Viaje al Exterior

Mexico, 1988

Mexico City
 
November 30
•    Arrival at “Benito Juarez” International Airport.
•    Interview granted to the press at the airport’s protocol lounge.
•    Fidel attended a dinner hosted by Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado, outgoing president of Mexico.
 
December 1st
•    Conversation with Virgilio Barco, President of Colombia, at ‘Presidente Chapultepec’ hotel.
•    Conversation with Jose Napoleon Duarte, President of El Salvador, at ‘Presidente Chapultepec’ hotel.
•    Conversation with Vinicio Cerezo, President of Guatemala, at ‘Presidente Chapultepec’ hotel.
•    Conversation with Jose Azcona, President of the Republic of Honduras, at ‘Presidente Chapultepec’ hotel.
•    Conversation with George Shultz, Secretary of State of the United States, at ‘Presidente Chapultepec’ hotel.
•    Conversation with Daniel Ortega, President of Nicaragua, at ‘Presidente Chapultepec’ hotel.  
•    Fidel attended the inauguration of Carlos Salinas de Gortari, at ‘Palacio Nacional’.
•    Conversation with Raul Alfonsin, President of Argentina, during a lunch hosted at ‘Presidente Chapultepec’ hotel.
•    Interview granted to Jose Valderrama, journalist of the Mexican daily ‘Excelsior’.
•    Conversation with Eduvige Avise, Minister for Foreign Affairs of France, at ‘Presidente Chapultepec’ hotel.
•    Conversation with Carlos Salinas de Gortari, the new Mexican President, at the ‘Los Pinos’ residence.
 
December 2
•    Conversation with Mexican intellectuals and politicians, at the residence of the Cuban ambassador to Mexico, Jose Fernandez de Cossio.
•    Conversation with deputies of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).
•    Conversation with Mexican left-wing deputies.
 
December 3
•    Press conference granted to Mexican journalists and foreign correspondents, at ‘Presidente Chapultepec’ hotel.
•    Fidel laid a wreath on the Monument to the Child Heroes of Chapultepec.
 
December 4  
•    Speech delivered during the inauguration of the Mexico-Cuba friendship house in Santiago de la Peña, Veracruz.
•    Message sent to Raul Alfonsin, President of Argentina.
•    Conversation held with Agustin Favila Ramirez, a retired person, during an improvised tour around the city’s downtown area.