CARACAS, Venezuela, June 30 (UPI) -- Cuban President Fidel Castro said his last-minute decision to attend a summit in Venezuela fooled would be assassins.
Castro said it was probably the first time that no one had tried to kill him while he was traveling outside the country, El Universal reported in its online edition Thursday.
The Cuban president claims there have been hundreds of attempts on his life.
Castro was among the Caribbean leaders on hand for a one-day energy summit in Venezuela, resulting in the creation of the Petrocaribe Alliance.
The agreement calls for the creation of a regional refinery network, overseen by Venezuela, to produce and ship oil to member nations at a significantly reduced price.
Two Caribbean nations -- Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago -- elected not to sign the Petrocaribe agreement Wednesday saying they needed more time to study its terms.
