The ex Cuban strongman met with Russian writer Daniel Estulin

Colombia “has become a US military base,” Fidel Castro says

Previously, he criticized the US military expansion in Latin America

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Colombia "has become a US military base," former Cuban President Fidel Castro said and lambasted the presence of US military bases in the region, according to statements released on Friday by Cuban official press.

"There are no military bases in Venezuela. Colombia has become (a military) base. They (the US) have a military base in Honduras. They do not have any in Costa Rica, but they do have 40 military vessels, an aircraft carrier and a helicopters' carrier which are 'nobly' helping in the fight against drugs. It is totally cynical," Castro said, as quoted by Efe.

Castro made these statements during a meeting with the Lithuanian-born writer Daniel Estulin, author of a best-seller called "The True Story of the Bildeberg Group."

The issue of the US military bases in the region was one of the topics addressed in the talks between Castro and Estulin. The Cuban leader considers that "there is a war" against Hugo Chávez because Venezuela is one of the few Latin American countries without Washington's military presence.

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