Fidel has a meeting with groups of solidarity with Cuba in Ecuador, at the National Theater of the Cultural Center.
Ecuador
Celebrating his 62nd birthday together with the Ecuadorian painter Oswaldo Guayasamín.
Fidel receives the Doctor Honoris Causa Degree awarded by agreement of the Consejo Universitario del Norte de Ecuador.
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’.
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’.
Quito
January 14
• Arrival at Quito’s international airport.
• Fidel attended a dinner offered by the outgoing President Gustavo Noboa.
January 15
• Exchange with Philip of Bourbon, Prince of Spain, and with Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, President of Brazil.
• Fidel conveyed his greetings to Hugo Chavez, President of Venezuela.
• Fidel attended the inauguration of President Lucio Gutierrez at the National Congress.
Quito