-DATE- 19711123 -YEAR- 1971 -DOCUMENT_TYPE- APPEARANCE -AUTHOR- F. CASTRO -HEADLINE- TIERRA DEL FUEGO VISIT -PLACE- CHILE -SOURCE- HAVANA IN SPANISH -REPORT_NBR- FBIS -REPORT_DATE- 19711124 -TEXT- Tierra del Fuego Visit Havana in Spanish to the Americas 1100 GMT 23 Nov 71 C [Excerpts] Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro has stated that Cuba and Tierra del Fuego are two poles marking a new spirit that is taking shape, a spirit for which the hour is drawing near and which will establish the grand community of Latin American states. If you are the Tierra del Fuego of the south, then consider our fatherland as the Tierra del Fuego of the north, he added. Accompanied by President Salvador Allende, Castro crossed the Magallanes Strait in a twin-engine aircraft, stopping at the small town of Cerro Sombrero for a 4-hour visit. During a breakfast in his honor at a local gymnasium, the Cuban leader remarked that the honors he has received are not for him but for the Cuban people. Chileans and Cubans struggle for something that Marti, O'Higgins, Bolivar, San Martin and Morelos referred to as our America, he added. Referring to the significance of the Chilean people's expressions of approval and solidarity. Fidel Castro said this significance has two aspects: what is so dear to you, the Chilean process, and something which is physically so far away, Cuba, the Cuban revolution, and the Cuban people. During his speech, Fidel turned to President Allende and called him comrade president, adding that he is something more: an old friend, esteemed, admired, and dear president. He then spoke about Latin American unity, saying that among the privileged, in injustice and exploitation, there can be no unity among countries. This revolutionary generation is building a world for others, he continued, emphasizing this idea with this thought: ours is the privilege of hoping. Castro then visited the Angostura area where he met with local workers. He later returned to Punta Arenas. The Cuban leader had previously met with the workers of the Lanera Austral textile plant in Punta Arenas, where he was welcomed amid cheers. He also met with students of the regional branch of the State Technical University. Replying to a student's question on why the Guantanamo base remains in the hands of the United States, the Cuban Prime Minister answered: It is very simple, because we cannot take it from the North Americans. We are not strong enough to take it by force, he added, amid the applause of hundreds of students. Someday, however, that territory will again belong to Cuba. It will not be because we took it by force, but because the balance of power in the world is changing, because countries are continually changing, and because even the people of the United States will see the end of domination by the oligarchies and monopolies, which we believe are currently in crisis. The Cuban Prime Minister then concluded: Someday there will be no need to fire a single shot to make them remove their base. Today the base is a small piece of territory, it has no significance. More significant are ideals. More significant is the Cuban example. -END-