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Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro leaves Havana today after an unexpected visit, during which he met the former president and leader of the Communist Party of Cuba (CPC, single in law) , Raú Castro. .
Maduro was fired Tuesday afternoon at José Martí International Airport in Havana by Castro, according to a brief note from the state. Cuban News Agency, who declares that the general "conveyed the greetings of the Cuban President, Miguel Díaz-Canel , that at that time presided over a meeting of the Council of Ministers ".
The report only adds that the visit coincides with the 18th anniversary of the signing of the Cuba-Venezuela Cooperation Agreement instituted by the former Cuban President, Fidel Castro. and the president of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez.
As the Venezuelan leader's stay was not announced, it is unclear how much time has elapsed on the island, where the presence of Venezuelan Vice President Tareck El Aissami was reported on the occasion of the 36th Havana International Fair, the largest commercial and investment bank in the country.
The Aissami met Diaz-Canel, according to an official note published Tuesday by the official media, according to which they discussed "the ties of friendship that characterize the bilateral relations" and "the main aspects of the economic, commercial and commercial relations ". cooperation between the two nations.
The Cuban President reiterated to Vice President El Aissami "the total and unbreakable solidarity" of the island with the country of South America and his "unrestricted support" to President Nicolás Maduro, with whom, according to the official information available, he would not have met during this visit.
Venezuela is Cuba's main political ally and, over the last decade, its main economic partner, although the crisis in that South American country has led to a decline in trade and the collapse of oil deliveries at subsidized prices provided by Caracas. in Havana.
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