Venezuelan Ambassador Highlights Benefits of Ties with Cuba

The diplomat acknowledged the work of nearly 2 100 people from this central Cuban province collaborating in that South American country, especially in the areas of health and education, as well as in the attention to Venezuelan youngsters who study in higher education centers in this territory.

During his tour, he visited a workshop for handicapped people and an animal fat processing plant, which had received Venezuelan funding.

He also chatted to children at a foster home this city, and described the work done with them as of infinite love.

The ambassador visited the provincial museum of history, which treasures guayaberas donated by dignitaries, including those of Commander in Chief Fidel Castro and the presidents Raúl Castro and Hugo Chávez.
Upon receiving the Venezuelan representative, Fidel Perez Lucifer, president of the Provincial Parliament in Sancti Spiritus, he explained features and results of the territory, which for years has achieved a sustained economic growth.

The province, about 450 kilometers east of Havana, is mainly agricultural, with mainly food industries and it has the largest storage capacity of freshwater in the country.