René Préval in
Havana
BY DEISY FRANCIS
MEXIDOR—Granma daily staff writer—
"IT is very clear that cooperation is going to
continue," affirmed René Préval, president-elect of
Haiti, after his arrival at 6:00 p.m. yesterday at
José Martí International Airport in response to an
invitation from President Fidel Castro.
Préval
commented that he is to meet with his "friend Fidel
and look at all the possibilities there are for
cooperation." He added that his presence in the
capital was not only in response to the invitation
from the leader of the Revolution but is also a
working visit, which began yesterday morning in
Santiago de Cuba, where a further 60 young Haitians
have arrived to study Medicine on the island.
That also meant that he brought "some 40 patients
for Operation Miracle." Thanks to that humane
project 25 flights have come from that sister
Caribbean nation with sick people and "approximately
600 have been treated already."
In a brief meeting with the press, Préval
emphasized that "close to 500 Haitian health troops
are being trained in Cuba" and praised the role of
the Cuban medical brigades lending their services in
Haiti, and who "are working very hard. They have
done more than eight million consultancies and
performed more than one million operations. In Haiti,
it’s said that the Cuban doctors are next in line to
God."
