TRT | Venezuela's Maduro pays solidarity visit to new Cuban president
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Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro talks to the media during a news conference before his departure to Cuba at the Simon Bolivar airport in La Guaira | Reuters
Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro said his visit, one day after Miguel Diaz-Canel took over the Cuban presidency, was one of brotherhood and solidarity.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro arrived in Havana on Friday to meet with Cuba's new president and ratify his struggling nation's ties with one of its few remaining allies.
He acted quickly -- just a day after decades of Castro rule ended and long time party loyalist Miguel Diaz-Canel assumed power as president.
Cuba for years has been heavily dependent on cut-rate Venezuelan oil in exchange for assistance in the form of Cuban doctors working in the oil-rich but economically troubled South American country.
Before leaving Caracas, Maduro said he would be making "a working visit, one of brotherhood, to give an embrace of solidarity and support" to Diaz-Canel.
"I come with lots of energy to keep working together," Maduro said in arrival remarks after he was received by Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez, local news reports said.
Maduro is seeking re-election on May 20 among voters grappling with hyper-inflation and shortages of food and medicine.
Bron: TRTWorld
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Er zijn nog maar twee bevriende naties die Maduro steunen (Bolivia en Cuba) en voor de rest heeft deze schender van mensenrechten geen vrienden. Zelfs de Chinezen en Russen hebben geen enkel vertrouwen in deze charlatan.
De Cubanen zijn de TRAGO girls van Curacao--ze gaan naar Venezuela om geld te verdienen voor hun eigen land-en onder dwang--zodra het voorbij is met Venezuela zijn ze weer weg--en die zogenaamde Medici--wel mensen het zijn gewoon ziekenhuis broeders en zusters-geen echte doktoren.