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Cuban diplomat to visit campus

June 18, 1999

Fernando Remirez de Estenoz, the highest-ranking Cuban diplomat in the United States, will visit campus, June 25. The Madison-Camaguey Sister City Association, headed by former Ald. Ricardo A. Gonzalez, is sponsoring his visit to the area.

Estenoz was appointed chief of the Cuban Interests Section in Washington, D.C., after serving as Cuba’s ambassador to the United Nations in 1994-1995. He also holds the post of first deputy minister of foreign affairs in the Cuban government. His visit to campus will include a discussion of UW–Madison’s links to Cuba.