This Wednesday marks the 23rd anniversary of “fraternal relations” with Cuba, strengthened in 1999 by the then presidents Hugo Chávez, who that year assumed the Presidency of the South American country, and Fidel Castro.
On Twitter, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs pointed out that, on this day but in 1999, fraternal relations between the two countries began, which, with “friendship and brotherhood”, have deepened “issues of bilateral interest and (of) cooperation, constituting an example of what the peoples of (Simón) Bolívar and (José) Martí can achieve as a legacy to the world.”
On the other hand, President Nicolás Maduro greeted, through the same social network, “brother (Cuban) President Miguel Díaz-Canel and the people of Havana, who today celebrate the 503rd anniversary of the founding of Havana, cradle of the revolution and capital of dignity”.
On November 16, 1519, the Spanish and first ruler of Cuba, Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar, celebrated a commemorative mass for the founding of the city, which he named San Cristóbal de La Habana.
Cuba and Venezuela have been close political and economic allies since Comandante Hugo Chávez came to power in 1999.
On November 9, the Vice Prime Minister of Cuba Ramiro Valdéz Menéndez visited Venezuela to deepen bilateral cooperation, a topic he addressed during a meeting in Caracas with the executive vice president, Delcy Rodríguez.
