Cuba Cutting Off Nicaragua Aid
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MEXICO CITY — Cuban President Fidel Castro said Wednesday that he is cutting off all military aid to Nicaragua before the new government takes office next month, Cuba’s official news agency Prensa Latina reported.
Castro said Cuban assistance in housing construction and health care could continue if Nicaragua’s new government desires, but Cuba would no longer supply Nicaragua with petroleum and food.
Castro has close ties with Nicaragua’s leftist Sandinista government, which was upset in the Feb. 25 election. President-elect Violeta Barrios de Chamorro was strongly supported by Castro’s archenemy, the United States.
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