president Raul Castro, arrived on wednesday for a three day official visit.

“It does not make any sense to sustain the embargo on Cuba, which for almost 50 years has conditioned the life of millions human beings, in blantant violation of the Huuman Rights” the president stressed while reaffirming his government’s “indefectible” support to the cuban people in his desire to overcome this serious situation and for the consolidation of his sovereignty and wellfare.

He said that angolans praise the virtues of cuban people, the bravery coherence and dignity and the way they defend their sovereignity and help other people.

“The sacrifices consented and the help granted to Angola were worthwhile” - the president stated and added “Here are some of the thousand comrades who took part in this historical processand greeted you with emotion and respect”.

He said that he was proud to welcome his guest in a new environment of peace and stability “in which we are trying to repair what the war destoyed and set ground for the economic and social development” of Angola.

The president stressed that the angolan government is striving to resolve the problems of the population namely in the domains of health and education and access to jobs, towards the progressive erradication of hunger and poverty.

“Like in the trenchs, also in the new struggle for the improvement of social conditions of our people and for the redemption of our dignity there are cuban comrades working side by side with angolans” - the president said.

President dos Santos acknowledged that “we are living today in a different world with no more antagonic ideological blocs and where the attempts to place the planet under the command of only one super-power” has failed.

Socialism as concieved in the former Soviet Union has failed, but capitalist system which succeeded is now facing a serious crisis with some sectors defending its refoundation.

In the angolan president’s view, the emerging countries, which economies are signaling great vitality, are structuring new models, grounding its social and economic formation by combining the virtues of the two systems (capitalism and socialism) with the market economy with democracy and social justice.

It is a model which requires the existence of interventionist economic policies,