Several Latin American leaders cheer Sunday's vote

Latin American governments celebrated Greece's landslide rejection of a European Union bailout offer that required continued austerity measures.

Cuba, Venezuela, Argentina and Nicaragua hailed the Greeks' overwhelming vote against the EU plan in a referendum as a clear protest against neoliberal financial policies and the developing world's resulting debt burden.

Cuban President Raul Castro congratulated Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in a brief letter dated July 5, saying "the result shows the majority of the Greek people support the brave policy of the government that you lead".