President Leonel Fernández said yesterday in a press conference that he will not intervene in the internal politics of Cuba nor become a mediator for the advent of democracy in Cuba. He responded to a press question as to whether he would accept to mediate between the US and Cuba in pro of increased democracy. "We have not been asked by the United States government nor can be asked because this is a sovereign and independent state," said the President. Recently the US criticized the American nations that maintain diplomatic relations with Havana and considered prudent that the chiefs of state of the Americas intervene before Castro to demand democratic changes in Cuba. Fernández emphasized, nevertheless, that the DR intends to serve as a link in the strategic alliance the Caribbean and Central America are building that will represent 60 million consumers and 20 votes in international organizations. President Fernández commented that five days after the visit of Fidel Castro, he (Fernández) would travel to Puerto Rico to attend a meeting of the governors of southern states of the US, at the invitation of Governor Roselló.
