[NYTr] Fidel Castro Sends Condolences to Brazil after Plane Crash
 
Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2007 00:53:55 -0500 (CDT)


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Fidel Castro Sends Condolences to Brazil after Plane Crash

Havana, July 20 (acn) International news agencies on Friday highlighted
Cuban President Fidel Castro offer of condolences to the Brazilian
people following an airplane accident that killed 186 people on Tuesday
at an airport in Sao Paulo.

The DPA news agency noted that in an article published on Friday in the
Cuban press, President Castro expressed his "deepest sorrow to the
people of Brazil regarding the tragic aviation accident, in which close
to 200 people perished in the midst of the joy-filled Pan-American
Games."

Mexico's Notimex and the Italian ANSA news agencies also pointed out
that the Cuban leader expressed his deepest sorrow for the tragic plane
crash.

Likewise, AP news agency echoed the message of Fidel to the Brazilian
people with regard to the accident suffered by an Airbus-320 of the TAM
airline.

The plane, which was en route from the city of Porto Alegre with 186
passengers, lost control at the airport in Congonhas, Sao Paulo, leaving
the landing strip and crashing into a 3-story building and a gasoline
deposit.

EFE news agency commented that Fidel Castro has demonstrated in addition
to expressing his condolences for the victims Brazil, President Castro
has been closely following the development of the Rio Pan Am Games.
       
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