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Uruguay to reestablish diplomatic relations with
Cuba
MONTEVIDEO,
November 10 (PL).—Tabaré Vázquez, the president
elect of Uruguay, has announced that his
administration is to reestablish its diplomatic
relations with Cuba, broken off in April 2002 by the
current government of Jorge Batlle.
The leader
of the progressive forces was speaking after a
meeting with the principal leaders of the leftist
Frente Amplio (FA), an organization now headed by
the former University rector, Jorge Brovetto.
Vázquez
communicated to his FA co-leaders that “moves” have
been made in the last few days so that on March 1,
when he assumes the country’s presidency, diplomatic
links with Cuba can be reestablished.
That
restoring of relations will be a motive for
rejoicing among Uruguayans, one of the leaders
accompanying the newly elected president told Prensa
Latina today.
In that
context, the principal political figures on the left
here highlighted the solidarity that Cuba has always
had with the Uruguayans, which dates back – they
recalled – to the harshest years of the military
dictatorship (1973-1985).
The new
administration headed by Vázquez is part of the
winds of change blowing through the Latin American
continent and, in that context, the same sources
commented how Cuba is demonstrating to the world the
role of young people in this process, reflected in
many of its actual representatives.
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