{"id":57306,"date":"2015-07-07T13:59:52","date_gmt":"2015-07-07T10:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=57306"},"modified":"2015-07-07T13:59:52","modified_gmt":"2015-07-07T10:59:52","slug":"fidel-castro-congratulates-greek-pm-alexis-tsipras-on-referendum-result-57306","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/fidel-castro-congratulates-greek-pm-alexis-tsipras-on-referendum-result-57306\/","title":{"rendered":"Fidel Castro congratulates Greek PM Alexis Tsipras on referendum result"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-57309\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/fidel-castro-greek-pm.jpg\" alt=\"Fidel Castro\" width=\"604\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/fidel-castro-greek-pm.jpg 504w, https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/fidel-castro-greek-pm-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/fidel-castro-greek-pm-280x184.jpg 280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/>Former Cuban president Fidel Castro on Monday congratulated Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras for his &#8220;brilliant political victory&#8221; in the country&#8217;s referendum.<\/h1>\n<p>Fidel Castro, who championed a non-payment movement on Latin American foreign debt back in the 1980s, congratulated today the Greek prime minister, Alexis Tsipras, for his \u201cpolitical victory\u201d in the referendum in Greece on Sunday that rejected a new austerity plan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI warmly congratulate you on your brilliant political victory, the details of which I followed closely via Telesur,\u201d Castro wrote in a letter published today on the official Cubadebate website.<\/p>\n<p><em>According to HavanaTimes,<\/em> Fidel also said that Greece \u201carouses admiration among Latin American and Caribbean peoples,\u201d by the way it defends \u201cits identity and culture\u201d against \u201cexternal threats,\u201d referring to the current crisis in the euro zone.<\/p>\n<p>Castro, who retired from nearly a half century leading Cuba in 2006, also wished Tsipras \u201cthe greatest success\u201d. The Greek PM announced today that his government will return to the negotiating table with international creditors regarding the aid his country needs to stay afloat.<\/p>\n<p>The Greeks rejected on Sunday by more than 61 percent the austerity measures and spending cuts demanded by Greece\u2019s international creditors, led by Germany, to grant more loans.<\/p>\n<p>The victory of the \u201cno\u201d in the referendum called by Tsipras has raised fears that Greece will have to leave the euro, the common currency of the European Union (EU).<\/p>\n<p>Raul Castro, the current president of Cuba, also congratulated Tsipras today. The \u201cno\u201d vote in the referendum \u201cshows the majority support of the Greek people to the courageous policy of the government over which you preside,\u201d wrote the younger brother of Fidel Castro.<\/p>\n<p>Other Latin American leaders including Argentina\u2019s President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, and Bolivia\u2019s Evo Morales, also publicly expressed support for Tsipras.<\/p>\n<span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #f00;\">Error, group does not exist! Check your syntax! 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