Havana, Aug 24 (EFE) Cuban leader Fidel Castro has met Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa, the official Juventud Rebelde newspaper reported in an article that featured a photograph of both men standing and wearing white sport shirts.

Castro and Correa had 'a thorough exchange of impressions ... about the current revolutionary situation of both peoples in the search for greater social equity and justice', the newspaper said.

'In a broad and sincere dialogue, they discussed the advances made by the citizen's revolution being pushed by Correa, in particular in economic, education and health matters,' said Juventud Rebelde, the only daily published on the communist island on Sundays.

They also spoke at their meeting Friday of the current international situation, cultural and historical matters and the friendship between Ecuador and Cuba, the newspaper said.