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DATE: FRIDAY, July 16, 1993                   TAG: 9307160042
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-7   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: 
DATELINE: CARACAS, VENEZUELA                                LENGTH: Short

LEGISLATORS URGE CASTRO TO RESIGN

About 200 legislators from Latin America and Spain urged Cuban President Fidel Castro to resign, saying the Communist leader should end his rule with a "gesture of true courage and generosity."

The appeal was published Thursday in the Caracas newspaper El Universal as Castro attended the opening of the Ibero-American summit in Brazil. The two-day meeting will gather leaders from Spain, Portugal and their former colonies.

The letter to Castro listed the names of 194 legislators.

The letter said Castro was a "discordant note" at the summit. - Associated Press 


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