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Fidel Castro Meets with Ecuadorian President Taken from Granma, President Fidel Castro met at noon on Sunday with Ecuadorian President Alfredo Palacios, who was in Havana attending the 14th Summit of the Non Aligned Movement (NAM) that concluded the previous evening. The two leaders coincided on the success of the NAM Summit and discussed other important international and regional issues. Fidel Castro dedicated a considerable portion of the meeting with Dr. Palacios, a well known cardiologist in his country, to talk about the Operation Miracle eye-surgery program. Under the program 6,440 Ecuadorians have received eye operations, the majority at two ophthalmologic centers opened with Cuban support in the Ecuadorian states of Guayaquil and Cotopaxi. The presidents also talked about the progress of the Ecuadorian literacy program that uses the Cuban Yo Si Puedo (Yes I Can) teaching method, underway in different regions of the South American nation. |