Alarcon Meets with Delegation of Uruguayan Frente Amplio

Havana, Jan 16 (acn) The president of the Cuban National Assembly (Parliament), Ricardo Alarcon, met on Tuesday in Havana with a visiting delegation of the Uruguayan Frente Amplio ruling coalition.

According to the Granma news daily, during the meeting, the visitors showed interest in the main characteristics of the Cuban electoral system and the work of government bodies on the island as well as in the preparations for the upcoming general elections next Sunday.

The representatives of the Frente Amplio reiterated their gratitude to the Cuban people and government for the donation of the equipment for a modern ophthalmic hospital recently inaugurated in Uruguay and for the contribution made by Cuban doctors, which has allowed thousands of Uruguayans to recover their sight thanks to the Operation Miracle free eye-surgery program, promoted by Cuba and Venezuela.

Invited by the Central Committee of Cuba's Communist Party, this is the largest delegation of the Frente Amplio that visits the island and their program includes meetings with government and state authorities and also visits to places of social and economic interest.