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Venezuela, Cuba to Team Up on Shipyard NewsMax.com WiresCARACAS, Venezuela -- Venezuela and Cuba have agreed to start a joint shipyard in Venezuela, the government said Wednesday, the latest sign of strengthening economic ties between the Latin nations. The shipyard was among a series of agreements signed between the countries last week during a visit to Havana by President Hugo Chavez, the Infrastructure Ministry said in a statement. Story Continues Below Chavez is an ally and close friend of Cuban leader Fidel Castro. Chavez has repeatedly railed against capitalism and has defied the United States as he strengthens relations with the communist country. The Cuban government will buy food products such as canned sardines, gelatin, puddings and marmalades, as well as 150 tons of chocolate drinks and 93 tons of condensed milk, the news agency said. Cuba also is to buy work clothes made in Venezuela, including 400,000 pairs of boots. The shipyard is to be built in the western Venezuelan state of Zulia. It is to be for repairing naval ships and the construction of small navy ships, Infrastructure Minister Ramon Carrizalez Rengifo said in the statement. Venezuela, meanwhile, announced last week that the 53,000 barrels of oil it began selling to Cuba on preferential terms in 2000 had now risen to up to 90,000 barrels daily. Cuba agreed to increase the number of its doctors in Venezuela to 30,000 by year's end. It will also help train 40,000 new Venezuelan doctors. © 2005 The Associated Press
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