Chronicle on Cuba - July
2007
Security
July 2: A delegation of the Angolan Armed Forces (FAA), headed by the General Staff chief, Francisco Pereira Furtado, concluded a visit to Cuba, which was aimed at reinforcing the co-operation between the two countries. The Angolan military delegation was in Cuba since last June 19, and held official talks with the deputy minister of the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces, Álvaro López Miera. (Angop, 2/7/07)
July 12: A visiting delegation from the Higher School of Air Combat of Venezuela (ESGA) toured the José Martí Military Technical Institute and the home base of the Playa Girón Air Force Brigade. The delegation, comprised of officers studying at ESGA as well as teaching personnel, was led by ESGA director Brigade General Wilsson Ricardo Marín Leal. The Higher School of Air Combat has played a pivotal role in the training of officers from the Air Force and from other components of the Bolivarian Armed Forces of Venezuela. Both tours were also attended by Brigade General Ramón Martínez Echevarría and other senior staff and officers of the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR). (Granma, 12/7/07)
July 26: In his 26 of July address to the nation, Raul Castro said that military operation “Caguairán” will continue throughout 2007. “Hundreds of thousands of militiamen and reservists” have carried out the military operation “Caguairán” since mid 2006 and “it shall continue”, Raul emphasized. “We cannot fool around with defense!”. “Operation Caguairán will carry on in the next months (…) and will have as its crowning glory the Bastion 2008 Strategic Exercise which will take place at the end of the year”, he added. [Speech by Raul Castro] (Granma, 27/7/07) |
