The presidents of Cuba and Venezuela have called for solidarity in the face of the United States as they met to strengthen their special relationship that has the US government increasingly suspicious.
Fidel Castro and Hugo Chavez took part in a graduation ceremony at a medical college in Havana, Cuba yesterday, whose class of 2005 included more than 1,600 young doctors from 28 countries.
Also present was Panamanian President Martin Torrijos, whose country re-established diplomatic ties with Cuba earlier, putting to rest a year-long dispute stemming from Panama's decision to pardon four Cubans convicted in a plot to assassinate Castro in 2000.
Trading his trademark olive uniform for an elegant civilian suit, Castro urged Latin American countries to unite to facilitate their development and improve the well-being of their citizens.
