Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro gave a surprise visit to meet former Cuban president Fidel Castro, who praised his guest’s ‘solidarity’ with the Palestinian people and condemned the ‘genocide’ in Gaza. Castro said Maduro had promised to visit him soon when he wished him a happy 88th birthday on August 13.
The leader of the island’s communist revolution said Maduro had made the visit on Tuesday during a ‘foreign trip regarding the defense of his country’s major oil interests.’
‘I congratulated Maduro for his extraordinary solidarity with the heroic people of the Gaza Strip,’ said the 88-year-old leader, who handed power to his younger brother Raul in 2006 because of ill health.
Venezuela, which recently sent 12 tonnes of humanitarian aid to the Palestinians, stepped in ‘as soon as news arrived of the genocide and the high number of children, mothers and (other) people wounded or murdered by Israel’s genocidal attacks,’ Castro said. ‘The genocide being carried out in the Gaza Strip... is one of the most dramatic events’.
The leader of the island’s communist revolution said Maduro had made the visit on Tuesday during a ‘foreign trip regarding the defense of his country’s major oil interests.’
‘I congratulated Maduro for his extraordinary solidarity with the heroic people of the Gaza Strip,’ said the 88-year-old leader, who handed power to his younger brother Raul in 2006 because of ill health.
Venezuela, which recently sent 12 tonnes of humanitarian aid to the Palestinians, stepped in ‘as soon as news arrived of the genocide and the high number of children, mothers and (other) people wounded or murdered by Israel’s genocidal attacks,’ Castro said. ‘The genocide being carried out in the Gaza Strip... is one of the most dramatic events’.