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Thursday, June 14, 2001.
An inflamatory story in Cuba's government-backed Granma newspaper laid bare
the increasingly tightening relationship between Havana and the government of
Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez.
Commenting on a May 30th anti-Castro demonstration in front of the Cuban
embassy in Caracas and a similar one in Miami in front of the Venezuelan
consulate, Granma's correspondent unwitttingly revealed how close Chavez's
Venezuela has come to becoming a Cuban satellite.
"In the case of the documents that unite Caracas and Havana, there is a
wide range of cooperation including public health and sports, covering 3,000
Cuban trainers," the Granma story revealed. "The Links have promoted
bilateral exchanges, through which governors, politicians, youth delegates and
trade unionists, among others, have visited our country, and ours have visited
theirs."
In addition, swarms of Cuban medical personnel have arrived in Venezuela and
all but taken over the nation's medical care services.
Granma ranted and raved against the anti-communist movement in Venezuela,
attacking those who chanted "Death to Communism" and saying that this "was
the worn-out, hysterical cry, despite the fact that thousands of Venezuelans are
benefiting from the care provided by Cuban medical personnel in Venezuela."
"Cuba and Venezuela are united by strong ties and joined by history,"
the story concluded. "Those who wish to break those ties have already
wracked their brains trying to destroy the Cuban Revolution. Those who choose
the path of counterrevolution opt for hate; in contrast, Cubans and Venezuelans
have the antidote of solidarity, as it was demonstrated in Caracas on May 31."
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