WITHDRAWAL OF CUBAN MILITARY PERSONNEL FROM VENEZUELA?

Radio Mambi, a Miami based radio station, is reporting that according to Venezuelan journalist Patricia Poleo, Army General Raul Castro has ordered Army Corps General Julio Casas Regueiro (First Vice-Minister, MINFAR and head of the military’s business conglomerate GAESA) to withdraw military personnel from Venezuela.

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UPDATE 20061101 - Here is the article in Spanish published Oct 31st. Poleo states that the order to withdraw Cuban military personnel was emitted last Friday. The reason Raul Castro gave Hugo Chavez for the withdrawal was that the situation in Cuba is delicate at this moment, even though Fidel Castro has made his reappearance. There is a political climate on the island of “liberty and democratic transition,” which for Raul could result dangerous, where government officials may participate and it is necessary to have all capable and trustworthy military personnel who were sent to protect Chavez as a result of the distrust of the Venezuelan National Armed Forces.

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