Fidel Castro in Argentina
Havana, Jul 21, 2006 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Fidel Castro travelled to Argentina to attend the 30th Summit of Heads of State of the Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR), with which he is expected to sign an economic collaboration agreement.
Fidel Castro is in Cordoba, central Argentina, accompanied by Vice President Carlos Lage and Foreign Affairs Minister Felipe Perez Roque, according to a note on Cuban TV networks.
Ministers and prominent figures of Cuba also make up the top level Cuban representation that will attend the two-day sessions.
This is the fourth time the leader of the Cuban Revolution has visited Argentina, with tours in May 1959, October 1995 (Ibero American Summit), and May 2003 (inauguration of Argentine President Nestor Kirchner).
Cordoba, venue of the MERCOSUR Summit, witnessed the first great university reform on our continent. It is also one of the cities where legendary Argentine-Cuban guerrilla fighter Ernesto Che Guevara lived between 1941 and 1947.