In a very brief speech at the Las Americas International Airport, President Leonel Fernández welcomed Fidel Castro and expressed Dominican appreciation for his participation in the frustrated guerrilla invasion of Cayo Confite, an aborted effort to topple the Trujillo Dictatorship. "Your visit is motive for rejoicing, may you feel at home in the Dominican Republic, as you have come to the birthplace of Generalísimo Máximo Gómez," said President Fernández.
