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Raúl and Díaz-Canel meet with Lula

canel raul lulaIn a fraternal environment, Cuba’s highest leadership and the President in Honor of the Brazilian Workers Party discussed the historic relations of sisterhood shared by the two peoples and parties

The first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee, Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, and the President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, Tuesday afternoon received the former President of Brazil, compañero Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is visiting our country

In a fraternal environment, Cuba’s highest leadership and the President in Honor of the Brazilian Workers Party discussed the historic relations of sisterhood shared by the two peoples and parties

Lula thanked the Cuban people for their expressions of solidarity, demanding his freedom when he was unjustly imprisoned, and condemned the tightening of the U.S. blockade of our country, as well as the Donald Trump administration’s addition of Cuba to its list of state sponsors of terrorism. He likewise reaffirmed his appreciation of the humanitarian work done by Cuban doctors in Brazil and praised current aid our professionals are offering in other nations around the world.

Also present during the meeting were Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz and Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parilla. Also attending was Brazilian journalist, political activist and writer Fernando Gomes de Morais.

(Taken from Granma)

 

 

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