minister Ricardo Alarcon is inter-
viewed in Havana by Brazilian Rosental Calmon
Alves. Alarcon says the resumption of relations
with Brazil will help Cuban rapprochment with the
rest of Latin America.
In an interview with Jornal do Brasil, Brazilian
Foreign Minister Roberto de Abreu Sodre says the
reestablishment of diplomatic relations with Cuba
is a product of the state of full liberties that
Brazil now enjoys.
The Brazilian Government gives its approval of the
appointment of Jorge Bolanos, Cuban Deputy Foreign
Minister, as the new Cuban Ambassador to Brazil,
and reports that Cuba has approved Italo Zappa as
new Brazilian Ambassador to Cuba.
According to an announcement in Brasilia, Brazil
will sell agricultural equipment valued at $10
million to Cuba in the first large major trade
agreement between the two countries since they
renewed diplomatic relations last June.
The Cuban Health Ministry sends two surgeons to
Sao Paulo Heart Institute. They will spend 2 weeks
in Sao Paulo, and 4 days in Rio, where they will
visit the hospital of the Rio de Janeiro Federal
University.
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September 2 The Council of State appoints Jorge Bolanos
Suarez as Cuban Ambassador to Brazil.
Brazil concludes its first business deal with
Cuba. The Havana Government will sell Brazil scrap
iron to be reprocessed into steel and cast iron
for the Brazilian carmaking industry.
October 9 Carlos Rafael Rodriguez accepts the credentials
of Brazilian Ambassador to Cuba Italo Zappa.
At a meeting in Brazil of the Group of Latin
American and Caribbean Sugar Exporting Countries,
the US representative says the Reagan administra-
tion is not willing to make any decision that
would benefit Cuba in matters of sugar prices.
Foreign Trade Minister Cabrizas describes as
positive and encouraging the results of the 22nd
annual meeting of the Latin American and Caribbean
Sugar Exporting Countries held in Brazil.
Trade Minister Ricardo Cabrizas discusses the
establishment of passenger and cargo flights with
Brazilian Air Force Minister Octavio Moreira Lima.
Cuba is interested in fertilizers, equipment, and
spare parts of the sugar industry.
Havana Radio Progreso announces that a group of
Brazilian businessmen will travel to Cuba in the
next few days as part of the first trade
agreements signed by the two countries.
In its first stage, Cuba-Brazil trade will amount
to $200 million. Cuba will export cement, cotton,
tobacco, oil, and raw materials to manufacture
medicine. Brazil will export equipment for rail-
roads, construction, and chemical industries.
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November 13 A delegation of 22 Brazilian businessmen accom-
panied by Paulo Alberto Soarez from the Brazilian
Foreign Ministry meet with Vice President of the
Council of Ministers Antonio Rodriguez Maurell.
Fidel Castro attends the Cuba-Brazil meeting mark-
ing the resumption of diplomatic relations between
the two countries and the Eighth International
Latin American Film Festival. Fidel speaks on
cultural development.
Fidel Castro decorates Brazilian filmmaker Nelson
Pereida dos Santos with the Felix Barela Order,
First Class.
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Foreign Minister Malmierca meets in Havana with
Mariya Simeonova Zakharieva, Bulgaria's Deputy
Minister of Foreign Affairs to sign a cooperation
protocol for 1986-1990.
Fidel Castro and Bulgarian leader Zhivkov sign an
agreement in Moscow on economic, scientific, and
technical cooperation and a program on socialist
economic integration up to the year 2000.
Politburo member Juan Almeida delivers a speech to
the 13th Bulgarian Communist Party Congress. He
says the unpayable foreign debt should be
canceled and demands an end to the arms race.
Commander of the Revolution Juan Almeida and his
delegation depart Sofia, Bulgaria after attending
the 13th Bulgarian Communist Party Congress.
An agreement that includes an important exchange
of scientific and technical information is signed
by the Cuban National Construction Architects and
Engineers Union and the Bulgarian Scientific and
Technical Society.
The 18th conference of CEMA trade ministers begins
in Sofia, Bulgaria. Cuba and other representatives
attending discuss multilateral cooperation and the
fundamental methods of perfecting labor organiza-
tions.
The third session of the Bulgarian-Cuban Commis-
sion on Domestic Trade and Consumer Services ends
with the signing of a protocol on exchanging
consumer goods in 1986. The protocol is signed by
Khristo Khristov and Manuel Vila Sosa.
Bulgarian Foreign Trade Minister Khristo Khristov
arrives in Havana and meets with Carlos Rafael
Rodriguez to exchange information on economic
development of their resepctive countries.
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Secretariat member Jaime Crombet meets with
Bulgarian party official Emil Khristov in Sofia
to discuss strengthening Bulgarian-Cuban
relations.
Petur Tanchev, Secretary of the Bulgarian Agrarian
Party receives Juan Jose Leon, Deputy Chairman of
the National Association of Small Farmers of Cuba.
They stress to continue to broaden relations.
September 6 The Bulgarian News Agency reports that Nacho
Papazov, Chairman of the Central Review Commission
of the Bulgarian Communist Party has met with
Politburo member Juan Almeida to exchange exper-
iences in control and review of their parties.
October 1 The Council of State appoints Manuel Perez
Hernandez Ambassador to Bulgaria.
Bulgarian official Emil Khristov receives Ernesto
Melendez, Minister President of the State Commit-
tee for Economic Cooperation to exchange views on
socio-economic development and the deepening of
cooperation in the construction of socialism.
The plenary session of the Bulgarian-Cuban Com-
mission for Economic, Scientific, and Technical
Cooperation opens in Sofia. Andrey Lukanov and
Ernesto Melendez Bachs, Chairman of the State
Committee on economic matters meet.
A working group of the Cuban Communist Party
Central Committee led by Evangelina Alvarez
Cardenas visits industrial plants and agro-indus-
trial complexes in Bulgaria and are briefed on the
decisions of the 13th BCP Congress.
Dimitur Stoyanov and Vratislav Vajnar, Interior
Ministers from Bulgaria and the CSSR, respective-
ly, arrive in Havana and are greeted at the air-
port by Division General Abrahantes.
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Vice President of the Council of State Juan
Almeida receives the credentials of Nicola Nenov
as Bulgaria's new ambassador to Cuba.
November 20 President Zhivkov of Bulgaria receives the new
Cuban Ambassador Manuel Perez Hernandez who
emphasizes that relations between the two
countries are brought together by their common
struggle against imperialism.
November 27 Bulgaria's Deputy Chairman of the Council of
Ministers Georgi Karamanev receives Cuba's Conrado
Martinez Corono, Chairman of the National Insti-
tute of Sports, Physical Education, and Recreation
to discuss cooperation in the sports field.
Raul Castro decorates a group of Soviet and
Bulgarian generals, among them, Colonel General
Atanas Semerdzhiev, First Deputy Defense Minister
of Bulgaria and Commander in Chief of the General
Staff of the Bulgarian People's Army.
December 17 Vice Minister of Foreign Relations Giraldo Mazola
Collazo visits Bulgaria and meets with Dimitur
Stanishev, Secretary of the Central Committee to
discuss bilateral relations.
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Ouagadougou Domestic Service reports that Cuba has
granted Burkina 600 high school scholarships and
that a working meeting was held to discuss the
utilization of these scholarships.
Central Committee member Rene Rodriguez Cruz meets
in Havana with Burkina's Ambassador to Cuba Vince
Quedraogo to discuss several topics of mutual
interest.
September 22 A group of 150 Young Pioneers depart Burkina
for Cuba to undergo six years of schooling. Thus
far, 450 of the 600 Burkinan Young Pioneers.
expected to train in Cuba have departed.
Before departing Mozambique, Jorge Risquet met
with the Presidents of Angola, Guinea-Bissau, and
Burkina, as well as a high-level Soviet delega-
tion.
November 10 Granma reports that Burkina leader Captain Thomas
Sankara met with Fidel Castro during a brief stop-
over in Havana on 1 November enroute to Nicaragua
to attend the 25th anniversary of the FSLN revolu-
tion ceremonies.
Burkina leader Sankara arrives in Havana from
Nicaragua and is greeted at the airport by Raul
Castro, Isidoro Malmierca, and Jorge Risquet. They
discuss themes of common interest. Sankara visits
the Isle of Youth.
Raul Castro receives Chairman of the National
Council of the Revolution and Chief of State and
Government of Burkina Thomas Sankara at the
airport. Sankara tours economic and social centers
on the Isle of Youth, accompanied by Risquet.
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November 11 During a press conference in Havana before his
departure, Thomas Sankara condemns the presence of
the head of the Pretoria regime, Pieter Botha, in
France.
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June 20 Carlos Rafael Rodriguez receives the credentials
of Maung Maung Gyi, Ambassador of Burma in Cuba.
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The Burundi-Cuban joint commission meeting is held
in Bujumbura. In his address, Cuban Vice President
of the State Committee for Economic Cooperation
Lester Rodriguez expresses his wish to see the
development of bilateral cooperation.
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President of the National Assembly Flavio Bravo
recently sent a message of greetings to Chea Sim,
Chairman of the National Assembly of Kampuchea on
Kampuchea's National Day.
Foreign Minister Malmierca sends greetings to
Hun Sen, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kampuchea
on the seventh anniversary of the 7 January
national day.
Politburo member of the Central Committee of
Kampuchea Hun Sen receives a delegation from the
Cuban Justice Ministry led by Juan Escalona.
On the occasion of his 35th birthday, Hun Sen,
Kampuchean Foreign Minister, receives greetings
from his counterpart Isidoro Malmierca.
Minister of Justice Juan Escalona returns to Cuba
from Czechoslovakia and Slovak Republics, Vietnam,
Laos, and Cambodia. Cooperation agreements were
signed with the police organizations.
Aldo Santamaria and his delegation from the Min-
istry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces arrive in
Phnom Penh. He meets with Bou Thang who thanks the
Cuban people for their moral and material assist-
ance in defending and building Cambodia.
In Phnom Penh, Heng Samrin, General Secretary of
the KPRP Central Committee, receives Vice Admiral
Aldo Santamaria who is heading the Cuban military
delegation to the 35th anniversary celebration of
the Kampuchean army. Raul sends congratulations.
Fidel Castro sends a message to Heng Samrin,
General Secretary of the Kampuchean People's
Revolutionary Party, on the 35th founding
anniversary.
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September 20 A delegation of the KUFNCD National Council led by
Vice Chairman Men Chhan departs for Cuba to attend
the Third Congress of the Committee for the
Defense of the Cuban Revolution.
October 16 Foreign Minister Malmierca meets in Havana with
Kampuchean Deputy Foreign Minister Bo Rasi.
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At the 12th conference of the International Labor
Organization in Montreal, CTC official Jesus
Escandel is elected vice president. He presents a
resolution that the foreign debt is unpayable.
September 19 Carlos Rafael Rodriguez receives the new
Canadian Ambassador to Cuba Michael Kergin who
presented his credentials.
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August 29
Canary Islands
Fidel Castro meets with members of a group of
visitors from the Canary Islands. The members
visited sites of cultural, historical, social, and
political interest in Sancti Spiritus and
Matanzas Province.
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Politburo member Jorge Risquet meets in Havana
with Carmen Pereira, member of the Politburo of
the African Party for the Independence of Guinea
Bissau and Cape Verde, to exchange views on
cooperation between parties and governments.
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Bonaire Trans World Radio reports that Fidel
Castro is denying reports his government tortures
political prisoners. Fidel says there has never
been a single case of such mistreatment.
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During the Soviet Party Congress, the Cuban
delegation, including Fidel Castro, Carlos Rafael
Rodriguez, Jorge Risquet, and Lionel Soso, meet
with former Chilean Foreign Minister Almeyda.
Fidel Castro, Carlos Rafael Rodriguez, Jorge
Risquet, and Lionel Soto meet in Moscow with
Volodia Teitelboim, leader of the Communist Party
of Chile.
Pascal Allende, Secretary General of the Chilean
Movement of the Revolutionary Left, is in Cuba to
convey to Pope John Paul II, through Apostolic
Nuncio Gilio Einaudi, a petition of clemency for
three MIR members sentenced to death.
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China (PRC)
China has received orders from the Ocean Property
Company of Cuba for three 10,000-ton, multiple-
purpose container ships, construction of which
was to begin in Shanghai today.
Acting Minister of Foreign Trade Amado Blanco
receives a Chinese trade delegation headed by Wang
Pinqing. They sign payment agreements for the 1986
trade protocol.
Bo Yibo, Vice Chairman of the Central Advisory
Commission of the Chinese Communist Party, meets
in Beijing with Pedro Margolles Villanueva, Dir-
ector General of Prensa Latina, to sign new agree-
ments on news exchange between the two countries.
Chinese Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Zhu
Qizhen arrives in Havana. This is the first
official visit to Cuba by a Chinese Vice Minister
of Foreign Affairs in 20 years.
Acting Foreign Minister Jose Raul Viera meets
with Vice Foreign Minister Zhu Qizhen to discuss
bilateral relations.
Cuba's Ambassador to China Rolando Lopez de Amo
and Huang Hua, Vice Chairman of China's National
People's Congress Standing Committee attend a
Cuban ballet dancers performance in Beijing. The
dancers will also perform in Shenyang and Dalian.
September 17 A Chinese delegation of parliamentarians headed by
Deputy Zeng Tao visits Havana. Tao meets with
Vice Foreign Minister Giraldo Mazola and Flavio
Bravo.
September 20 At the UN, Chinese Foreign Minister Wu Xueqian
and Isidoro Malmierca exchange views on Namibia.
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September 24 Carlos Rafael Rodriguez meets with Deputy Zeng Tao
and the members of his PRC National Peoples'
Assembly before their departure from Cuba. During
their visit, the Chinese deputies visited centers
of economic, social, and tourist interest.
Vice President of the Council of Ministers Juan
Almeida receives the credentials of Zhanyong Ming,
China's new Ambassador to Cuba.
Isidoro Malmierca signs a condolence book at the
Chinese Embassy in Havana on the death of China's
Ambassador to Cuba Zhang Yongming.
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President of ICAP Rene Rodriguez meets in Havana
with Colombian parliamentarians presided over by
Jose Luis Mendoza.
Bogota El Siglo reports on an interview with Cuban
defector Manuel Sanchez Perez in Spain. Perez says
Cuba has one of the most inefficient and
disastrous agricultures in the world.
El Siglo also reports that Sanchez Perez says
there is no liklihood of Cuba coming to an
understanding with the West to better economic
problems in Cuba so long as Fidel Castro is alive.
Sanchez Perez also says that Osmani Cienfuegos,
currently in charge of running economic
activities, is the third man in Cuba.
President of the National Assembly Flavio Bravo
arrives in Bogota, Colombia to attend the
inauguration of President-elect Virgilio Barco
Vargas.
Flavio Bravo meets in Colombia with outgoing Pre-
sident Belisario Betancur and Presidents Lusinchi
from Venezuela and Sanguinetti from Uruguay. They
discuss the problem of preventing a US invasion in
Nicaragua and the foreign debt.
Flavio Bravo returns from Colombia. He tells news-
men he had participated in the extraordinary meet-
ing held by the Latin American Parliament in
Colombia, in which matters concerning the institu-
tionalization of that body were discussed.
The Bogota newspaper El Espectador indicates that
the new Colombian Government is expected to reach
a decision soon on reestablishing relations with
Cuba.
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A high Cuban official reports that preliminary
talks between Cuba and Colombia on reestablishing
diplomatic relations have started in New York.
Colombia broke relations in 1981, accusing Cuba of
supplying weapons and training to M-19 guerrillas.
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June 21 On the Isle of Youth, Naval and Air Force attache
from the Congolese Embassy Bernard Oyeva,
celebrates the 20th anniversary of the Congolese
Peoples' Army underscoring the solidarity and
assistance received from Cuba and Fidel Castro.
June 27 Granma announces that Diego E. Gonzalez Perez has
been named Cuban Ambassador to the Congo.
The Cuban and Congolese Foreign Ministries agree
to extend the bilateral cooperation plan that
expired 9 May 1986 for two more years.
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Chamber of Commerce President Jose Garcia Lara
welcomes over 20 businessmen from 18 Costa Rican
firms. Attorney Echeverria believes there are
possibilities of developing trade with Cuba.
Vice Foreign Minister Ricardo Alarcon describes
the US, El Salvador, Costa Rica, and Honduras as
countries that do not have the political will to
achieve a peaceful solution in Central America.
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Havana Radio reports that in 1985 Cuba fulfilled
its sugar goals by processing 8 million tons,
investments valued at $4.4 billion were made, and
exports grew almost 10 percent.
Alva Castro supports the idea of a conference in
Panama of presidents of the region, including
Fidel Castro, on the foreign debt and says, at
present, the foreign debt cannot be paid.
Vecino Alegret tells Hans-Joachim Boehme that
during the last 5 years there has been an increase
in workers' courses in Cuba.
Alegret also tells Boehme that in 1990 the
ministry will have 3,000 microcomputer terminals
in various educational centers in Cuba.
Politburo member Machado Ventura presides at a
ceremony commemorating the 27th anniversary of the
founding of the National Revolutionary Police.
Minister of Interior Abrahantes speaks.
Havana Radio reports that Fidel Castro has
recently toured the Salvador Allende Hospital
expressing his interest in the creation of the
intensive and intermediate care units.
Havana press carries a report by a Cuban Foreign
Ministry spokesman refuting rumors about Fidel
Castro's alleged death as reported by the news
media in Miami and Puerto Rico.
Havana TV announces that tourism is now Cuba's
third-ranking economic activity. During 1980-85
tourism brought in approximately $484 million, and
expects earnings of $648 million in 1986-90.
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The Cuban Foreign Ministry condemns US threats of
economic sanctions and military provocations
against Libya.
The Council of State agrees to remove Idalberto
Ladron de Guevara Quintana from the post of
Attorney General. Dr. Ramon de la Cruz Ochoa will
assume the rest of his term in office.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez meets with Eduardo Latorre
Rodriguez, Executive Secretary of the Group of
Latin American and Caribbean Sugar Exporting Coun-
tries, to discuss the international sugar market.
First Vice President of the National Assembly
Pedro Roche says peasant production of
agricultural products increased by 10 percent
during 1985.
In 1985 the Fishing Industry Ministry achieved its
annual production plan by 101 percent and
registered the highest figure in its history, a
growth of 7 percent compared to 1984.
A cultural agreement for 1986-87 between Cuba and
Italy is signed in Havana. The agreement includes
the areas of science, culture, education, and
sports.
The third meeting of the coordinating councils of
national centers for automated information will be
held in Havana from 21 to 25 January.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez receives the Caraballeda
message for peace, security, and democracy for
Central America, signed by the eight foreign
ministers of the Contadora and Support Groups.
January 22 Fidel Castro visits the Havana Libre Hotel fire
which burned for 12 hours, no one was hurt.
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The Cuban Episcopal Conference holds its first
ordinary session of 1986 to prepare the topics to
be discussed at the Cuban national ecclesiastical
meeting that will take place 17-19 February.
Vilma Espin speaks at a ceremony at Havana
University commemorating the 133rd anniversary of
Jose Marti's birth. Neither Fidel or Raul Castro
attended.
Fidel and Raul Castro attend the funeral of
Ramon Cienfuegos Flores, father of Camilo'
The International Pedagogy-86 Congress opens in
Havana. 3,500 educators attend the congress.
Education Minister Fernandez cites Cuban
educational development during the 19th century.
In the "Principles and Objectives of Foreign
Policy" section of the party congress, Cuba will
continue to support revolutionary movements and is
willing to resolve its crisis with the US.
Fidel Castro opens the Third Party Congress. He
blames the US for most of the world's major
problems, but says he is willing to open negotia-
tions to resolve his differences with Washington.
Fidel calls for a more efficient economy, tells of
the growing problems of crime and juvenile
delinquency, and says he will fire officials
guilty of incompetence and irresponsibility.
During his speech at the Congress, Fidel says that
Cuba has rapid deployment formations that are
permanently combat-ready, highly mechanized, and
have high firepower.
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Fidel discloses in his speech that Cuba will not
participate in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul
unless Olympic officials adopt his recommendation
that the two Koreas co-host the games.
Raul Castro reports that a US SR-71 spy plane made
a flight today along the coast without violating
Cuba's territory. He says it was Ronald Reagan's
greeting to the Congress.
At the Party Congress, Horst Sindermann praises
Cuba for its solidarity towards anti-imperialist
movements and its self-sacrificing internation-
alists aid throughout the world.
Nicaraguan President Ortega blasts the US during
his speech at the Party Congress.
Czechoslovakia's official Milos Jakes' speech at
the congress praises Cuba for strengthening
Communism and labor movement.
At the Party Congress, Fidel Castro names the full
Politburo members, alternate members, Central
Committee Secretaries, and Central Committee
alternates.
Ramiro Valdes, Sergio del Valle, Guillermo Garcia,
and Blas Roca are ousted from the Politburo. Roca
requested to be relieved because of ill health.
Vilma Espin is appointed the party's first women
Politburo member and Esteban Lazo Hernandez, the
party's second black, is promoted to provincial
party chief.
Fidel also mentions that sex discrimination has
been more prevalent than ethnic or racial
discrimination in Cuba.
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February 7 At the Party Congress, Fidel is re-elected First
Secretary of the Communist Party. Raul Castro is
re-elected Second Secretary and will take over if
Fidel dies or is assassinated.
The Third Party Congress approves guidelines for
Cuba's 1986-90 five-year plan and the creation of
a new government commission with ministerial rank
to recommend economic reforms.
In his closing speech at the Party Congress, Fidel
warns Washington that any interference in
Nicaragua or Angola would meet with stiffer Cuban
resistance.
During his closing speech, Fidel accuses
capitalists of living like vultures and vampires,
living off the blood of others, and profiting from
the arms factory to kill.
Fidel Castro says he has not given up smoking for
health reasons, but to promote a public health
campaign against smoking. He has not smoked since
26 August 1985.
The Mozambique National Resistance Movement claims
responsibility for shooting down a troop-carrying
transport aircraft, killing 3 Cubans and 21
Zimbabweans.
February 11 The 11th meeting of the International Radio and
Television Organization is held in Havana.
President of the Cuban Institute of Radio and
Television Ismael Gonzalez presides.
Ismael Gonzalez notes that Cuba has 2 national and
7 provincial television channels operating, as
well as 53 radio stations.
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The first Cuban national ecclesiastical meeting is
held in Havana. Msgr. Adolfo Rodriguez affirms
that the church in Cuba must be open and provide
for dialogue and participation.
The ship Bahia de Manzanillo arrives in Havana
Bay. This is the first of 12 ships under con-
struction in European shipyards that are expected
to arrive in Cuba before the end of the year.
Granma condemns President Reagan's visit to
Grenada, calling it the newest insult to Latin
America's dignity.
It was announced at the ecclesiastical meeting
that steps are being taken to canonize Father
Felix Varela, a nineteenth century priest who con-
tributed to the movement for Cuban independence.
Church sources in Havana report that Msgr. Dario
Castrillon, Secretary General of the Latin
American Episcopal Conference was received by
Fidel Castro a few days ago.
A final document issued by the Cuban National
Ecclesiastical Encounter stresses the church's
commitment to spreading the gospel through a
dialogue with other sectors of society.
Prensa Latina reports that Fidel Castro met with
the Pope's special envoy to the ecclesiastical
meeting, Cardinal Eduardo Pironio.
Fidel Castro sends greetings to participants of
the second national mathematics congress being
held at Havana University. Education Minister
Fernandez is made an honorary member.
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February 25 Public Health Minister Julio Tejas analyzes the
serious economic situation that is affecting the
underdeveloped world during a meeting in Havana
with health experts from the Nonaligned Countries.
Foreign Minister Malmierca and Rene Rodriguez Cruz
attend a ceremony in Havana commemorating the 10th
anniversary of the Saharan Democratic Arab
Republic.
February 28 The third medical experts meeting of the
Nonaligned Movement and other developing countries
ends in Havana.
March 2 Bogota El Siglo reports on an interview with Cuban
defector Manuel Sanchez Perez in Spain. Perez says
Cuba has one of the most inefficient and
disastrous agricultures in the world.
El Siglo also reports that Sanchez Perez says
there is no liklihood of Cuba coming to an
understanding with the West to better economic
problems in Cuba so long as Fidel Castro is alive.
Sanchez Perez also says that Osmani Cienfuegos,
currently in charge of running economic
activities, is the third man in Cuba.
The technical cooperation program of the Food and
Agriculture Organization approves $250,000 in aid
for Cuba to offset the effects of Hurricane Kate.
A plan for cooperation in the fields of culture,
science, and education for 1986-1990 is signed in
Havana by Mongolian Ambassador to Cuba Nandzad and
Deputy Forign Minister Bolanos.
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The 13th meeting of CEMA member countries in the
field of communications is held in Havana.
Development of communications systems to be used
with artificial earth satellites is discussed.
The International Sugar Conference opens in
Havana. Attending are 60 foreign delegates and 300
Cuban delegates.
In a commentary in Granma, Eduard Seaga and Jose
Napoleon Duarte are said to be the most faithful
Reagan vassals.
In an interview in Havana, Jose Felipe Carneado,
Chief of the Communist Party of Cuba Central
Committee Religious Affairs Office, says the Pope
will not visit Cuba this year.
Havana press announces that the United States, in
its 1987 fiscal budget, has included $2.6 million
to be invested in the Guantanamo Naval Base.
March 13 Fidel Castro returns from Moscow and is greeted by
Raul Castro.
Fidel Castro presides over a meeting of the
Politburo and Secretariat of the Central
Committee at which he gives a broad report on his
recent trip to the USSR and North Korea.
Central Committee member and Secretary General of
the Cuban Workers Federation in Havana Province
Noel Zubiaur Mir dies in Havana from a heart
attack.
During a preliminary meeting of the Nonaligned
News Agencies members, Malmierca attacks Western
news groups for ignoring the achievements of the
Nonaligned countries coverage of world affairs.
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Granma reports on President Reagan's plea for aid
to the Contras by saying that Reagan is taking
the same path Hitler took a half century ago where
his craziness led the world to war.
Havana press reports that, according to a senior
Cuban government source, Cuba's relations with the
US have sunk to an all-time low and offer little
prospects of a thaw.
In an interview in Havana, Vice Minister of
Foreign Relations Ricardo Alarcon tells El Pais
that disagreements between the US and the Latin
American governments are constantly increasing.
Granma reports on an article written by Reporter
Oscar Ferrer who accuses the US of developing
several lines of foreign policy that range from
the so-called Truman Doctrine to neoglobalism.
Alarcon perceives "a growing militarization of
Honduran society" according to his statement in an
interview with El Pais.
Jose Ramon Fernandez, Vice President of the
Council of Ministers, inaugurates the fourth
general conference of news agencies from Non-
aligned countries.
At the news pool conference, Cuba is elected to
preside over this organization for the next three
years. Pedro Margolles Vallanueva, Director
General of Prensa Latina, is selected president.
Spain turns down a request from Cuba to extradite
former Cuban Economic Vice Minister Manuel
Antonio Sanchez Perez. Cuba has charged Sanchez
with trying to embezzle $500,000 of public money.
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Fidel Castro speaks to the national health system
meeting about remodeling several Havana City
hospitals and refers to the family doctor plan
and its development in the mountain areas.
March 23 In Havana Province, thousands of persons observe
Defense Day.
A conference of the pool of Nonaligned News
Agencies ends in Havana with an agreement to step
up its output of economic news and cutting costs
through communications agreements.
Prensa Latina reports on a statement from Fidel
Castro during a reception for delegates to the
non-aligned news agencies' meeting that President
Reagan was dealt a setback in aid to the Contras.
In a statement issued by the Foreign Ministry,
Cuba emphatically condemns the US show of force
and sinking of Libyan naval units in the Gulf of
Sidra.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez presides over the Foreign
Ministry annual review meeting. Isidoro Malmierca
presents the main report detailing the year's
work.
Fidel Castro presides over the ordinary meeting of
the Communist Party of Cuba Politburo. The Polit-
buro adopted recommendations to erradicate non-
agricultural activities detected in cooperatives.
Raul Castro attends a ceremony in Guantanamo, the
28th anniversary of the founding of the Fran Pais
Eastern Command of the second front.
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Cuban Ambassador to the UN Oscar Oramas says the
source of the organization's political crisis is
the US Government's crusade against the multi-
lateral system.
Oscar Oramas blames the US for its aggressive,
illegal, and daring behavior in the Libyan coasts
and relates those facts to the mad crusade made
by the Reagan administration against Nicaragua.
Interior Minister Division General Jose
Abrahantes speaks at the first congress of the
Cuban Psychologists Association Conference.
Secretary General of the Cuban Trade Unions
Roberto Veiga speaks at a labor, social, women's
meeting in Havana saying only socialism can guar-
antee labor unions all their rights and freedom.
Several delegations arrive in Havana to
participate in the meeting of ministers of educa-
tion and culture of the Nonaligned Movement which
will begin on 1 April.
Education Minister Jose Ramon Fernandez greets
participants attending the second meeting of
education and culture ministers from the Non-
aligned Movement and other developing countries.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez speaks at the 25th anni-
versary of the Foreign Trade Ministry on improving
the quality of export products to compete in the
international market.
Fidel Castro awards 11 agricultural workers from
Camaguey with a visit to the Soviet Union this
year in recognition of the results obtained in
completing production and service plans.
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Raul Castro sends a message greeting the organiza-
tion of Jose Marti Pioneers on the occasion of its
25th anniversary.
Severo Aguirre tells a Havana radio station that
the first topics to be discussed in Mexico will be
the present peace situation, the arms race, and
the oppressive foreign debt.
Havana press reports that during the past five
years a decisive boost has been given to Cuban
television transmission services, which now cover
90 percent of the country.
The 25th anniversary of the Central Army is
commemorated with a military ceremony. Raul Castro
sends a message of greeting as Abelardo Colome
Ibarra and Esteban Lazo preside.
The second meeting of education and culture
ministers of the Nonaligned Movement and develop-
ing countries ends in Havana.
In its Communist Party's draft programme, Cuba
reiterates her determination for peace, solidarity
with the peoples' struggle, support for develop-
ment in the Third World, and friends with Soviets.
President of the National Assembly Flavio Bravo
says anti-imperialistic spirit prevailed during
the third special session of the Latin American
Parliament in Guatemala.
Fidel Castro speaks at the closing ceremony
commemorating the 25th anniversary of the
Organization of Jose Marti Pioneers.
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April 12
Granma warns that the training of Nicaraguan
counterrevolutionary gangs by the US Special
Forces, the Green Berets, implies a new phase of
US aggression against Nicaragua.
The 53rd meeting of the third section of the CEMA
Permanent Commission for the Development of
Hydroenergetic Resources ends in Sancti Spiritus.
Jose Machado Ventura tells the Cuban Trade Unions
Council meeting of the importance of the replace-
ment of cadres with quality men and women.
Vilma Espin marks the 25th anniversary of the
founding of child-care centers in Cuba.
Granma reports that Carlos Rafael Rodriguez and
Ivan Arkhipov signed a series of trade agreements
that will substantially increase Soviet aid to
Cuba over the next five years.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez tells Prensa Latina that
the trade agreements signed by Cuba and the USSR
will increase Soviet aid by $3 billion dollars
between 1986-90.
Granma reports that ECLA has revealed that in the
last four years the continent has paid, in
interest alone, on its foreign debt the
astronomical sum of $100 billion.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez closes the first national
exports meeting of the Ministry of the Steelwork-
ing Industry, emphasizing in a critical sense the
problem of quality.
The 19th meeting of the Cosmic Meteorological
Working Group of the Inter-Cosmic Program begins
at the Cuban Academy of Sciences. The topic of
discussion is the 1986-87 cooperative plan.
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Granma charges that the US attack on Libya
"confirms that the center of state terrorism
against the emancipated peoples is in Washington."
In Havana, the AALAPSO describes the US military
aggression against Libya as brutal and cold
blooded.
Raul Castro, on the occasion of the 25th
anniversary of the Bay of Pigs victory and
Militia Day, sends congratulations and revolu-
tionary greetings to participants in the battle.
Granma states that the action against Libya and
the escalation of US aggression against Nicaragua
infuriate the Cuban people and inspire them to
strengthen their defense efforts.
Fidel Castro is decorated with the Liberators and
Heroes of Our America medal, at the chief of state
level, the highest order granted by the Anti-
Imperialist Tribunal of Our America, TANA.
Fidel Castro speaks at the 25th anniversary of the
Playa Giron victory. He says whoever tries to take
over Cuba will only find the soil awash with his
own blood, or else die in the attempt.
In a nationally televised speech, Fidel Castro
says that President Reagan "is as unscrupulous,
opportunist and irresponsible as Hitler and
potentially more dangerous."
Deputy Sonia Rodriguez Cardona is appointed
Minister President of the State Committee for
Material and Technical Supply. She replaces Irma
Sanchez, who will carry out other tasks.
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April 23
Cuba presides over the 49th CEMA meeting on
maritime transportation cooperation. Scientific-
technical cooperation and production until the
year 2000 is discussed.
The State Committee for Statistics of Cuba
dedicates a new calculations center in Havana
equipped with two Soviet computers that will
process statistics.
Minister of Justice Juan Escalona presides over
the first Latin American Justice Ministers meeting
on juristic information in Havana. Among the
topics is the feasibility of computerization.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez receives Kenneth Datsy,
Secretary General of UNCTAD, to discuss the
international economic situation and ways in which
developing countries are affected by the foreign
debt.
Raul Castro presides over the inauguration of the
Majibacoa Sugar Mill, the seventh built in Cuba.
Operating at its capacity, the mill will grind
more than 600,000 arrobas of cane daily.
Havana Radio Reloj announces that CEMA member
countries will cooperate with Cuba in the
extraction and exportation of oil and gas and
advanced technology for exploitation of oil
fields.
Cuba begins a new round of talks in Havana with
Paris Club creditors on refinancing its foreign
debt of $3.5 billion at a time when Cuba's exports
are dropping.
Havana's Mariel port workers have unloaded 10,000
tons of general merchandise from the Soviet ship
Komsomolets Uzbekistana. This merchandise will
help alleviate damages caused by Hurricane Kate.
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April 26
The US delegation to the ECLA meeting in Mexico
accuses Cuba of introducing unacceptable political
elements in the meeting and says Cuba and
Nicaragua are encouraging subversion in Latin
America.
At the ECLA meeting in Mexico, Cuba strongly
rejects a violent attack made by the US delegation
and warns that it is ready to give appropriate
political, economic, and/or military response to
any Washington action.
The 49th CEMA meeting for maritime transportation
cooperation concludes with the signing of a multi-
lateral agreement relating to the consumption of
combustible fuel and energy on ships.
In Granma, the Cuban Government urges people to
sell their jewelry and old coins to the central
bank to help boost the country's international
reserves.
Fidel Castro receives Kenneth Dasie, Secretary
General of UNCTAD, to discuss the work being done
by UNCTAD, especially the preparatory work for the
seventh conference in 1987.
In Havana, the countries belonging to CEMA have
reaffirmed their aid to Cuba in oil production by
signing the final protocol of a meeting dedicated
to matters related to crude oil.
In Cienfuegos, a meeting of the CEMA dairy
agreement ends with the signing of a protocol by
representatives of the nine participating
countries.
Havana press reports that a delegation from the
Paris Club held four days of talks last week with
Central Bank President Hector Rodriguez Llompart
on refinancing the 1986 maturities on Cuba's debt.
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Mexico City press reports that Cuba has told its
foreign creditors it will suspend debt payments
for 90 days, beginning 5 May, while seeking favor-
able repayment terms and $500 million in cash to
make up for a projected shortfall.
Havana press reports that Cuba intends to
substantially improve the quality of its
educational system while continuing to strengthen
the nation's scientific and technical potential.
Raul Castro presides over the 9th plenum of the
National Committee of the Union of Young
Communists.
Raul Castro presides over the ninth plenum of the
National Committee of the Union of Young
Communists, calling on Cuban youths to continue
preparing with quality for the defense of Cuba.
Jorge Risquet presides over the main ceremony and
closing session of the New International Informa-
tion Order Symposium held on the 25th anniversary
of Radio Havana Cuba.
Cuba announces it has postponed for 90 days its
1986 payment of its $3.5 billion foreign debt.
Prensa Latina reports that Cuba is waiting for a
"mutually acceptable renegotiation formula" with
its Western creditors.
At the UN General Assembly, Cuban Ambassador Oscar
Oramas blames the US for the UN's financial
crisis.
Secretary General of the Central Organization of
Cuban Trade Unions Roberto Veiga addresses Havana
May Day rally saying that strengthening the
economy is the same as strengthening defense.
Fidel Castro also attends the ceremony.
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Raul Castro presides over the parade and ceremony
commemorating International Workers' Day in
Camaguey. The people of Camaguey celebrate with
achievements in production and pledge more
efficiency.
Armando Hart presides over the May Day celebra-
tions in Cienfuegos. The parade was characterized
by combativeness, enthusiasm, and discipline.
Cuba's press plays down the Soviet nuclear
accident in Chernobyl.
Fidel Castro speaks at the 100th founding
anniversary of the Salvador Allende Hospital
(formerly Covadonga) saying he wants Cuba to have
the most complete health service in the world.
Fidel Castro, Carlos Rafael Rodriguez, Jose
Machado Ventura, Vilma Espin, and others preside
over a ceremony presenting the Third Party
Congress banner to various organizations.
Vast forest fires have broken out in various
wooded areas in Cuba as a result of the severe
draught affecting a large portion of the nation;
300 hectares of natural forest have been lost in
various areas in Loma de Cunagua.
Granma reports that Fidel Castro met in Havana
with a West German Green Party delegation to
discuss the world economic crisis, the Central
American conflict, and environmental problems.
The sixth meeting of coordinating countries in the
sphere of standardization, weights and measure-
ments, and quality control of the Nonaligned
Movement begins in Havana.
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A new 110-kw electric substation begins operating
in Abreus municipality, Cienfuegos Province. The
installation is equipped with a 25-megawatt
transformer.
During the 39th plenary assembly of the World
Health Organization in Geneva, Cuba is elected
to the vice presidency of the American region.
At a press conference in Lisbon, Brazilian Presi-
dent Jose Sarney reiterates that his government is
considering resuming diplomatic relations with
Cuba, which is consistent with his line of main-
taining links with all the countries of the world.
The bureau meeting of the Permanent Congress of
Labor Unity of Latin America and Caribbean
Workers ends in Havana with the approval of six
resolutions.
Granma reports that two tornadoes raked across
Cuba injuring four people seriously as the
hurricane season begins in the Caribbean area.
Fifty-five homes were destroyed in Camaguey.
An agreement is signed in Havana at the 11th meet-
ing of the work group for the application of
computer technology in domestic trade during the
CEMA domestic trade ministers conference.
UNITA reports that 59 government soldiers and
eight Cubans were killed in fighting between
3-5 May.
Havana press reports that the two main indicators
of manufacturing efficiency in sugar harvests,
yield, and recovery, were below the level expected
during the current milling process in Camaguey
Province.
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Jose Ramon Fernandez and Jose Ramon Balaguer
preside over an education meeting expressing the
need to elevate requirements and eliminate
bureaucratic procedures that affect the educa-
tional process in Havana.
The sixth meeting of Nonaligned Movement
coordinating the standardization of meteorology
and quality control is closed in Havana by Ramon
Darias, Minister President of the State Committee
for Standardization.
Granma charges that US military bases outside its
territory are the seat of state terrorism, one of
the most dangerous manifestations of present US
foreign policy.
Havana Prensa Latina reports that Cuba intends to
acquire new world markets for its exports and
plans to add new export products to obtain more
resources for its economic development.
Fidel Castro visits the construction site of the
new Institute of Tropical Medicine, where he
converses at length with Omar Tellez, Construction
Chief, and briefly with Institute Chief
Dr. Gustavo Curi.
The Cuban Movement for the Peace and Sovereignty
of the Peoples and the Soviet Committee for the
Defense of Peace sign a cooperation agreement in
Havana. Fidel Castro says there is no peace with-
out development and no development without peace.
London press reports that following a meeting last
week with creditor banks in Paris, Cuba has
reversed a previous decision to halt interest pay-
ments due to creditor banks on 6 May and will make
the payment, which totals between $6-7 million.
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In the text of a cooperation agreement signed by
the Cuban Movement for the Peace and Sovereignty
of the Peoples and the Soviet Committee for the
Defense of Peace, imperialist circles are accused
of intensifying the arms race.
Minister of Culture Armando Hart presides over a
meeting that studied the joint work of educational
centers and cultural institutions in Colon.
Hart says that in the past five years cultural
institutions have grown and developed strongly.
Politburo member Julio Camacho Aguilera presides
at the first provincial workers assembly to be
held in Cuba. This meeting was held in Santiago de
Cuba at the recommendation of the Central Organ-
ization of Cuban Trade Unions.
Havana press reports that a Cuban TV signal has
been received in Angola since 1 April through a
Soviet satellite.
Cuban Deputy Felix Moreno says in Havana that at a
symposium on drug trafficking and drug addiction
held recently in Ecuador, the US was characterized
as the country most responsible for promoting this
type of activity.
Havana press reports that according to official
figures of the State Committee for Statistics, the
national economy fulfilled its mercantile produc-
tion plan by 98.3 percent during 1986's first
quarter which represents a 3.7 percent growth.
Vice Foreign Minister Ricardo Alarcon tells Prensa
Latina that Cuba will participate in the 3-5 June
conference on Latin American democracy which will
be held in Strasbourg, France.
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Havana TV reports that Cienfuegos Province is
presenting an unfavorable situation in conserva-
tion of energy, with consumption exceeding 27,000
tons of oil and a cost exceeding 20,000 megawatt
hours.
During a ceremony in Havana, Isidoro Malmierca
is decorated with the Battle of Beirut Order,
awarded to him by the Central Committee of the
Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
Politburo member Jorge Risquet speaks at the
second national meeting of agricultural production
cooperatives. He refers to the agrarian question
and its relation to peasants which outlines the
development of the cooperative movement.
The second national meeting of agricultural-live-
stock production cooperatives is held in Havana.
Fidel Castro calls for a crusade against "every
form of exploitation, sponging, vice, and corrup-
tion" because of the damage to the revolution.
A contract is signed in Havana between Cuba and
the USSR for the coordinated delivery of equipment
for the first stage of the Juragua nuclear power
station being built with Soviet assistance.
Fidel Castro decides to abolish the 6-year-old
"free markets" leaving behind a great lesson, many
damages, and millionaires. Fidel calls the free
markets "a source of enrichment for neo-
capitalists and neobourgeois."
Vice President of the State Finance Committee
Roberto Blanco opens the 25th conference of
insurance organizations. He discusses the sustain-
ed capitalist economic crisis that has strong re-
percussions on insurance activities.
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Soviet and Cuban commercial enterprises sign a
contract to fully supply equipment and materials
for the first nuclear power station built in Cuba.
Energoimport Association President Lazaro
Hernandez signs the contract for Cuba.
The Foreign Ministry condemns South Africa's
latest air-raids on the capitals of Zimbabwe,
Zambia, and Botswana and charges that they were
desperate shows of force, violating co-existence
norms among states.
Granma Province's High Quality Fruit Enterprise
begins to operate all the sites the peasants' free
markets occupied as a result of the agreements
reached at the second national meeting of live-
stock-agricultural cooperatives.
The Voice of America celebrates the first anniver-
sary of its Radio Marti broadcasts to Cuba. VOA
says interviews with recent Cuban arrivals and
field surveys show Marti has "great credibility in
Cuba and has an extensive listening audience."
Politburo member Pedro Miret, during a meeting of
the National Commisssion of Spare Parts held in
Havana, calls for improved spare parts production.
The National Electoral Commission is appointed and
is presided over by Jose Ramon Machado Ventura.
The Council of State agrees to hold elections on
19 October 1986 to elect delegates to the
municipal assemblies of the people's government.
Minister of Culture Armando Hart sends a message
to the instructors, advisers, technicians, and
artists of the amateur movement on the occasion of
the 26th anniversary of its founding.
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The 25th anniversary of the founding of the
military specialty of tanks and transport is
celebrated in Havana with a ceremony held at the
General Antonio Maceo Inter-Arms School of the
FAR.
Raul Castro presides over a graduation ceremony
of National Revolutionary Police combatants and
the incorporation of an FAR Red Berets reservist
contingent to that organization.
Fidel Castro presides over a regular meeting of
the Politburo during which new anticrime measures
are approved. An extensive analysis is made of the
problems of crime and antisocial conduct,
especially the number of incidents in Havana City.
The Council of State announces the creation of the
National Commission of Economy Management and
appoints Gilberto Diaz the commission's vice
president.
The Council of State agrees to designate Manuel
Castillo Rebasa Minister of Communication.
Castillo Rebasa was formerly chief of the
Communications Troops of the FAR and replaces
Pedro Guelmes Gonzalez.
Fidel Castro speaks at the closing session of
family doctor forum in Havana. He says Cuba has
become more aware of the importance of social
medicine and that family doctors are the only
technicians who graduate with assured housing.
Fidel Castro receives the Felix N. Musa decoration
that the Union of Cuban Journalists awards. He
calls on the Cuban press to participate in the
struggle against everything that affects or slows
the progress of the revolution.
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The Council of State creates the National
Committee of the Economic Management and Planning
System that will manage, coordinate, promote, and
control the activities that involve economic
management methods and mechanisms.
Fidel Castro tours the Fourth National Exhibit of
the Builders of the Future in Havana's Cuba
Pavilion. He learns about Cuban advances in the
area known as green medicine and works linked to
the cure for vitiligo and other diseases.
Havana Radio Rebelde reports that Cuba will export
more than 2 million integral circuits to East
Germany for manufacturing computer components.
Cuba produces several types of computers for
industrial, documentation, and education centers.
Cuba informs its Western creditors that it will
continue to pay interest on its $3.5 billion debt,
thus toning down an earlier statement that it
would suspend most of its principal and interest
payments as of 5 May.
Politburo members Jorge Risquet and Roberto Veiga
preside over an assembly review meeting. During a
speech by Politburo member Jose Ramon Machado
Ventura, he says it is necessary to stimulate
greater workers participation in solving problems.
To date, 1,900 people have been evacuated in
Guantanamo where a state of alert has been called
due to heavy rainfall which is affecting the
eastern provinces.
Havana press reports that as a preventive measure
because of heavy rains, 9,600 people living in low
lying areas were evacuated in addition to 5,376
students--50 houses have been totally destroyed,
129 head of cattle and 10 horses have died.
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The Cuba 86 police writers meeting ends with an
agreement to create an international association
for police literature. Nicaraguan Interior Minis-
ter Tomas Borge and Armando Hart exchange opinions
with the participants.
At a meeting marking the 25th anniversary of the
Interior Ministry, Fidel Castro says the main task
of the ministry is no longer to stamp out counter-
revolutionary activity, but to combat the
country's growing crime wave.
Granma reports that five people were killed and
three were missing in floods and landslides caused
by a week of heavy rain in eastern Cuba.
Fidel Castro participates with the almost 1,000
delegates to the international seminar on primary
health care at the Palace of Conventions. Fidel
says there will be 65,000 doctors in Cuba by the
year 2000.
At the health care seminar, Fidel Castro offers
interferon to other countries free of charge to
assist in research and for treatment of acute
cases of cancer.
Fidel Castro speaks at the afternoon session of
the seminar and tells of the construction of the
genetic and biotechnology research center,
scheduled to be completed next July.
Havana Radio Reloj reports that losses in the
recently concluded sugar harvest in Camaguey
amounted to a little over 31,750,000 arrobas.
The second international seminar on outpatient
care begins in Havana and is presided over by
Public Health Minister Julio Tejas. He says there
are 42,715 nurses in Cuba and 15,000 of them
provide primary care services.
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Havana TV reports that last year several enter-
prises throughout the country were required to
reimburse other enterprises more than 2 million
pesos for not delivering goods. In 1985, state
arbitrary organs settled more than 900 claims.
Fidel Castro speaks at the Health Seminar saying
the Cuban people are better trained and educated,
more cultured, and more demanding. He refers to
the concept of family doctors for primary health
care and Cuba's success in heart transplants.
Havana press reports that Cuba began releasing a
group of 27 political prisoners about three weeks
ago whose freedom was sought by French undersea
explorer Jacques Cousteau last year.
Fidel Castro closes the national seminar for pro-
fessors of mathematics, physics, and chemistry of
the pre-university vocational institutes of exact
sciences. He says the introduction of computing
in the ninth grade will begin this coming year.
Fidel Castro is interviewed by Patrice Barrat,
Paris Le Figaro Magazine. Fidel says he became a
Communist when he was a student. He also says that
Cuba's doors are open to anyone who wants to leave
the country.
Fidel Castro opens the new wings built at the
Julio Diaz Rehabilitation Hospital in Reparto
Fontanar. With construction of the new physical
therapy, electrotherapy, mechanotherapy, and ambu-
latory therapy rooms, beds are increased to 225.
Central Committee member and Transportation
Minister Diocles Torralba says the Cuban Merchant
Marine fleet will be increased by 35 ships during
the next five years.
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Granma reports that the Cuban Government has
mounted a scrap metal collection drive in an
effort to earn vitally needed hard currency abroad
and to save on imports of raw materials for the
island's ferrous and non-ferrous foundaries.
Politburo member Juan Almeida presides over the
ceremony of the Ministry of Foreign Relations
commemorating the 81st anniversary of the death of
Generalissimo Maximo Gomez.
Alternate Politburo member Jose Ramirez Cruz and
Roberto Damian Alfonso, Central Committee member,
preside over a meeting in Bayamo of peasants of
cooperatives of credits and services.
Fidel Castro presides over a ceremony at which a
banner is given to the delegation of athletes that
will participate in the 15th Central American and
Caribbean Games that will be held in the Dominican
Republic starting on 24 June.
Cuba joins the Latin American Integration Associa-
tion as an observer. The ALADI committee of repre-
sentatives has granted the Cuban Government per-
mission to help ALADI promote regional trade.
Havana Radio reports that Armando Hart has
indicated that the Culture Ministry will further
strengthen ties with the Cuban Institute of
Radio and Television, the Writers and Artists
Union, and the National Cultural Workers Union.
Mexico City press reports that the new Government
of Barbados indicates that it wishes to have good
relations will all countries. Prime Minister Errol
Barrow's Social Democrats wish for open, sincere
relations, and cooperation with the US and Cuba.
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June 20 Granma reports that 12 Cuban soldiers and airmen
were killed on 19 June when two air force heli-
copters collided in mid-air during a training
flight east of Havana. The helicopters were a
Soviet-made MI-24 and AN MI-87 transport.
June 21 On the Isle of Youth, Naval and Air Force attache
from the Congolese Embassy Bernard Oyeva,
celebrates the 20th anniversary of the Congolese
Peoples' Army underscoring the solidarity and
assistance received from Cuba and Fidel Castro.
For the first time in Camaguey Province,
technicians establish communications with the CEMA
International Center for Scientific-Technical
Information in Moscow.
The interconnection of the 130-kilovolt line from
Baracoa to Maysi is completed, and all the muni-
cipalities have been connected to the national
electricity network.
Havana press reports that a pipeline broke on the
Soviet oil tanker Lukhivitsky causing a spillage
of 1,265 tons of fuel oil and serious pollution
at the Cuban deep-water port of Cienfuegos.
Council of Ministers Vice President Jose Ramon
Fernandez reiterates that Cuba will not part-
icipate in the next Olympic Games if they are not
held in both parts of Korea.
The 75th meeting of the CEMA Permanent Commission
for Transportation Cooperation is held in Havana.
The exchange of experiences on increasing and
exploiting transportation is one of the goals of
the meeting.
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Minister of Culture Armando Hart participates in
the opening ceremony of the second meeting on
Latin American and Caribbean peoples' education.
Representatives from 28 institutions from 14
countries are participating in the meeting.
Cuban political prisoner, Jose Luis Alvarado,
released last month from prison, tells Reuters
that another 54 prisoners were released at the
same time he was and more could be freed soon.
Raul Castro presides over maneuvers commemorating
the 150th anniversary of the birth of General
Maximo Gomez. These maneuvers are held to
strengthen the country's defense capabilities.
Fidel Castro speaks at an assessment meeting on
enterprise management, reiterating the essential
need for microbrigades because of corruption and
the slow process of completing economic and social
structures.
Secretary General of the Central Organization of
Cuba Trade Unions Roberto Veiga speaks on the
concept of the integral work brigades as an
organization link in the production process. He
sees quality control as the future of labor.
Management councils of 13 hotels of the Turhoteles
Enterprise announce they will not accept payment
of material incentives in addition to their
salaries in support of Fidel Castro's 19 April
remarks.
Havana press reports that "negligent" personnel
are blamed for the oil spill in Cienfuegos Bay on
22 June. The personnel in charge of the operation
were not at their work post.
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In a meeting in Havana, Fidel Castro launches a
scathing attack on the present system of product-
ivity bonuses in Cuba's state-run economy,
denouncing it as unjust, ineffective and
ideologically dangerous.
Fidel Castro speaks at the closing of the meeting
on enterprise on the essential quality of a leader
to motivate people,the question of whether bonuses
should be given if a goal is reached, and his hope
of overcoming Cuba's material limitations.
Fidel Castro presides over a Politburo meeting
that approves in principle the economic and social
evaluation of 1985 and of the first months of
1986.
In a TV interview, Fidel Castro accuses the US
of deliberately slandering Panama's military
chief, General Noriega, and says this slanderous
campaign was proposed by a member of the US
Security Council.
Granma announces that former Labor Minister
Joaquin Benavides Rodriguez has been designated
Minister-President of a newly created National
Commission for the System of Management of the
Economy.
Fidel Castro presides over the opening ceremony of
the genetic engineering and biotechnology center
in Havana.
The Council of State appoints Joaquin Benavides
Rodriguez, Central Committee member, to the post
of President of the National Commission of the
Economic Management System (EMS), with rank of
Minister of Government.
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The Council of State appoints Francisco Lineras
Calvo, Central Committee member, President of the
State Labor and Social Security Committee.
Prensa Latina reports that the Soviet Union and
Cuba signed a bilateral cooperation agreement on
book publishing, printing, and marketing for
1986-1990.
Fidel Castro speaks at the 10th session of the
National Assembly of the People's Government about
Cuba's housing construction, including dwellings
that have been built illegally.
At the conclusion of the National Assembly
meeting, Rene Rodriguez condemns the decision of
the US Congress to grant $100 million to the
Nicaraguan counterrevolution.
Havana press reports that a group of 47 political
prisoners from Combinado del Este Prison were to
be released on 8 July.
President of the National Assembly Flavio Bravo
addresses the closing session of the assembly
urging deputies to contribute to resolving the
existing problems. Fidel Castro participated
actively in all the discussions on the agenda.
US-Cuban talks aimed at renewing an immigration
treaty broken off 14 months ago begin in Mexico
City.
A cooperation agreement between Mexico's National
Association of the Processing Industry and the
Cuban Chamber of Commerce is signed in Havana.
The agreement will increase trade relations with
Cuba in diverse economic and trade sectors.
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Fidel Castro meets in Havana with Nobel Peace
Prize winner Mother Teresa of Calcutta, who is
visiting Cuba as part of her Caribbean and US
tour.
The National Committee of the Camaguey Sugar
Workers Trade Union is analyzing deficiencies and
errors in labor organization and salaries as well
as measures to be taken by the workers movement.
Buenos Aires press reports that, according to
diplomatic sources, Cuba has partially suspended
payment of its $3.5 million foreign debt.
Politburo member Jorge Risquet announces that
Melba Hernandez, Moncada heroine, has been elected
president of the Cuban chapter of the Anti-
Imperialist Tribunal of Our America, TANA, because
of her revolutionary merit.
During a meeting in Mexico City, the US breaks off
talks to reinstate an immigration treaty because
the Cubans try to link the immigration issue to
international radio broadcasting.
The Cuban Foreign Ministry announces that no
agreement was reached during talks held with the
US in Mexico City regarding immigration.
Politburo member Jose Ramon Machado Ventura
presides over a meeting on deficient work in
Holguin. Several aspects of enterprise management
are discussed.
Raul Castro presides over the military graduation
and promotion ceremony commemorating the 13th
anniversary of the assault on the Moncada
Barracks.
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Carlos Rafael Rodriguez and Jorge Risquet are the
first persons to sign the book of condolences in
the Vietnamese Embassy in Havana following the
death of Le Duan.
Havana Radio Progreso reports that meetings have
been held with the representatives of enterprises
and local organs in Granma, Villa Clara, and
Guantanamo Provinces, to examine deficiencies in
economic performance and ways to resolve them.
Raul Castro receives a group of Polish youths
who belong to the Karl Roloff Voluntary Work
Brigade and describes to them the struggle of the
Cuban people during the 19th century.
Fidel Castro visits the Indian warship Godavari
and is received by Commander, Captain M. B.
Karnik.
Vice President of the Council of Ministers Diocles
Torralba and Vu Dinh Lieu preside over their
countries' delegations at the ninth Cuban-
Vietnamese intergovernmental meeting for economic
and scientific-technical cooperation.
Politburo member Machado Ventura speaks at the
analysis meeting of Pinar Del Rio enterprises say-
ing there is a need to appeal to the morality of
workers and leaders to promote the systematic and
permanent struggle against poor quality.
July 17 Fidel Castro presides over the Central Committee
meeting held in Havana's Palace of the Revolution.
Politburo member Jose Ramon Machado Ventura speaks
at the graduation ceremony at the Nico Lopez
Higher Institute calling for increased work
efforts and requirements.
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At the second plenum of the Central Committee of
the Communist Party of Cuba, Fidel Castro calls
the administration of US President Ronald Reagan
one of the "most serious" dangers in the whole
history of the Cuban revolution.
During the Central Committee meeting Fidel Castro
describes Cuba's military training as "a gigantic
task," and points out: "we had been losing on one
side what we had been achieving on the other."
Raul Castro inaugurates the Arnaldo Milian Castro
Pioneer Explorer's Center that is located 65 km
from Cienfuegos in the Escambray area.
The Council of State relieves Antonio Rodriguez
Maurell as Sugar Minister and appoints him Vice
President of the Council of Ministers. Juan
Herrera Machado is appointed Sugar Minister.
President of the Federation of Cuban Women Vilma
Espin presides over the national ceremony
commemorating children's day being held in the
Ismaelillo Pioneer Camp in Cienfuegos Province.
The Communist Party publishes a grim assessment of
the country's economic performance during the
first half of 1986 and calls on people to work
harder with less expectation of material reward.
Raul Castro opens the Provincial Defense Prepared-
ness School in Sancti Spiritus.
Politburo member Pedro Miret calls on workers to
manufacture spare parts that are really necessary
and to pay more attention to recovery activities
and improvement of quality. He says only 7 percent
of new production was fulfilled.
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Raul Castro visits the Camaguey municipality of
Sibanicu to preside over the opening of a clothing
store and tours the municipal hospital and several
government buildings under construction.
Politburo member Pedro Miret attends a basic
industry meeting in Havana and indicates that Cuba
has the means to obtain basic oil to produce
lubricants by using Cuban crude.
Prensa Latina reports that Cuban television will
begin satellite broadcasts on 26 July for
approximately three hours over the weekend, and
that the broadcasts will benefit a large number of
workers, students, and diplomatic missions abroad.
In Madrid, Cuban defector Manuel Sanchez Perez
says Havana and Moscow disagree strongly over how
to deal with Cuba's foreign debt. He says Cuba
needs to earn at least $1 billion a year in hard
currency to pay for goods and technology.
Paris press reports that in Granma, on 1 May,
the back page contained a photo of Fidel Castro
that if held up to the light showed a skull on
his chest.
Paris press reports that the 4 July edition of
Granma, if folded a way that Cuban readers do,
changes the headline to read "down with Fidel."
Paris press reports on a third layout gaffe in
Granma on 7 June showing Fidel Castro in uniform
with his arm raised that looks unmistakably like a
fascist salute and in one corner of the photo the
word "ario" is seen; "anniversario" got cut out.
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In a television report, Fidel Castro mentions the
layout gaffes in Granma on 1 May and 4 July and
dismisses them as simple coincidences without any
mystery involved. Fidel does not mention the third
layout gaffe on 7 June.
In Proceso, Fidel Castro points out the threat of
war has sharply increased since the present US ad-
ministration has been in power and says if the US
removes its military advisers from Central
America, Cuba will support this political step.
Fidel Castro speaks in Sancti Spiritus commemorat-
ing the 33rd anniversary of the attack on Moncada
Barracks stressing that the Cuban people must work
harder and show more revolutionary zeal, admitting
that the revolution has committed many errors.
In his 26 July speech, Fidel Castro criticizes the
slack attitude of many youngsters toward educa-
tion and he reprimands them sharply for failing to
make use of the opportunities which were available
to their relatives before the revolution.
In his 26 July speech, Fidel Castro accuses the
Reagan administration of pursuing "warlike,
fascist" policies and criticizes US intervention
in Nicaragua and the deployment of US troops in an
anti-drug drive in Bolivia.
In Sancti Spiritus, Fidel Castro says "In Cuba
we do not import drugs, we do not consume drugs."
In Sancti Spiritus, Fidel Castro says Cuba's first
nuclear plant, a Soviet-designed power station
being built near the central city of Cienfuegos,
will be safer than any US nuclear plant.
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Raul Castro watches the televised national main
ceremony marking the 33rd anniversary of the
Moncada Barracks at the provincial party head-
quarters in Holguin. He says Fidel's remarks are
suitable for the times.
Havana Prensa Latina reports that Nicaraguan
Commander of the Revolution Tomas Borge was unable
to participate in Cuba's 26 July celebrations
because of technical problems with his plane.
Fidel Castro tours Sancti Spiritus projects built
in honor of the 26 July holiday. He inaugurates a
774-bed Camilo Cienfuegos Provincial Teaching Hos-
pital and visits other medical facilities, as well
as a school, the new airport, and an aqueduct.
In a news conference in Havana attended by US
correspondents, Vice Foreign Minister Ricardo
Alarcon says the US Administration, which says it
defends freedom of speech, only practices that
principle outside its borders.
Ricardo Alarcon says Cuba has increased its aid to
Nicaragua following Washington's approval of $100
million for the anti-Sandinista guerrilla
movement.
Ricardo Alarcon raises the possibility that Cuba
will begin radio broadcasts to the US in response
to Voice of America transmissions to the Cuban
people.
In a statement distributed in Lisbon, UNITA says
that Angolan rebels killed more than 40 government
soldiers and four Cuban advisers in attacks
throughout the country last week.
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The Commission for Protection of Flora and Fauna
reports that the 37 Pinar del Rio forest fires
registered between January and August were caused
primarily by staff negligence and climatic condi-
tions. 671,000 hectares of forest were destroyed.
Cuba promises to clear up to one month of arrears
on its short-term commercial debt to Western
creditors, but has given no deadline for doing so,
according to business and diplomatic sources.
Vice President of the Council of State Juan
Almeida presides at a ceremony honoring
Mr. Davidson Heiburn, who has been accredited as
new Bahamian Ambassador to Cuba.
Cuba International reports that tourism in Cuba
expanded 11 percent in 1985. A $500 million
plan to re-develop the tourist industry is under-
way in Cuba, aimed at making tourism the island's
second most important source of hard currency.
Flavio Bravo returns from Colombia. He tells news-
men he had participated in the extraordinary meet-
ing held by the Latin American Parliament in
Colombia, in which matters concerning the institu-
tionalization of that body were discussed.
The Transportation Ministry reports that the Cuban
Merchant Marine fleet has increased its dead
weight cargo capacity recently with the addition
of two new vessels--the Bahia de la Habana and the
West Island.
Granma reports that a US Army officer, Hugo Romeu
Almeida, stationed at a US base in Stuttgart, West
Germany, has requested political asylum from the
Cuban Government. Romeu Almeida says he does not
agree with the US policy on Central America.
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President of the National Institute of Sports
Conrado Martinez Corona reports that Cuba will
send a delegation to the Pan-American Games in
Indianapolis and that Cuba will ask to host the
Pan-American Games in 1991.
Central Bank Director Julio Fernandez de Cossio
tells Reuters that Cuba is considering boosting
trade with non-Communist nations to enable it to
buy more high-quality industrial goods unavailable
in Soviet-Bloc states.
First Vice Minister of Foreign Relations Jose
Viera affirms in Havana that the recent South
African aggressions against Angola are a demon-
stration of an adventurist policy and US alliance
with the apartheid racist regime.
Havana TV reports that as of 30 June, the Ministry
of Construction reported losses of $35 million;
the Ministry of Industry, $22 million; and the;
Ministry of Agriculture, $9 million. The causes of
the losses range from theft to irresponsibility.
Central Bank Director Julio Fernandez de Cossio
tells Reuters that Cuba is considering boosting
trade with non-Communist nations to enable it to
buy high-quality industrial goods unavailable in
Soviet-bloc states.
Central Committee members Pedro Ross and Pedro
Fernandez, Secretary General of the Construction
Labor Union meet to discuss labor and salary
policies deficiencies and violations.
The Central Committee Plenum is held in Havana.
Fidel Castro speaks of errors in the way projects
are carried out and says the time has come to
resolve the problem of unfinished construction
projects.
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Politburo member Pedro Miret Prieto chairs a meet-
ing to assess progress made by the workers at the
Punta Gorda nickel plant. Miret and Basic Industry
Minister Marcos Portal visit Caya Guam's chrome
processing plant.
A scientific experiment begins in Camaguey aimed
at testing the effectiveness of cloud-seeding
measures to induce rain. The experiment is part of
the joint Cuban-Soviet study of tropical
meteorology and hurricanes.
First Party Secretary in Santiago de Cuba Esteban
Lazo heads a Federation of Cuban Women meeting in
Santiago de Cuba. Santiago de Cuba will host the
35th commemoration of the assault on the Moncada
Barracks and the fourth party congress.
Acting Foreign Minister Jose Raul Viera Linares
meets with Ambassadors Hoang Luong from Vietnam,
Soukthavon Keola from Laos, and Long Visalo from
Kampuchea, to discuss the results of the 13th
Indochinese Foreign Ministers Conference.
Raul Castro sends greetings to La Coloma fishery
unit workers for their participation in the 150th
birthday of Generalissimo Maximo Gomez military
maneuver.
Politburo member Jorge Risquet attends a ceremony
at the Angolan House of Culture in Havana marking
the 10th anniversary of the establishment of
economic relations.
Politburo member Pedro Miret Prieto chairs a
meeting in Cienfuegos to assess the progress made
in the construction of that city's nuclear power
plant.
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Minister President of the State Committee for
Economic Cooperation Ernesto Melendez says that
more than 150,000 Cubans have lent their services
as internationalists to 45 countries in Africa,
Asia, and Latin America.
Havana water official Alfredo Alvarez Rodriguez
tells the Cuban News Agency that a severe water
shortage in Havana is considered the worst in this
century. Havana has suffered below average rain-
falls since 1983.
Granma reports that there are approximately 6,000
Salvadoran soldiers and officers who participated
in antiterrorist training carried out in June and
July in Washington and Arizona and in August in
Louisiana.
Cuban Foreign Ministry officials say that Cuba has
proven more than once that no pressure or economic
measure adopted by the US will force Cuba to nego-
tiate or violate its principles. Cuba says immi-
gration problems are mainly the fault of the US.
Havana TV reveals the contents of Fidel Castro's
letter to US Congressman Michael Bilirakis regard-
ing the Cienfuegos nuclear power plant. Fidel says
the plant's technology is one of the safest used
throughout the world.
Fidel Castro speaks at the inauguration of the
Cardiovascular Surgery Center of the William Soler
Pediatric Hospital in Havana.
Politburo member Jose Ramon Machado Ventura
attends 1 of 15 assembly meetings which initiated
the nomination process in Havana to elect
municipal people's government candidates.
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During a televised ceremony to open a children's
hospital, Fidel Castro says he is celebrating his
first anniversary of kicking the smoking habit.
Statistics put Cubans among the heaviest smokers
in the world .
Havana Radio Reloj announces that Isidoro
Malmierca will attend the UN General Assembly
special session on Namibia which will be held in
September.
The French Foreign Ministry in Havana announces
that Cuban Human Rights Activists Ricardo Bofill
entered their embassy in Havana on 27 August
seeking refuge from Cuban authorities.
Fidel Castro meets with members of a group of
visitors from the Canary Islands. The members
visited sites of cultural, historical, social, and
political interest in Sancti Spiritus and
Matanzas Province.
August 30 The French Embassy in Havana refuses journalists
access to Cuban dissident Ricardo Bofill.
Foreign Minister Malmierca says he believes the
presence of Cuban fighters will not continue for
very long in Angola--Cuban troops may soon pull
out.
September 2 The Council of State appoints Jorge Bolanos
Suarez as Cuban Ambassador to Brazil.
September 5 Havana Radio Progreso reports that Cuba's sugar
harvest will be performed in two stages. The first
stage will be from the start of the harvest to 28
February; the second stage from 28 February to the
conclusion of the task.
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September 6 At the 23rd meeting of the Latin American Civil
Aviation Commission in Havana, the Commission
calls the US Government's prohibition of Cuban
commercial overflights of its airspace
discriminatory.
September 7 Havana press announces that handwritten notices
offering to buy or sell goods or exchange homes
are appearing with growing frequency on walls,
telephone poles, and other public places in
Havana.
September 13 In Mexico City, Deputy Defense Minister Guillermo
Rodriguez Del Pozo says that if the US attempts to
invade Nicaragua, Cuba will support Nicaragua.
Such aid could be with troops, weapons, financial
resources, or moral support to the Sandinistas.
September 15 Fidel Castro, Carlos Rafael Rodriguez, and Jorge
Risquet return to Havana after attending the
Nonaligned summit in Harare and visiting African
and East European countries.
September 18 In a communique delivered to Agence France-Presse
in Lisbon, UNITA claims its forces have shot down
a Luanda government MIG fighter and captured its
Cuban pilot on 14 September.
September 19 Carlos Rafael Rodriguez receives the new
Canadian Ambassador to Cuba Michael Kergin who
presented his credentials.
September 22 In a meeting held to assess the progress of the
thermo-electric power plant in northern Matanzas,
Politburo member Pedro Miret notes the 36-day de-
lay in assembling the boiler and measures were
adopted to overcome it.
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September 23 Bohemia reports that three Florida residents were
sentenced to eight years in prison by a Cuban
court last month for drug trafficking and
illegally entering Cuban territory.
Politburo members Carlos Rafael Rodriguez and
Pedro Miret, and Central Committee Secretariat
member Lionel Soto meet to discuss Cuba's
integration with CEMA member countries to increase
trade.
Fidel Castro attends a meeting for new family
doctors. He says every year close to 500 doctors
will enter the family doctor program and by 1993
the entire capital will be covered by this plan.
At the First Maritime Law Meeting in Havana, the
Guantanamo Naval Base Perpetuity Treaties are
discussed by Dr. Olga Miranda Bravo, legal
director of the Foreign Ministry.
September 25 At the UN General Assembly, Isidoro Malmierca
reaffirms Cuba's absolute conviction that the
foreign debt of the Third World cannot be paid and
must be canceled.
At the UN, Isidoro Malmierca explains Cuba's con-
cern for the policies of the nuclear arms buildup
and says the US has violated the UN Charter by
approving funds to finance the Nicaraguan
counterrevolution.
At the conclusion of Malmierca's remarks at the
UN, he urges summoning an international peace
conference on the Middle East with PLO participa-
tion, demands self-determination for the Saharan
people, and rejects US aggression against Libya.
Raul Castro and other party members attend the
"Moncada 86" exercise in Santiago de Cuba.
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September 26 Granma reports that Havana is experiencing the
most serious water shortage in this century. The
Vento Reservoir, the main supply of water for
Havana's nearly two million residents, is
virtually dry.
September 27 The Third Congress of Committees for Defense of
the Revolution is held in Havana. Fidel Castro
says that incompetence will weaken the Cuban
revolution, and that Cuba has to overcome
indiscipline, irresponsibility, and corruption.
Fidel Castro visits an optical glass cutting shop
under construction at La Lisa. This shop will save
the national economy 80 percent of foreign
currency now being spent in the purchase of
already manufactured optical glass.
September 28 Fidel Castro speaks at the closing ceremony of the
third CDR Congress. Fidel says that in the past
five years since the previous congress imperialism
unleashed a colossal arms race that lead to an
increase in arms everywhere in the world.
September 29 Raul Castro attends the "Granma 86" defense
exercises being conducted in Granma Province.
The National Prevention and Social Attention
Commission is established at the Council of State
Headquarters in Havana. The commission is under
the Council of Ministers and is headed by Vilma
Espin.
Cuba is elected for the first time to the
policymaking governing council of the Inter-
national Civil Aviation Organization. The ICAO is
the organization responsible for regulating
international civilian aviation.
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Seventy-five construction microbrigades begin in
Havana. This "plus work" system will build 76
housing units, 560 child-care centers, and 10
polytechnical schools.
Prensa Latina reports that Cuba has signed
contracts with Soviet and French companies to
build a port in Matanzas Bay capable of handling
oil supertankers. The first phase is expected to
be completed and ready for operation by July 1988.
Speaking at the fourth UN Decolonization
Commission meeting, Maria Cecilia Bermudez calls
for condemnation of the IMF, the World Bank, and
all who contribute to strengthening the South
African racist regime.
Fidel Castro visits the Celia Sanchez Manduley
Textile Plant in Santiago de Cuba and discusses
plant problems and the need to perfect production
to achieve the important industrial center's total
capacity of 80 million square meters by 1990.
Fidel Castro speaks at the closing session of the
family doctors program in Guantanamo Province
emphasizing the important tasks the doctors' have
in the Province.
Granma reports that exile Cuban Ramon Medina--real
name Luis Posada Carriles--who took part in a 1976
attack on a Cuban airliner that left 73 dead, has
been in charge of a CIA supply operation to
Nicaraguan rebels at a Salvadoran military base.
The sixth congress of the National Metallurgical
Workers Trade Union begins at the Jose Marti
steelworking enterprise, Antillana de Acero. The
meeting is presided over by Roberto Viega, Jaime
Crombet, and Marcos Lage.
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In San Cristobal, Secretariat member Jose Ramon
Machado Ventura says that Cuba has to get rid of
the bureaucratic mentality in its leaders, rectify
badly done things, and have a more vigilant,
active, and combative behavior.
The Council of State, in response to a proposal
from Fidel Castro, agrees to replace Light
Industry Minister Roberto Ogando. Ogando's re-
placement is the result of deficiencies and errors
committed while carrying out his duties.
Ramon Conte Hernandez, the last prisoner held by
the Cuban Government from the 1961 Playa Giron
(Bay of Pigs) invasion, is released from a Cuban
prison.
Ambassador to the UN Oscar Oramas says the US
practices hypocrisy in its international relations
by denying its ties to terrorism when in reality
it nurtures those practices. Oramas is referring
to the protection of Posada Carriles by the CIA.
At the UN, Cuban Ambassador Oscar Oramas says the
foreign debt of developing countries is unpayable
and uncollectable.
Mexico City Notimex reports that Cuba could be-
come the second major grapefruit producer after
the US within the next few years. It is estimated
that 1.4 billion tons of citrus will be produced
by the end of 1986.
October 21 The 47th CEMA meeting on cooperation in the food
industry field begins in Havana.
Vice Admiral Fedor Starozhilov meets with Raul
Castro, Division Generals Abelardo Colome Ibarra
and Rogelio Acevedo, and other military officials.
Raul visits the Soviet Naval Fleet.
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UN representative Pedro Nunez Mosquera questions
the reason behind spending billions of dollars on
nuclear weapons that will become obsolete while
new types of cosmic weapons are being developed.
The working sessions of the Second International
Trade Union Workshop on foreign debt opens in
Havana. Trade Union member Jesus Escandel
expresses hope to establish a new international
economic order.
The 49th meeting of the CEMA Permanent Commission
on Food Industry ends in Havana with the signing
of a cooperation protocol and the extension of an
agreement.
Fidel Castro addresses the Fifth Union of Cuban
Journalists' Congress saying that Cuba needs a
press that is alert, that investigates, informs,
and criticizes. The media will be given greater
access to information from official sources.
Cuba is elected president of the commission draft-
ing the final documents of the 25th International
Red Cross Conference held in Geneva, Switzerland.
The organization will be called the International
Red Cross and Half Moon Movement.
The Executive Secretariat of the Committees for
the Defense of the Revolution call on all CDR
members to actively participate in the work tasks
programed for Red Sunday, 2 November.
Fidel Castro participates in a joint meeting of
the Party's Politburo and Secretariat of the
Central Committee.
Havana press reports that the nuclear power plant
being built in Matanzas Province is worth $200
million, and it should generate over 330 megawatts
of electricity when operating at full capacity.
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Fidel Castro bestows the Ernesto Che Guevara
Order, First Degree, on Leopoldo Cintra Frias,
Division General and Central Committee member,
because of his successful fulfillment of three
internationalist missions.
The National Council of Scientific Societies and
the Cuban Society of Orthopedics and Traumatology
strongly criticize the US Government's refusal to
issue visas to Cuban specialists to attend a
medical congress in Puerto Rico.
Raul Castro attends funeral services in Havana of
internationalist doctors Enrique Betancourt and
Ulises La Rosa, who died in the plane crash
which killed Mozambican President Machel.
Politburo member Roberto Veiga presides over the
first session of the sixth Trade Union Congress
of the National Education, Science, and Sports
Workers Union.
Fidel Castro tours several centers where over 2
million Cubans are doing volunteer work in tribute
to the 69th anniversary of the great October
Socialist Revolution. Fidel says "Red Sunday" has
become a "productive festival."
November 3 Raul Castro presides over a ceremony bestowing the
30th FAR anniversary commemorative medal on Soviet
military specialists in Cuba.
November 4 The 1987 sugar harvest begins.
November 7 The National Assembly of the Peoples' Government
expresses its strongest condemnation of Great
Britain for its new aggeession against Argentina
by unilaterally extending by 150 and 200 miles the
zones around the Malvinas Islands.
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A Central Bank official reports that, at a 18-19
November meeting in Paris, Cuba will request $300
million in fresh money to make payments on short
term commercial debts due at the end of this year.
In Pinar del Rio, Second Secretary General of the
Central Organization of Trade Unions Rene Penalver
says the current problem of the labor movement is
the struggle against the lack of discipline in
labor absenteeism and poor productivity.
At the 17th Latin American Energy Organization
(OLADE) meeting held in Buenos Aires, Cuba was
elected by acclamation to host the 18th minister-
ial meeting scheduled for November, 1987.
The Soviet Naval Detachment headed by Vice Admiral
Fedor Starozhilov arrives in Santiago de Cuba.
Starozhilov meets with Esteban Lazo, Politburo
member and First Secretary of the Provincial Party
Committee.
Raul Castro sends greetings to the experienced
border guard brigade, which is commemorating 25
years of its founding.
November 11 The 32nd session of the CEMA permanent commission
for semi-conductor appliances and integrated
circuits begins in Pinar del Rio.
Cuban Ambassador to the UN Oscar Oramas calls for
sanctions against South Africa, during a special
committee meeting.
Commander of the Revolution Juan Almeida and
Politburo member Jorge Risquet attend a reception
in Havana on the occasion of the 11th anniversary
of the declaration of independence of Angola.
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Havana is selected to host the 1991 Pan-American
Games at the 23rd Congress of the Pan-American
Sports Organization meeting in Bridgetown.
Some strings are attached; Cuba must participate
in the 1988 Summer Olympics in South Korea.
Raul Castro and other Cuban officials attend a
ceremony marking the 150th anniversary of the
birth of Major General Maximo Gomez. Juan Almeida
reviews Cuban history, stressing Maximo Gomez'
contributions.
Fidel Castro and Commander of the Revolution Juan
Almeida attend the ceremony turning over the old
Quinta de los Molinos to a Pioneer historical
center for Cuban children. Maximo Gomez and his
general staff occupied this house.
The 23rd meeting of the CEMA Permanent Commission
on Civil Aviation is held in Havana and is
attended by delegations from Bulgaria, Hungary,
East Germany, Poland, Romania, and Czechoslovakia.
November 19 Fidel Castro says that before Christmas he will
free Eloy Gutierrez Menoyo who was sentenced to
30 years in jail in 1965 for trying to overthrow
Fidel Castro.
November 20 President of the National Assembly Flavio Bravo
announces the ANPP 11th period of sessions will
begin 25 December.
November 24 Havana and Havana City Provinces carry out tasks
related to defense, which are mainly aimed at
explaining to all citizens their posts of combat,
equipment, and way to fight against the enemy in
the case of aggression. 400,000 participate.
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November 25 Fidel Castro opens the third National Congress on
General Surgery and the second National Congress
on Pediatrics Surgery. 900 delegates from Cuba and
17 countries in Latin America, Asia, and Europe
are participating in sessions until 29 November.
The second Congress of the National Association
of Innovators and Efficiency Experts opens in
Havana and is presided over by Politburo member
Roberto Viega.
November 26 Havana press reports, that according to reliable
Cuban sources, the President of Havana's Assembly
of People's Power, the equivalent of the city's
mayor, Oscar Fernandez Mell, will soon become
Cuba's ambassador to Spain.
Raul Castro presides over the Interior Ministry's
main ceremony honoring the FAR on the occasion of
the 30th anniversary of the landing of the Granma
and FAR. Division General Abrahantes is the key-
note speaker.
November 27 Politburo member Roberto Veiga closes the second
congress of the National Association of Innovators
and Efficiency Experts stressing the pureness of
the workers' movement and its importance in the
country's economic development plans.
Fidel Castro is elected Santiago de Cuba Muni-
cipality deputy to the National Assembly of the
People's Government. Politburo members Juan
Almeida, Armando Hart, Esteban Lazo, and Vilma
Espin also head the group of 21 deputies.
Raul Castro is elected to represent the Segundo
Frente Municipality during an assembly meeting in
Santiago de Cuba of the National Assembly of the
People's Government.
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November 28 Politburo member Julio Camacho Aguilera is elected
deputy to the National Assembly of the People's
Government.
November 29 Raul Castro presides over a ceremony bestowing the
Ernesto Che Guevara Order, second class, to a
group of Cuban combatants who fought in the
Spanish Civil War.
Fidel Castro and Flavio Bravo meet with a group of
parliamentarians composed of eight deputies from
different European parties headed by Alfred Loma
to discuss the international political situation,
especially Central America.
November 30 Raul Castro opens the deferred session of the
Third Party Congress. He says the ruling party
would attempt to rectify what he termed errors
and negative tendencies such as inefficiency,
bureaucracy, and corruption in the country.
At the deferred Third Congress proceedings, Fidel
Castro discusses corruption in the work force and
in wages.
December 2 Fidel Castro, at the Third Party Congress, says
that Cuba has evolved into a "disguised capital-
ism" but without the competitive benefits of
capitalism and that Cuba will have only $600
million in hard currency to spend in 1987.
Raul Castro speaks at a military parade in
celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Granma
landing and the beginning of the FAR.
Fidel and Raul Castro present the Ernesto "Che"
Guevara Order First Degree and the International-
ist Combatant Medal, granted posthumously by the
Council of State, to Brigadier General Raul Diaz
Arguellez because of his revolutionary merits.
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December 2 A military parade commemorating the 30th anni-
versary of the Granma landing and the creation of
the Revolutionary Armed Forces begins. Raul Castro
and Division General Ulises Rosales del Toro lead
the parade.
December 3 Havana Radio Reloj announces that 74 percent of
Cuba's agroindustrial sugar complexes have been
critically affected by the drought with the most
critical situations in Matanzas and Villa Clara.
Fidel Castro's closing speech at the Third Party
Congress focuses mainly on domestic economic
problems and the depleted reserves of hard
currency.
December 4 Fidel and Raul Castro attend the funeral at the
FAR cemetery for Angel Martinez, outstanding
combatant in the antifascist struggle carried out
by the Spanish people.
December 6 Granma reports that Cuba is suffering its worst
drought in 27 years, with rainfall this year
totaling only 68 percent of normal. Some Cubans
say the government may be exaggerating the
problem to encourage thrifty use of water.
Fidel Castro sends a floral wreath to the Granma
expeditionaries fallen at the Algeria de Pio
battle 30 years ago. Division Generals Senen Casas
and Sixto Batista place the wreath at the foot of
the revolutionary martyrs' tomb.
December 7 "Bastion '86," a four day military exercise, with
more than seven million people participating, is
held throughout Cuba.
December 8 Fidel Castro visits La Lisa Municipality where he
receives a report of "Bastion '86" strategic
operations.
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Politburo member Jose Ramon Machado Ventura visits
the party's command post in Havana Province where
he was briefed about the development of activities
in the province following yesterday's simulated
sudden massive air strike.
Fidel Castro attends the Cuba-Brazil meeting mark-
ing the resumption of diplomatic relations between
the two countries and the Eighth International
Latin American Film Festival. Fidel speaks on
cultural development.
December 10 Politburo member Vilma Espin observes the
"Bastion '86" exercise at the Luis Felipe Almeida
Center of Operations at the Havana transmission
distribution enterprise. She says Cuba's level of
combativity is the highest ever.
Tribuna reports that 11 schoolteachers were jailed
for terms of six months to four years for falsi-
fying students' exams and fraudulently promoting
the students in exchange for money and other
gifts.
Raul Castro visits Matanzas Province on the
occasion of "Bastion '86." He tells the crowd that
the importance of this exercise is to grow strong
to avoid war.
Hundreds of thousands of Cubans demonstrate at the
US Interests Section in Havana in protest against
the overflight of Cuba by a US SR-71.
At the rally protesting the US overflight of Cuba,
Armando Acosta says the overflight was unnecessary
and condemns President Reagan for meeting with
Cuban poet Armando Valladares and for interfering
in Nicaragua.
At the UN, Cuba announces that its airspace was
violated on 8 December by a US SR-71 spy plane.
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December 12 First Party Secretary of Havana City Province
Jorge Lezcano speaks at a protest rally in front
of the US Interests Section; he exhorts the
Cubans to be stronger economically, so that the
country will be stronger in its defense.
Roberto Robaina, First Secretary of Cuba's Union
of Young Communists speaks at the rally at the
US Interests Section saying that Cubans would
rather die than live defeated and that they will
never stop being internationalists.
Speaking to a crowd in Caibarien, Raul Castro says
the final results of the "Bastion '86" exercise
exceeded all previous expectations. Raul conveys a
message of congratulations from Fidel to the
people of Caibarien.
The Cuban Ecumenical Council expresses concern and
repudiates the violation of Cuban airspace by a US
spy plane, and says that this action harms
national sovereignty.
December 15 Fidel and Raul Castro are nominated by Sancti
Spiritus Province as delegates to the sixth
congress of the National Health Workers Union,
which will be held within the first 3 months of
1987.
At a seminar, Minister of Agriculture Adolfo Diaz
Suarez stresses the need to raise the level of
agricultural-livestock organizations to meet the
requirements for efficiency and to increase pro-
duction in rice, beans, and root vegetables.
It has been reported in Cienfuegos that at least
29 industrial, agricultural, sugar, construction,
and people's government enterprises are among
units that have failed to fulfill the production
plan for the January-November period.
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December 16 Vice Minister of Foreign Relations Pelegrin Torras
warns that the traditional enemies of the Non-
aligned Movement are persisting in their objective
to split the movement.
Government officials in Havana say that Cuba's
severe water shortage has been further strained by
the sixth straight year of below-average rainfall.
Tobacco growers are behind schedule in their
planting for 1986-87 because of the drought.
Fidel Castro inaugurates the International Film
and Television School in San Antonio de los Banos.
Culture Minister Armando Hart and Carlos Rafael
Rodriguez are present.
December 17 Dr. Jean-Pierre Hocke, High Commissioner of the UN
Office for Refugees, arrives in Havana and is
greeted at the airport by Vice Minister of Foreign
Relations Jose Viera. This is the first visit of a
UN High Commissioner to Cuba.
Havana TV notes in its commentary that the subject
of most concern at the beginning of the sugar
harvest is the low efficiency of the sugar mills.
Fidel Castro attends the closing ceremony of the
Eighth International New Latin American Film
Festival held at Havana's Karl Marx Theater.
Minister of Culture Armando Hart makes the closing
remarks at the event.
The State Committee for Labor and Social Security
sets up the country's first state inspection dele-
gation in Havana to supervise and execute labor
policy and to prevent errors and deficiencies that
might arise in the labor system.
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December 19 UN official Jean-Pierre Hocke tours various
facilities of economic and historic interest on
the Isle of Youth and visits the school for
Namibian students.
Fidel Castro inaugurates the Vitalio Acuna Pioneer
Palace, the Raul Podio Saborit Community Poly-
clinic, and a modern child care center in Granma
Municipality of Media Luna.
Fidel and Raul Castro attend a ceremony in Cinco
Palmas Municipality in Media Luna commemorating
their meeting after the Alegria de Pio setback.
Fidel Castro visits the Granma Medical Science
School in Manzanillo; he notes that the construc-
tion work at the school is taking too long.
A delegation from the Ecumenical Association of
Third World Theologians visits the headquarters of
the National Assembly of the Peoples' Government
and is received by ANPP President Flavio Bravo.
Politburo alternate member Julian Rizo Alvarez,
during the second national meeting on irrigation,
says that a swift increase of efficiency, produc-
tion, and positive economic results are needed in
the country's livestock-agricultural sectors.
December 20 Fidel Castro inaugurates the Jose Joaquin Palma
Printing Shop in Bayamo, Granma, where the La
Demajagua provincial newspaper is printed. Fidel
was impressed with the printing of the newspaper
but not with the number of forms printed.
December 22 Fidel Castro presides at a ceremony marking the
25th anniversary of Cuba's literacy campaign.
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December 23 Fidel Castro closes the party's Central Committee
Third Plenary Meeting making a thorough analysis
of the country's current economic situation and
talks of conditions and causes of the limitations
and difficulties Cuba is facing.
December 25 The 11th session of the National Assembly of the
People's Government begins in Havana. Fidel and
Raul Castro and other top-ranking Cuban officials
attend.
Fidel Castro announces at the National Assembly an
austerity plan to cut supplies in milk, cloth, and
gasoline, to reduce TV broadcasts, to double bus
fares, and to make adjustments in student
participation in agricultural work.
December 27 Fidel Castro is reelected as President of the
Council of State by the National Assembly.
Members of the Committees for the Defense of the
Revolution and the Cuban Federation of Cuban Women
support Fidel Castro's remarks made before the
National Assembly meeting of holding flash rallies
organized in their blocks.
December 29 Granma reports that two Soviet-made Comet
hydrofoils collided 13 nautical miles south of
Batabano. One passenger was killed and 46 injured.
Leaders from around the world send greetings to
Fidel Castro congratulating him on his reelection
as Chairman of the Council of State and Ministers.
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The presidents of the board of directors of the
Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation, Gavrill Skottis,
and the Cuban Institute of Radio and Television,
Ismael Gonzalez, sign a cooperation exchange pro-
tocol in Havana to broaden relations.
Nicosia Domestic Service reports that House
President Vasos Lissaridhis will depart for Havana
on 11 October heading an interparliamentary
delegation.
October 14 Central Committee member Flavio Bravo meets in
Havana with Cypriot leader Vasos Lissaridhis.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez and Vasos Lissaridhis dis-
cuss international affairs and Rodriguez tells him
of the importance Cuba attributes to Cyprus
hosting the 1988 Ministerial Conference of the
Nonaligned Movement.
Flavio Bravo and Carlos Rafael Rodriguez meet with
Vasos Lissaridhis who reiterate Cuba's full
support for the just struggle of Cyprus. Rodriguez
emphasizes that the Cypriot stand on many inter-
national issues is identifical to that of Cuba's.
Politburo member Jorge Risquet meets with Vasos
Lissaridhis to discuss subjects of mutual interest
and matters related to international politics.
Before departing Cuba, Vasos Lissaridhis says he
is satisfied with Cuba's firm support for the
struggle of his people in Cyprus and that his
delegation was impressed by the patriotism of the
Cuban people and and their devotion to solidarity.
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Armando Hart meets with Milan Klusak, CSSR
Minister of Culture, who is briefly visiting Cuba
on his way to Nicaragua.
The Jose Antonio Echeverria higher polytechnical
institute and the University of Havana sign an
educational cooperation agreement with Prague
University for a 5-year period.
Milos Jakes, member of the Presidium and Secretary
of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia Central
Committee, arrives in Havana to attend the Third
Party Congress. He is welcomed by Joel Domenech.
Czechoslovakia's official Milos Jakes' speech at
the congress praises Cuba for strengthening
Communism and labor movement.
February 19 Granma announces that Mario Rodriguez Martinez is
named Cuban Ambassador to Czechoslovakia.
March 11 Vice Minister of Foreign Relations Raul Roa Kouri
meets in Prague with Bohuslav Chnoupek, Minister
of Foreign Affairs of Czechoslovakia.
Politburo member Juan Almeida and his delegation
arrive in Prague to attend the 17th Congress of
the Czechoslovak Communist Party.
Minister of Justice Juan Escalona Reguera arrives
in Prague at the invitation of Justice Ministers
Antonin Kaspar and Jan Pjescak. They will discuss
the judicial policy of their countries.
Politburo member Juan Almeida speaks at the 17th
Communist Party Congress in Prague praising the
Soviets for their aid to Cuba and blasting the US
for its foreign policy.
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Minister of Justice Juan Escalona returns to Cuba
from Czechoslovakia and Slovak Republics, Vietnam,
Laos, and Cambodia. Cooperation agreements were
signed with the police organizations.
The Cuban and CSSR Foreign Ministries sign in
Havana a cooperation agreement in which they com-
mit themselves to strengthening friendship and
relations between their respective countries.
Isidoro Malmierca discusses bilateral relations
and analyzes the progress of the ongoing anti-
apartheid international conference with Soviet
official Adamishin and Czechoslovakian official
Stanislav Svoboda.
Martin Poliak, Deputy Mayor of Prague, visits Cuba
to attend the opening of the restaurant named
after the European city and to fulfill a work
schedule at the invitation of the Ministry of
Domestic Trade.
In Prague, Fidel Castro Diaz-Balart, Executive
Secretary of the Secretariat for Nuclear Issues of
the Council of Ministers, and Stanislav Havel,
Czechoslovak Atomic Energy Commission, chairman
sign a protocol on mutual cooperation for 1986-87.
Secretariat member Jaime Crombet arrives in
Prague.
Milos Jakes, Secretary of the CPCZ Central
Committee of Czechoslovakia, receives Central
Committee member Jaime Crombet, who is heading a
study delegation to Prague to exchange views on
party structure, economics, and party cadre work.
Czechoslovakia's Foreign Minister Bohuslav
Chnoupek and Isidoro Malmierca meet in Prague to
discuss bilateral relations and the international
situation.
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Czechoslovak Deputy Premier Jaromir Obzina
receives Jaime Crombet to discuss cooperation in
science, technology and the economy.
Czechoslovak Foreign Trade Minister Bohumil Urban
receives Jaime Crombet to discuss the organization
and management of Czechoslovak foreign trade and
experiences in the application of economic tools
of management in external economic relations.
Czechoslovakia's Deputy Premier Frantisek Sramek
receives Jaime Crombet to discuss implementing the
conclusions of the Cuban and Czechoslovak party
congresses and to discuss the work of the
Czechoslovak-Cuban Friendship Committee.
Czechoslovakia's Minister of Agriculture and Food
Miroslav Toman meets in Havana with his counter-
part Adolfo Diaz Suarez to discuss increasing
efficiency of agricultural production.
Foreign Minister Malmierca bestows the Friendship
Medal on Czechoslovakia's Ambassador to Cuba Milos
Vojta for his outstanding work in strengthening
mutual cooperation and helping develop ties
between peoples.
Czechoslovakia's President Gustav Husak sends
Fidel Castro a telegram congratulating him on his
60th birthday.
September 2 Czechoslovak First Deputy Premier Rudolf Rohlicek
receives Council of Ministers Deputy Chairman
Jose Lopez Moreno to discuss economic contacts,
foreign trade, and exchange of scientific-
technological information.
September 4 In Czechoslovakia, Cuba and the CSSR signed the
final protocol on the coordination of national
economic plans for 1986-1990. Trade will increase
by 35 percent during this five-year period.
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September 11 In Bratislava, Miloslav Hruskovic, candidate
member of the CPCZ Central Committee Presidium,
receives a delegation from the Central Committee
headed by Julian Alvarez Blanco to discuss deepen-
ing cooperation.
September 26 Ricardo Cabrizas and Czechoslovak Foreign Trade
Minister Bohumil Urban sign a 5-year trade agree-
ment in Prague that will increase trade by 36
percent during 1986-1990.
Vice President of the Council of Ministers Joel
Domenech and Trade Minister Manuel Vila Sosa greet
Deputy Premier of the Czechoslovak Socialist
Republic, Ladislav Gerle, at Jose Marti Airport.
They will begin talks on economic cooperation.
Ladislav Gerle meets with Vice President of the
Council of Ministers Pedro Miret to discuss
aspects of mutual economic interest.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez attends the signing
ceremony of the final protocol of the 10th meeting
of the Cuba-Czechoslovakia Intergovernmental Com-
mission and meets with Ladislav Gerle.
November 4 Dimitur Stoyanov and Vratislav Vajnar, Interior
Ministers from Bulgaria and the CSSR, respective-
ly, arrive in Havana and are greeted at the air-
port by Division General Abrahantes.
November 7 Fidel Castro receives a Czechoslovak Communist
Party delegation led by party Central Committee
member and Czechoslovak Interior Minister
Vratislav Vajnar.
November 9 Fidel Castro stops in Prague on his way to Moscow
and is greeted at the airport by Premier Lubomir
Strougal and Milos Jakes. During his two hour
stay, Fidel visits historical sites in the
capital with Strougal.
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December 18 Carlos Rafael Rodriguez accepts the credentials of
Stanislav Svoboda accrediting him as Ambassador of
Czechoslovakia.
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Yemen, People's Democratic Republic of (South Yemen)
South Yemen Minister of Foreign Affairs Abd al-
'Aziz al-Dali receives the Cuban Ambassador to
Aden, who affirms Cuba's support for South Yemen's
struggle for socialism.
February 13 Isidoro Malmierca, during a meeting with South
Yemen's Ambassador to Cuba, Umar Husayn al-Hurubi,
affirms Cuba's firm stance and solidarity with the
Yemeni Socialist Party and Yemeni revolution.
September 4 In Harare, Fidel Castro and Haydar Abu Bakr al-
'Attas discuss the military relations between the
two parties and countries and the Yemeni and Cuban
revolutions, in addition to the international
situation and issues of common interest.
September 29 Politburo member Jorge Risquet meets with Umar
'Abd al-Samad, Chairman of Yemen's Defense
Committees to discuss the friendship and
solidarity ties between the two countries.
Al-Samad attended the CDR congress in Cuba.
October 16 Vice Foreign Minister Giraldo Mazola and Umar
Husayn Al-Hurubi, Ambassador of Yemen, sign a
cooperation protocol providing for the bilateral
exchange of experiences.
November 9 PDRY's Member of the Political Bureau and
Secretary of the Central Committee Muhammad Sa'id
'Abdallah Muhsin arrives in Havana and meets with
Isidoro Malmierca to discuss bilateral military
relations and international issues.
November 12 Politburo member Jorge Risquet meets with visiting
PDRY official Abdallah Muhsin to discuss important
developments in the Arab and international arenas
and to exchange information on the revolutionary
struggle of the peoples of Latin America.
December 22 Politburo member Jorge Risquet arrives in Aden.
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Yemen, People's Democratic Republic of (South Yemen)
December 22 During a meeting in Aden, Cuban Vice Minister of
Foreign Relations Giraldo Mazola discusses ways to
develop and strengthen bilateral cooperation with
Yasin Sa'id Nu'man, member of the Political Bureau
and Chairman of the Council of Ministers.
December 23 YSP Central Committee Secretary General 'Ali
Salim al-Bid receives Jorge Risquet to discuss
developing and strengthening relations between the
two parties and the international situation. A
protocol on party cooperation is signed.
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Foreign Minister Malmierca and Denmark's Parlia-
ment President Svend Jakobsen meet in Havana.
Flavio Bravo tells Jakobsen of the results of the
recent Latin American Parliament meeting in
Guatemala.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez meets with Svend Jakobsen
to explain Cuba's stand regarding the main
international and regional issues, and Cuba's
economic and social developments.
President of the Cuban Movement for the Peace and
Sovereignty of the Peoples Orlando Fundora heads
a delegation to Copenhagen to attend the World
Congress for Peace.
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Fidel Castro presides over a ceremony at which a
banner is given to the delegation of athletes that
will participate in the 15th Central American and
Caribbean Games that will be held in the Dominican
Republic starting on 24 June.
Vice Foreign Minister Jose Ramon Fernandez and
Oscar Fernandez Mell arrive in the Dominican
Republic at the invitation of the committee
organizing the Central American and Caribbean
Games.
Jose Ramon Fernandez attends the opening ceremony
of the Central American and Caribbean Regional
Games in the Dominican Republic. He says Cuba will
participate in the 1988 Olympic Games if they are
co-hosted by North and South Korea.
September 17 The Chamber of Deputies of the Dominican Republic
issues a resolution proposing the reestablishment
of diplomatic relations between the Dominican
Republic and Cuba, which were interrupted more
than 20 years ago.
September 19 Dominican President Joaquin Balaguer states that
the Dominican Republic will not resume diplomatic
relations with Cuba, but will maintain cultural
and sports relations.
November 14 A group of Dominican Republic professionals
arrive at Jose Marti International Airport to
participate in events marking Maximo Gomez' 150th
birthday.
November 18 Fidel Castro receives a group of Dominicans. Fidel
refers to the discriminatory nature of US trade
relations with Caribbean countries and blames the
US partly for the serious economic situation pre-
vailing in most Caribbean countries.
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December 3 Dominican Sugar Institute Director Miguel Guerrero
says he is unaware that Fidel Castro had offered
to purchase the Dominican Republic's entire sugar
production at twice the price the US pays in its
preferential market.
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Flavio Bravo greets an Ecuadoran parliamentary
delegation headed by Averroes Bucarem. Bucarem
says that dialogue, and an exchange of ideas and
experiences should exist between the countries.
The Ecuadoran parliamentarian delegation headed by
Averroes Bucaram departs Cuba after meeting with
government and state leaders, and visiting
historical and economic areas of interest.
Ecuadoran Foreign Minister Edgar Teran Teran
receives Culture Vice Minister for International
Relations Antonio Nunez Jimenez to coordinate
events commemorating the 500th anniversary of the
encounter of the European and American cultures.
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Carlos Rafael Rodriguez receives the credentials
of the new Egyptian Ambassador to Cuba Mohamed
El Sayed Aly Abbouda.
Fidel Castro, Carlos Rafael Rodriguez, Jorge
Risquet, and Lionel Soto meet in Moscow with
Mohamed Mura of the Sudanese Communist Party and
Fu'ad Mursi of the Egyptian Communist Party.
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Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and Salvadoran
rebel officials Jorge Hander and Ruben Zamora
arrive in Havana to attend the Third Party
Congress. They are welcomed by Manuel Pineiro.
US aggression in El Salvador and Nicaragua is
condemned by Latin American and Caribbean nations
attending the Nonaligned meeting in New Delhi.
Vice Foreign Minister Ricardo Alarcon describes
the US, El Salvador, Costa Rica, and Honduras as
countries that do not have the political will to
achieve a peaceful solution in Central America.
The Cuban Red Cross donates a shipment of 22 tons
of medicines and surgical supplies to El Salvador
for the victims of the devastating earthquake on
10 October.
Radio Venceremos reports that the Napoleon Duarte
Government has rejected a field hospital that the
Cuban Government offered to send to care for
earthquake victims.
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Chairman of Ethiopia's Provisional Military
Administrative Council Mengistu Haile Mariam sends
a message of congratulations to Fidel Castro on
the 27th anniversary of the Cuban revolution.
January 18 A ceremony is held in Addis Ababa commemorating
the 27th anniversary of the Cuban revolution.
Fidel Castro and Ethiopian leader Mengistu meet in
Moscow to discuss international issues and
exchange ideas on ways of strengthening their
relationship.
Fidel Castro, Carlos Rafael Rodriguez, Jorge
Risquet, and Lionel Soto meet in Moscow with
Mengistu Haile-Mariam, Chairman of the Ethiopian
Provisional Military Administrative Council.
March 17 Havana press announces that Antonio Perez Herrero
will be Cuba's Ambassador to Ethiopia.
Ethiopian Industry Minister Hailu Yemanu arrives
in Havana and is greeted by Marcos Portal, Basic
Industry Minister and Lester Rodriguez of the
State Committee for Economic Cooperation.
Jorge Risquet receives Hailu Yemanu. They
discuss Central America and Cuba's and Angola's
willingness to withdraw Cuban troops when the
Namibian people achieve true independence.
The Ethiopian Herald reports that Chairman
Mengistu received the credentials of the new Cuban
Ambassador to Ethiopia, Antonio Perez Herrero.
Politburo member Jorge Risquet receives Ashagre
Yigletu, Secretary of Foreign Relations of the
Workers Party of Ethiopia to discuss the draft
constitution that will establish the socialist
charter of Socialist Ethiopia.
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Ethiopian party official Ashagre Yigletu and his
delegation depart Havana after visiting Ethiopian
students and places of historic, political, and
economic interest in Cuba.
Deputy Foreign Minister Mazola delivers a message
to Ethiopia's Chairman of the Provisional Military
Administrative Council Mengistu Haile Mariam from
Fidel Castro. Mazola and Mariam discuss bilateral
relations.
August 9 Tesfaye Maru, Workers' Party of Ethiopia Central
Committee Member arrives in Cuba on a working
mission at the invitation of the Cuban Institute
of Friendship With the Peoples. He is welcomed at
the airport by ICAP President Rene Rodriguez.
August 22 Havana press announces that Cuba's donation for
the Eighth Nonaligned Summit in Harare exceeds
$400,000 and includes the services of 64
translators and other specialists.
October 16 Ethiopian official Kidane visits the Isle of
Youth. Jorge Risquet attends the signing of a co-
operation protocol in health, education, construc-
tion, the sugar industry, and other areas complet-
ing the work of the Cuban-Ethiopian Commission.
December 25 Politburo member Jorge Risquet arrives in Addis
Ababa and meets with Chairman Mengistu to discuss
bilateral relations and international issues of
interest.
December 29 Politburo member Jorge Risquet inspects the health
science institute in Jima town, Kefa region of
Ethiopia. He presents silver medals to nine Cubans
who have completed two years' service in Ethiopia.
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Oscar Fernandez Mell, President of the Provincial
Assembly of the Peoples Government arrives in
Finland and meets with Erkki Pystynen, President
of the Parliament.
President of the National Assembly Flavio Bravo
arrives in Helsinki. He tours Helsinki, attends a
plenary session of parliament, and meets with his
counterpart Erkki Pystynen and Foreign Affairs
Minister Paavo Vayrynen.
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Paris press announces that Jean-Louis Marfaing,
the French Ambassador to Costa Rica, has been
appointed Ambassador to Cuba, where he will
replace Pierre Decamps.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez receives the credentials
of Jean-Louis Marfaing accrediting him as
Ambassador of France in Cuba.
Vice Foreign Minister Ricardo Alarcon tells Prensa
Latina that Cuba will participate in the 3-5 June
conference on Latin American democracy which will
be held in Strasbourg, France.
During the Latin American-Western European
colloquium in Strasbourg, Deputy Foreign Minister
Ricardo Alarcon calls for a new economic order.
Fidel Castro is interviewed by Patrice Barrat,
Paris Le Figaro Magazine. Fidel says he became a
Communist when he was a student. He also says that
Cuba's doors are open to anyone who wants to leave
the country.
Foreign Minister Isidoro Malmierca attends the
international conference on sanctions against
South Africa in Paris. He says that Nelson Mandela
is the highest example of the South African
people's struggle.
Isidoro Malmierca discusses bilateral relations
and analyzes the progress of the ongoing anti-
apartheid international conference with Soviet
official Adamishin and Czechoslovakian official
Stanislav Svoboda.
Speaking for the Latin American group at the clos-
ing session of the world conference on sanctions
against the South African racist regime, Malmierca
says the Latin American people are more committed
to the struggle of South Africa's liberation.
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A Cuban delegation visiting Paris headed by Deputy
Foreign Minister Vieira tells a Brazilian delega-
tion headed by Foreign Secretary General Flecha de
Lima, that Cuba's main interest in resuming ties
with Brazil is in economic cooperation.
President of the Cuban Central Bank Llompart heads
a delegation to the Paris Club meeting in Paris.
The Paris Club agrees to refinance Cuba's foreign
debt which amounts to $3.5 billion, one third of
which is owed to the Paris Club.
Paris press reports that in Granma, on 1 May,
the back page contained a photo of Fidel Castro
that if held up to the light showed a skull on
his chest.
Paris press reports that the 4 July edition of
Granma, if folded a way that Cuban readers do,
changes the headline to read "down with Fidel."
Paris press reports on a third layout gaffe in
Granma on 7 June showing Fidel Castro in uniform
with his arm raised that looks unmistakably like a
fascist salute and in one corner of the photo the
word "ario" is seen; "anniversario" got cut out.
August 30 The French Embassy in Havana refuses journalists
access to Cuban dissident Ricardo Bofill.
September 8 Talks in Paris between Cuba and its commercial
creditors fail to reach an agreement on the
rescheduling of Cuban debt repayments due this
year. In addition to rescheduling its existing
debts, Cuba is seeking $300 million in new loans.
September 24 Paris AFP reports that two members of the "Cuban
Human Rights Committee" were arrested "several
days" before Ricardo Bofill sought shelter in the
French Embassy, Elizardo Sanchez Santa Cruz, vice
president of the committee reveals.
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September 25 The directors of the French and British Interna-
tional News Agencies, Agence France-Presse and
Reuters, are expelled from Cuba for quoting
Elizardo Sanchez Santa, Human Rights Committee
official, on the Ricardo Bofill incident.
Prensa Latina reports that Cuba has signed
contracts with Soviet and French companies to
build a port in Matanzas Bay capable of handling
oil supertankers. The first phase is expected to
be completed and ready for operation by July 1988.
December 22 Secretary General of the French Communist Party
Georges Marchais arrives in Havana.
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Germany, East
Dr. Hans-Joachim Boehme heads a delegation from
the Ministry for University and Technical School
Affairs of the GDR. He and Education Minister
Vecino Alegret tour Santiago de Cuba.
January 13 GDR Minister for University and Technical School
Affairs Hans-Joachim Boehme meets with Secretariat
member Jose Ramon Balaguer to discuss education
cooperation.
January 14 GDR Education Minister Boehme departs Cuba. He
visited educational centers during his visit.
Work developed between the two ministries during
the last 5 years was termed productive.
February 5 At the Party Congress, Horst Sindermann praises
Cuba for its solidarity towards anti-imperialist
movements and its self-sacrificing internation-
alists aid throughout the world.
February 8 GDR's Horst Sindermann congratulates Fidel Castro
on the success of the Third Party Congress.
Sindermann addresses workers at the new textile
combine in the suburbs of Havana.
Fidel Castro and Erich Honecker meet in Moscow and
agree that the international situation needs
cooperation between all forces of reason, realism,
and goodwill.
Havana TV reports that cooperation between the GDR
and Cuba in the sugar industry will double during
the current 5-year plan. The GDR will provide 10
agricultural-chemical centers.
President of the National Assembly Flavio Bravo
welcomes the Soviet and GDR delegations which
attended the IPU meeting in Mexico City.
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April 15
Karl Heinz Moebus, the new East German Ambassador
to Cuba, presents his credentials to Carlos Rafael
Rodriguez.
Politburo member Jose Ramon Machado Ventura and
his delegation arrive in East Germany to attend
the 11th SED Congress.
Politburo member Jose Ramon Machado Ventura
departs the GDR and is returning to Cuba after
participating in the 11th Socialist Unity Party of
Germany Congress in Berlin.
Wolfgang Beyreuther, GDR Secretary for Labor and
Wages, and Joaquin Benavides, Minister President
of the State Committee for Labor and Social
Security sign labor-related agreements in Berlin.
Havana press reports that Cuba will supply the GDR
with electrical components this year. A protocol
was signed at the sixth session of the electrical
commission meeting for economic cooperation.
Foreign Minister Malmierca and East Germany's
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Bernhard
Neugebauer meet in Havana to discuss bilateral
relations, the international situation, and the
continuing tensions in Central America.
In Berlin, Gerhard Schuerer, candidate member of
the SED Central Committee Politburo, meets with
Central Committee member Jose Lopez Moreno to
discuss expanding economic, scientific, and tech-
nological cooperation.
Havana Radio Rebelde reports that Cuba will export
more than 2 million integral circuits to East
Germany for manufacturing computer components.
Cuba produces several types of computers for
industrial, documentation, and education centers.
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East German Politburo member Guenter Mittag
briefs Jaime Crombet, who is heading the study
delegation from the Cuban Communist Party, on the
GDR's experiences in economic and social policy.
General Secretary of the SED Central Committee
Erich Honecker meets with Jaime Crombet. Honecker
praises the results of the comprehensive coopera-
tion and deepening of fraternal relations between
the two parties.
Deputy Chairman of the GDR Council of State
Manfred Gerlach arrives in Havana on his way to
other Latin American countries. He is met by Elia
Garcia Patino, Chairman of the Parliamentary
Friendship Groups of the National Assembly.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez and Manfred Gerlach ex-
press the full agreement of Cuba and the GDR in
the struggle to consolidate peace. They also
discuss bilateral and international matters.
Manfred Gerlach meets with Jose Ramon Fernandez,
Vice President of the Council of Ministers,
Foreign Minister Jose Viera, and leading repre-
sentatives of the Cuban National Assembly.
Jaime Crombet, a member of the Secretariat of the
Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba,
returns to Havana following a working visit to the
German Democratic Republic.
In Berlin, Isidoro Malmierca and his counterpart
Oskar Fischer agree that it is necessary to create
effective barriers against the arms race and to
prevent it from spreading into space.
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August 16
Isidoro Malmierca and Oskar Fischer state their
satisfaction with the high level of bilateral
relations and emphasize the necessity of a peace-
ful settlement of conflicts, praising the efforts
of the Contadora and the Support Groups.
August 28 Vice Foreign Minister Alarcon concludes a three-
day visit to the GDR during which he met with
Foreign Minister Oskar Fischer to exchange
opinions on joint cooperation and the inter-
national situation.
September 5 Cuba and East Germany sign an agreement at the
Leipzig Trade Fair under which Cuba will supply
East Germany with 134,000 metric tons of fresh
citrus in 1987.
The 8th session of the Joint Subcommission on
Economic and Scientific-Technical Cooperation
between East Germany and Cuba concludes in
Cienfuegos with the signing of a cooperation
protocol for 1987.
October 23 Vice President of the Council of State Pedro Miret
and Gunther Wyschofsky, East Germany's Chemical
Industry Minister, meet in Berlin to discuss
bilateral cooperation in chemicals and electronics
and the production of microelectronic supplies.
November 4 East German Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
Bernhard Neugebauer receives Cuban Vice Minister
of Foreign Relations Jose Viera to discuss
international issues and the dangers of nuclear
war.
November 8 Carlos Rafael Rodriguez meets in Berlin with his
GDR counterpart Gunther Kleiber to discuss
bilateral cooperation in various economic sectors.
Rodriguez visits the main plant of the 7 October
Tools and Machinery Enterprise.
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Germany, East
November 12 An East German delegation headed by Werner Felfe,
Politburo member of the Socialist Unity Party of
Germany, arrives in Havana and meets with
Alternate Politburo member Julian Rizo to exchange
work experiences and to discuss cooperation ties.
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January 27 In Berlin, GDR Foreign Minister Fischer and Vice
Foreign Minister Alarcon express their countries'
support for the USSR's proposals for freeing the
world from nuclear weapons by the year 2000.
August 1
August 6
President of the National Assembly Flavio Bravo
meets in Havana with Deputy Ludger Volmer of the
FRG Parliament to discuss Central America and the
international financial policy.
Politburo member Jorge Risquet meets with a Green
Party delegation from the FRG to discuss the need
for establishing a new international economic
order as well as the aggressive US policy towards
Central America and Libya.
Granma reports that Fidel Castro met in Havana
with a West German Green Party delegation to
discuss the world economic crisis, the Central
American conflict, and environmental problems.
In an interview with Prensa Latina, the West Ger-
man ecological party "The Greens" describes its
parliamentary delegation's recent trip to Cuba as
valuable and says bilateral relations will
intensify.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez receives a delegation from
the FRG Green Party, composed of Party President
Mrs. Jutta Ditfurth, and Mr. Manfred Chiaerans,
to discuss the foreign debt and the Green Party's
struggles in the FRG.
FRG Green Party President Jutta Ditfurth expresses
solidarity with Cuba against the US and praises
Cuba's advances in social, educational, and cul-
tural spheres as well as in the health system, and
is willing to cooperate and trade with Cuba.
September 15 Granma announces that Raul Barzaga Navas has been
appointed Cuban Ambassador to West Germany.
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Germany, West
In Bonn, Vice President of the West German
Bundestag, Heinz Westphal, calls for cooperation
with Cuba in aiding the Third World.
October 23 Heinz Westphal and his delegation arrive in
Santiago de Cuba to visit various places of
historic and economic interest.
October 28 An FRG delegation headed by its parliament's vice
president Heinz Westphal begins an official visit
to Havana at the invitation of the National
Assembly. They meet with Flavio Bravo to discuss
international policy matters.
November 2 A West German delegation headed by Heinz Westphal
departs Havana. During their visit they met with
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez, Isidoro Malmierca, and
Ernesto Melendez, Minister President of the State
Committee for Economic Cooperation.
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Ghanaian Ashanti King Otqmfu Opoku Ware II arrives
in Cuba and meets with Isidoro Malmierca to dis-
cuss topics of mutual interest and the current
international situation.
Fidel Castro hosts a reception in honor of
Ghanaian Ashanti King Otqmfu Opoku Ware II.
Commander of the Revolution Juan Almeida, Armando
Hart, Carlos Rafael Rodriguez, and Jose Ramon
Fernandez attend.
Ghanaian Ashanti King arrives in Santiago de Cuba
accompanied by Vice Foreign Minister Giraldo
Mazola. They visit the Siboney farm, the 26 July
museum, and the Celia Sanchez Manduley textile
center.
Vice Foreign Minister Giraldo Mazola accompanies
Ashanti King on a tour of historical and economic
sites on the Isle of Youth.
Ghanaian Ashanti King meets with Education
Minister Jose Ramon Fernandez to review the
current educational situation in Cuba.
Fidel Castro attends a reception hosted by
Ghanaian Ambassador to Cuba Kojo Amoo-Gottfried in
honor of Ghanaian Ashanti King.
Politburo member Jorge Risquet meets with Ashanti
King to reiterate the Cuban peoples' feelings of
friendship and sympathy with their Ghanaian
brother and their solidarity with the efforts of
the National Defense Council.
A 5-member government delegation led by the
Secretary for Trade of Ghana Kofi Djin arrives in
Havana to explore ways of extending trade rela-
tions. Djin says Cuba has completed research into
cocoa production which will benefit Ghana.
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A solidarity night commemorating the 7th
anniversary of the Nicaraguan revolution, and the
33rd anniversary of the attack on Moncada Barracks
in Cuba is held in Accra.
Ghanaian leader Jerry Rawlings urges Yugoslavia
and Cuba to iron out any differences they may
have before the Nonaligned Movement meeting in
August and September.
October 28 Politburo member Jorge Risquet meets in Mozambique
with Robert Mugabe, Prime Minister of Zimbabwe,
and Ghana's leader Flight Lt. Rawlings to discuss
the world situation, especially in southern
Africa.
December 9 Ghana and Cuba sign a two-year trade agreement for
1987-1989. Cuban Minister of Foreign Trade
Alberto Betancourt signs the agreement in Accra.
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A Panhellenic Socialist Movement delegation
headed by Joanna Khayiasopoulou arrives in Cuba
and meets with Politburo member Jorge Risquet.
October 25 PCC member Rene Rodriguez meets with Kharilaos
Florakis, KKE Central Committee Secretary General,
in Greece, to discuss the international situation.
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February 19 Granma condemns President Reagan's visit to
Grenada, calling it the newest insult to Latin
America's dignity.
October 25 On the third anniversary of the US invasion of
Grenada, The Afro-Asian-Latin American People's
Solidarity Organization accuses the US of tram-
pling on Grenada's independence and trying to make
the island a supporter of its aggressive policies.
November 14 The Gleaner newspaper supports a decision by the
Grenada Government to set special examinations
for nationals who received their medical decrees
in Cuba and who now want to work in Grenada.
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President of the National Assembly Flavio Bravo
heads a delegation to a meeting of the Latin
American Parliament in Guatemala. The subject of
the meeting is the Central American situation.
President of the National Assembly Flavio Bravo
says anti-imperialistic spirit prevailed during
the third special session of the Latin American
Parliament in Guatemala.
October 18 Havana press reports that a week of solidarity
with the Guatemalan people is being observed in
Cuba.
October 31 Radio Rebelde reports that Guatemalan Foreign
Minister Rodrigo Montufar says his country may
reestablish trade relations with Cuba. Montufar
says he does not know which goods Cuba could offer
Guatemala.
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March 24 Granma announces that Silvio Rivera Perez has been
named Cuban Ambassador to Guinea.
September 19 Granma announces that Silvio Riveras Perez has
been named Cuban Ambassador to Ivory Coast, with
residence in Conakry, Guinea.
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February 3 Carlos Rafael Rodriguez receives the credentials
of Guinea-Bissau's new Ambassador to Cuba,
Constantino Lopes da Costa.
A mission of Cuban agricultural experts arrives in
Guinea-Bissau. The mission consists of specialists
in citrus, pig breeding, rural development, and
fishing.
Politburo member Jorge Risquet meets in Havana
with Carmen Pereira, member of the Politburo of
the African Party for the Independence of Guinea
Bissau and Cape Verde, to exchange views on
cooperation between parties and governments.
October 8 Foreign Minister of Guinea-Bissau Julio Semedo
arrives in Havana and is greeted at the airport by
Foreign Minister Malmierca. Semedo will visit
Cuba through 16 October.
October 13 Isidoro Malmierca and Julio Semedo sign a protocol
to provide for the exchange of experiences and
cooperation in the economic sphere.
October 22 Politburo member Jorge Risquet meets in Havana
with Guinea-Bissau's Foreign Minister Semedo to
analyze aspects of the international situation
and exchange opinions on the development of
bilateral relations.
October 29 Before departing Mozambique, Jorge Risquet met
with the Presidents of Angola, Guinea-Bissau, and
Burkina, as well as a high-level Soviet delega-
tion.
November 11 At the fourth meeting of the African Party for the
Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde, Guinea-
Bissau President Vieira rejects the idea that the
solution of the problems of southern Africa lies
in the withdrawal of Cuban troops from Angola.
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November 12 Central Committee member Sixto Batista Santana
heads a Cuban delegation to the fourth congress of
the African Party of the Independence of Guinea-
Bissau and Cape Verde, held in Guinea Bissau.
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January 16 Politburo member Sergio del Valle arrives in
Guyana and is greeted at the airport by Guyanese
official Van West-Charles. Del Valle will evaluate
the efforts of the 33 Cubans working in Guyana.
Fidel Castro, Carlos Rafael Rodriguez, Jorge
Risquet, and Lionel Soto meet in Moscow with
Cheddi Jagan, leader of the People's Progressive
Party of Guyana.
Winston Murray, Guyana's Minister of State for
Internal Trade and Consumer Protection, arrives in
Havana to participate in the 11th meeting of the
Joint Intergovernmental Commission.
March 17 Foreign Minister Malmierca greets Guyana's
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Rashleigh Jackson at
Jose Marti International Airport.
Jorge Risquet receives Rashleigh Jackson to
discuss the strengthening of relations between the
two countries and study problems related to the
international situation.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez meets with Rashleigh
Jackson to discuss bilateral relations, the
international situation, and the Nonaligned
Movement.
During an interview in Guyana, President Hoyte
says relations with Cuba are based on equality and
mutual respect. He says Cuba has trained Guyanese
doctors but Guyana has never allowed a Cuban mili-
tary plane carrying troops to pass through Guyana.
October 2 Cuba and Guyana sign a new trade agreement. Cuba
will continue to supply Guyana with soap, tobacco,
and detergent in exchange for rice, furniture,
wood, and other items.
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Granma condemns planned US naval exercises in the
Caribbean as a form of pressure on Haiti's
opposition forces.
November 11 At the Union of Cuban Journalists Headquarters in
Havana, United Party of Haitian Communists
Secretary General Rene Theodore says Haiti's
struggle is an authentic people's struggle and
demands that the US stop intervening in Haiti.
November 18 Politburo member Jorge Risquet meets with Haitian
Communist leader Rene Theodore to exchange
opinions on the Haitian and international
political situations and relations between the
two parties.
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March 19 Alarcon perceives "a growing militarization of
Honduran society" according to his statement in an
interview with El Pais.
Vice Foreign Minister Ricardo Alarcon describes
the US, El Salvador, Costa Rica, and Honduras as
countries that do not have the political will to
achieve a peaceful solution in Central America.
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January 6 The 14th meeting of the joint Cuba-Hungarian
Intergovernmental Commission for Economic,
Scientific, and Technical Cooperation begins in
Cuba.
At a CEMA conference in Budapest, Cuban Institute
of Radio and Television President Ismael Gonzalez
says Cuba is prepared to confront all types of
radio broadcast and televised aggressions.
Hungary's Deputy Premier Jozsef Marjai meets with
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez.
A protocol is signed at the conclusion of the 14th
sessions of the Hungarian-Cuban Economic and
Technical-Scientific Cooperation Committee. Cuba
will send workers to build houses in Hungary.
Hungarian Politburo member Istivan Sarlos visits
Havana to attend the Cuban Communist Party
Congress.
February 26 Construction Minister Balmaseda visits Budapest to
discuss cooperation in the construction industry
and the employment of Cuban workers in Hungary.
Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Varkonyi departs
Budapest for Cuba and Nicaragua at the invitation
of the foreign ministers of the two countries.
Isidoro Malmierca accompanies Hungarian Minister
of Foreign Affairs Peter Varkonyi during a visit
to Havana.
Varkonyi and Malmierca sign a cooperation agree-
ment between the two ministries for the coming
five-year period and manifests the common will to
struggle for world peace.
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Raul Castro and Peter Varkonyi discuss the
international situation and bilateral relations,
during a meeting in Havana.
The Cuban delegation led by Secretariat member
Jaime Crombet visits Hungary and meets with
Ferenc Havasi, Secretary of the Central Committee,
and leading representatives of the economic
management organs.
General Secretary of the Hungarian Socialist
Workers' Party Janos Kadar sends a cable of greet-
ings to Fidel Castro on the occasion of his 60th
birthday.
A delegation from the Hungarian People's Republic,
headed by Jozsef Marjai, Deputy Chairman of the
Hungarian Council of Ministers arrives in Cuba and
meets with Jose Ramon Fernandez to discuss
bilateral cooperation.
September 6 A delegation of the Budapest Committee of the
Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party headed by
Karoly Grosz visits Cuba. He studies the Cuban
education and health system and meets with Central
Committee member Jorge Lezcano.
Hungarian National Defense Minister Ferenc Karpati
arrives in Havana for a 10-day visit. He meets
with Raul Castro to discuss strengthening
relations between the two armed forces.
Colonel General Ferenc Karpati, Hungarian Defense
Minister, departs for Cuba at the invitation of
Raul Castro.
Raul Castro and Hungary's Defense Minister Colonel
General Ferenc Karpati sign a collaboration
agreement between their respective ministries to
unite the Cuban and Hungarian Armed Forces.
Karpati ends his 10-day visit to Cuba.
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November 12 Hungarian Justice Minister Imre Markoja arrives in
Cuba and is received at the airport by Justice
Minister Juan Escalona Reguera.
November 25 The 19th Cuban-Hungarian Scientific and Technical
Subcommission meeting is held in Havana. A trade
agreement is signed to exchange goods worth $10.3
million in 1987.
November 28 The working session of the sub-commission for
scientific and technical cooperation between Cuba
and the Hungarian People's Republic ends with the
signing of a final protocol. A date processing
group is created and cooperation plans ratified.
Hungarian Domestic Trade Minister Zoltan Juhar and
and his Cuban counterpart Manuel Vila Sosa sign a
trade agreement for 1987 in Havana. Cuba will
export ready-made clothes, early tomatoes and
green peppers, and various citrus fruits.
December 20 A Hungarian delegation headed by Minister of the
Interior Janos Kamara departs for Cuba at the
invitation of his counterpart, Jose Abrahantes
Fernandez. During a meeting, the development of
ministerial cooperation is discussed.
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April 17
Raul Roa Kouri, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs,
arrives in New Delhi to discuss with Indian
officials the international situation and the
Nonaligned Movement meeting to be held 16-19
April.
At the Nonaligned Movement meeting in New Delhi,
Isidoro Malmierca expresses confidence that the
Nonaligned Movement countries will reiterate their
solidarity with Nicaragua, which is facing US
attacks.
In New Delhi, Isidoro Malmierca, speaking to the
plenary meeting of foreign ministers, calls the
attack on Libya an expression of US savagery.
US aggression in El Salvador and Nicaragua is
condemned by Latin American and Caribbean nations
attending the Nonaligned meeting in New Delhi.
Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, who is also
President of the Nonaligned Movement, receives
Isidoro Malmierca in New Delhi. Gandhi sends
greetings to Fidel Castro.
The first ship of the Indian Navy, the Godavari,
arrives in Havana port carrying antiaircraft and
antiship missiles, medium-range cannons, and anti-
submarine torpedoes, and carries two helicopters.
It has 33 officers and 350 sailors on board.
Fidel Castro visits the Indian warship Godavari
and is received by Commander, Captain M. B.
Karnik.
The Cuban delegation attending a seminar in New
Delhi on the Nonaligned Movement reaffirms that
the struggle for peace and against nuclear holo-
caust are the basic principals of that movement.
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August 11 Foreign Minister Malmierca receives N. Peyain,
India's special envoy for Nonaligned countries,
to discuss the Eighth Nonaligned Summit Meeting.
Peyain tours the Isle of Youth before departing
for Nicaragua.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez meets with Indian official
N Fe Jayin who has been in Cuba since 9 August.
During the meeting, the two leaders discussed pre-
parations for the Eighth Nonaligned Summit meeting
to be held in Harare.
September 2 Fidel Castro and Carlos Rafael Rodriguez meet in
Harare with Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi to
exchange opinions on the Eighth Nonaligned Summit
and to express their satisfaction with the meet-
ing.
October 19 Cuba and India sign an agreement for cooperation
in the peaceful uses of atomic energy. The agree-
ment is signed by Deputy Secretary in the Execu-
tive Secretariat for Nuclear Affairs, J. Rosales,
and Indian Ambassador Madhav Keshav Mangalmurti.
November 14 President of the National Assembly Flavio Bravo
receives R. L. Bhatia, General Secretary of the
Indian National Congress, to discuss the structure
and functioning of the local organs of the Cuban
Government and the National Assembly.
Indian official Bhatia meets with Jorge Risquet.
A cooperation protocol is signed on behalf of the
Indian National Congress and the Communist Party
of Cuba to promote and develop the traditional
friendship between the two countries.
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Cuban Ambassador to Tehran Luis Marisy Figueredo
bids farewell to President Khamenei upon termina-
tion of his service.
Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Velayati
arrives in Havana and meets with Carlos Rafael
Rodriguez and Isidoro Malmierca to discuss
bilateral relations and the situations in Central
America and the Middle East.
Before departing Havana, 'Ali Akbar Velayati says
that Cuban-Iranian relations are very friendly,
and that his country supports people who are
struggling for independence in Central America
and southern Africa.
Fidel Castro and 'Ali Velayati discuss the inter-
national situation, the Nonaligned Movement, and
bilateral relations. Velayati also delivers a
message to Fidel from Khamenei.
Granma announces that Isidro E. Contreras Perez
has been named Cuban Ambassador to Iran.
September 2 Fidel Castro and Iranian President Ali Khamenei
meet in Harare. They discuss topics of mutual
interest, the international situation, the threat
of imperialism against Third World countries, and
the situation in South Africa.
September 3 In Harare, Fidel Castro takes part in an interview
with the voice and vision of Iran stating that, in
his opinion, nations that are preparing themselves
to fight imperialism cannot be defeated and imper-
ialism knows Cuba has prepared their people.
October 8 Iranian President Khamenei receives the new Cuban
Ambassador to Iran, Isidro Contreras Perez.
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A member of the Central Committee of the Communist
Party of Cuba delivers a message from Fidel Castro
to President Saddam Hussein.
Vice President of the Council of State Juan
Almeida receives the credentials of Sabah Tal'at
Gadar as Iraq's new ambassador to Cuba.
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Carlos Rafael Rodriguez receives Andrew Eustace
Palmer who presents his credentials as UK and
North Ireland Ambassador to Cuba.
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Secretariat member Lionel Soto Prieto meets in
Havana with Georges Habbash, General Secretary of
the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine,
to discuss the current situation in the Middle
East and international affairs.
October 29 Carlos Rafael Rodriguez meets with Georges
Habbash, General Secretary of the Popular Front
for the Liberation of Palestine, who is visiting
at the invitation of the Communist Party Central
Committee.
Foreign Minister Malmierca meets with Palestinian
leader Georges Habbash to discuss the Middle East
situation.
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January 16 A cultural agreement for 1986-87 between Cuba and
Italy is signed in Havana. The agreement includes
the areas of science, culture, education, and
sports.
February 13 Carlos Rafael Rodriguez discusses ties between the
Italian and Cuban Communist Parties with Renato
Sangieri of the Italian Communist Party at the
Third Party Congress.
March 3 The Italian Foreign Ministry reports that Ricardo
Cabrizas, during his visit to Rome, says Cuba
wants to double exports to industrialized
countries by 1990.
March 12 In an interview in Havana, Jose Felipe Carneado,
Chief of the Communist Party of Cuba Central
Committee Religious Affairs Office, says the Pope
will not visit Cuba this year.
April 15 Armando Hart attends the 17th Italian Communist
Party Congress in Rome. He says a Vietnamization
process has begun in Central America that can be
more painful for the US than for Nicaragua.
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September 19 Granma announces that Silvio Riveras Perez has
been named Cuban Ambassador to Ivory Coast, with
residence in Conakry, Guinea.
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September 19 In his address to the Chamber of Commerce,
Jamaican People's National Party leader Michael
Manley says that if his party is elected to form
the next government, he will restore diplomatic
relations with Cuba.
October 24 Bridgetown press reports that Jamaica's Opposition
Peoples National Party leader Michael Manley held
talks in Havana with Fidel Castro on the Central
America conflict. Manley is concerned over the
dangers that lurk if Contadora fails.
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January 20 A parliamentary delegation from the Japanese Diet,
headed by Liberal Democratic Party deputy
Sakarushi, arrives in Cuba at the invitation of
the National Assembly.
January 21 Flavio Bravo arrives in Cienfuegos accompanied
by Yoshio Sakarushi and Osamu Inaba, deputies of
Japanese Diet, to visit important economic centers
and construction sites.
January 22 Fidel Castro discusses bilateral relations, the
international situation, and the world economic
crisis with Japanese Diet Deputy Yoshio
Sakarushi and Deputy Osamu Inaba.
January 23 Yoshio Sakarushi and his delegation conclude
their visit to Cuba. Sakarushi met with Carlos
Rafael Rodriguez and other Cuban officials.
February 24 Foreign Trade Minister Ricardo Cabrizas meets with
Yosihiro Inamaya, President of Keidanren--a power-
ful federation of Japanese economic and industrial
groups--to discuss economic development.
Hector Rodriguez Llompart, Minister President of
the National Bank of Cuba, meets with Satochi
Sumita, Bank of Japan Governor to discuss the
current financial situation as well as the
differences that exist between the two countries.
Flavio Bravo sends a message to the world
conference against A- and B-bombs in Tokyo, saying
the solution to the world's current economic and
social problems is incompatible with the arms race
and the idea of military superiority.
Rafael Lopez of the Cuban Movement for the Peace
and Sovereignty of Peoples speaks in Tokyo at the
world conference against atomic and hydrogen bombs
denouncing the US Government arms race to achieve
military supremacy over the Soviet Union.
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December 20 The Government of Japan says it will suspend the
issuing of short-term export insurance for Cuba,
effective 22 December, because of Havana's foreign
currency crisis.
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February 27 Guillermo Garcia receives the credentials of the
new Jordanian Ambassador to Cuba, Abdallah Salah.
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Fidel Castro, Carlos Rafael Rodriguez, and Jorge
Risquet, and Lionel Soto meet in Moscow with the
delegation from North Korea headed by Kang Song-
san, member of the Politburo.
Fidel Castro, Carlos Rafael Rodriguez, Jorge
Risquet, Div. Gen. Senen Casas, and Lionel Soto
arrive in Pyongyang from Moscow and are greeted at
the airport by North Korean President Kim 11-song.
Kim 11-song decorates Fidel Castro with North
Korea's Order of Hero.
During a banquet in his honor, Fidel Castro
stresses solidarity with North Korea and renews
the Third World's call for a new international
economic order.
March 10 Fidel Castro presents the Order of Jose Marti to
Kim 11-song during a ceremony in North Korea.
Fidel Castro and Kim II-song discuss the inter-
national situation and agree the situation remains
tense due to an increase in the arms race and the
US policy of intervention and aggression.
Fidel Castro, speaking in Pyongyang, declares that
the solidarity of Cuba with North Korea will
remain invariable and rejects the 1988 Olympic
Games being held in South Korea.
Fidel Castro and Kim 11-song sign a cooperation
treaty to exchange experiences in socialist
construction and promote increased cooperation
relations between the mass organizations.
Granma reports that during Fidel's visit to North
Korea, an agreement was made to sell Cuba 100,000
rifles and several million rounds of ammunition on
favorable credit terms.
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Fidel Castro sends a message to Kim 11-song
expressing his deep appreciation for the attention
paid to the entire Cuban delegation.
Fidel Castro meets with the delegation of the
Korean Central News Agency headed by its general
Director Chu Hyon-ok who attended the non-aligned
news agencies' pool meeting.
Fidel Castro, Raul Castro, and Sixto Batista
attend a banquet in Havana celebrating the
birthday of North Korea's President Kim 11-song.
Deputy Director of the Civil Aviation Administra-
tion of North Korea Kim Chang-kuk and his Cuban
counterpart Falcon Quintero sign an air transport
agreement in Pyongyang.
The 10th session of the Cuban-North Korea economic
and scientific technical consultative commission
begins in Havana. Foreign Trade Ministers Ricardo
Cabrizas and Ch'oe Chong-kun preside.
Foreign Minister Malmierca meets with Choe Chong-
kun to discuss bilateral relations, especially in
the areas of trade, economic, scientific, and
technical cooperation.
Foreign Trade Minister Ricardo Cabrizas and Ch'oe
Chong-kun discuss bilateral trade, which increased
this year by 7 million pesos. North Korea sends
food, raw material, ferrous and nonferrous steel,
and spare parts primarily for agriculture to Cuba.
Foreign Trade Minister Ricardo Cabrizas and Choe
Chong-kun sign an economic, scientific, and
technical cooperation agreeement for 1986-87 at
the end of the 10th meeting of the intergovern-
mental commission meeting in Havana.
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Korea, North
Fidel Castro sends a message to a North Korean
newspaper threatening to boycott the 1988 Olympics
if North Korea does not cohost the games.
President of North Korean Kim I1-song receives
Cuban Ambassador to Korea Ricardo Danza Sigas and
his embassy officials on the 60th birthday of
Fidel Castro.
September 3 In Harare, Fidel Castro says that Cuba will attend
the upcoming Olympic Games only if they are shared
with North and South Korea.
September 30 Carlos Rafael Rodriguez meets in Havana with
Yang Hyong-sop, Chairman of the North Korean
Supreme People's Assembly, who is visiting Cuba at
the invitation of the National Assembly of the
People's Government.
October 13
November 4
Politburo member Jorge Risquet and Yang Hyong-sop
discuss the international situation and exchange
information on the meeting that will take place in
Havana on 11-13 December on the peaceful and
independent reunification of Korea.
North Korea's President Kim 11-song receives Vice
Minister Arsenio Franco Villanueva.
Jorge Risquet holds a meeting with Yi Chong-ok,
member of the Korean Workers Party Politburo.
November 28 Politburo member Jorge Risquet meets in Havana
with a high-level Korean Workers Party delegation
presided over by Hwang Chang-yop, member of the
Secretariat.
December 5 The Communist Party of Cuba and the Korean
Workers' Party sign a cooperation agreement in
Havana. Politburo member Jorge Risquet signs for
Cuba and Hwang Chang-yop signs for North Korea.
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December 11 The meeting of parties of America for Peaceful
and Independent Reunification of Korea opens in
Havana. Politburo member Julio Camacho Aguilera,
Melba Hernandez, and Hwang Chang-yop preside.
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Fidel discloses in his speech that Cuba will not
participate in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul
unless Olympic officials adopt his recommendation
that the two Koreas co-host the games.
Fidel Castro, speaking in Pyongyang, declares that
the solidarity of Cuba with North Korea will
remain invariable and rejects the 1988 Olympic
Games being held in South Korea.
September 3 In Harare, Fidel Castro says that Cuba will attend
the upcoming Olympic Games only if they are shared
with North and South Korea.
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December 24 Under-secretary for Foreign Affairs Giraldo Mazola
delivers a message from Isidoro Malmierca to
Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Shaykh Sabah
al-Ahmad. Mazola and al-Ahmad discuss developing
relations. Mazola is enroute to Aden and Damascus.
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The Supreme People's Council of the Lao People's
Democratic Republic decorates Fidel and Raul
Castro for their great contributions to
strengthening friendship and cooperation.
President of the Laotian-Cuban Friendship
Association Khanbao Songsai meets with Oscar
Fernandez Mell, President of the Havana Province
Assembly. Songsai attended the Party Congress.
Central Committee member Rene Rodriguez Cruz
discusses topics of common interest with Khambou
Soumisai, member of the Central Committee of the
Lao People's Revolutionary Party.
Justice Minister Juan Escalona arrives in
Vientiane to exchange views with his colleague Kou
Souvannamethi on bilateral relations. A bilateral
cooperation protocol for 1986-87 is signed.
Nouhak Phoumsavan, Political Bureau member of the
Communist Party of Laos receives Justice Minister
Juan Escalona to discuss juridical cooperation.
Justice Minister Juan Escalona concludes a three
day visit to Laos. He meets with his counterpart
Kou Souvanamethi and signs a bilateral cooperation
protocol.
Minister of Justice Juan Escalona returns to Cuba
from Czechoslovakia and Slovak Republics, Vietnam,
Laos, and Cambodia. Cooperation agreements were
signed with the police organizations.
November 12 Alternate member of the Politburo Jose Ramirez
Cruz arrives in Laos and conveys a personal greet-
ing from Fidel Castro to Kaysone Phomvihan,
Secretary General of the Lao People's Revolution-
ary Party.
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November 12 During a visit to Laos, PCC member Ismael Gonzalez
exchanges views with a Lao radio and television
delegation and signs a radio and television
cooperation agreement for 1986-90.
November 28 Fidel Castro sends a message of greetings to
Kaysone Phomvihan, General Secretary of the Lao
People's Revolutionary Party Central Committee,
on his reelection.
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The leader of Lebanon's Druze community, Walid
Jumblatt, arrives in Cuba and meets with Jorge
Risquet. Jumblatt explains that the complex
situation in his country is the object of Zionist
aggression and US plans of intervention.
Acting Minister of Foreign Relations Jose Viera
Linares receives Walid Jumblatt. Jumblatt explains
the plans of imperialism and reactionary forces to
liquidate the Lebanese patriotic forces and end
the struggle of the Palestinian people.
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Foreign Minister Malmierca arrives in Lesotho. He
is received by Foreign Minister Vincent Makhele
and the ministers of planning, health, and
information.
Havana press reports that Major General Justice
Lekhanye, chief of Lesotho's parliamentary force
has overthrown the government of Prime Minister
Jonathan. Malmierca remains in the country.
A Zimbabwe Air Force plane flies Foreign Minister
Malmierca out of Lesotho, where he had been
stranded as a result of the military coup that
overthrew the government.
Prensa Latina reports that during Malmierca's
stay in Lesotho he discussed bilateral relations
and the Nonaligned Movement with Prime Minister
Jonathan, before his government was overthrown.
Johannesburg press reports that a Cuban was shot
dead by a youth at the weekend when seven Cubans
visited a Lesotho youth training camp. Six Cubans
are under guard in their hotel rooms in Maseru.
September 30 Carlos Rafael Rodriguez receives the credentials
of B. A. Sekhonyana as Lesotho's Ambassador to
Cuba.
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The Cuban Foreign Ministry condemns US threats of
economic sanctions and military provocations
against Libya.
February 26 In Moscow, Fidel Castro receives Libyan Staff
Major Abd Al-Salam Ahmad Jallud to discuss
cooperation between their countries and US-Zionist
threats and provocations.
Minister of Construction Overseas, Levi Farah,
heads a delegation to the 21st International Fair
in Tripoli. He meets with Fawzi al-Shakshuke,
Libya's Secretary of Planning.
In a statement issued by the Foreign Ministry,
Cuba emphatically condemns the US show of force
and sinking of Libyan naval units in the Gulf of
Sidra.
Oliver Tambo says it is necessary for the US to
yield to the resistance of the attacked small
states and imperialist actions against Libya
should be strongly condemned.
Oscar Oramas blames the US for its aggressive,
illegal, and daring behavior in the Libyan coasts
and relates those facts to the mad crusade made
by the Reagan administration against Nicaragua.
Jorge Alvarez Moreno, a Cuban doctor in charge of
a team of 100 Cuban doctors and nurses working for
the Libyan military, seeks political asylum with
his wife in Spain.
Granma charges that the US attack on Libya
"confirms that the center of state terrorism
against the emancipated peoples is in Washington."
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In Havana, the AALAPSO describes the US military
aggression against Libya as brutal and cold
blooded.
In New Delhi, Isidoro Malmierca, speaking to the
plenary meeting of foreign ministers, calls the
attack on Libya an expression of US savagery.
Fidel Castro sends a cable to Tripoli condemning
the barbaric US aggression against the Libyan
people and assuring Cuban solidarity against this
aggression.
Geneva press reports that at the UN disarmament
conference, Cuban delegate Nunez Mosquera accuses
the US of trying to assassinate Libyan leader
Qadhafi.
Politburo member Jorge Risquet meets in Havana
with Ali Hudayri, special envoy of Qadhafi, to
discuss the recent US attack on the Libyan people.
Hudayri expresses his satisfaction over the posi-
tion taken by Cuba toward the US attack on Libya.
In a press conference, Ali Hudayri says he came to
Cuba to exchange opinions and discuss methods of
confronting US state terrorism. He says Libya
supports an international meeting to discuss the
causes of terrorism, but not on Reagan's terms.
Cuba's Foreign Ministry issues a report saying
Hudayri and Isidoro Malmierca met to analyze the
international situation, focusing on the US'
aggression against Libya and the threats of the
Reagan administration against Libya.
Fidel Castro receives Ali Hudayri. Fidel
reiterates Cuba's solidarity with the Libyan
people and government and condemns the aggression
carried out against Libya by the US.
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Fidel Castro and Iranian President Ali Khamenei
meet in Harare. They discuss topics of mutual
interest, the international situation, the threat
of imperialism against Third World countries, and
the situation in South Africa.
Vice President of the Council of State Juan
Almeida arrives in Tripoli to attend festivities
commemorating the 17th anniversary of the Libyan
revolution.
September 3 Libyan leader Qadhafi meets in Harare with Fidel
Castro and Daniel Ortega. In a radio statement,
Qadhafi says he told Castro and Ortega they will
no longer be alone; Libya will spare no efforts to
attain freedom and confront US terrorism.
December 18 Carlos Rafael Rodriguez receives Libyan Ibrahim
Muhammad al-Bishari, Secretary of Economy and
Trade, who is heading his country's delegation to
the seventh session of the mixed commission for
bilateral cooperation.
Minister Without Portfolio Levi Farah and Ibrahim
Muhammad al-Bishari sign a document approving the
creation of a mixed Cuban-Libyan enterprise
responsible for maintaining the construction of
civilian installations.
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Carlos Rafael Rodriguez receives the credentials
of the new Mauritanian Ambassador to Cuba
Mohamed Mahjoub Ould Boye.
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Carlos Rafael Rodrigues receives the credentials
of Ambassador of Chitmansing Jesseramsing of
Mauritius and Ambassador Kwam Kouassi of Togo.
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Construction Minister Raul Cabrera Nunez arrives
in Mexico City to inaugurate the first school
constructed with Cuban assistance since the
September earthquake.
Cuban Ambassador to Mexico Jose Fernandez de
Cossio asserts that the Cuban Government supports
the measures Mexico has taken to confront the
economic crisis.
Vice President of the National Assembly Severo
Aguirre del Cristo and his delegation depart for
Mexico to attend the Interparliamentary Union's
75th Conference from 7 - 12 April.
Severo Aguirre tells a Havana radio station that
the first topics to be discussed in Mexico will be
the present peace situation, the arms race, and
the oppressive foreign debt.
Vice President of the National Assembly Severo
Aguirre addresses the 75th IPU Conference in
Mexico and compares the US warmongering line with
the USSR's peace policy.
The US delegation to the ECLA meeting in Mexico
accuses Cuba of introducing unacceptable political
elements in the meeting and says Cuba and
Nicaragua are encouraging subversion in Latin
America.
At the ECLA meeting in Mexico, Cuba strongly
rejects a violent attack made by the US delegation
and warns that it is ready to give appropriate
political, economic, and/or military response to
any Washington action.
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Mexico City press reports that Cuba has told its
foreign creditors it will suspend debt payments
for 90 days, beginning 5 May, while seeking favor-
able repayment terms and $500 million in cash to
make up for a projected shortfall.
The National Association of Cuban Economists and
its counterpart Mexican organization sign a
cooperation agreement for the exchange of informa-
tion on technical and academic experience.
The sixth plenary meeting of the Cuba-Mexico
enterprise committee opens in Mexico City. Cuban
Ambassador to Mexico Jose Agustin Fernandez de
Cosio calls for more efforts to open more
possibilities for Cuban goods in local markets.
Asela de los Santos, First Vice Minister of Educa-
tion, arrives in Mexico to sign the 7th cultural
and educational cooperation agreement. The new
agreement provides greater exchange in cultural,
scientific-technical, and educational spheres.
Cuba and Mexico sign a cultural exchange agreement
for 1986-89 in Mexico City. The agreement includes
the assignment of professors and specialists to
centers of higher education and the granting of
scholarships for technical/ professional training.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez meets with Mexican Foreign
Relations Secretary Bernardo Sepulveda in Mexico
City to discuss the situation in Central America,
with special emphasis on the recently concluded
Contadora meeting in Panama.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez meets with President
de la Madrid to discuss aspects of bilateral
relations, the situation in Central America, and
other topics of Latin American interest.
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At the conclusion of his visit to Mexico, Carlos
Rafael Rodriguez says that Latin America is going
through one of the worst periods in its entire
history because of the foreign debt of nearly
$370 billion.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez grants an interview to
Mexican journalist Luis Suarez, discussing the
Central American conflict and the Contadora
Group's peace effort, and reiterating that the
foreign debt is unpayable.
Mexico City press reports that the new Government
of Barbados indicates that it wishes to have good
relations will all countries. Prime Minister Errol
Barrow's Social Democrats wish for open, sincere
relations, and cooperation with the US and Cuba.
Former Mexican President Luis Echeverria arrives
in Cuba for a visit after an invitation from Fidel
Castro.
In an interview with Excelsior, Fidel Castro says
that Nicaragua is not Grenada and that the deliv-
ery of the $100 million to the counterrevolution-
aries will further complicate the resolution of
the Central American conflict.
Fidel Castro also tells Excelsior that the US
attacks on Mexico and Panama are aimed at weaken-
ing the political process in those countries.
Fidel Castro says he is giving most of his time to
Cuba's domestic problems because of errors which
have to be corrected immediately, and his decision
to abolish the private peasants market was justi-
fied, according to his interview in Excelsior.
US-Cuban talks aimed at renewing an immigration
treaty broken off 14 months ago begin in Mexico
City.
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A cooperation agreement between Mexico's National
Association of the Processing Industry and the
Cuban Chamber of Commerce is signed in Havana.
The agreement will increase trade relations with
Cuba in diverse economic and trade sectors.
During a meeting in Mexico City, the US breaks off
talks to reinstate an immigration treaty because
the Cubans try to link the immigration issue to
international radio broadcasting.
The Cuban Foreign Ministry announces that no
agreement was reached during talks held with the
US in Mexico City regarding immigration.
President of the National Assembly Flavio Bravo
receives Mexican Senator Socorro Diaz Palacios,
in Cuba to participate in the 26 July festivities,
to discuss bilateral relations.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez meets with Mexican Senator
Socorro Diaz in Havana to discuss current inter-
national issues, especially problems affecting
developing countries, the Central American situa-
tion, and Latin America's foreign debt.
In Proceso, Fidel Castro points out the threat of
war has sharply increased since the present US ad-
ministration has been in power and says if the US
removes its military advisers from Central
America, Cuba will support this political step.
Mexican Senator Socorro Diaz, El Dia newspaper
director, ends her official visit in Cuba at the
invitation of the National Assembly. During her
stay, she met with high-level party and government
leaders.
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September 13 In Mexico City, Deputy Defense Minister Guillermo
Rodriguez Del Pozo says that if the US attempts to
invade Nicaragua, Cuba will support Nicaragua.
Such aid could be with troops, weapons, financial
resources, or moral support to the Sandinistas.
September 25 Mexican Agriculture and Water Resources Secretary
Eduardo Pesqueira Olea arrives in Havana and is
welcomed at the airport by Agriculture Minister
Adolfo Diaz Suarez.
Arnoldo Rodriguez Camps, trade adviser at the
Cuban Embassy in Mexico, says the US is violating
international trade agreements which it previously
signed with developing countries. Rodriguez Camps
inaugurates Expo-Cuba 86 in Mexico City.
Mexico City Notimex reports that Cuba could be-
come the second major grapefruit producer after
the US within the next few years. It is estimated
that 1.4 billion tons of citrus will be produced
by the end of 1986.
Vice President of the Council of Ministers Jose
Ramon Fernandez arrives in Mexico City to
inaugurate education centers constructed with
Cuban assistance for the victims of last year's
earthquake.
Jose Ramon Fernandez visits with Mexico's
President Miguel de la Madrid to convey greetings
from the Cuban Government to the Mexican people.
December 4 Mexican Deputy Secretary of Fisheries Fernando
Castro and his Cuban counterpart Enrique Oltuski
sign a protocol on cooperation in fishing.
December 19 An agreement between Mexico's Institute of Radio,
Television, and Film and the Cuban Institute of
Radio and Television sign an agreement in Havana
for 1986-1989.
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March 6 A plan for cooperation in the fields of culture,
science, and education for 1986-1990 is signed in
Havana by Mongolian Ambassador to Cuba Nandzad and
Deputy Forign Minister Bolanos.
April 4
The Cuban-Mongolian Inter-Governmental Commission
for Scientific and Technical Cooperation is
created. Ernesto Melendez and M. Ochirbat,
Mongolian State Cooperation Minister sign.
A ceremony is held in Havana marking the 68th
anniversary of the triumph of the Mongolian
People's revolution. Orlando Fundora and
Bayarhuugiyn Nandzad, Mongolia's Ambassador to
Cuba preside.
Fidel Castro is awarded the highest decorations
from the Governments of the Soviet Union and
Mongolia, the Order of Lenin and the Sukhe Bator,
respectively. He is presented these awards on the
occasion of his 60th birthday.
November 10 The Council of State announces that Ramiro
Rodriguez Gomez has been designated as Ambassador
to Mongolia.
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The Mozambique National Resistance Movement claims
responsibility for shooting down a troop-carrying
transport aircraft, killing 3 Cubans and 21
Zimbabweans.
Fidel Castro, Carlos Rafael Rodriguez, Jorge
Risquet, and Lionel Soto meet in Moscow with
Joaquim Chissano, Chief of the Mozambique Libera-
tion Front.
Havana press reports from Harare that Fidel Castro
held talks with President Garcia of Peru,
Ortega of Nicaragua, Machel of Mozambique, and
Guyanese Prime Minister Hoyte.
September 17 Mozambican President Machel increases pressure on
Malawi by bringing three Soviet officers and two
Cubans with him to the border area to look for
strategic sites to install weapons systems aimed
at rebels infiltrating from Malawi.
The Cuban Government proclaims three days of
official mourning for the death of Mozambique
President Samora Machel.
Isidoro Malmierca and Jorge Risquet sign a
condolence book at the Mozambique Embassy in
Havana on the occasion of the death of Samora
Machel.
Politburo member Jorge Risquet arrives in
Mozambique to attend the funeral of President
Samora Machel.
Jorge Risquet and his delegation meet at the
Mozambique Liberation Front party headquarters
with Marcelino dos Santos, Frelimo Politburo mem-
ber, to express the condolences of Fidel Castro
and all the Cuban people for the death of Machel.
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Politburo member Jorge Risquet meets in Mozambique
with Robert Mugabe, Prime Minister of Zimbabwe,
and Ghana's leader Flight Lt. Rawlings to discuss
the world situation, especially in southern
Africa.
Before departing Mozambique, Jorge Risquet met
with the Presidents of Angola, Guinea-Bissau, and
Burkina, as well as a high-level Soviet delega-
tion.
Radio Reloj reports that Jorge Risquet met with
Marcelino dos Santos, Joaquim Chissano, and
Armando Llegusa, members of the Frelimo Party, to
express Cuba's solidarity and support for
Mozambique.
Radio Reloj reports that Jorge Risquet met with
Oliver Tambo, President of the African National
Congress, in Mozambique, to discuss the struggle
of the South African people against apartheid and
US support of the regime in Pretoria.
Radio Reloj reports that Jorge Risquet met in
Maputo with PLO President Yasir Arafat to discuss
the Middle East situation.
December 4 Carlos Rafael Rodriguez and Isidoro Malmierca
receive the credentials of Esperanza Machavela
accrediting her as Mozambican Ambassador to Cuba.
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Fidel Castro sends messages to Sam Nujoma, Presi-
dent of the South-West African People's Organiza-
tion, and to Oliver Tambo, President of the
African National Congress of South Africa,
celebrating solidarity with Africa.
In Pretoria, President Botha says his government
had repeatedly said the Cuban presence in Angola
was the last stumbling block in the way of imple-
menting the UN Security Council's Resolution 435
Independence Plan for Swa/Namibia.
Isidoro Malmierca and Sam Nujoma, in Vienna
attending the international conference for the
immediate independence of Namibia, call for the
application of total compulsory sanctions against
South Africa.
In Vienna, Isidoro Malmierca reaffirms that Cuban
troops will be withdrawn from Angola after agree-
ment has been reached with Luanda, the same day
that the Pretoria regime disappears, and Namibia
becomes independent.
September 20 At the UN, Chinese Foreign Minister Wu Xueqian
and Isidoro Malmierca exchange views on Namibia.
October 31 Angolan President dos Santos meets with Jorge
Risquet to discuss international affairs, espec-
ially southern Africa. Risquet also meets in
Luanda with Namibia's SWAPO leader Sam Nujoma to
reiterate Cuba's support for Namibia.
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President of the National Assembly Flavio Bravo
receives a delegation of legislators from the
Netherlands.
Fidel Castro meets with Max van der Berg, Chairman
of the Labor Party of the Netherlands to discuss
the international situation, especially foreign
debt, and party relations.
Politburo alternate member Jesus Montane discusses
the international situation and preparations for
the third party congress with a delegation of
parliament members from the Netherlands.
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Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega sends greetings
to Fidel Castro on the 27th anniversary of the
Cuban revolution.
January 16 Vice President of the National Assembly of
Nicaragua Clemente Guido arrives in Cuba to learn
about how Cuban health services are organized,
especially in Oncology and Radiobiology.
Nicaraguan Public Health Minister Dora Maria
Tellez arrives in Cuba to discuss strengthening
medical cooperation between the two countries.
Clemente Guido and Vice President of the National
Assembly Severo Aguirre hold official talks.
Guido visits health installations related to the
family doctor program.
January 22 Flavio Bravo meets with Clemente Guido, Vice
President of the National Assembly of Nicaragua to
discuss the positive results of the recent Latin
American Parliament meeting in Lima.
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega arrives in
Havana to attend the Third Party Congress and is
welcomed by Manuel Pineiro.
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and Salvadoran
rebel officials Jorge Hander and Ruben Zamora
arrive in Havana to attend the Third Party
Congress. They are welcomed by Manuel Pineiro.
February 5 Nicaraguan President Ortega blasts the US during
his speech at the Party Congress.
In his closing speech at the Party Congress, Fidel
warns Washington that any interference in
Nicaragua or Angola would meet with stiffer Cuban
resistance.
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In an interview in Nicaragua, President Ortega
stresses Fidel Castro's statements that Cuban
assistance to Nicaragua would increase if the US
increases it aid to the counterrevolutionaries.
February 10 Minister of Culture Armando Hart travels to
Nicaragua to participate in the Latin American and
Caribbean political parties' conference for peace
and non-intervention.
February 25 Vice Minister of Foreign Relations Ricardo
Alarcon and his Nicaraguan counterpart, Jose Leon
Talavera, sign a cultural protocol for 1986.
February 26 The Foreign Ministry issues a communique asking
for an urgent mobilization against the Reagan
Administration's granting more aid to the
"Contras" fighting the Sandinista regime.
During the closing session of the Soviet Congress,
Fidel Castro warns that if the US increases its
aid to the Contras, Cuba will do everything
possible to increase its aid to Nicaragua.
Managua Radio Sandino reports that Nicaraguan
President Daniel Ortega departed yesterday for
Cuba on a personal visit. He is scheduled to
return to Nicaragua on 12 March.
At the UN, Cuba criticizes President Reagan's
attempts to request the US Congress $100 million
for aid to Nicaraguan contras.
Nicaragua's Defense Ministry reports on a ceremony
held at the Carlos Aguero School in recognition of
the work performed by Division General Arnaldo
Ochoa, head of a group of Cuban experts.
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Nicaragua's Defense Ministry announces that Cuban
General Arnaldo Ochoa was replaced on 9 March as
Commander of Cuban military advisers in Nicaragua.
Cuban General Nestor Lopez will be his successor.
The work sessions of the Mixed Commission for
Technical-Scientific and Economic Cooperation
between Nicaragua and Cuba ends in Managua with
the signing of a 1986 cooperation agreement.
Cuba and Nicaragua sign a 1986 cooperation agree-
ment in Managua at the conclusion of the seventh
meeting of the Joint Commission for Economic,
Scientific, and Technical Cooperation.
Edgar Vargas of the Sugar office of the Midinra,
Agricultural Development and Agrarian Reform
Ministry reports that approximately 660,000
quintals of raw sugar will be exported to Cuba.
Granma warns that the training of Nicaraguan
counterrevolutionary gangs by the US Special
Forces, the Green Berets, implies a new phase of
US aggression against Nicaragua.
At the Nonaligned Movement meeting in New Delhi,
Isidoro Malmierca expresses confidence that the
Nonaligned Movement countries will reiterate their
solidarity with Nicaragua, which is facing US
attacks.
US aggression in El Salvador and Nicaragua is
condemned by Latin American and Caribbean nations
attending the Nonaligned meeting in New Delhi.
Cuba sends 1,300 tons of staple supplies to Puerto
Cabezas to help solve the supply demands of that
city.
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AFP Havana reports that Nicaraguan Vice President
Sergio Ramirez and Interior Minister Tomas Borge
made an unpublicized visit to Cuba last week.
In Montevideo, Carlos Rafael Rodriguez says that
Cuban military advisers will "immediately" leave
Nicaragua if the general peace agreement for
Central America is signed. Rodriguez also accuses
the US of interferring in regional affairs.
In Montevideo, Carlos Rafael Rodriguez says that
Cuba has never maintained more than 800 members of
the armed forces and the Interior Ministry in
Nicaragua. Rodriguez calculates the number of
Cuban civilians in Nicaragua between 550 and 650.
During an address to the Senate's Commission for
International Affairs and the Chamber of Deputies,
in Montevideo, Carlos Rafael Rodriguez says Cuban
military advisers will "immediately" depart from
Nicaragua if the peace agreement is signed.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez tells TELAM that there are
Cubans in Nicaragua: 800 national security and
military assistants, about 700 civilian assist-
ants, and about 700 civilian assistants.
The Cuba 86 police writers meeting ends with an
agreement to create an international association
for police literature. Nicaraguan Interior Minis-
ter Tomas Borge and Armando Hart exchange opinions
with the participants.
The London Times reports on Fidel Castro's inter-
view with Patrice Barrat. Fidel says Cuba will do
everything to shore up Nicaragua's defense to make
it virtually impossible for the US to intervene
militarily "without paying a very high price."
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June 23 The Nicaraguan Interior Ministry reports that two
foreign mercenaries of Cuban origin were captured
with a group of Nicaraguan counterrevolutionaries.
The Cubans say they went to rebel training camps
in Costa Rica before crossing into Nicaragua.
July 10 A Nicaraguan delegation led by Glenda Monterrey
Vasquez, Secretary General of the Luisa Amanda
Espinoza Nicaraguan Women's Organization, is tour-
ing points of historical and economic interest in
Guantanamo.
July 18 Fidel Castro sends Nicaraguan President Daniel
Ortega greetings on the seventh anniversary of the
Sandinista people's revolution.
In a statement to Barricada, news organ of the
FSLN, Risquet expresses the Cuban people's
enthusiasm over the victories of Nicaragua in the
face of the aggressive plans of the US Government.
Politburo member Jorge Risquet presides over the
Cuban delegation attending the seventh anniversary
of the Sandinist revolution. He says the
Nicaraguan revolution's social work is advancing
despite the war and blockade imposed by the US.
Jorge Risquet presents warm greetings from Fidel
Castro to Daniel Ortega and expresses solidarity
of all the Cuban people with Nicaragua. They also
discuss bilateral cooperation.
Nicaraguan President Ortega sends a message to
Fidel Castro to mark the 33rd anniversary of the
attack on Moncada Barracks.
Havana Prensa Latina reports that Nicaraguan
Commander of the Revolution Tomas Borge was unable
to participate in Cuba's 26 July celebrations
because of technical problems with his plane.
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Ricardo Alarcon says Cuba has increased its aid to
Nicaragua following Washington's approval of $100
million for the anti-Sandinista guerrilla
movement.
September 4 Havana press reports from Harare that Fidel Castro
held talks with President Garcia of Peru,
Ortega of Nicaragua, Machel of Mozambique, and
Guyanese Prime Minister Hoyte.
September 13 In Mexico City, Deputy Defense Minister Guillermo
Rodriguez Del Pozo says that if the US attempts to
invade Nicaragua, Cuba will support Nicaragua.
Such aid could be with troops, weapons, financial
resources, or moral support to the Sandinistas.
Politburo member Osmani Cienfuegos and Division
General Senen Casas arrive in Nicaragua to attend
the ceremony marking the 25th anniversary of the
Sandinista National Liberation Front.
December 1 Nicaraguan Defense Minister Ortega participates as
a guest in the deferred session of Cuba's Third
Party Congress. At the request of Raul Castro, he
speaks to the congress on the current Nicaraguan
situation.
December 13 Division General Abelardo Colome Ibarra, First FAR
Vice Minister, decorates Jose Fernando Escanales,
Bairon Monteil, and Raul Acevedo, of the Sandinist
Peoples' Army, with the 30th FAR anniversary
medal, for shooting down a US plane in Nicaragua.
December 19 Waldo Hernandez Perez and Mario Eugenio Rojas,
mercenaries of Cuban origin captured in Nicaragua
as part of a counterrevolutionary force, will be
sentenced by Nicaraguan courts in January and
could receive the maximum sentence of 30 years.
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February 14 Granma announces that Heriberto Feraudy Espino has
been named Cuban Ambssador to Nigeria.
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President of Zimbabwe Canaan Banana meets with
Isidoro Malmierca to discuss the coming summit
meeting of the Nonaligned Movement.
Prensa Latina reports that during Malmierca's
stay in Lesotho he discussed bilateral relations
and the Nonaligned Movement with Prime Minister
Jonathan, before his government was overthrown.
Isidoro Malmierca and Zimbabwean Prime Minister
Mugabe describe bilateral relations as excellent
and discuss preparations for the Eighth Nonaligned
Summit to be held in Harare in September.
The third medical experts meeting of the
Nonaligned Movement and other developing countries
ends in Havana.
During a preliminary meeting of the Nonaligned
News Agencies members, Malmierca attacks Western
news groups for ignoring the achievements of the
Nonaligned countries coverage of world affairs.
Jose Ramon Fernandez, Vice President of the
Council of Ministers, inaugurates the fourth
general conference of news agencies from Non-
aligned countries.
At the news pool conference, Cuba is elected to
preside over this organization for the next three
years. Pedro Margolles Vallanueva, Director
General of Prensa Latina, is selected president.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez meets with Rashleigh
Jackson to discuss bilateral relations, the
international situation, and the Nonaligned
Movement.
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Foreign Minister Malmierca and Vo Dong Giang,
Vietnamese Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, meet
in Havana to exchange opinions on the inter-
national situation and the Nonaligned Movement.
A conference of the pool of Nonaligned News
Agencies ends in Havana with an agreement to step
up its output of economic news and cutting costs
through communications agreements.
Zambian Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Sikao and
Ulises Estrada discuss Nonaligned matters and the
Nonaligned Summit to be held in Harare, Zimbabwe.
Several delegations arrive in Havana to
participate in the meeting of ministers of educa-
tion and culture of the Nonaligned Movement which
will begin on 1 April.
Education Minister Jose Ramon Fernandez greets
participants attending the second meeting of
education and culture ministers from the Non-
aligned Movement and other developing countries.
The second meeting of education and culture
ministers of the Nonaligned Movement and develop-
ing countries ends in Havana.
Raul Roa Kouri, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs,
arrives in New Delhi to discuss with Indian
officials the international situation and the
Nonaligned Movement meeting to be held 16-19
April.
At the Nonaligned Movement meeting in New Delhi,
Isidoro Malmierca expresses confidence that the
Nonaligned Movement countries will reiterate their
solidarity with Nicaragua, which is facing US
attacks.
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In New Delhi, Isidoro Malmierca, speaking to the
plenary meeting of foreign ministers, calls the
attack on Libya an expression of US savagery.
US aggression in El Salvador and Nicaragua is
condemned by Latin American and Caribbean nations
attending the Nonaligned meeting in New Delhi.
Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, who is also
President of the Nonaligned Movement, receives
Isidoro Malmierca in New Delhi. Gandhi sends
greetings to Fidel Castro.
The sixth meeting of coordinating countries in the
sphere of standardization, weights and measure-
ments, and quality control of the Nonaligned
Movement begins in Havana.
The sixth meeting of Nonaligned Movement
coordinating the standardization of meteorology
and quality control is closed in Havana by Ramon
Darias, Minister President of the State Committee
for Standardization.
Raif Dizdarevic, Federal Secretary for Foreign
Affairs of Yugoslavia, arrives in Havana and is
greeted by Isidoro Malmierca. They discuss
international and bilateral affairs and matters
related to the Nonaligned Movement.
Ghanaian leader Jerry Rawlings urges Yugoslavia
and Cuba to iron out any differences they may
have before the Nonaligned Movement meeting in
August and September.
The Cuban delegation attending a seminar in New
Delhi on the Nonaligned Movement reaffirms that
the struggle for peace and against nuclear holo-
caust are the basic principals of that movement.
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Foreign Minister Malmierca receives N. Peyain,
India's special envoy for Nonaligned countries,
to discuss the Eighth Nonaligned Summit Meeting.
Peyain tours the Isle of Youth before departing
for Nicaragua.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez meets with Indian official
N Fe Jayin who has been in Cuba since 9 August.
During the meeting, the two leaders discussed pre-
parations for the Eighth Nonaligned Summit meeting
to be held in Harare.
Havana press announces that Cuba's donation for
the Eighth Nonaligned Summit in Harare exceeds
$400,000 and includes the services of 64
translators and other specialists.
Interviewed on his arrival in Harare, Isidoro
Malmierca says he endorsed the draft declaration
submitted by Zimbabwe for adoption by the summit
of the Nonaligned Movement that dealt with issues
for disarmament and a halt to the arms race.
Experts of the Eighth Nonaligned Summit countries
meet in Harare and condemn the policy of state
terrorism conducted by the US Government.
The participants at the meeting of experts of the
Nonaligned Movement chose Nicaragua, Cuba, Peru,
and Guyana to hold the office of vice president
during the Eighth Nonaligned Summit.
Fidel Castro addresses the Nonaligned Summit
meeting in Harare. He says the arms race has
accelerated, regional conflicts have increased,
and the intervention of imperialism in these
conflicts is now greater and more direct.
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September 2 Fidel Castro and Carlos Rafael Rodriguez meet in
Harare with Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi to
exchange opinions on the Eighth Nonaligned Summit
and to express their satisfaction with the meet-
ing.
Fidel Castro, in a speech to the plenary session
of the Nonaligned Summit, says it is imperialism,
not socialism, that refuses to end nuclear arms
tests, and that the Third World's foreign debt is
the AIDS of the world economy.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez and Vasos Lissaridhis dis-
cuss international affairs and Rodriguez tells him
of the importance Cuba attributes to Cyprus
hosting the 1988 Ministerial Conference of the
Nonaligned Movement.
December 16 Vice Minister of Foreign Relations Pelegrin Torras
warns that the traditional enemies of the Non-
aligned Movement are persisting in their objective
to split the movement.
December 18 Yugoslav Prime Minister Branko Mikulic meets in
Belgrade with Ernesto Melendez Bachs, Minister
President of the State Committee for Economic Co-
operation, to discuss matters of bilateral
interest, international issues, and the NAM.
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A PLO delegation headed by Abd al-Rahim Ahmad
departs Amman for Cuba to attend the Third Party
Congress and to discuss developments in the Middle
East with Cuban officials.
Radio Reloj reports that Jorge Risquet met in
Maputo with PLO President Yasir Arafat to discuss
the Middle East situation.
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Fidel Castro tells Excelsior that the US
attacks on Mexico and Panama are aimed at weaken-
ing the political process in those countries.
Granma says the US has made outrageous and brutal
charges against General Manuel Antonio Noriega
and that the US has tried to destabilize Panama
through plans by the CIA in hoping to avoid having
to comply with the Torrijos-Carter Canal Treaties.
Rene Rodriguez, President of the Cuban Institute
of Friendship with the Peoples, meets in Panama
with Pedro Villa Martinez, President of the
Foreign Relations Commission of the Legislative
Assembly to discuss Central America and Contadora.
Cuban exiles stranded in Panama with transit visas
stage a public demonstration demanding that
President Delvalle grant them protection and exert
his influence with the US Government so they may
enter the country.
September 11 Members of the Cuban community in Panama send a
letter to US Ambassador Davis requesting a meeting
to discuss the US suspension of the petitions for
visas by Cubans wanting to enter the US. Some
4,000 Cubans are in Panama in transit.
Cuban Ambassador to Panama Miguel Brugueras
completes his tour of duty in Panama and will
return to Cuba as head of the Latin American
Affairs Department of the Cuban Foreign Relations
Ministry.
November 5 Cuban Ambassador to Panama Miguel Brugueras Del
Valle concludes his diplomatic mission to the
country.
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Fernando Constantini, Coordinator of Paraguayan
activities before ALADI, opposes the possibility
that Cuba may join the Latin American Integration
Association as an observer.
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Peruvian Prime Minister Luis Alva Castro, at a
press conference in Havana, announces the imminent
arrival of the new Peruvian Ambassador to Cuba and
resumption of full diplomatic relations.
Alva Castro, who is also Peru's Finance Minister,
reaffirms Peru's refusal to permit the IMF to
mediate the renegotiation of the foreign debt.
Before leaving Havana, Luis Alva Castro meets
again with Fidel Castro to discuss the activities
of the Peruvian delegation.
Alva Castro supports the idea of a conference in
Panama of presidents of the region, including
Fidel Castro, on the foreign debt and says, at
present, the foreign debt cannot be paid.
Alva Castro tells the press in Lima that his trip
to Cuba was very positive and relations between
the two countries will not only be normalized, but
will expand.
Alva Castro reveals that a group of Peruvian
technicians will travel to Cuba to take training
courses and receive instruction in Cuban sugar
industry installations.
President of the National Assembly Flavio Bravo
arrives in Lima to attend the Latin American
Parliament directors' meeting.
Flavio Bravo meets with Peruvian Prime Minister
Luis Alva Castro. Bravo gives Castro a personal
greeting from Fidel Castro.
Flavio Bravo and Peruvian President Alan Garcia
discuss topics of common interest during a meeting
in Lima.
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Flavio Bravo returns from a Latin American Parlia-
ment meeting in Lima where it was established that
the foreign debt cannot be paid under present
conditions that debtors are being asked to pay.
Carlos Alberto Higueras Ramon, the new Peruvian
Ambassador to Cuba, presents his credentials to
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez.
Peruvian Prime Minister Luis Alva Castro arrives
in Havana.
Havana press interviews Luis Alva Castro, Prime
Minister of Peru. Castro conveys solidarity greet-
ings from President Garcia to Fidel Castro and
discusses Cuban fishing in Peruvian waters.
During a meeting with Fidel Castro, Luis Alva
Castro expresses satisfaction over Cuba's gesture
of donating a field hospital with 100 beds to Peru
for the areas affected by an earthquake.
A Cuban delegation headed by Minister of Fishing
Industry Jose Fernandez Cuervo arrives in Lima
and is greeted by Prime Minister Luis Alva Castro.
The delegation will assist Peru in fishing, agri-
culture, and public health programs.
Jorge Fernandez Cuervo and his Peruvian counter-
part Jose Palomino agree to a six month extension
on the loan of two large Cuban ships to Peru at no
charge and the training of the crews for Peru's
fleet.
During a meeting in Lima with Peruvian President
Alan Garcia, Cuban Fishing Industry Minister Jorge
Fernandez Cuervo discusses the results of the work
carried out by the delegation he heads and
cooperation in matters of fishing and health.
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Peruvian Prime Minister Luis Alva Castro dedicates
the field hospital donated by Cuba to the city of
Cuzco, which was recently hit by a strong earth-
quake. Peruvian Health Minister David Tejada says
the hospital constitutes Cuba's solidarity.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez arrives in Lima and is
welcomed by Prime Minister and Vice President Luis
Alva Castro.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez meets with President Alan
Garcia and conveys greetings from Fidel Castro.
They exchange impressions on Latin America and
discuss bilateral relations.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez and Foreign Minister
Allan Wagner discuss the Central American crisis,
bilateral relations, and other topics.
In a press conference in Peru, Carlos Rafael
Rodriguez says there are many possibilities of
expanding bilateral cooperation between the two
countries and reiterates Cuba's position in favor
of a peaceful solution for Central America.
In Lima, Carlos Rafael Rodriguez states that there
was never any incompatibility between Fidel Castro
and Alan Garcia, merely "momentary disagreements,"
because both "are figures of outstanding political
momentum."
In an interview in Lima, Carlos Rafael Rodriguez
says the flow of communication between Cuba and
Peru is excellent and major interests between the
two countries are Latin America, world peace, and
the Third World.
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President of the National Assembly Oscar Fernandez
Mell receives Carlos Alberto Higueras Ramos,
ambassador from Peru, to discuss aspects related
to the work being done in Havana City Province and
relations between Havana, Lima and Cuzco.
Fidel Castro and Peruvian President Alan Garcia
meet in Harare to exchange views on various topics
related to the Government.
Deputy Foreign Minister Ricardo Alarcon is
received in Lima by Peruvian Foreign Minister
Alan Wagner and his counterpart Hubert Wieland.
September 4 Havana press reports from Harare that Fidel Castro
held talks with President Garcia of Peru,
Ortega of Nicaragua, Machel of Mozambique, and
Guyanese Prime Minister Hoyte.
December 4 Lima mayor and top opposition leader Alfonso
Barrantes departs for an eight day visit to Cuba
at the invitation of Fidel Castro. Barrantes will
attend an international forum on the reunification
of Korea.
December 19 Peruvian Prime Minister Luis Alva Castro arrives
on his third visit to Havana, accompanied by
Peruvian Senator Carlos Enrique Melgar and
Eusuyo Abramovits, President of Peruvian
Petroleum.
Peruvian Prime Minister Luis Alva Castro bestows
his country's highest award on Cuban Fishing
Industry Minister Jorge Fernandez Cuervo-Vinent.
Cuba and Peru extend cooperation in the fishing
industry to ensure fish supplies to Peru in 1987.
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December 22 Peruvian Prime Minister Alva Castro says that the
Cuban ships and their crews currently in Peru will
stay longer than scheduled because of the social
work they have been doing; fishing and selling the
fish at less than cost to needy Peruvians.
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Carlos Rafael Rodriguez receives the credentials
of Philippine Ambassador to Cuba Ophelia
Gonzalez.
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Poland's Council of National Defense Chairman
Jaruzelski meets in Warsaw with Cuban Ambassador
Narcisco Martin Mora Diaz to discuss bilateral
interests. Jaruzelski conveys greetings to Fidel.
February 8 Vice President of the National Assembly Severo
Aguirre arrives in Poland to participate in a
consultative meeting of socialist countries, which
will be held 12-13 February.
Foreign Minister Malmierca meets in Havana with
Polish Deputy Foreign Minister Jan Kinast to
discuss international political issues and other
matters of interest.
Foreign Minister Malmierca meets in Havana with
Polish Foreign Minister Marian Orzechowski to
discuss the main aspects of the complex inter-
national situation and matters related to the
development of bilateral relations.
Marian Orzechowski meets with Carlos Rafael
Rodriguez and Jorge Risquet during his visit to
Cuba.
The 75th meeting of the permanent commission of
CEMA in the field of transport is held in Havana.
Polish Minister Kalpakov is chairman of the meet-
ing.
Juan Almeida speaks at the 10th PZPR Congress
accusing the US of trying to stifle the Sandinist
revolution, supporting the counterrevolutionary
gangs in Afghanistan, Cambodia, and Israel, and
attacking Libya a few months ago.
Wojciech Jaruzelski meets with Politburo member
Juan Almeida who is heading a delegation to the
Polish United Workers' Party 10th Congress in War-
saw. They discuss bilateral relations.
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Vice President of the Polish Council of Ministers
Zbigniew Gertych presides over the signing of the
protocol of the ninth session of the Cuban-Polish
Scientific and Technical Subcommission in Warsaw.
Raul Castro receives a group of Polish youths
who belong to the Karl Roloff Voluntary Work
Brigade and describes to them the struggle of the
Cuban people during the 19th century.
Roman Malinowski, speaker of the Polish Sejm,
meets in Warsaw with Cuban Ambassador Martin Mora.
Mora presents Malinowski with a document from the
Cuban National Assembly condemning US approval of
$100 million in aid to the anti-Sandinist bands.
President of the Council of State Wojciech
Jaruzelski sends a congratulatory letter to Fidel
Castro on the occasion of his 60th birthday and
awards him with the Great Merit Order.
Vice Premier Diodes Torralba Gonzalez and First
Deputy Minister of Transportation Manuel Cespedes
visit Poland to discuss cooperation with Vice
Premier Zbigniew Gertych.
In Warsaw, Poland and Cuba agree on a cooperation
plan for 1986-90 which includes direct bilateral
exchange between schools and polytechnical
institutes. The agreement was signed by education
officials Benon Miskiewicz and Vecino Alegret.
November 5 A Polish delegation headed by Czeslaw Kiszczak,
member of the Polish United Workers' Party
Politburo, arrives in Havana and is greeted at the
airport by Division General Jose Abrahantes
Fernandez.
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November 14 Raul Castro meets in Havana with General Czeslaw
Kiszczack, Polish Internal Affairs Minister, to
discuss bilateral relations and the international
situation.
November 25 Division General Senen Casas Regueiro meets with
a Polish delegation to discuss relations between
the two peoples and assess the work that has been
completed to date.
November 27 At a CEMA working group meeting in Warsaw, Cuba is
admitted as a member of the special CEMA
commission coordinating the production and supply
of electronuclear equipment.
December 19 Poland's Vice Premier and Chairman of the Govern-
ment Planning Commission Manfred Gorywoda
receives Vice President of the State Planning
Commission Jose Gonzalez Frances to discuss
economic cooperation and trade exchanges.
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In a communique issued in Lisbon, UNITA says it
has overrun a government position at Cavinda
killing 64 Cuban and government soldiers, and has
shot down two MI-8 helicopters.
A spokesman for UNITA in Lisbon claims it has
killed 61 Angolan government troops and three
Cubans in fighting in five provinces.
A communique by UNITA published in Lisbon says
that 74 Angolan and four Cuban soldiers were
killed by UNITA forces between 17-19 March.
In Lisbon, a spokesman for the Mozambique National
Resistance Movement announced that nine military
positions had been seized and 1,265 enemy killed
that included four Cubans.
UNITA claims in Lisbon to have killed 81 Angolan
soldiers and 3 Cubans during action carried out
from 5-8 April in four regions in Angola.
Lisbon press reports that Angola's UNITA rebels
say they killed 81 government troops and three
Cuban soldiers in attacks during which they
captured the town of Musserra.
At a press conference in Lisbon, Brazilian Presi-
dent Jose Sarney reiterates that his government is
considering resuming diplomatic relations with
Cuba, which is consistent with his line of main-
taining links with all the countries of the world.
UNITA announces in Lisbon that it killed 102
Angolans and 7 Cuban soldiers during operations
carried out in two Angolan provinces 14-16 May.
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In a statement distributed in Lisbon, UNITA says
that Angolan rebels killed more than 40 government
soldiers and four Cuban advisers in attacks
throughout the country last week.
Portuguese Communist Party leader Alvaro Cunhal
arrives in Havana and is greeted at the airport by
Jorge Risquet. They discuss solidarity between the
two parties.
In a statement released in Lisbon, UNITA says that
8 Angolan brigades, 4,000 Cuban, 28 tanks, and
about 20 Soviet-built jets and helicopters are at
battle readiness in the Cuando Cubango Province.
In a statement issued in Lisbon, UNITA says it has
killed more than 40 government soldiers and an
unspecified number of Cubans in renewed fighting
in the southeastern province of Cuando Cubango.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez meets with Alvaro Cunhal,
Secretary General of the Portuguese Communist
Party to exchange opinions on the political and
social situation of Latin America and Western
Europe. Rodriguez reports on the foreign debt.
September 18 In a communique delivered to Agence France-Presse
in Lisbon, UNITA claims its forces have shot down
a Luanda government MIG fighter and captured its
Cuban pilot on 14 September.
November 25 UNITA reports in Lisbon that the killing of an
Angolan civilian by Cuban soldiers on 15 November
unleashed serious disturbances in the city of
Menongue in Southern Angola.
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Puerto Rican Socialist Party Secretary General
Carlos Gallisa arrives in Havana for the Third
Party Congress. He is welcomed by Ricardo Alarcon.
UN Ambassador Oscar Oramas favors Puerto Rico's
independence and accuses the US of turning Puerto
Rico into an economic and military colony.
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Fidel Castro receives losif Banc, member of the
Executive Political Committee and representative
of the Romanian Communist Party to the Third Party
Congress of Cuba.
The Cuban Communist Party sends greetings to the
Romanian Communist Party on the 65th anniversary
of its party's creation.
Fidel Castro receives Ion Ceausescu, First Vice
Chairman of Romania's State Planning Committee, to
discuss the continuing development of the bonds of
friendship, cooperation, and collaboration between
the two countries.
Ion Ceausescu and Jose Lopez Moreno sign a 5-year
trade protocol. Cuba will supply Romania with
sugar, nickel, and new mechanical and electronics
goods; Romania will provide Cuba a factory for
manufacturing parts, and chemical supplies.
Romanian Prime Minister Constantin Dascalescu
meets with Ricardo Cabrizas in Bucharest to
discuss economic collaboration and the broadening
and diversification of bilateral trade.
The seventh session of the Romanian-Cuban Joint
Commission on Economic, Technical and Scientific
Collaboration opens in Bucharest. Vice President
of the Council of Ministers Esquivel Yedra
discusses expanding mutual exchanges of goods.
President Ceausescu receives Antonio Esquivel
Yedra, Vice President of the Council of Ministers
who conveys greetings from Fidel Castro.
Vice President of the Council of Ministers Antonio
Esquivel Yedra and Romanian Deputy Minister Aneta
Spornic sign a protocol ending the joint economic
commission meeting in Bucharest that examined
bilateral relations.
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November 12 At the 42nd CEMA meeting in Bucharest, Carlos
Rafael Rodriguez reaffirms that Cuba's economic
development is conceived in socialism and that
external factors will prevent Cuba from achieving
the growth planned in 1986.
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Minister President of the State Committee for
Economic Cooperation Ernesto Malendez arrives in
Sierra Leone to attend the presidential inaugura-
tion of Major General Joseph Saidu Momoh.
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Oliver Tambo, President of the Executive Committee
of the African National Congress of South Africa,
arrives in Havana and is welcomed by Jorge
Risquet.
Fidel Castro decorates Oliver Tambo with the Playa
Giron Order. Jorge Risquet and Tambo speak at a
ceremony expressing solidarity with the African
people's struggle.
Jorge Risquet accompanies Tambo to the Isle of
Youth.
With national and foreign journalists in
attendance, Tambo says that violence has stirred
the South African people's rage and that the
people have given everything in this struggle.
Oliver Tambo says it is necessary for the US to
yield to the resistance of the attacked small
states and imperialist actions against Libya
should be strongly condemned.
South African Minister of Foreign Affairs Pik
Botha says recent US aid to UNITA has made the
Angolan Government "disinclined" to negotiate a
possible Cuban troop withdrawal.
Fidel Castro sends messages to Sam Nujoma, Presi-
dent of the South-West African People's Organiza-
tion, and to Oliver Tambo, President of the
African National Congress of South Africa,
celebrating solidarity with Africa.
At the UN, Cuba asserts that South African attacks
against its neighbors are a direct result of the
constructive engagement policy the US has with
Pretoria's racists; the US policy encourages and
guarantees Pretoria impunity for criminal acts.
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Foreign Minister Isidoro Malmierca attends the
international conference on sanctions against
South Africa in Paris. He says that Nelson Mandela
is the highest example of the South African
people's struggle.
In Pretoria, President Botha says his government
had repeatedly said the Cuban presence in Angola
was the last stumbling block in the way of imple-
menting the UN Security Council's Resolution 435
Independence Plan for Swa/Namibia.
Speaking for the Latin American group at the clos-
ing session of the world conference on sanctions
against the South African racist regime, Malmierca
says the Latin American people are more committed
to the struggle of South Africa's liberation.
Isidoro Malmierca and Sam Nujoma, in Vienna
attending the international conference for the
immediate independence of Namibia, call for the
application of total compulsory sanctions against
South Africa.
South Africa's Minister of Foreign Affairs Pik
Botha issues a statement to the Angolan Government
to submit proposals for a realistic program on the
withdrawal of Cuban troops.
First Vice Minister of Foreign Relations Jose
Viera affirms in Havana that the recent South
African aggressions against Angola are a demon-
stration of an adventurist policy and US alliance
with the apartheid racist regime.
Speaking at the fourth UN Decolonization
Commission meeting, Maria Cecilia Bermudez calls
for condemnation of the IMF, the World Bank, and
all who contribute to strengthening the South
African racist regime.
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Radio Reloj reports that Jorge Risquet met with
Oliver Tambo, President of the African National
Congress, in Mozambique, to discuss the struggle
of the South African people against apartheid and
US support of the regime in Pretoria.
November 17 Politburo member Jorge Risquet meets in Havana
with South West African People's Organization
Secretary General Toivo Ja Toivo to exchange
opinions on the SWAPO struggle against the South
African Army and the region's political situation.
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March 2 Bogota El Siglo reports on an interview with Cuban
defector Manuel Sanchez Perez in Spain. Perez says
Cuba has one of the most inefficient and
disastrous agricultures in the world.
El Siglo also reports that Sanchez Perez says
there is no liklihood of Cuba coming to an
understanding with the West to better economic
problems in Cuba so long as Fidel Castro is alive.
In an interview in Havana, Vice Minister of
Foreign Relations Ricardo Alarcon tells El Pais
that disagreements between the US and the Latin
American governments are constantly increasing.
Alarcon perceives "a growing militarization of
Honduran society" according to his statement in an
interview with El Pais.
March 22 Spain turns down a request from Cuba to extradite
former Cuban Economic Vice Minister Manuel
Antonio Sanchez Perez. Cuba has charged Sanchez
with trying to embezzle $500,000 of public money.
Jorge Alvarez Moreno, a Cuban doctor in charge of
a team of 100 Cuban doctors and nurses working for
the Libyan military, seeks political asylum with
his wife in Spain.
An official in the Interior Ministry in Spain
reports that Madrid has refused political asylum
to former Cuban official Manuel Antonio Sanchez
Perez.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez meets in Havana with
Javier Moscosco del Prado, Minister of the
Presidency of Spain, to discuss matters related to
Cuban economic and social development.
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Ricardo Alarcon tells EFE that Radio Marti will
have to disappear in order for immigration agree-
ments between Cuba and the United States to be
resumed.
President of Spain Felipe Gonzalez receives
Minister President of the National Bank of Cuba
Hector Rodriguez Llompart to discuss commercial,
economic, and financial matters of common
interest, and bilateral relations in general.
In Madrid, Cuban defector Manuel Sanchez Perez
says Havana and Moscow disagree strongly over how
to deal with Cuba's foreign debt. He says Cuba
needs to earn at least $1 billion a year in hard
currency to pay for goods and technology.
Transportation Minister Diocles Torralba meets in
Madrid with his counterpart Abel Caballero
Alvarez to discuss relations between the two
organizations, especially Spanish support in
constructing ships for Cuba.
Spain's Secretary of State for Latin American
Cooperation Luis Yanez announces that Prime
Minister Felipe Gonzalez will pay an official
visit to Cuba, Ecuador, and Peru in the first
half of November.
Culture Minister Armando Hart participates in
several activities in Madrid as part of a Cuban
culture drive. In an interview with El Pais,
he indicates that Central America can be a grave
for many Central Americans and many Americans.
Vice Foreign Minister Ricardo Alarcon arrives in
Spain to attend a seminar in Toledo on "Cuba,
Western Europe, and the United States in the New
International Context."
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In Madrid, Alarcon says "the US policy against
Cuba has failed," and that his country "has
advanced, not only in the social aspects, but also
in the economic sense."
November 5 Jorge Risquet meets with Gerardo Iglesias,
Secretary General of the Spanish Communist Party,
enroute to Nicaragua to participate in the 25th
FSLN anniversary and the 10th anniversary of the
death of Nicaraguan fighter Carlos Fonseca Amador.
November 14 Fidel Castro greets Spanish Prime Minister Felipe
Gonzalez at Jose Marti International Airport.
Fidel Castro decorates Prime Minister Felipe
Gonzalez with the National Order of Jose Marti.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez meets with Spanish
Economy, Finance, and Commerce Minister Carlos
Solchaga to discuss economic and trade relations,
Cuban tobacco exports, and the Cuban debt with
Spain.
Mayor of Madrid Juan Barranco Gallardo meets with
Oscar Fernandez Mell, President of the Provincial
Assembly of the People's Government, to discuss
bilateral exchanges. Mell presents Barranco with
the key of Havana.
Spanish Foreign Minister Ordonez tells the
National News Agency that, during a meeting with
Isidoro Malmierca, Cuba agrees to pay $40 million
over a 15-year period for property confiscated
from Spain after the 1959 Cuban revolution.
November 15 Foreign Minister Malmierca and Spanish Foreign
Minister Francisco Fernandez Ordonez express their
concern about the current situation in Central
America, especially Nicaragua being threatened by
US intervention, and support for Contadora.
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November 15 At the National Institute of Tourism headquarters,
INTUR President Rafael Sed meets with Ignacio
Fuejo, Secretary General of Spanish Tourism, to
discuss the importance Cuba places on tourism.
November 16 During a news conference before departing Cuba,
Felipe Gonzalez says he and Fidel Castro agree on
such issues as Central America and the Falklands.
He says they discussed the release of Hispano-
Cuban prisoners, including Eloy Gutierrez Menoyo.
November 17 At a news conference, Felipe Gonzalez says he and
Fidel Castro discussed regional problems ranging
from an analysis of Central America, the role of
Contadora, and the Malvinas problem, to regional
matters, such as South Africa.
November 18 Felipe Gonzalez and Fidel Castro discuss economic
topics and review technical and cultural coopera-
tion and prospects for developing that coopera-
tion.
November 19 Carlos Rafael Rodriguez meets in Havana with
Spanish Government official Luis de Velezco Rame
to discuss economic matters.
Cuba and Spain sign a cooperation act at the first
session of the Cuban-Spanish Joint Commission for
Economic-Industrial Cooperation meeting in Havana.
November 20 The Spanish Foreign Ministry announces that
during Prime Minister Gonzalez's visit to Havana,
Gonzalez asked Fidel to free a number of political
prisoners and to allow 45 Cubans to join their
families in Spain.
November 26 Havana press reports, that according to reliable
Cuban sources, the President of Havana's Assembly
of People's Power, the equivalent of the city's
mayor, Oscar Fernandez Mell, will soon become
Cuba's ambassador to Spain.
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December 21 Havana International Service reports that
ex-commandant Eloy Gutierrez Menoyo was released
from prison on 20 December and departed
immediately for Spain.
December 26 Spain protests an alleged insult by Fidel Castro
to Spanish parliament President Felix Pons. EFE
quotes Fidel with calling Pons "a fascistic sort"
for failing to invite Cuba to a meeting in Madrid
of President's of Latin American Parliament.
Spanish Senate President Jose Federico de Carvajal
says that in protest over Fidel Castro's remarks
about Felix Pons, he has postponed indefinitely a
trip he was scheduled to make to Cuba on
11 January.
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Ernesto Melendez, Minister President of the State
Committee for Economic Cooperation, meets in
Havana with Gamini Dissanayake, Minister of land
of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka,
to discuss cooperation.
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Carlos Rafael Rodriguez receives the credentials
of the new Saharan Ambassador to Cuba Salem Sidi
Brahim.
September 10 In Algeria, Fidel Castro discusses topics of
common interest with Saharan President Muhamed
Abdelaziz. Abdelaziz expresses his appreciation
for Cuba's solidarity with his people.
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Fidel Castro, Carlos Rafael Rodriguez, Jorge
Risquet, and Lionel Soto meet in Moscow with
Mohamed Mura of the Sudanese Communist Party and
Fu'ad Mursi of the Egyptian Communist Party.
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Fidel Castro sends his deepest condolences to
Swedish Deputy Prime Minister Ingvar Carlsson on
the death of Olof Palme.
The Council of State decrees three days of
official mourning in the wake of the death of
Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme.
Foreign Minister Malmierca signs the condolence
book at the Swedish Embassy in Havana for Swedish
Prime Minister Olof Palme.
Fidel Castro meets with the Swedish Ambassador at
the Swedish Embassy in Moscow where Fidel signs a
book of condolences for the death of Prime
Minister Olof Palme.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez and Lionel Soto depart
Moscow for Sweden to attend the funeral of Swedish
Prime Minister Olof Palme.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez meets with Swedish Prime
Minister Ingvar Carlsson and delivers a message
from Fidel Castro expressing the Cuban leader's
most sincere condolences on Palme's assassination.
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Geneva press reports that at the UN disarmament
conference, Cuban delegate Nunez Mosquera accuses
the US of trying to assassinate Libyan leader
Qadhafi.
During the 39th plenary assembly of the World
Health Organization in Geneva, Cuba is elected
to the vice presidency of the American region.
At the council of GATT representatives in Geneva,
Cuban Ambassador Carlos Lechuga denounces US
agricultural law as a new economic aggression to
punish third-party countries that reexport sugar
to the US markets, which violates GATT agreements.
Vice Minister of the State Committee for Labor and
Social Security Hector Martinez Brito presides at
the 72nd International Labor Conference in Geneva.
He presents a draft demanding the urgent resolu-
tion of indebtedness in underdeveloped countries.
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Fidel Castro, Carlos Rafael Rodriguez, and Lionel
Soto meet in Moscow with Abdallah al-Ahmar,
Assistant Secretary General of Syria's Socialist
Resurrectionist Party.
In Damascus, Syrian President Hafiz al-Asad meets
with Education Minister Fernando Vecino Alegret
who delivers a message from Fidel Castro express-
ing Cuba's solidarity with Syria as it faces US
and Israeli schemes.
Ba'th official and Minister of Higher Education
Kamal Sharaf and Cuba's Minister of Higher Educa-
tion Fernando Vecino meet in Syria to discuss
issues of interest to the two parties and inter-
national issues.
Syrian General Mustafa Talas, Deputy Commander of
the Army and Armed Forces receives Higher Educa-
tion Minister Fernando Vecino Alegret to discuss
relations and cooperation. Alegret conveys a
message from Raul Castro to General Talas.
President Hafiz al-Asad receives Fernando Vecino
Alegret who delivers a message from Fidel Castro
expressing Cuba's solidarity with Syria as it
faces US and Israeli schemes.
In Harare, Syrian Vice President 'Abd al-Halim
Khaddam meets with Fidel Castro to discuss the
international situation and bilateral cooperation.
Fidel stresses Cuba's support for Syria in its
fight against Zionist and US aggression.
November 29 The Council of State appoints Jesus Barreiro
Gonzalez as Ambassador to Syria.
December 27 Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al Shara' receives
Vice Foreign Minister Giraldo Mazola to discuss
international developments and ways to promote
bilateral ties.
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An eight-man Cuban delegation led by Deputy
Minister for Sugar Gilberto Illerena arrives in
Tanzania to help boost that country's sugar
production.
February 22 Politburo member Jorge Risquet and Engombale
Nueru, Politburo member of the Revolutionary Party
of Tanzania, sign a document renewing cooperation
between the two organizations.
The first session of the joint intergovernmental
commission on economic and scientific-technical
cooperation between Cuba and Tanzania begins in
Havana. Minister President of the State Committee
for Prices Arturo Guzman presides for Cuba.
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Carlos Rafael Rodriguez receives Sirajaya Buddhi-
Baedya who presents his credentials as Ambassador
of Thailand.
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The Council of State designates Jose Felipe
Suarez Ambassador to Togo, with residence in
Cononou, where he holds the same position.
Carlos Rafael Rodrigues receives the credentials
of Ambassador of Chitmansing Jesseramsing of
Mauritius and Ambassador Kwam Kouassi of Togo.
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Isidoro Malmierca and John Eckstein, Trinidad and
Tobago's Minister of Health and Environment,
discuss medical services and matters of mutual
interest, during a meeting in Havana.
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December 8 Ugandan Prime Minister Samson Kisekka meets in
Kampala with Deputy Foreign Trade Minister Alberto
Betancourt Roa to discuss commercial trade and bi-
lateral relations. A five-year trade agreement and
a protocol of compensation for 1986-87 are signed.
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The UK's United Nations delegate rejects what he
calls an "offensive and personal attack" on Prime
Minister Thatcher by a Cuban envoy who accused her
of a role in the "murder" of innocent Libyans.
The London Times reports on Fidel Castro's inter-
view with Patrice Barrat. Fidel says Cuba will do
everything to shore up Nicaragua's defense to make
it virtually impossible for the US to intervene
militarily "without paying a very high price."
A Communist Party of Great Britian delegation
led by A. Palmer visits the Central Organization
of Cuban Trade Unions to explain the British labor
movement and how the conservative offensive in the
UK is determined to destroy the labor movement.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez receives Andrew Eustace
Palmer who presents his credentials as UK and
North Ireland Ambassador to Cuba.
A London-based Latin American Commodities Report
says the Soviet Union refused Cuba's request to
pay higher prices for sugar and to lower the
price of its oil for Cuba.
September 18 At the UN, Britian, speaking for all 12 members of
the European Community, rejects South Africa's
argument that Cuban troops in Angola must be
removed before Namibia is granted independence.
September 25 The directors of the French and British Interna-
tional News Agencies, Agence France-Presse and
Reuters, are expelled from Cuba for quoting
Elizardo Sanchez Santa, Human Rights Committee
official, on the Ricardo Bofill incident.
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The Foreign Ministry says the decision by the UK
to extend the zone around the Malvinas Islands
usurps Argentine rights. Cuba reiterates its
solidarity for Argentina's claim to its legitimate
right of sovereignty over the islands.
The National Assembly of the Peoples' Government
expresses its strongest condemnation of Great
Britain for its new aggeession against Argentina
by unilaterally extending by 150 and 200 miles the
zones around the Malvinas Islands.
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Three men believed to be members of the terrorist
anti-Castro group Omega 7 plead guilty to
conspiring to murder Cuban Ambassador to the
United Nations Raul Roa in March 1980.
At the UN, Cuba criticizes President Reagan's
attempts to request the US Congress $100 million
for aid to Nicaraguan contras.
Cuban Ambassador to the UN Oscar Oramas says the
source of the organization's political crisis is
the US Government's crusade against the multi-
lateral system.
Oscar Oramas blames the US for its aggressive,
illegal, and daring behavior in the Libyan coasts
and relates those facts to the mad crusade made
by the Reagan administration against Nicaragua.
The UK's United Nations delegate rejects what he
calls an "offensive and personal attack" on Prime
Minister Thatcher by a Cuban envoy who accused her
of a role in the "murder" of innocent Libyans.
Geneva press reports that at the UN disarmament
conference, Cuban delegate Nunez Mosquera accuses
the US of trying to assassinate Libyan leader
Qadhafi.
At the UN, Isidoro Malmierca says that Washington
is the headquarters of international terrorism and
that President Reagan is its undisguised leader.
At the UN General Assembly, Cuban Ambassador Oscar
Oramas blames the US for the UN's financial
crisis.
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At the UN, Cuba asserts that South African attacks
against its neighbors are a direct result of the
constructive engagement policy the US has with
Pretoria's racists; the US policy encourages and
guarantees Pretoria impunity for criminal acts.
In Pretoria, President Botha says his government
had repeatedly said the Cuban presence in Angola
was the last stumbling block in the way of imple-
menting the UN Security Council's Resolution 435
Independence Plan for Swa/Namibia.
Sergio Montane, Cuba's representative to the UN
Information Committee, asserts that the US is
using the media as an instrument to intervene in
domestic affairs of sovereign countries.
Cuban representative to the UN Security Council
Oscar Oramas describes US policy toward Nicaragua
as criminal. He demands that the Security Council
require the US to respect the decision of the
International Court of Justice at The Hague.
UN Ambassador Oscar Oramas favors Puerto Rico's
independence and accuses the US of turning Puerto
Rico into an economic and military colony.
Havana Radio Reloj announces that Isidoro
Malmierca will attend the UN General Assembly
special session on Namibia which will be held in
September.
September 18 At the UN, Britian, speaking for all 12 members of
the European Community, rejects South Africa's
argument that Cuban troops in Angola must be
removed before Namibia is granted independence.
September 20 At the UN, Chinese Foreign Minister Wu Xueqian
and Isidoro Malmierca exchange views on Namibia.
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September 20 AT the UN, Isidoro Malmierca and Yugoslavian
Federal Secretary for Foreign Affairs Raif
Dizdarevic assess cooperation and the development
of relations.
September 25 At the UN General Assembly, Isidoro Malmierca
reaffirms Cuba's absolute conviction that the
foreign debt of the Third World cannot be paid and
must be canceled.
At the UN, Isidoro Malmierca explains Cuba's con-
cern for the policies of the nuclear arms buildup
and says the US has violated the UN Charter by
approving funds to finance the Nicaraguan
counterrevolution.
At the conclusion of Malmierca's remarks at the
UN, he urges summoning an international peace
conference on the Middle East with PLO participa-
tion, demands self-determination for the Saharan
people, and rejects US aggression against Libya.
Speaking at the fourth UN Decolonization
Commission meeting, Maria Cecilia Bermudez calls
for condemnation of the IMF, the World Bank, and
all who contribute to strengthening the South
African racist regime.
Ambassador to the UN Oscar Oramas says the US
practices hypocrisy in its international relations
by denying its ties to terrorism when in reality
it nurtures those practices. Oramas is referring
to the protection of Posada Carriles by the CIA.
At the UN, Cuban Ambassador Oscar Oramas says the
foreign debt of developing countries is unpayable
and uncollectable.
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October 22 UN representative Pedro Nunez Mosquera questions
the reason behind spending billions of dollars on
nuclear weapons that will become obsolete while
new types of cosmic weapons are being developed.
November 7 Eumelio Caballero, Cuban political counselor to
the UN, says that Radio Marti is subversive and
that it reflects Washington's nearsightedness and
policy of hostility, aggression and interference
in the domestic affairs of the Cuban people.
November 12 Cuban Ambassador to the UN Oscar Oramas calls for
sanctions against South Africa, during a special
committee meeting.
November 28 At the UN, the US withdraws, due to lack of
support, a draft resolution accusing Cuba of human
rights violations.
December 11 At the UN, Cuba announces that its airspace was
violated on 8 December by a US SR-71 spy plane.
December 17 Dr. Jean-Pierre Hocke, High Commissioner of the UN
Office for Refugees, arrives in Havana and is
greeted at the airport by Vice Minister of Foreign
Relations Jose Viera. This is the first visit of a
UN High Commissioner to Cuba.
December 19 UN official Jean-Pierre Hocke tours various
facilities of economic and historic interest on
the Isle of Youth and visits the school for
Namibian students.
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January 18 Sergio del Valle returns from Guyana after meeting
with Cuban internationalist doctors in an effort
to improve collaboration in that field. There are
33 Cubans working in Guyana.
January 29 Raul Sendic, leader of the Tupamaros in Uruguay,
says in Havana that his organization supports and
defends his country's democratic process, which is
now being threatened.
A Uruguayan Foreign Ministry official arrives in
Havana to initiate arrangements for the installa-
tion of his country's embassy in Cuba.
Uruguayan Foreign Minister Enrique Iglesias meets
in Montevideo with the first Latin American
cosmonaut, Arnaldo Tamayo. They agree on the need
to use space technology for peaceful purposes and
reject projects on the arms race.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez arrives in Montevideo and
is welcomed by Uruguayan Vice President Enrique
Tarigo and other government officials. Rodriguez
stresses that Latin America's historic needs de-
mand a unity of which Cuba and Uruguay are a part.
In Montevideo, Carlos Rafael Rodriguez says that
Cuban military advisers will "immediately" leave
Nicaragua if the general peace agreement for
Central America is signed. Rodriguez also accuses
the US of interferring in regional affairs.
In Montevideo, Carlos Rafael Rodriguez says that
Cuba has never maintained more than 800 members of
the armed forces and the Interior Ministry in
Nicaragua. Rodriguez calculates the number of
Cuban civilians in Nicaragua between 550 and 650.
The mayor of Montevideo hands the keys of the city
to Carlos Rafael Rodriguez.
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Uruguayan President Julio Sanguinetti meets with
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez and Ricardo Alarcon. They
discuss the Central American summit at Esquipulas
and Rodriguez delivers a message from Fidel Castro
to Sanguinetti.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez is bestowed with a medal
commemorating the 250th anniversary of the found-
ing of Uruguay's capital city. He meets with
Uruguay's main opposition political leaders and
attends an official dinner hosted by Iglesias.
At a university in Montevideo, Carlos Rafael
Rodriguez states that to achieve Latin American
development it is necessary to have regional,
continental, and world peace. Rodriguez also
criticizes the US raid on Libya and the arms race.
During an address to the Senate's Commission for
International Affairs and the Chamber of Deputies,
in Montevideo, Carlos Rafael Rodriguez says Cuban
military advisers will "immediately" depart from
Nicaragua if the peace agreement is signed.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez reaffirms Cuba's desire
for continental unity before the Latin American
Integration Association and the international
legislative commissions of Uruguay.
The Cuban Chamber of Commerce and the Foreign
Trade Commission of the Uruguayan Chamber of
Industry sign a commercial trade agreement in
Montevideo.
During a press conference in Montevideo, Carlos
Rafael Rodriguez, when asked about the health of
Fidel Castro, says Fidel's health is excellent and
that he is at the height of his intellectual
abilities.
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Before departing Montevideo, Carlos Rafael
Rodriguez says Cuba fully supports Contadora, Cuba
will not rejoin the OAS, and in case of a US in
vasion of Nicaragua, Cuba will have no other re-
course than to just protest with all its might.
In Montevideo, Carlos Rafael Rodriguez denies that
there are 15,000 political prisoners in Cuba and
that those in prison will "be released after they
serve their sentences." "There are now no more
than 200 counterrevolutionaries under arrest."
Deputy Foreign Minister Ricardo Alarcon and
Uruguayan Acting Foreign Minister Alberto
Rodriguez sign a trade agreement in Montevideo.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez informs TELAM that Cuba
will not return to the OAS because that organiza-
tion does not play a meaningful role in favor of
the real interests of Latin America and that Cuba
will not create an alternative organization.
Uruguay's Ambassador to Cuba Navy Captain Bernardo
Pineyrua presents his credentials to Carlos Rafael
Rodriguez. Pineyrua described his country's
relations with Havana as "very good and of a
priority nature."
Bernardo Pinerua Pardinas presents his credentials
as Uruguayan Ambassador to Cuba.
Cuba joins the Latin American Integration Associa-
tion as an observer. The ALADI committee of repre-
sentatives has granted the Cuban Government per-
mission to help ALADI promote regional trade.
Cuban Ambassador to Uruguay Joaquin Mas Martinez
represents Cuba at a ceremony in Montevideo where
Cuba formally assumes the role of observer member
of the Latin American Integration Association.
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Cuban dissident Rafael Valladares presides over a
meeting in Montevideo, during which the Uruguayan
Commission for Human Rights in Cuba, a branch of
Amnesty International, was created.
September 16 In Uruguay, Vice Minister for Trade Alberto
Betancourt Roa says the new trade rounds should
"be open to all the countries." "We back the
application by the Government of the Soviet
Union," he said.
September 17 Cuba and nine other countries attending the GATT
meeting in Punta del Este condemn the US trade
proposals presented by the US delegation.
Foreign Trade Minister Ricardo Cabrizas arrives in
Montevideo to review trade between Cuba and
Uruguay and to seek expansion of trade in 40
products. Cabrizas tells reporters that relations
between Cuba and Uruguay are "magnificent."
Ricardo Cabrizas and Uruguay's Economic Minister
Ricardo Zerbino agree on the need to increase
bilateral trade as well as to make every effort to
promote the Latin American integration processs.
At the Latin American Integration Association
meeting, Ricardo Cabrizas says Cuba wishes to
direct its foreign trade toward Latin America,
especially that portion which is governed by the
market economy.
Ricardo Cabrizas and Uruguayan Foreign Minister
Enrique Iglesias analyze current bilateral
diplomatic and trade ties. Cuba and Uruguay sign a
bilateral reciprocal concession line of credit
valued at $5 million to promote bilateral exports.
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Carlos Rafael Rodriguez meets in Havana with
Senator Reynaldo Garganos, Secretary General of
the Uruguayan Socialist Party, to discuss topics
of mutual interest as well as the current situa-
tion in Latin America.
November 4 Jorge Risquet receives a delegation from Uruguay's
Socialist Party headed by Senator Reinaldo
Garcano, Secretary General of the Uruguayan
Socialist Party, to discuss matters of mutual
interest regarding bilateral relations.
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Havana press carries a report by a Cuban Foreign
Ministry spokesman refuting rumors about Fidel
Castro's alleged death as reported by the news
media in Miami and Puerto Rico.
The Cuban Foreign Ministry condemns US threats of
economic sanctions and military provocations
against Libya.
Havana TV transmits its condolences to the US
people for the tragedy caused by the space shuttle
Challenger's accident.
In the "Principles and Objectives of Foreign
Policy" section of the party congress, Cuba will
continue to support revolutionary movements and is
willing to resolve its crisis with the US.
Granma condemns planned US naval exercises in the
Caribbean as a form of pressure on Haiti's
opposition forces.
Fidel Castro opens the Third Party Congress. He
blames the US for most of the world's major
problems, but says he is willing to open negotia-
tions to resolve his differences with Washington.
Raul Castro reports that a US SR-71 spy plane made
a flight today along the coast without violating
Cuba's territory. He says it was Ronald Reagan's
greeting to the Congress.
Nicaraguan President Ortega blasts the US during
his speech at the Party Congress.
Vietnam's official at the Party Congress, Nguyen
Van Linh, says his country supports Cuba's
domestic and foreign policies and demands the US
discontinue its blockade against Cuba.
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Three men believed to be members of the terrorist
anti-Castro group Omega 7 plead guilty to
conspiring to murder Cuban Ambassador to the
United Nations Raul Roa in March 1980.
In his closing speech at the Party Congress, Fidel
warns Washington that any interference in
Nicaragua or Angola would meet with stiffer Cuban
resistance.
During his closing speech, Fidel accuses
capitalists of living like vultures and vampires,
living off the blood of others, and profiting from
the arms factory to kill.
February 19 Granma condemns President Reagan's visit to
Grenada, calling it the newest insult to Latin
America's dignity.
February 26 The Foreign Ministry issues a communique asking
for an urgent mobilization against the Reagan
Administration's granting more aid to the
"Contras" fighting the Sandinista regime.
During the closing session of the Soviet Congress,
Fidel Castro warns that if the US increases its
aid to the Contras, Cuba will do everything
possible to increase its aid to Nicaragua.
El Siglo also reports that Sanchez Perez says
there is no liklihood of Cuba coming to an
understanding with the West to better economic
problems in Cuba so long as Fidel Castro is alive.
Gorbachev and Fidel Castro meet in Moscow during
the 27th Soviet Party Congress. Gorbachev pledges
continued support for Cuba's fight against the
threats and provocative acts of US imperialism.
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At the UN, Cuba criticizes President Reagan's
attempts to request the US Congress $100 million
for aid to Nicaraguan contras.
Havana press announces that the United States, in
its 1987 fiscal budget, has included $2.6 million
to be invested in the Guantanamo Naval Base.
Granma reports on President Reagan's plea for aid
to the Contras by saying that Reagan is taking
the same path Hitler took a half century ago where
his craziness led the world to war.
Havana press reports that, according to a senior
Cuban government source, Cuba's relations with the
US have sunk to an all-time low and offer little
prospects of a thaw.
In an interview in Havana, Vice Minister of
Foreign Relations Ricardo Alarcon tells El Pais
that disagreements between the US and the Latin
American governments are constantly increasing.
Granma reports on an article written by Reporter
Oscar Ferrer who accuses the US of developing
several lines of foreign policy that range from
the so-called Truman Doctrine to neoglobalism.
Prensa Latina reports on a statement from Fidel
Castro during a reception for delegates to the
non-aligned news agencies' meeting that President
Reagan was dealt a setback in aid to the Contras.
In a statement issued by the Foreign Ministry,
Cuba emphatically condemns the US show of force
and sinking of Libyan naval units in the Gulf of
Sidra.
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Oliver Tambo says it is necessary for the US to
yield to the resistance of the attacked small
states and imperialist actions against Libya
should be strongly condemned.
Cuban Ambassador to the UN Oscar Oramas says the
source of the organization's political crisis is
the US Government's crusade against the multi-
lateral system.
Oscar Oramas blames the US for its aggressive,
illegal, and daring behavior in the Libyan coasts
and relates those facts to the mad crusade made
by the Reagan administration against Nicaragua.
Politburo member Juan Almeida speaks at the 17th
Communist Party Congress in Prague praising the
Soviets for their aid to Cuba and blasting the US
for its foreign policy.
Granma warns that the training of Nicaraguan
counterrevolutionary gangs by the US Special
Forces, the Green Berets, implies a new phase of
US aggression against Nicaragua.
Pedro Remon, Andres Garcia, and Eduardo Losada-
Fernandez, members of Omega 7, are sentenced to
10 years in jail for plotting to kill a Cuban
diplomat in New York and bomb the Cuban UN
mission.
Vice President of the National Assembly Severo
Aguirre addresses the 75th IPU Conference in
Mexico and compares the US warmongering line with
the USSR's peace policy.
At the Nonaligned Movement meeting in New Delhi,
Isidoro Malmierca expresses confidence that the
Nonaligned Movement countries will reiterate their
solidarity with Nicaragua, which is facing US
attacks.
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Granma charges that the US attack on Libya
"confirms that the center of state terrorism
against the emancipated peoples is in Washington."
In Havana, the AALAPSO describes the US military
aggression against Libya as brutal and cold
blooded.
In New Delhi, Isidoro Malmierca, speaking to the
plenary meeting of foreign ministers, calls the
attack on Libya an expression of US savagery.
US aggression in El Salvador and Nicaragua is
condemned by Latin American and Caribbean nations
attending the Nonaligned meeting in New Delhi.
Granma states that the action against Libya and
the escalation of US aggression against Nicaragua
infuriate the Cuban people and inspire them to
strengthen their defense efforts.
In a nationally televised speech, Fidel Castro
says that President Reagan "is as unscrupulous,
opportunist and irresponsible as Hitler and
potentially more dangerous."
The US delegation to the ECLA meeting in Mexico
accuses Cuba of introducing unacceptable political
elements in the meeting and says Cuba and
Nicaragua are encouraging subversion in Latin
America.
At the ECLA meeting in Mexico, Cuba strongly
rejects a violent attack made by the US delegation
and warns that it is ready to give appropriate
political, economic, and/or military response to
any Washington action.
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April 24
Geneva press reports that at the UN disarmament
conference, Cuban delegate Nunez Mosquera accuses
the US of trying to assassinate Libyan leader
Qadhafi.
At the UN, Isidoro Malmierca says that Washington
is the headquarters of international terrorism and
that President Reagan is its undisguised leader.
The Reagan administration denies US visas to four
Cuban public health experts who were to attend an
international conference on public health
sponsored by former US President Carter.
At the UN General Assembly, Cuban Ambassador Oscar
Oramas blames the US for the UN's financial
crisis.
Granma charges that US military bases outside its
territory are the seat of state terrorism, one of
the most dangerous manifestations of present US
foreign policy.
Politburo member Jorge Risquet meets in Havana
with Ali Hudayri, special envoy of Qadhafi, to
discuss the recent US attack on the Libyan people.
Hudayri expresses his satisfaction over the posi-
tion taken by Cuba toward the US attack on Libya.
In a press conference, Ali Hudayri says he came to
Cuba to exchange opinions and discuss methods of
confronting US state terrorism. He says Libya
supports an international meeting to discuss the
causes of terrorism, but not on Reagan's terms.
In the text of a cooperation agreement signed by
the Cuban Movement for the Peace and Sovereignty
of the Peoples and the Soviet Committee for the
Defense of Peace, imperialist circles are accused
of intensifying the arms race.
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Cuba's Foreign Ministry issues a report saying
Hudayri and Isidoro Malmierca met to analyze the
international situation, focusing on the US'
aggression against Libya and the threats of the
Reagan administration against Libya.
Fidel Castro receives Ali Hudayri. Fidel
reiterates Cuba's solidarity with the Libyan
people and government and condemns the aggression
carried out against Libya by the US.
Cuban Deputy Felix Moreno says in Havana that at a
symposium on drug trafficking and drug addiction
held recently in Ecuador, the US was characterized
as the country most responsible for promoting this
type of activity.
George Bush unleashes a scathing attack on Fidel
Castro's Cuba before an audience of Cuban
Americans, charging that the main Cuban exports
are "guns and death."
The Voice of America celebrates the first anniver-
sary of its Radio Marti broadcasts to Cuba. VOA
says interviews with recent Cuban arrivals and
field surveys show Marti has "great credibility in
Cuba and has an extensive listening audience."
At the council of GATT representatives in Geneva,
Cuban Ambassador Carlos Lechuga denounces US
agricultural law as a new economic aggression to
punish third-party countries that reexport sugar
to the US markets, which violates GATT agreements.
In Montevideo, Carlos Rafael Rodriguez says that
Cuban military advisers will "immediately" leave
Nicaragua if the general peace agreement for
Central America is signed. Rodriguez also accuses
the US of interferring in regional affairs.
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At a university in Montevideo, Carlos Rafael
Rodriguez states that to achieve Latin American
development it is necessary to have regional,
continental, and world peace. Rodriguez also
criticizes the US raid on Libya and the arms race.
On the occasion of Africa Day and the 23rd anni-
versary of the Organization of African Unity,
Fidel Castro sends a message to Angolan President
dos Santos saying the US is solely responsible for
the tense situation in southern Africa.
In an interview with TELAM in Buenos Aires, Carlos
Rafael Rodriguez says the aggressive attitude of
the Reagan administration is a hindrance for rela-
tions with Latin America and that Fidel Castro
maintains the ideals and drive of a revolutionary.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez also tells TELAM of the
tense situation prevailing between Washington and
Nicaragua and that Cuba is not in a position to
break a US air and naval blockade against
Nicaragua because Cuba's forces are defensive.
State Department spokesman Bernard Kalb reports
that 17 political prisoners freed by Cuba have
been told they cannot enter the US as long as a
US-Cuban immigration agreement remains suspended.
Vice Foreign Minister Ricardo Alarcon describes
the US, El Salvador, Costa Rica, and Honduras as
countries that do not have the political will to
achieve a peaceful solution in Central America.
Ricardo Alarcon tells EFE that Radio Marti will
have to disappear in order for immigration agree-
ments between Cuba and the United States to be
resumed.
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June 17 At the UN, Cuba asserts that South African attacks
against its neighbors are a direct result of the
constructive engagement policy the US has with
Pretoria's racists; the US policy encourages and
guarantees Pretoria impunity for criminal acts.
Mexico City press reports that the new Government
of Barbados indicates that it wishes to have good
relations will all countries. Prime Minister Errol
Barrow's Social Democrats wish for open, sincere
relations, and cooperation with the US and Cuba.
The London Times reports on Fidel Castro's inter-
view with Patrice Barrat. Fidel says Cuba will do
everything to shore up Nicaragua's defense to make
it virtually impossible for the US to intervene
militarily "without paying a very high price."
Sergio Montane, Cuba's representative to the UN
Information Committee, asserts that the US is
using the media as an instrument to intervene in
domestic affairs of sovereign countries.
In a TV interview, Fidel Castro accuses the US
of deliberately slandering Panama's military
chief, General Noriega, and says this slanderous
campaign was proposed by a member of the US
Security Council.
Huber Matos, a former leader of the Cuban revolu-
tion, and presently head of Cuba Independiente y
Democratics, based in Caracas, Venezuela, is
charged, in Miami, with illegal possession of a
machine gun.
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Juan Almeida speaks at the 10th PZPR Congress
accusing the US of trying to stifle the Sandinist
revolution, supporting the counterrevolutionary
gangs in Afghanistan, Cambodia, and Israel, and
attacking Libya a few months ago.
At the conclusion of the National Assembly
meeting, Rene Rodriguez condemns the decision of
the US Congress to grant $100 million to the
Nicaraguan counterrevolution.
Fidel Castro also tells Excelsior that the US
attacks on Mexico and Panama are aimed at weaken-
ing the political process in those countries.
Granma says the US has made outrageous and brutal
charges against General Manuel Antonio Noriega
and that the US has tried to destabilize Panama
through plans by the CIA in hoping to avoid having
to comply with the Torrijos-Carter Canal Treaties.
US-Cuban talks aimed at renewing an immigration
treaty broken off 14 months ago begin in Mexico
City.
During a meeting in Mexico City, the US breaks off
talks to reinstate an immigration treaty because
the Cubans try to link the immigration issue to
international radio broadcasting.
The Cuban Foreign Ministry announces that no
agreement was reached during talks held with the
US in Mexico City regarding immigration.
At the second plenum of the Central Committee of
the Communist Party of Cuba, Fidel Castro calls
the administration of US President Ronald Reagan
one of the "most serious" dangers in the whole
history of the Cuban revolution.
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In Proceso, Fidel Castro points out the threat of
war has sharply increased since the present US ad-
ministration has been in power and says if the US
removes its military advisers from Central
America, Cuba will support this political step.
In his 26 July speech, Fidel Castro accuses the
Reagan administration of pursuing "warlike,
fascist" policies and criticizes US intervention
in Nicaragua and the deployment of US troops in an
anti-drug drive in Bolivia.
In a news conference in Havana attended by US
correspondents, Vice Foreign Minister Ricardo
Alarcon says the US Administration, which says it
defends freedom of speech, only practices that
principle outside its borders.
Ricardo Alarcon raises the possibility that Cuba
will begin radio broadcasts to the US in response
to Voice of America transmissions to the Cuban
people.
Cuban representative to the UN Security Council
Oscar Oramas describes US policy toward Nicaragua
as criminal. He demands that the Security Council
require the US to respect the decision of the
International Court of Justice at The Hague.
Rafael Lopez of the Cuban Movement for the Peace
and Sovereignty of Peoples speaks in Tokyo at the
world conference against atomic and hydrogen bombs
denouncing the US Government arms race to achieve
military supremacy over the Soviet Union.
Granma reports that a US Army officer, Hugo Romeu
Almeida, stationed at a US base in Stuttgart, West
Germany, has requested political asylum from the
Cuban Government. Romeu Almeida says he does not
agree with the US policy on Central America.
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President of the National Institute of Sports
Conrado Martinez Corona reports that Cuba will
send a delegation to the Pan-American Games in
Indianapolis and that Cuba will ask to host the
Pan-American Games in 1991.
First Vice Minister of Foreign Relations Jose
Viera affirms in Havana that the recent South
African aggressions against Angola are a demon-
stration of an adventurist policy and US alliance
with the apartheid racist regime.
UN Ambassador Oscar Oramas favors Puerto Rico's
independence and accuses the US of turning Puerto
Rico into an economic and military colony.
A US immigration official departs for Cuba to
start interviewing long-term political prisoners
and some of their relatives to decide whether they
should be given new homes in the US.
Granma reports that there are approximately 6,000
Salvadoran soldiers and officers who participated
in antiterrorist training carried out in June and
July in Washington and Arizona and in August in
Louisiana.
The US announces it is tightening its 26-year-old
trade embargo on Cuba and will try to prevent
Cubans from getting US visas in third countries.
Havana TV reveals the contents of Fidel Castro's
letter to US Congressman Michael Bilirakis regard-
ing the Cienfuegos nuclear power plant. Fidel says
the plant's technology is one of the safest used
throughout the world.
Experts of the Eighth Nonaligned Summit countries
meet in Harare and condemn the policy of state
terrorism conducted by the US Government.
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September 2 Fidel Castro, in a speech to the plenary session
of the Nonaligned Summit, says it is imperialism,
not socialism, that refuses to end nuclear arms
tests, and that the Third World's foreign debt is
the AIDS of the world economy.
September 6 At the 23rd meeting of the Latin American Civil
Aviation Commission in Havana, the Commission
calls the US Government's prohibition of Cuban
commercial overflights of its airspace
discriminatory.
September 11 Members of the Cuban community in Panama send a
letter to US Ambassador Davis requesting a meeting
to discuss the US suspension of the petitions for
visas by Cubans wanting to enter the US. Some
4,000 Cubans are in Panama in transit.
September 15 Sixty-nine former political prisoners from Cuba
and 40 members of their families arrive in the US.
The US Catholic Conference worked to arrange the
release of the prisoners and their relocation in
the US.
September 17 Cuba and nine other countries attending the GATT
meeting in Punta del Este condemn the US trade
proposals presented by the US delegation.
September 23 Bohemia reports that three Florida residents were
sentenced to eight years in prison by a Cuban
court last month for drug trafficking and
illegally entering Cuban territory.
September 24 Miami press reports that three Cubans and one
Nicaraguan asked for political asylum in the US
after a Spanish jetliner on a Havana-to-Madrid
flight made an emergency landing in Miami.
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September 25 At the UN, Isidoro Malmierca explains Cuba's con-
cern for the policies of the nuclear arms buildup
and says the US has violated the UN Charter by
approving funds to finance the Nicaraguan
counterrevolution.
At the conclusion of Malmierca's remarks at the
UN, he urges summoning an international peace
conference on the Middle East with PLO participa-
tion, demands self-determination for the Saharan
people, and rejects US aggression against Libya.
September 28 Fidel Castro speaks at the closing ceremony of the
third CDR Congress. Fidel says that in the past
five years since the previous congress imperialism
unleashed a colossal arms race that lead to an
increase in arms everywhere in the world.
Soviet Foreign Minister Shevardnadze and Fidel
Castro condemn US "blackmail and threats" against
Cuba. Shevardnadze pledges solidarity with the
Cuban people.
At a meeting in Brazil of the Group of Latin
American and Caribbean Sugar Exporting Countries,
the US representative says the Reagan administra-
tion is not willing to make any decision that
would benefit Cuba in matters of sugar prices.
Granma reports that exile Cuban Ramon Medina--real
name Luis Posada Carriles--who took part in a 1976
attack on a Cuban airliner that left 73 dead, has
been in charge of a CIA supply operation to
Nicaraguan rebels at a Salvadoran military base.
Cuba accuses the US of blocking the Contadora's
Group peace efforts by their inability to propose
or accept a solution to the Central American con-
flict that would respond to the principles of
international law.
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Ramon Conte Hernandez, the last prisoner held by
the Cuban Government from the 1961 Playa Giron
(Bay of Pigs) invasion, is released from a Cuban
prison.
Ambassador to the UN Oscar Oramas says the US
practices hypocrisy in its international relations
by denying its ties to terrorism when in reality
it nurtures those practices. Oramas is referring
to the protection of Posada Carriles by the CIA.
Arnoldo Rodriguez Camps, trade adviser at the
Cuban Embassy in Mexico, says the US is violating
international trade agreements which it previously
signed with developing countries. Rodriguez Camps
inaugurates Expo-Cuba 86 in Mexico City.
The US accuses Cuba of supplying leftwing guer-
rillas in Chile with a massive cache of arms dis-
covered shortly before an assassination attempt on
President Pinochet on 7 September.
In a news conference, Vice Admiral Starozhilov
underscores the ties of friendship and cooperation
existing between Cuba and the Soviet Union and
says the Soviet people will do everything neces-
sary to block imperialism's warmongering policies.
On the third anniversary of the US invasion of
Grenada, The Afro-Asian-Latin American People's
Solidarity Organization accuses the US of tram-
pling on Grenada's independence and trying to make
the island a supporter of its aggressive policies.
A US Coast Guard helicopter searching for a crew-
man from a capsized freighter is allowed to refuel
in Cuba. This is the first time a US military air-
craft has landed in Cuba since 1959.
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The National Council of Scientific Societies and
the Cuban Society of Orthopedics and Traumatology
strongly criticize the US Government's refusal to
issue visas to Cuban specialists to attend a
medical congress in Puerto Rico.
November 3 In Madrid, Alarcon says "the US policy against
Cuba has failed," and that his country "has
advanced, not only in the social aspects, but also
in the economic sense."
November 7 Eumelio Caballero, Cuban political counselor to
the UN, says that Radio Marti is subversive and
that it reflects Washington's nearsightedness and
policy of hostility, aggression and interference
in the domestic affairs of the Cuban people.
November 28 Carlos Rafael Rodriguez tells Reuters that Presi-
dent Reagan has suffered a serious loss of
credibility due to the controversy surrounding the
Iranian arms deal. He says President Reagan has
become a great falsificator.
At the UN, the US withdraws, due to lack of
support, a draft resolution accusing Cuba of human
rights violations.
The Cuban Government presents a strong note of
protest to the US Interests Section in Havana
against the violation of Cuban airspace by a US
SR-71 reconnaissance aircraft on 8 December.
Hundreds of thousands of Cubans demonstrate at the
US Interests Section in Havana in protest against
the overflight of Cuba by a US SR-71.
At the rally protesting the US overflight of Cuba,
Armando Acosta says the overflight was unnecessary
and condemns President Reagan for meeting with
Cuban poet Armando Valladares and for interfering
in Nicaragua.
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December 12 The Cuban Ecumenical Council expresses concern and
repudiates the violation of Cuban airspace by a US
spy plane, and says that this action harms
national sovereignty.
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EKONOMICHESKAYA GAZETA says the volume of trade
between the Soviet Union and Cuba reached $8.8
billion in 1985 and that more than 240 works were
built or modernized with Soviet aid.
A radio and television cooperation protocol
between the USSR and Cuba for 1986-87 is signed in
Moscow by A. N. Aksenov and Ismael Gonzalez.
TASS announces that Alexander Kapto, Secretary of
the Communist Party in the Ukraine, has been named
Soviet Ambassador to Cuba.
Two Soviet merchant ships are enroute to Cuba with
hurricane relief. The ships contain 1,500 tons of
galvanized steel plate, more than 500 tons of
fibrocement, and about 1,700 tons of zinc sheets.
A Consulate of the Republic of Cuba opens in
Tashkent and is headed by Nelson Diaz Concepcion,
Third Secretary of the Embassy.
Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers Lopez
Moreno meets with Nikolay Talyzin in Moscow to
discuss further development of economic and
scientific-technical cooperation.
January 27 Talks between the USSR, Angola, and Cuba are held
in Moscow on the situation in southern Africa.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez receives the credentials
of the new Soviet Ambassador to Cuba Aleksandr
Semenovich Kapto.
In Berlin, GDR Foreign Minister Fischer and Vice
Foreign Minister Alarcon express their countries'
support for the USSR's proposals for freeing the
world from nuclear weapons by the year 2000.
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Soviet sports official Marat Gramov is on an
official visit to Cuba. Gramov says many world
leaders are deeply concerned about the future of
the Olympics.
Central Committee member Jorge Lezcano presides
over the welcoming ceremony for the ship Karnu
Laras which has brought to Cuba the first donation
of aid because of Hurricane Kate.
Soviet Communist Party official Slyunkov, Korolev,
and Kapto arrive in Havana to attend the Cuban
Communist Party's Third Party Congress.
At the Third Party Congress, Soviet official Yegor
Ligachev says the Soviet people will continue to
be a firm defender of internationalist principles
and ties between Cuba and the USSR will broaden.
Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev sends a telegram
to Fidel Castro congratulating him on his
reelection as First Secretary of the Central
Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba.
The CPSU delegation led by Yegor Ligachev visits
the Center for Biogenetic Research. He remarks on
the importance of cooperation between Cuba and the
CEMA countries in biotechnology.
The CPSU delegation led by Yegor Ligachev meets
with Fidel and Raul Castro before departing for
Moscow.
February 24 Fidel Castro, Carlos Rafael Rodriguez, and Jorge
Risquet arrive in Moscow to attend the Soviets
27th Communist Party Congress. Soviet Minister of
Foreign Affairs Shevardnadze greets them.
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February 26 The Soviet ship "50th Anniversary of the Ukranian
Soviet" transports a donation of goods to the
Caibarien Port in Villa Clara.
At the Soviet Congress, Fidel Castro condemns the
irresponsible course of imperialist states for
ignoring the realities of the nuclear age and
praises the peaceloving policy of the USSR.
During the closing session of the Soviet Congress,
Fidel Castro warns that if the US increases its
aid to the Contras, Cuba will do everything
possible to increase its aid to Nicaragua.
In Moscow, Fidel Castro receives Libyan Staff
Major Abd Al-Salam Ahmad Jallud to discuss
cooperation between their countries and US-Zionist
threats and provocations.
February 28 The Soviet ship Serov arrives at the Santiago de
Cuba port with part of the Soviet donation to our
country after damages caused by Hurricane Kate.
The ship is carrying rice and various equipment.
March 1 Fidel Castro visits the Scientific Research
Institute for Eye Microsurgery in Moscow.
Gorbachev and Fidel Castro meet in Moscow during
the 27th Soviet Party Congress. Gorbachev pledges
continued support for Cuba's fight against the
threats and provocative acts of US imperialism.
Fidel and Mikhail Gorbachev also discuss the
international situation and other matters of
interest. Fidel supports the nuclear arms
elimination program proposed by Gorbachev.
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Fidel Castro visits the Scientific Research
Institute and the Organic Chemistry Institute of
the USSR. He speaks of his interests in bio-
technology and Cuba's progress in this field.
Fidel Castro and Erich Honecker meet in Moscow and
agree that the international situation needs
cooperation between all forces of reason, realism,
and goodwill.
Fidel Castro tells the Soviet press agency
Novosti that Mikhail Gorbachev is a very humble,
modest, intelligent, and honorable person.
USSR First Deputy Chairman of the Council of
Ministers Arkhipov receives Carlos Rafael
Rodriguez to discuss the further development of
trade and economic cooperation.
Fidel Castro meets with the Swedish Ambassador at
the Swedish Embassy in Moscow where Fidel signs a
book of condolences for the death of Prime
Minister Olof Palme.
Fidel Castro, Carlos Rafael Rodriguez, and Lionel
Soto meet in Moscow with Abdallah al-Ahmar,
Assistant Secretary General of Syria's Socialist
Resurrectionist Party.
Fidel Castro meets in Moscow with Nicolay Pyzhkov,
Soviet Communist Party Politburo member and Yegor
Ligachev, Soviet Communist Party Central Committee
Secretary.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez tells NOVISTI and Mikhail
Gorbachev's main report and the discussions during
the Congress have created a great renovation in
the Soviet Communist Party.
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At a scientific conference in Moscow, Carlos
Rafael Rodriguez underscores the cohesive spirit
noted for the first time in Latin America beyond
the authentic revolutionary forces.
March 7 Fidel Castro tours Moscow and visits the
Architectural and Planning Directorate.
A delegation from the USSR's All-Union Central
Council of Trade Unions, headed by Vladimir
Sergeyev, arrives in Havana on a working visit.
Fidel Castro and his delegation arrive in Moscow
from Pyongyang on their way home to Cuba. They
were met at the airport by Foreign Minister
Shevardnadze.
March 12 Fidel Castro and Mikhail Gorbachev meet in Moscow
after Fidel returns from North Korea.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez meets in Moscow with Ivan
Arkhipov, First Deputy Chairman of the Presidium
of the USSR Council of Ministers to discuss
economic and trade relations for 1986-1990.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez and Lionel Soto depart
Moscow for Sweden to attend the funeral of Swedish
Prime Minister Olof Palme.
Secretary General of the Central Organization of
Cuban Trade Unions Roberto Veiga meets with Soviet
trade official Vladimir Sergeyev to discuss bi-
lateral labor relations and international trade.
March 20 Minister of Basic Industry Rodrigo Ortiz Gomez
signs an electrical energy protocol in Moscow.
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Ivan Arkhipov meets with Cuban Ambassador to the
Soviet Union Lionel Soto to discuss the increase
in bilateral cooperation in the technical and
economic sectors.
Konstantin Katushev, Chairman of the Soviet State
Committee for Foreign Economic Relations, and
Ernesto Melendez sign a cooperation protocol for
1986-1990 in Moscow.
The Soviet ship Dimitri Gulia arrives at the Port
of Matanzas with some 12,400 tons of aluminum
sheets, ferrous metals, pipes, bars, tires, and
levers to repair damages caused by Hurricane Kate.
Politburo member Juan Almeida speaks at the 17th
Communist Party Congress in Prague praising the
Soviets for their aid to Cuba and blasting the US
for its foreign policy.
Fidel Castro awards 11 agricultural workers from
Camaguey with a visit to the Soviet Union this
year in recognition of the results obtained in
completing production and service plans.
Ivan Arkhipov, First Deputy Chairman of the USSR
Council of Ministers arrives in Havana to attend
the 16th session of the Commission for Economic
and Scientific-Technical Cooperation.
Granma reports that Carlos Rafael Rodriguez and
Ivan Arkhipov signed a series of trade agreements
that will substantially increase Soviet aid to
Cuba over the next five years.
Fidel Castro bestows the Carlos Manuel de Cespedes
Order on Ivan Arkhipov. Arkhipov says he gives his
heart and soul to the development of the Cuban
people's life.
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Carlos Rafael Rodriguez tells Prensa Latina that
the trade agreements signed by Cuba and the USSR
will increase Soviet aid by $3 billion dollars
between 1986-90.
Vice President of the National Assembly Severo
Aguirre addresses the 75th IPU Conference in
Mexico and compares the US warmongering line with
the USSR's peace policy.
President of the National Assembly Flavio Bravo
welcomes the Soviet and GDR delegations which
attended the IPU meeting in Mexico City.
A cooperation agreement for the present 5-year
period is signed at the Cuban-Soviet Friendship
House by Vladimir Shatalov and Zoilo Marinello,
officials of the two Friendship Societies.
Havana's Mariel port workers have unloaded 10,000
tons of general merchandise from the Soviet ship
Komsomolets Uzbekistana. This merchandise will
help alleviate damages caused by Hurricane Kate.
May 1 Cuba's press plays down the Soviet nuclear
accident in Chernobyl.
The Cuban Movement for the Peace and Sovereignty
of the Peoples and the Soviet Committee for the
Defense of Peace sign a cooperation agreement in
Havana. Fidel Castro says there is no peace with-
out development and no development without peace.
In the text of a cooperation agreement signed by
the Cuban Movement for the Peace and Sovereignty
of the Peoples and the Soviet Committee for the
Defense of Peace, imperialist circles are accused
of intensifying the arms race.
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Officials from the Soviet Union's agroindustrial
complexes and the Cuban Agriculture and Sugar
Ministries sign documents in Havana to extend
cooperation.
Soviet and Cuban commercial enterprises sign a
contract to fully supply equipment and materials
for the first nuclear power station built in Cuba.
Energoimport Association President Lazaro
Hernandez signs the contract for Cuba.
Minister of Basic Industries Marcos Portal is
received in Moscow by Ivan Arkhipov, First Deputy
Chairman of the USSR Council of Ministers and Y.
P. Ryabov, Deputy Chairman of the USSR Council of
Ministers to discuss cooperation in industry.
Ivan Arkhipov and Marcos Portal sign work
protocols for economic and scientific-technical
cooperation.
Member of the Politburo of the Central Committee
Julio Camacho Aguilera is appointed as Cuba's
Ambassador to the Soviet Union.
A protocol on trade and payments for 1986 is
signed in Moscow by Boris Aristov and Ricardo
Cabrizas. Trade between the two countries will
exceed R8 billion this year.
Vladimir Shcherbitskiy, First Secretary of the
Soviet Central Committee in the Ukraine, meets in
Kiev with Lionel Soto, Secretary of the Communist
Party Central Committee. Soto reiterates Cuba's
support to minimize the consequences of Chernobyl.
Tass reports that unarmed Cuban and Soviet
merchant ships, unloading in the Port of Namib in
Angola, became targets of a pirate attack on
5 June; the Soviet ships were damaged and the
Cuban ship was sunk.
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The first Komsomol brigade that arrived in Cuba in
1961 is honored during a ceremony at the Cuban
Embassy in Moscow. The Leninist Komsomol left Mos-
cow with the noble purpose of working, helping,
and teaching Cubans.
The Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet bestows
on Lionel Soto Prieto, Cuban Ambassador to the
USSR, the Friendship With the People's Order for
his active work in friendship and cooperation
between the Soviet Union and Cuba.
Lionel Soto visits Uzbekistan and meets with top
party and state leaders and visits diverse
factories. In Tashkent, Soto meets with Communist
Party official of Uzbekistan Rand Abdullayeva and
Sayyera Sultanova, of the Council of Ministers.
Isidoro Malmierca discusses bilateral relations
and analyzes the progress of the ongoing anti-
apartheid international conference with Soviet
official Adamishin and Czechoslovakian official
Stanislav Svoboda.
For the first time in Camaguey Province,
technicians establish communications with the CEMA
International Center for Scientific-Technical
Information in Moscow.
Candidate member of the CPSU Central Committee
Politburo Petr Demichev decorates Lionel Soto,
Cuban Ambassador to the USSR, with the Friendship
of the Peoples Order because of his outstanding
work to strengthen friendship and cooperation.
Lionel Soto discusses topics of mutual interest
with Soviet Foreign Minister Shevardnadze.
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Havana press reports that a pipeline broke on the
Soviet oil tanker Lukhivitsky causing a spillage
of 1,265 tons of fuel oil and serious pollution
at the Cuban deep-water port of Cienfuegos.
Soviet Central Committee member Anatoliy Dobrynin
meets in Moscow with Lionel Soto to discuss
aspects of mutual interest.
Prensa Latina reports that the Soviet Union and
Cuba signed a bilateral cooperation agreement on
book publishing, printing, and marketing for
1986-1990.
Lionel Soto, Ambassador to the Soviet Union,
leaves his post after almost three years.
Cuban Charge d'Affaires in Moscow Luis Felipe
Vazquez and USSR Deputy Foreign Minister Leonid
Ilichev sign a protocol on the exchange of ratifi-
cation instruments on the judicial assistance in
civil, family, and penal matters.
The Latin American Economic System (SELA) and the
Council of Mutual Economic Aid (CEMA) begin talks
in Moscow. Sebastian Alegrett, SELA's Secretary
and his CEMA counterpart Viacheslav Sichov discuss
proposals to step up economic cooperation.
Chairman of the USSR State Committee for Foreign
Economic Relations Katushev and Cuban Minister of
the Sugar Industry Rodriguez Maurell, in a meeting
in Moscow, discuss Soviet-Cuban cooperation in the
sugar industry.
Sugar Industry Minister Antonio Rodriguez Maurell
meets in Moscow with Konstantin Katushev, Chairman
of the Soviet State Committee for Cooperation,
to discuss the current five-year plan.
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Havana press announces that a Soviet meterological
aircraft will soon arrive in Cuba to take part in
the research conducted by the Cuban-Soviet joint
center for tropical meteorology and hurricane
studies.
Colonel Arnaldo Tamayo, First Vice President of
Cuban-Soviet Friendship Association, travels to
Estonia heading a Cuban delegation that will
participate in a program to commemorate the 33rd
anniversary of the assault on Moncada Barracks.
In Madrid, Cuban defector Manuel Sanchez Perez
says Havana and Moscow disagree strongly over how
to deal with Cuba's foreign debt. He says Cuba
needs to earn at least $1 billion a year in hard
currency to pay for goods and technology.
The CPSU Central Committee, the USSR Supreme
Soviet Presidium, and the USSR Council of
Ministers sends greetings to Fidel Castro on the
anniversary of Moncada Barracks.
Havana Radio Reloj reports that Secretariat member
Jaime Crombet arrived in Moscow. He will remain in
the USSR until 10 August, when he will leave for
East Germany. He previously visited Hungary,
Czechoslovakia, and Bulgaria.
Rafael Lopez of the Cuban Movement for the Peace
and Sovereignty of Peoples speaks in Tokyo at the
world conference against atomic and hydrogen bombs
denouncing the US Government arms race to achieve
military supremacy over the Soviet Union.
Cuban Agriculture Minister Adolfo Diaz Suarez is
received in Moscow by Vsevolod Murakhovskiy,
President of the USSR State Committee of Agro-
industry. They discuss scientific and technical
cooperation for the current 5-year period.
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Fidel Castro is awarded the highest decorations
from the Governments of the Soviet Union and
Mongolia, the Order of Lenin and the Sukhe Bator,
respectively. He is presented these awards on the
occasion of his 60th birthday.
Agriculture Minister Adolfo Diaz Suarez ends a
10-day visit to the Soviet Union at the invitation
of the USSR State Committee of Agroindustry. He
met with agricultural authorities and toured
centers of agricultural interests in Estonia.
The Soviet Union imposes stiffer terms in trade
with Cuba. The volume of Cuban sugar shipments
would remain at four million metric tons per year,
and Cuba's oil purchases would be fixed at the
1985 level of 270 barrels per day.
August 19 A scientific experiment begins in Camaguey aimed
at testing the effectiveness of cloud-seeding
measures to induce rain. The experiment is part of
the joint Cuban-Soviet study of tropical
meteorology and hurricanes.
August 25
Vice Foreign Minister Jose Raul Vieira Linares
tells the Soviet press agency TASS that the Soviet
Union's decision of prolonging until January 1987
the unilateral moratorium of nuclear testing is a
courageous and responsible step forward.
September 2 A London-based Latin American Commodities Report
says the Soviet Union refused Cuba's request to
pay higher prices for sugar and to lower the
price of its oil for Cuba.
September 13 Julio Camacho Aguilera, Cuban Ambassador to the
USSR, arrives in Moscow and meets with First
Deputy Foreign Minister Anatoliy Kovalev.
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September 17 Chairman of the Presidium of the USSR Supreme
Soviet Andrey Gromyko receives new Cuban
Ambassador Julio Camacho Aguilera, who presents
his credentials.
September 19 Soviet Foreign Trade Minister Aristov discusses
with Cuban Foreign Trade Minister Cabrizas
implementing protocols on mutual trade this year
and expanding trade between Cuba and the USSR in
1987.
September 22 Soviet Petroleum Industry Minister Vasiliy Dinkov
arrives in Havana to observe the progress of
drilling, construction of oil pipelines, and
technical equipment for drilling.
Pravda announces that a delegation of party
workers from the Cuban Communist Party Central
Committee sugar production section visited the
Soviet Union from 10 to 21 September.
September 23 Politburo member Pedro Miret and Soviet Petroleum
Industry Minister Vasiliy Dinkov tour the Boca de
Jaruco oil field in Havana Province.
September 26 In Moscow, Geydar Aliyev, member of the CPSU
Central Committee, Cuba's Ambassador to the USSR
Julio Camacho, and Transportation Minister Diocles
Torralba discuss international problems and
prospects for the development of trade.
Transportation Minister Diocles Torralba meets in
Moscow with Acting Prime Minister Geydar Aliyev to
discuss cargo transportation, which reaches 24
million tons a year, and other related issues.
The Soviet Union builds the first vapor generator
for Cuba's electronuclear center. The designers
had to resolve complicated technical problems re-
lated to the operational conditions of the center
in a tropical climate.
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Soviet Foreign Minister Shevardnadze makes a brief
stopover in Havana and meets with Fidel Castro,
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez, Isidoro Malmierca, and
Jorge Risquet to discuss next week's pre-summit
meeting between Gorbachev and President Reagan.
Soviet Foreign Minister Shevardnadze and Fidel
Castro condemn US "blackmail and threats" against
Cuba. Shevardnadze pledges solidarity with the
Cuban people.
Prensa Latina reports that Cuba has signed
contracts with Soviet and French companies to
build a port in Matanzas Bay capable of handling
oil supertankers. The first phase is expected to
be completed and ready for operation by July 1988.
Deputy Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme
Soviet of the USSR Arnold Fedorovich Ryuytel and
Foreign Trade First Deputy Minister Nikolay
Komarov arrive in Havana.
TASS announces that a Soviet Naval squadron
consisting of two antisubmarine warfare ships, a
diesel-powered submarine, and a tanker under the
command of Vice Admiral Fedor Starozhilov will
visit Havana from 20-24 October.
Politburo member Jorge Risquet meets with Arnold
Fedorovich Ryuytel. Ryuytel tours the Isle of
Youth. Nikolay Komarov and Acting Foreign Trade
Minister Amado Blanco sign a trade agreement for
1986-1990.
Foreign Minister Shevardnadze discusses bilateral
relations with Cuban Ambassador to the USSR Julio
Camacho Aguilera.
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A Soviet naval flotilla made up of the Kara-class
cruiser Ochakov, the Kashin-class destroyer
Krasny-Kavkaz, a Foxtrot-class diesel submarine,
and the tanker Brois Chilikin arrive in Havana,
commanded by Vice Admiral Fedor Starozhilov.
Vice Admiral Fedor Starozhilov meets with Raul
Castro, Division Generals Abelardo Colome Ibarra
and Rogelio Acevedo, and other military officials.
Raul visits the Soviet Naval Fleet.
In a news conference, Vice Admiral Starozhilov
underscores the ties of friendship and cooperation
existing between Cuba and the Soviet Union and
says the Soviet people will do everything neces-
sary to block imperialism's warmongering policies.
The 69th session of the CEMA Standing Commission
on Cooperation in the Sphere of Electric Power
ends in Minsk. Cuba was among the delegations
attending.
Before departing Mozambique, Jorge Risquet met
with the Presidents of Angola, Guinea-Bissau, and
Burkina, as well as a high-level Soviet delega-
tion.
Central Organization of Cuban Trade Unions Secre-
tary General Roberto Veiga participates in a news
conference in Moscow. He says Latin American's
are expressing more and more their opposition to
the arms race and advocating peace on earth.
Deputy Chairman of the USSR Council of Ministers
Miyervaldis Raman arrives in Havana to participate
in the celebrations of the 69th anniversary of the
triumph of the Great Socialist Revolution of
October.
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November 3 Raul Castro presides over a ceremony bestowing the
30th FAR anniversary commemorative medal on Soviet
military specialists in Cuba.
The Soviet Naval Detachment headed by Vice Admiral
Fedor Starozhilov arrives in Santiago de Cuba.
Starozhilov meets with Esteban Lazo, Politburo
member and First Secretary of the Provincial Party
Committee.
Fidel Castro arrives in Moscow to attend a meeting
of Communist Party leaders from the Soviet Union's
six Warsaw Pact countries.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez meets in Moscow with
Konstantin Katushev, Chairman of the State
Committee for Foreign Economic Relations.
During a reception in Moscow, Fidel Castro
discusses strengthening of friendship and coopera-
tion ties existing between the two countries with
Soviet officials.
November 10 Fidel Castro participates in the working meeting
in Moscow with top political and state leaders of
CEMA member countries.
USSR Minister of the Petroleum Industry Dinkov
visits the regions of Varadero and Boca de Jaruco
in Cuba, where 850,000 tons of oil is extracted,
and signs a protocol on scientific cooperation.
November 11 Mikhail Gorbachev presents the Order of Lenin to
Fidel Castro, awarded to him on the occasion of
his 60th birthday. They discuss further develop-
ment of friendship between the two countries and a
future of peace for the peoples.
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November 14 Members of the Soviet naval delegation visiting
Cienfuegos are decorated with medals of
fraternity. Vice Admiral Fedor Starozhilov is
decorated with the Internationalist Combatant
Medal.
November 17 Culture Minister Armando Hart greets his Soviet
counterpart Vasiliy Georgiyevich Zakharov who will
participate in the third session of the Cuban-
Soviet Intergovernmental Commission on Culture.
November 19 Armando Hart accompanies his Soviet counterpart
Vasiliy Zakharov to the Havana Juan Marinelo
Cultural Center.
November 20 Soviet Culture Minister Vasiliy Zakharov tours
places of historic interest in the town of
Trinidad, in Cuba, and observes the conservation
and restoration works being performed in the area
to retain its original appearance.
Culture Minister Armando Hart and his Soviet
counterpart Vasiliy Zakharov sign a bilateral
cultural agreement that includes cooperation in
film, literature, and music.
At the invitation of Cuba's National Institute of
Automated Systems and Computer Technology, a
Soviet delegation headed by Vladislav Kolesnikov,
Minister of the USSR electronic industry, visits
the Cotorro printed circuit factory.
December 2 A Soviet military delegation headed by Colonel
General V. N. Konchits attends celebrations in
Havana of the 30th anniversary of the landing of
"Granma" and the creation of the Revolutionary
Armed Forces.
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Raul Castro decorates a group of Soviet and
Bulgarian generals, among them, Colonel General
Atanas Semerdzhiev, First Deputy Defense Minister
of Bulgaria and Commander in Chief of the General
Staff of the Bulgarian People's Army.
December 16 Moscow press reports that a delegation of workers
of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Cuba headed
by Division General Acevedo Gonzalez arrived in
the Soviet Union on 14 December for a friendly
visit.
December 21 Pravda reports that a delegation of CPSU officials
headed by A. G. Melnikov, member of the CPSU
Central Committee and Chief of the CPSU Central
Committee Construction Section visited Cuba from
10 to 19 December.
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Pope John Paul sends a message to the national
church meeting in Havana calling for Cuban
Catholics to remain faithful to the church's
teachings.
Prensa Latina reports that Fidel Castro met with
the Pope's special envoy to the ecclesiastical
meeting, Cardinal Eduardo Pironio.
In Prensa Latina, Papal envoy Cardinal Eduardo
Pironio notes "satisfaction" with his meeting with
Fidel Castro. They discussed the misery and under-
development that many people in the area suffer.
Cardinal Pironio also says that a visit by the
Pope to Cuba is not foreseeable in the near
future.
Bishop Adolfo Rodriguez of Camaguey and Bishop
Pedro Meurice of Santiago de Cuba depart for the
Vatican to present the Pope with a document that
calls for the Roman Catholic Church to accept
Communism in Cuba and learn to live with it.
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Carlos Rafael Rodriguez meets in Stockholm with
former Venezuelan President Carlos Andres Perez to
discuss Latin American problems, especially the
situation in Central America.
The Caracas El Mundo newspaper discloses that Luis
Pozada Carriles, a fugitive from Venezuelan
justice who was one of the men who sabotaged a
Cuban commercial plane in 1976, is in Central
America heading a heavily armed group.
Pedro Morales Carballo heads the Cuban delegation
to the 12th SELA Council meeting in Caracas.
SELA Permanent Secretary Sebastian Alegrett con-
ducts the meeting calling for the region to unite
and defend its interests against the foreign debt.
September 27 Police officials in Caracas report that five Cuban
exiles have been arrested for their alleged role
in a forgery ring that sold Venezuelan passports
with US visas for $8,000 to $10,000.
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Vietnam's official at the Party Congress, Nguyen
Van Linh, says his country supports Cuba's
domestic and foreign policies and demands the US
discontinue its blockade against Cuba.
Foreign Minister Malmierca and Vo Dong Giang,
Vietnamese Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, meet
in Havana to exchange opinions on the inter-
national situation and the Nonaligned Movement.
Justice Minister Juan Escalona Reguera arrives in
Hanoi. He meets with his counterpart Phan Hien on
7 April to discuss developing bilateral coopera-
tion in the justice area.
General Secretary of the Vietnamese Communist
Party Le Duan sends a message to Fidel Castro on
the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the
Communist Party and Playa Giron victory.
Minister of Justice Juan Escalona returns to Cuba
from Czechoslovakia and Slovak Republics, Vietnam,
Laos, and Cambodia. Cooperation agreements were
signed with the police organizations.
Alternate member of the Communist Party of Vietnam
Central Committee Le Van Dung visits Cuba. An
agreement on economic, scientific, and technical
cooperation for 1986-90 is signed by Central
Committee member Marcos Portal and Van Dung.
Fidel Castro sends a message of condolences on the
death of Le Duan, General Secretary of the
Communist Party of Vietnam.
The Vice Chairman of the Council of Ministers of
the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Vu Dinh Lieu
arrives in Havana heading a delegation that will
participate in the ninth intergovernmental meeting
for the economic development of Cuba and Vietnam.
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Vice President of the Council of Ministers Diocles
Torralba and Vu Dinh Lieu preside over their
countries' delegations at the ninth Cuban-
Vietnamese intergovernmental meeting for economic
and scientific-technical cooperation.
Carlos Rafael Rodriguez meets with Vu Dinh Lieu to
exchange information on the future development of
Cuban-Vietnamese cooperation and their respective
economies.
Fidel Castro sends a congratulatory message to
Truong Chinh on his being elected secretary
general of the Vietnamese Communist Party.
Diocles Torralba and Vu Dinh Lieu sign an economic
and technical cooperation agreement in which Cuba
will provide help in modernizing and expanding
several existing sugar refineries in Vietnam and
assist in building new ones.
Vietnamese Vice Foreign Trade Minister Nguyen
Manh Cam arrives in Havana heading a delegation to
sign the protocol for the exchange of merchandise
for this year. Vice Foreign Trade Minister Jose de
la Fuente welcomes the delegation.
Vietnamese Defense Minister Chu Huy Man, also a
member of the Vietnamese Communist Party
Politburo, meets with Cuban Ambassador to Vietnam
Armando Saucedo Yerro to discuss bilateral
relations.
President of the Cuban Institute of Radio and
Television Ismael Gonzalez arrives in Hanoi. An
agreement is signed on training of radio and TV
technicians in the production of documentary films
and cooperation in international broadcasts.
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December 11 Vice Foreign Minister Giraldo Mazola and
Vietnamese Ambassador to Cuba Hoang Luong sign a
cultural and educational cooperation agreement for
the next five years.
December 13 Politburo member Jorge Risquet and PCC Central
Committee members Raul Valdes Vivo and Faure
Chomon Mediavilla arrive in Hanoi to participate
in the Sixth congress of the Communist Party of
Vietnam.
December 24 Fidel Castro sends a message of congratulations to
Nguyen Van Linh on his election as General
Secretary of the Central Committee of Vietnam.
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Isidoro Malmierca and Mansour Omar, Foreign
Minister of Western Sahara, meet in Havana to
discuss bilateral relations and the international
situation. Malmierca hosts a reception for Omar.
Mansour Omar and Carlos Rafael Rodriguez meet in
Havana.
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February 24 Cuba and Yugoslavia sign a protocol in Havana that
includes economic cooperation for 1986-1990.
Central Committee member Jose Lopez Moreno and
Milos Sindic of Yugoslavia sign the document.
May 28
Fidel Castro, Carlos Rafael Rodriguez, Jorge
Risquet, and Lionel Soto meet in Moscow with
Yugoslav officials Dimce Belovski, Milojko
Durlovic, and Stanislav Stojanovic.
Minister of Foreign Trade Cabrizas and Yugoslav
official Milenko Bojanic sign a five-year trade
protocol in Havana. A trade agreement for 1986
is also signed.
Minister of Culture Armando Hart and Yugoslav
official Aleksandar Petkovic sign a document
establishing the basis for cooperation in
education, science, and culture through 1988.
Raif Dizdarevic, Federal Secretary for Foreign
Affairs of Yugoslavia, arrives in Havana and is
greeted by Isidoro Malmierca. They discuss
international and bilateral affairs and matters
related to the Nonaligned Movement.
Jorge Risquet receives Raif Dizdarevic. Both
leaders stress with satisfaction the good
relations between the Communist Party of Cuba and
the League of Communists of Yugoslavia.
Belgrade press reports that the Yugoslav bus
manufacturer Ikarus has delivered 200 buses and a
large quantity of spare parts estimated at about
$8 million to Cuba between January and May of this
year.
Politburo member Juan Almeida and his delegation
arrive in Yugoslavia to attend Yugoslavia's 13th
League of Communists Congress.
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Commander of the Revolution Juan Almeida attends
the 23d Congress of the League of Communists of
Yugoslavia held in Belgrade and meets with Stane
Dolanc, member of the Presidency.
Isidoro Malmierca visits Belgrade for consulta-
tions on the final preparations for the Eighth
Summit of the Nonaligned countries in Harare.
Malmierca and Vice President Lazar Mojsov discuss
further improvement of bilateral cooperation.
September 12 Fidel Castro, Carlos Rafael Rodriguez, and Jorge
Risquet arrive in Belgrade and are greeted by
Yugoslav President Sinan Hasani. They discuss the
need to strengthen bilateral cooperation,
especially economic cooperation.
September 20 AT the UN, Isidoro Malmierca and Yugoslavian
Federal Secretary for Foreign Affairs Raif
Dizdarevic assess cooperation and the development
of relations.
Fidel Castro and other high level officials attend
a reception at the Yugoslav ambassador's residence
in Havana on the occasion of a farewell for
Ambassador Ronald Strelec.
Enrique Anavitarte, Director of the National
Institute of Housing, concludes a visit to
Belgrade where he signs a protocol for bilateral
cooperation in construction with the Construction
Materials Institute.
December 18 Yugoslav Prime Minister Branko Mikulic meets in
Belgrade with Ernesto Melendez Bachs, Minister
President of the State Committee for Economic Co-
operation, to discuss matters of bilateral
interest, international issues, and the NAM.
December 20 Belgrade press reports that Mihajlo Popovic has
been appointed Yugoslav Ambassador to Cuba.
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Cuban Ambassador to Zaire Luis Delgado Perez
delivers a message from Fidel Castro to President
Mobutu Sese Seko in which Castro reaffirms Cuba's
desire to maintain cooperative relations.
Zaire expels Cuban diplomat Rolando Vinageras
Perez, who was found in possession of Zairean
policy documents. Vinageras Perez has been
accredited to Kinshasa since July.
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Ulises Estrada, Chief of the Nonaligned Movement
division of the Cuban Foreign Ministry arrives in
Zambia to discuss the next ministerial meeting of
the Nonaligned that will be held in April. Zambian
Vice Minister Sikao presides at the discussions.
Zambian Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Sikao and
Ulises Estrada discuss Nonaligned matters and the
Nonaligned Summit to be held in Harare, Zimbabwe.
The Zambia-Cuba Joint Commission of cooperation
opens in Lusaka. As a result of the commission, 13
Cuban medical doctors and two agricultural experts
have been sent to Zambia and eight Zambians are to
be trained in Cuba in management and agriculture.
Cuba and Zambia sign an economic, scientific, and
technical cooperation agreement in Zambia for the
1986-1988 period. Cuba will provide specialists to
cooperate in economic projects in Zambia, and
train Zambian cadres in Cuba.
November 24 Vice President of the Council of Ministers Juan
Almeida receives the credentials of Humphrey
Mulemba as Zambia's new Ambassador to Cuba.
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January 24 A Zimbabwe Air Force plane flies Foreign Minister
Malmierca out of Lesotho, where he had been
stranded as a result of the military coup that
overthrew the government.
President of Zimbabwe Canaan Banana meets with
Isidoro Malmierca to discuss the coming summit
meeting of the Nonaligned Movement.
Foreign Minister Malmierca arrives in Harare for
a 4-day official visit. He meets his counterpart
Witness Mangwende. Mangwende says Zimbabwe plans
to open an embassy in Cuba soon.
Isidoro Malmierca and Zimbabwean Prime Minister
Mugabe describe bilateral relations as excellent
and discuss preparations for the Eighth Nonaligned
Summit to be held in Harare in September.
The first session of the Cuban-Zimbabwean
Commission for Economic, Scientific, and Technical
Cooperation begins in Havana. Jorge Risquet
receives Minister of Education Matumbuka, who is
heading the Zimbabwean delegation.
Zimbabwe and Cuba sign a cooperation protocol in
Havana at the end of the first session of the
joint Cuban-Zimbabwean commission for economic,
scientific, and technical cooperation. Risquet and
his Politburo counterpart Mutumbuka sign.
In a dialogue with journalists before his
departure from Havana, Dzingai Mutumbuka says
Africa will not be free while the apartheid regime
exists, and because of this the people of Zimbabwe
support the struggle against the shameful regime.
Fidel Castro and Peruvian President Alan Garcia
meet in Harare to exchange views on various topics
related to the Government.
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Interviewed on his arrival in Harare, Isidoro
Malmierca says he endorsed the draft declaration
submitted by Zimbabwe for adoption by the summit
of the Nonaligned Movement that dealt with issues
for disarmament and a halt to the arms race.
The Zimbabwean Minister of Information, Posts and
Telecommunications Dr. Nathan Shamuyarira asks for
Cuban technical assistance to develop Zimbabwe's
communication systems during a meeting with the
directors of Prensa Latina and Tanjug.
Harare press announces that 139 Zimbabwean student
teachers departed for Cuba on 25 August to begin a
five-year course of study under an accord signed
by the two countries earlier this year.
Experts of the Eighth Nonaligned Summit countries
meet in Harare and condemn the policy of state
terrorism conducted by the US Government.
The participants at the meeting of experts of the
Nonaligned Movement chose Nicaragua, Cuba, Peru,
and Guyana to hold the office of vice president
during the Eighth Nonaligned Summit.
In Harare, Isidoro Malmierca predicts a swift
withdrawal of Cuban troops from Angola but does
not give a date. He says it depends on the Non-
aligned countries hastening the demise of the
South African Government.
Fidel Castro arrives in Harare to attend the
Eighth Summit of the Nonaligned Movement. He is
greeted at the airport by Zimbabwean President
Banana, Prime Minister Mugabe, and other
high-level government officials.
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Fidel Castro addresses the Nonaligned Summit
meeting in Harare. He says the arms race has
accelerated, regional conflicts have increased,
and the intervention of imperialism in these
conflicts is now greater and more direct.
Fidel Castro and Iranian President Ali Khamenei
meet in Harare. They discuss topics of mutual
interest, the international situation, the threat
of imperialism against Third World countries, and
the situation in South Africa.
Fidel Castro and Carlos Rafael Rodriguez meet in
Harare with Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi to
exchange opinions on the Eighth Nonaligned Summit
and to express their satisfaction with the meet-
ing.
Fidel Castro, in a speech to the plenary session
of the Nonaligned Summit, says it is imperialism,
not socialism, that refuses to end nuclear arms
tests, and that the Third World's foreign debt is
the AIDS of the world economy.
September 3 In Harare, Fidel Castro says that Cuba will attend
the upcoming Olympic Games only if they are shared
with North and South Korea.
In Harare, Fidel Castro takes part in an interview
with the voice and vision of Iran stating that, in
his opinion, nations that are preparing themselves
to fight imperialism cannot be defeated and imper-
ialism knows Cuba has prepared their people.
Libyan leader Qadhafi meets in Harare with Fidel
Castro and Daniel Ortega. In a radio statement,
Qadhafi says he told Castro and Ortega they will
no longer be alone; Libya will spare no efforts to
attain freedom and confront US terrorism.
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September 4 In Harare, Fidel Castro and Haydar Abu Bakr al-
'Attas discuss the military relations between the
two parties and countries and the Yemeni and Cuban
revolutions, in addition to the international
situation and issues of common interest.
Havana press reports from Harare that Fidel Castro
held talks with President Garcia of Peru,
Ortega of Nicaragua, Machel of Mozambique, and
Guyanese Prime Minister Hoyte.
September 6 In Harare, Syrian Vice President 'Abd al-Halim
Khaddam meets with Fidel Castro to discuss the
international situation and bilateral cooperation.
Fidel stresses Cuba's support for Syria in its
fight against Zionist and US aggression.
October 28 Politburo member Jorge Risquet meets in Mozambique
with Robert Mugabe, Prime Minister of Zimbabwe,
and Ghana's leader Flight Lt. Rawlings to discuss
the world situation, especially in southern
Africa.
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