Ecuador, 1988
Quito
August 9
• Arrival at the Air Force base of Quito, close to “Mariscal Sucre” airport.
• Words pronounced upon his arrival at Quito’s air base.
• Dialogue with Manuel Araujo Hidalgo, Cuban ambassador to Ecuador.
• Visit to the tomb of Jose de Sucre, at ‘Plaza Grande’.
• Fidel laid a wreath at the Monument to the Independence Heroes, in ‘Plaza Grande’.
• Conversation with Oswaldo Guayasamin during a visit to the Guayasamin Foundation.
• Conversation with the Minister of Education and Culture of the new Ecuadorian government during the visit to the Guayasamin Foundation.
• Dialogue with the wife of the President of France and with Hortensia Bussi, Salvador Allende’s widow, during the visit to the Guayasamin Foundation.
• Interview granted to the press at the Guayasamin Foundation.
• Conversation with Mario Soares, President of Portugal.
• Interview granted to the press.
• Interview granted to the press during the visit to Quito’s Cathedral.
• Interview granted to a journalist just across the residence of the Cuban ambassador in Quito.
August 10
• Inauguration of Rodrigo Borja, at ‘Palacio Legislativo’.
• Conversation with Rodrigo Borja, President of Ecuador, at his residence.
• Meeting with Carlos Andres Perez, Francisco Peña Gomez, Anselmo Sule and other leaders of the Socialist International at Hotel Colon.
• Interview granted to the Colombian television.
August 11
• Conversation with Julio Maria Sanguinetti, President of Uruguay, at Hotel Colon.
• Conversation with Virgilio Barco, President of Colombia, at Hotel Colon.
• Conversation with Raul Alfonsin, President of Argentina, at Hotel Colon.
• Interview granted to the Colombian press.
• Interview granted to Ecuadorian journalists.
• Interview granted to Uruguayan and Cuban journalists.
• Interview granted to ‘Television Latinoamericana’ TV network.
• Exclusive interview granted to the Ecuadorian magazine ‘Vistazo’.
• Conversation with the members of the Cuban delegation at the residence.
• Conversation with a group of Chileans at the cellar of Oswaldo Guayasamin’s house.
August 12
• Conversation with Ecuadorian parliamentarians.
• Interview to the press at one of the National Congress halls.
August 13
• Interview granted to Channel 8 of the Ecuadorian television.
Press conference offered at the International Center for Advanced Communication Studies for Latin America (CIESPAL).
• Words pronounced at Osvaldo Guayasamin’s house.
• Conversation with Rodrigo Borja, President of Ecuador, during a lunch hosted at the residence of Cuba’s ambassador to Ecuador, Carlos Zamora.
August 9
• Arrival at the Air Force base of Quito, close to “Mariscal Sucre” airport.
• Words pronounced upon his arrival at Quito’s air base.
• Dialogue with Manuel Araujo Hidalgo, Cuban ambassador to Ecuador.
• Visit to the tomb of Jose de Sucre, at ‘Plaza Grande’.
• Fidel laid a wreath at the Monument to the Independence Heroes, in ‘Plaza Grande’.
• Conversation with Oswaldo Guayasamin during a visit to the Guayasamin Foundation.
• Conversation with the Minister of Education and Culture of the new Ecuadorian government during the visit to the Guayasamin Foundation.
• Dialogue with the wife of the President of France and with Hortensia Bussi, Salvador Allende’s widow, during the visit to the Guayasamin Foundation.
• Interview granted to the press at the Guayasamin Foundation.
• Conversation with Mario Soares, President of Portugal.
• Interview granted to the press.
• Interview granted to the press during the visit to Quito’s Cathedral.
• Interview granted to a journalist just across the residence of the Cuban ambassador in Quito.
August 10
• Inauguration of Rodrigo Borja, at ‘Palacio Legislativo’.
• Conversation with Rodrigo Borja, President of Ecuador, at his residence.
• Meeting with Carlos Andres Perez, Francisco Peña Gomez, Anselmo Sule and other leaders of the Socialist International at Hotel Colon.
• Interview granted to the Colombian television.
August 11
• Conversation with Julio Maria Sanguinetti, President of Uruguay, at Hotel Colon.
• Conversation with Virgilio Barco, President of Colombia, at Hotel Colon.
• Conversation with Raul Alfonsin, President of Argentina, at Hotel Colon.
• Interview granted to the Colombian press.
• Interview granted to Ecuadorian journalists.
• Interview granted to Uruguayan and Cuban journalists.
• Interview granted to ‘Television Latinoamericana’ TV network.
• Exclusive interview granted to the Ecuadorian magazine ‘Vistazo’.
• Conversation with the members of the Cuban delegation at the residence.
• Conversation with a group of Chileans at the cellar of Oswaldo Guayasamin’s house.
August 12
• Conversation with Ecuadorian parliamentarians.
• Interview to the press at one of the National Congress halls.
August 13
• Interview granted to Channel 8 of the Ecuadorian television.
Press conference offered at the International Center for Advanced Communication Studies for Latin America (CIESPAL).
• Words pronounced at Osvaldo Guayasamin’s house.
• Conversation with Rodrigo Borja, President of Ecuador, during a lunch hosted at the residence of Cuba’s ambassador to Ecuador, Carlos Zamora.