The Argentine Navy’s training ship ARA Libertad docked in the port of Havana last Sunday and completed a four-day official visit to the island.
It is the third visit by this frigate to Cuba and the fourth stop it will make on its 50th instructional voyage, defense and security news agency Infodefensa said.
The ARA Libertad is the largest sail training ship in the world. It was built by the Argentine shipyard Río Santiago in Ensenada and entered service on May 28, 1963.
The ship is commanded by Officer Carlos Pedro Schavinsky Trinchero and carried 326 crew members on board, including 92 midshipmen from the Navy Military School.
According to the report of the Cuban official newspaper , the commander of the ship told the press that his crew arrives with an interest in completing the general and professional formation of midshipmen, knowing Cuban culture and tradition, strengthening fraternal relations and strengthening the bilateral cooperation.
Activities planned by the Cuban government for the Argentine seamen included the courtesy meeting with the head of the Revolutionary Navy and the governor of Havana, and a tour of sites of historical and cultural interest.
also reports that the Argentine military is “delivering a message of peace and love to the Cubans.”
This frigate displaces 3,765 tons and is 103.75 m long, 14.31 m wide and 6.60 m deep. The drive system consists of two 1,200 hp Sulzer diesel engines. everyone. Armament consists of four 47mm Hotchkiss cannons as a battery salute. The crew consists of 24 officers, 187 minor staff and 150 embarked cadets.
In recent years, the Cuban regime has increased cooperation with the government of Argentine leftist Alberto Fernández.
This became known a few days ago The Cuban government is seeking Argentine investors to plant 100,000 hectares of crops on the islandas part of progress in line with the Agricultural Development Cooperation Framework Agreement the two countries signed in January this year.
During the meeting between the two countries, held in the city of Buenos Aires, the Cuban delegation emphasized the idea that Argentine businessmen have access to the benefits granted by Cuban legislation and the foreign exchange market.
Deputy Prime Minister Jorge Luis Tapia met with private sector representatives such as Aceitera General Deheza; Mills of Rio de la Plata; Association of Argentine Cooperatives and representatives of the financial and telecommunications sectors, including ARSAT President Matías Tombolini; Representatives of the telecom company and the Banco de la Nación Argentina.
In the first days of June A group of Cuban emigrants protested in front of the Argentine government headquartersin Buenos Aires, due to the position of President Alberto Fernández, who has allied himself with Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela ahead of the Summit of the Americas that will be held in Los Angeles next week.
The demonstrators called for the release of political prisoners in Cuba and criticized the anti-democratic stance of the Fernández-Kirchner government, which indicated that it would not attend the summit without Cuba’s invitation.
“The Cuban government just put Luis Manuel Otero and Maykel Osorbo on trial and besieged opponents and activists in their own homes,” said Danilo Pompa, a Cuban businessman based in Argentina and promoter of the protest outside the Casa Rosada, which is doing the coherence in the Peronist government, which has in the past been the victim of military dictatorship.
Finally, Fernández attended the summit, where he criticized the regime’s expulsion and condemned the US embargo on the island.