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BBC: Cuba (& the World) pays tribute to Che Guevara

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BBC - Oct 9, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7033880.stm

Cuba pays tribute to Che Guevara

The memory of Latin American Marxist revolutionary Ernesto Che Guevara
is being honoured in Cuba 40 years after his capture and summary
execution.

About 10,000 people attended a ceremony at his mausoleum in Santa
Clara, the town where he once fought a battle during Cuba's revolution.

Raul Castro, brother of ailing Cuban leader Fidel, was at the event.

Other commemorations are being held in Bolivia and Venezuela, countries
where the Argentine-born hero was active.

About 10,000 people attended a ceremony at his mausoleum in Santa
Clara, the town where he once fought a battle during Cuba's revolution.

Raul Castro, brother of ailing Cuban leader Fidel, was at the event.

Other commemorations are being held in Bolivia and Venezuela, countries
where the Argentine-born hero was active.

His heroic struggle and that of other revolutionaries will continue
until savage capitalism is changed Evo Morales
Bolivian president

He had travelled to Bolivia to help lead an uprising but was tracked
down and killed by soldiers in 1967.

Che's ideas and looks have been captivating young people across the
world since the late 1960s, his bearded face and beret acquiring iconic
status.

His critics describe Che as a brutal man who ordered the execution of
dozens of his opponents and helped move Cuba further towards communism
in the early years of the revolution.

'Infinite revolutionary'

The ceremony in Santa Clara opened with Raul Castro reading out a
message from Fidel. 

"I halt in my day-to-day combat to bow my head, with respect and
gratitude, before the exceptional fighter who fell 40 years ago," the
message said.

Suffering from intestinal illness, the 81-year-old Cuban leader handed
over power to Raul 14 months ago.

Che's daughter Aleida Guevara said her father's work had been
vindicated by the recent leftward shift in Latin America.

"Today Latin America begins to awaken and their dreams are coming
true," she said in the mausoleum.

In Bolivia, the leftist President, Evo Morales, visited the site where
Che was first buried after his execution, and addressed a crowd of
mourners on a windswept hill just outside Vallegrande.

"Che lives," he said.

"His heroic struggle and that of other revolutionaries will continue
until savage capitalism is changed.

"Latin America cannot continue being the backyard of American
imperialism."

In Venezuela, President Hugo Chavez described Che as an "infinite
revolutionary" in a speech on TV just before the anniversary. 

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Ukraine and Cuba Sign Agreements

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Prensa Latina, Havana
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Ukraine and Cuba Sign Agreements

Kiev, Oct 9 (Prensa Latina) Ukraine and Cuba signed several bilateral
agreements in the framework of the ninth session of their Mixed
Commission Tuesday, held in the Ukrainian Economy Ministry in Kiev.

The Ukrainian party signed agreements in several fields, including the
scientific-technical, transportation and tourism, with signatories
Public Health Minister Yuri Gaidiev and the president of the Chernobil
Fund Alexander Bazhko.

Cuban Vice Ministers for Foreign Investment and Economic Collaboration
(MINVEC) and Public Health, Ricardo Guerrero Blanco and Rene Hernandez
signed for Cuba.

Guerrero Blanco spoke about Cuba's ahievements, highlighting the 2006
12.6 percent GDP and the energy program.

He discussed the official participation of Ukraine in the 25th
International Havana Fair in November, and supported the Ukrainian
meeting in this capital to explore scientific-technical collaboration.

Ukrainian Economy Minister Natalia Boitsun noted the increase of the
Gross Domestic Product in her country, up to 7.7 percent in the first
half of this year, while investments in 2006 reached 24 billion dollars.

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