[NYTr] Angola President Blasts US Blockade on Cuba

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Angola President Blasts US Blockade on Cuba

Havana, Sept 20 (acn) Angolan President Jose Eduardo Dos Santos 
condemned on Thursday in this capital the economic, financial and 
commercial blockade imposed by successive US administrations on the 
island over the last four decades.

The Angolan head of state highlighted the Cuba's major achievements in 
the fields of sciences, healthcare and education despite the hostile 
policy of Washington against the island.

Accompanied by the Cuban Western Army Chief, Leopoldo Cintra Frias, Dos 
Santos met with a group of Cuban veteran combatants who fought in the 
wars of liberation in Namibia and Angola, and contributed to the 
eradication of the Apartheid regime in South Africa.

For his part, Cuban General of Division, Ruben Martinez Puente, 
referred to the more than 300,000 Cubans who did military service in 
Angola and noted that today the island's collaboration with that 
African country has extended to the areas of education, healthcare and 
construction.

Dos Santos and his accompanying delegation arrived on Thursday in 
Havana on an official visit at the invitation of Cuban First vice 
President Raul Castro Ruz.

The welcoming ceremony was also attended by member of the Political 
Bureau of the Cuban Communist Party, Ramon Machado Ventura; Cuban 
Western Army Chief, Leopoldo Cintra Frias; and Cuban ambassador to 
Angola, Pedro Ross Leal.

On his first day of visit, which will run until Sunday, the African 
official laid a wreath on a monument to Cuban National Hero Jose Marti 
in Havana.

Dos Santos is scheduled to hold talks on Friday with Raul Castro.

During their meeting, they will sign a Protocol of Cooperation that 
complements a Cooperation Agreement signed in 1976 by Cuban President 
Fidel Castro and the first Angolan President, Agostinho Neto.

Angola is located on the western African coast and has a population of 
over 12 million inhabitants. It borders on the Republic of Congo to the 
north, Zambia to the east, Namibia to the south, on the Democratic 
Republic of Congo to the northeast, and has the Atlantic Ocean to the 
west.