Argentina, 2003

Buenos Aires
 
May 24
•    Arrival at Ezeiza international airport.
 
May 25
•    Fidel was welcomed by Eduardo Duhalde, President of Argentina, at the Nation’s Congress.
•    Luncheon offered by the outgoing president, Eduardo Duhalde, to the participants in the inauguration ceremony.
•    Swear in ceremony and transfer of presidential attributes to Nestor Kirchner, at the Nation’s Congress.
•    Exchange with Nestor Kirchner and Hugo Chavez, President of Argentina and Venezuela soon after the inauguration, at the Nation’s Congress.
•    Conversation with President Nestor Kirchner and his wife during the reception offered by the new president, at the Chancellery headquarters.
 
May 26
•    Conversation with Anibal Ibarra, governor of Buenos Aires, at the Four Seasons Hotel.
•    Fidel laid a wreath on the monument in honor of San Martin, at the San Martin Square.
•    Words pronounced upon receiving the Medal of the city of Buenos Aires.
•    Fidel laid a wreath at the foot of Jose Marti bust, at the ‘Paseo de los Poetas del Rosedal de Palermo’ at the ‘Tres de Febrero’ Park.
•    Fidel greeted a group of persons and responds to the questions asked by the journalist who awaited him at the ‘Rosedal de Palermo’.
•    Conversation with Nestor Kirchner, President of Argentina, at ‘Casa Rosada’, the government’s headquarters.
•    Interview granted to the daily newspaper ‘Clarin’, at the Four Seasons Hotel.
•    Dialogue with some guests (while standing on top of a table) during a reception hosted in his honor by the Cuban embassy at the Four Seasons Hotel.
•    Speech delivered at the meeting in solidarity with Cuba at the steps of the School of Law of the University of Buenos Aires. (The meeting, originally scheduled for one thousand guests at the Aula Magna, had to be moved outdoors, given the massive attendance).