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>From: "sf_adam.rm" <sf_adam at rocketmail.com>
>To: Argentina_Solidarity at yahoogroups.com
>Date: 12/26/01 10:16:51 AM
>
>Editor's Note: Below Mr. Castro defends Mr. Rodriguez Saa in
his
>partial resistance to imperialist pressure to pay the debt.
>
>In my opinion, this statement is dangerous. What is needed is
a decisive an
>d aggressive critique by Castro, not a political defense of
Rodriguez Saa,
>a crass rightist, an unelected phony president, selected by
the political e
>lite of Argentina, whose sole interest is to deflect the just
popular rage
>against economic degradation. Castro should assist the masses
who are figh
>ting tooth and nail against the regime of the IMF, who are pointing
the way
> for every indebted country, chained to poverty.
>
>Simultaneously with the postponement of debt repayment, and
with rumors of
>charging de la Rua and Cavallo with treason, Rodriguez Saa is
forced by the
> bourgeoisie to pay government workers in a new phony currency
(the so-call
>ed Argentino"). This plan is the same rotten agenda for the
people of Argen
>tina. It is simply a new version of the same plan to make the
workers of Ar
>gentina pay for the government's debt. No where does Fidel
Castro denounc
>e this situation or the fact that Rodriguez Saa are completely
incapable of
> resisting the IMF, that only a socialist revolution can ensure
resistance
>to poverty and enslavement to world capital. No where does
Castro, Radio H
>avana, or the Granma or the Cuban Communist Party do this.
>
>Cuba's Communist Party, Granma, and every Cuban Embassy, consulate
and misi
>on should be working tirelessly to assist the struggle in Argentina
succeed
> and to clarify the political situation for the masses of Cuba,
the struggl
>ing masses of Central and South America and the world-wide mvoement
of resi
>stance to the IMF, WTO and the Free Trade Agreement of the the
Americas--no
>t explaining how brave Mr. Rodrigues Saa is.--Adam
>
> * * * *
>
>La Habana, 24 de diciembre del 2001.
>
>EXCMO. SR. ADOLFO RODRÍGUEZ SAÁ
>PRESIDENTE
>REPÚBLICA ARGENTINA
>
>Al asumir sus funciones como Presidente de la República Argentina,
me
>complace hacerle llegar, en nombre del pueblo y gobierno cubanos,
>sinceras felicitaciones y deseos de éxito en el desempeño de
tan alta
>responsabilidad.
>
>Ante los dramáticos sucesos vividos por la Argentina, que han
>conmocionado a todos, el desafío que Usted y su gobierno han
asumido,
>merece el respaldo decidido de los pueblos y gobiernos de América
>Latina y el Caribe y del mundo. Al reiterarle nuestra solidaridad,
>expresamos también el apoyo al programa de medidas anunciado
por su
>gobierno, que busca superar la actual situación de crisis con
>acciones tales como la de invertir en lo inmediato los onerosos
e
>insoportables gastos que una colosal deuda externa impone al
pueblo
>argentino en la promoción de programas sociales y en la
>reconstrucción económica del país.
>
>Reciba, Excelencia, el testimonio de mi más alta consideración.
>
>Fidel Castro Ruz
>
>Presidente del Consejo de Estado y del
>Gobierno de la República de Cuba
>
>December 26, 2001
>Fidel sends message to Argentine president
>
>City of Havana, December 24, 2001
>
>YOUR HIGHEST EXCELLENCY, MR. ADOLFO RODRIGUEZ SAA,
>
>PRESIDENT OF THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC
>
>On assuming your functions as president of the Argentine Republic,
it gives
> me great pleasure to transmit sincere congratulations and all
good wishes
>on behalf of the Cuban people and government, for an undertaking
of such gr
>eat responsibility.
>
>In the face of the dramatic events experienced in Argentina,
which have sho
>cked everyone, the challenge assumed by yourself and your government
merits
> the decisive backing of the peoples and governments of Latin
America, the
>Caribbean and the world.
>
>On reiterating our solidarity, we would also like to express
support for th
>e package of measures announced by your government, which seeks
to overcome
> the current crisis situation with actions such as immediately
utilizing th
>e funds that had been designated for the onerous and untenable
payments on
>the colossal external debt imposed on the Argentine people,
investing
>
>instead in the promotion of social programs and the countrys
economic re
>construction.
>
>Your Excellency, please accept my highest regards.
>
>Fidel Castro Ruz
>President of the Council of State and
>the Government of the Republic of Cuba
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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