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Viewing cable 06PANAMA534, VP/FORMIN LEWIS FINDS CASTRO "HEALTHY" AND

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
06PANAMA534 2006-03-24 18:00 2011-05-31 00:00 CONFIDENTIAL Embassy Panama 
VZCZCXYZ0000
RR RUEHWEB

DE RUEHZP #0534 0831800
ZNY CCCCC ZZH
R 241800Z MAR 06
FM AMEMBASSY PANAMA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 7680
INFO RUEHZA/WHA CENTRAL AMERICAN COLLECTIVE
RUEHBO/AMEMBASSY BOGOTA 2223
RUEHBR/AMEMBASSY BRASILIA 0270
RUEHBU/AMEMBASSY BUENOS AIRES 0158
RUEHCV/AMEMBASSY CARACAS 0976
RUEHLP/AMEMBASSY LA PAZ MAR LIMA 0613
RUEHME/AMEMBASSY MEXICO 2954
RUEHQT/AMEMBASSY QUITO 0851
RUEHSG/AMEMBASSY SANTIAGO 0185
RUEHUB/USINT HAVANA 0032
 
C O N F I D E N T I A L PANAMA 000534 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR WHA/CEN AND WHA/CCA 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/24/2016 
TAGS: PREL PINR ENRG ETRD PM CU
SUBJECT: VP/FORMIN LEWIS FINDS CASTRO "HEALTHY" AND 
"PRAGMATIC" 
 
 
Classified By: Ambassador William A. Eaton - Reasons 1.5(b and d) 
 
 1.  (C) Panamanian First Vice President/Foreign Minister 
Samuel Lewis Navarro (SLN) told Ambassador on March 23 that 
he met for the first time with Fidel Castro in Cuba over the 
March 18-19 weekend.  He said Castro appeared to be in good 
health, as he turned what SLN expected to be a 15-minute 
"protocol visit" into a 5-plus hour marathon discussion 
focused on energy issues.  After SLN commented on some of the 
GOP's challenges in coping with growing energy demands and 
rising fuel prices, Castro replied at length on Cuba's 
efforts to do likewise.  Suggesting that Castro appeared 
"obsessed" with energy efficiency and alternative 
technologies, SLN said Castro expects Cuba will save $1 
billion a year on imported oil simply by replacing 
traditional light bulbs with more efficient florescent bulbs. 
 
2.  (C) SLN added that Castro avoided his usual rhetoric and 
came across as pragmatic.  He said that Castro told him that, 
forty years ago, he disdained the economic advice of the 
"Chicago boys," but that the "Moscow boys" who came later 
were even worse.  Castro told SLN that, although he would 
never say so publicly, he considers himself a "socialistic 
neoliberal" and counseled the GOP to "stay on track" with the 
U.S.  SLN said Castro basically dismissed Hugo Chavez as too 
extreme with his criticism of the U.S. 
EATON