Cuba and Venezuela Linked By Cable
January 25, 2007
CUBA and Venezuela have strengthened their ties with economic agreements, including a plan for an underwater fibre optics cable between the two countries, designed to bypass the US trade embargo. Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez and Cuba’s vice president Carlos Lage signed deals to develop nickel, electricity and rice projects. At the signing ceremony, Chavez showed a letter from Fidel Castro, Cuba’s president, which he said proved that Castro was recovering from his illness.
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