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Castro defiant at Latin American conference
November 10, 1996
Web posted at: 9:50 p.m. EST (0250 GMT)SANTIAGO, Chile (CNN) -- At the Sixth Ibero-American Summit (LATAM), attended by 19 Spanish-speaking and Portuguese- speaking nations, Cuban President Fidel Castro Sunday lashed out at privatization and United States influence while defending socialist ideals.
Castro also flatly rejected a proposal by Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar that he open the way to reforms to Cuba's one-party political system.
Castro, making his first visit to Chile since Salvador Allende's presidency in 1971, visited the late socialist's tomb in a quiet, emotional encounter in Santiago's General Cemetery.
An explicit call for the U.S. to repeal the Helms-Burton Law against Cuba is likely to be part of the summit's final statement to be issued on Monday. No call for democratic reforms in Cuba is expected.
Reuters contributed to this report.
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