Nicaraguan
Army
Chief
Highlights
Influence
of
Cuban
Revolution
Nicaragua's
army
chief,
Julio
Cesar
Aviles,
called
the
Cuban
victory
at
Playa
Giron
(Bay
of
Pigs)
against
the
mercenary
invasion
in
1961,
"a
moralizing
and
determinant
element"
of
the
revolution
in
that
country
and
an
example
for
the
Latin
American
nations.
On
the
51st
anniversary
of
that
event
on
April
19,
the
Army
General
and
other
senior
officers
from
this
Central
American
nation
and
Venezuela
attended
a
ceremony
organized
by
the
Cuban
Embassy
in
Managua.
There,
in
Giron,
the
scenery
of
the
fighting
against
the
invaders,
was
the
Nicaraguan
people
washing
the
offense
of
the
Somozaâ�Ös
dictatorship
that
lent
the
territory
of
our
country
for
the
mercenary
invasion,
Aviles
recalled.
Among
those
killed
was
Nicaraguan
Commander
Carlos
Ulloa,
who
piloted
a
plane
from
the
Revolutionary
Armed
Forces
of
Cuba,
a
valuable
internationalist
contribution,
according
to
those
attending
the
meeting,
among
whom
was
the
son
of
the
outstanding
fighter.
April,
but
in
2012,
meant
again
a
Giron
for
Latin
America
and
the
Caribbean,
said
Cuban
Ambassador
Eduardo
Martinez
Borbonet,
referring
to
the
position
taken
by
the
countries
of
the
region
in
the
recent
summit
in
Cartagena
de
Indias,
Colombia.
In
the
so-called
Summit
of
the
Americas,
imperialism
received
another
defeat
after
failing
in
the
attempt
to
ignore
the
Cuba
issu
and
the
fair
demand
from
Argentina
over
the
Malvinas
(Falkland)
Islands,
noted
the
Cuban
diplomat. |