>from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >subject: Cuban doctors. Mafia in soul of the Empire. Elian Dad >© Copyright GRANMA INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL EDITION. La Havana. Cuba >More doctors for the Caribbean community > >EVERY day, relations between Cuba and the Caribbean Community >(CARICOM) are becoming closer and more fluid, affirmed Felipe Pérez >Roque on his return from a 14-day tour of 10 of those nations, during >which he met with their leaders and signed major agreements. > >Cuba plans to increase its contribution of doctors and other health >professionals to the English-speaking Caribbean, in addition to >receiving young people from that region in its universities. The >island will also engage in reciprocal cooperation in the economic >field and in the battle against drugs and crime in general. > >The foreign minister stated that many people had expressed their >gratitude for Cuban cooperation over the years, as a result of which >over 1,000 students from these small countries have graduated from >the island's universities. > >He noted that a further 1,400 students from the CARICOM nations are >currently studying in Cuban higher educational institutions, and some >200 will enroll this year, although there are no fixed quotas for >this community. "The indication we have from Fidel is to make every >effort to receive all the students that the Caribbean countries wish >to send," Pérez Roque stated. > >He confirmed that in the countries he visited he encountered total >comprehension among governments and public opinion of the right of >Elián's father and grandparents to demand his return, and of the >right of their compatriots to support them wholeheartedly. > >In the Bahamas, the final leg of the Cuban foreign minister's tour, >he signed an agreement permitting the transfer of prisoners between >the two states, to serve their sentences in their country of origin, >and discussed the issue of investment promotion and protection. > >In talks between the Cuban leader and his Bahamian counterpart, Jane >Hostwick, both sides advocated strengthening relations in areas such >as sports, culture, health and tourism, among others. > >The two delegations also discussed the need to work together on >multi-destination tourism within the entire region, so as to become >allies rather than competitors in tourism. > >The upcoming opening of a Cuban consulate in the Bahamas was also >announced, as part of the increased number of Cuban diplomatic >offices in the Caribbean recently referred to by the Cuban foreign >minister. > >Guyana's weak health care infrastructure will be reinforced-at the >request of that country's authorities-with 20 additional Cuban >doctors and other health specialists who will work in public >hospitals and other remote health centers, Pérez Roque announced >during his two-day visit there. > >This brings to 39 the total number of medical professionals assigned >to that nation. > >The Cuban foreign minister's tour covered St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint >Lucia, Dominica, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada, Guyana, >Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago and the Bahamas. > >Editorial office: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Business officeL: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ************ > >© Copyright GRANMA INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL EDITION. La Havana. Cuba > > The latest huge fabrication from the mafia and its hirelings in >the heart of the empire > >AS it was widely known, the hearing in southern Florida's federal >court to decide on the future of kidnapped child Elián González was >due to start on February 22, in accordance with the laws, procedures >and flaws of the U.S. legal system. The first federal judge, Mr. >King, coincidentally the worst of the lot, "selected by computer" >from a total of 12, was challenged and finally exposed for his >scandalous links with the mafia he was unable to conceal. The newly >appointed judge, Mr. Hoeveler, turned out to be a person with a >different reputation. He was known to be an independent, meticulous >and methodical man who took all the time needed to read and study >files and papers before making a decision. Although too slow for such >an urgent case, he was also famous for not being susceptible to >bribery. > >It wasn't long before information emerged on the criminal record and >moral background of the nuclear family assigned by the mafia and U.S. >justice with the child's custody: two great-uncles found guilty of >alcohol-related crimes, two cousins tried and sentenced to >stiff prison terms for armed assault, the son of the main householder >tried and found guilty of prostitution. Not to mention other aspects >yet to see the light of day in the background of the already infamous >and discredited character who received custody of the child as if he >were a lottery prize! > >Over and above this, U.S. public opinion was for the most part in >favor of the child's return. > >The mafia were desperate. It had been responsible for other repugnant >actions: the cruel scenario for Elián's meeting with his grandmothers >Mariela and Raquel, with the house and neighborhood virtually taken >over by the mafia; acts as cruel as cutting off the >telephone communication between father and son; oppressive and >offensive messages for Raquel; the total absence of privacy; the >dramatic reduction of the time agreed and the meeting's abrupt end; >deceit, betrayal: a gross swindle, deliberately merciless. And to >crown it all, a diabolically perfidious nun, who betrayed the most >humane ethical principles of her own religion to become the mafia's >new main spokesperson and who, in such a saintly and pious >manner, had offered her luxury mansion to the attorney general for >the meeting. > >Later came the extraordinary success of the noble and humble >grandmothers in their meetings with a large number of influential >U.S. Congress members and the U.S. press, thus delivering a hefty >blow to the mafioso Cuban American National Foundation (CANF). That >organization responded with a vicious campaign against Mariela who, >during a roundtable and with the candor of a humble Cuban >grandmother, informed the public of the details of what she did in >desperation to draw the totally changed child out of his timidity >and apathy. The Miami mafia picked it up and circulated it with an >insane fury, insinuating despicable imputations against her. > >The Miami dregs ran about in all directions, moving influences and >campaigning to salvage their lost bill to grant U.S. citizenship to >the kidnapped little boy. They resuscitated the two surviving adults >from the disastrous boat crossing to tour the Capitol's corridors and >offices together with the nun and childless cousin Georgina who is >currently playing the role of Elián's mother, in order to persuade >representatives and senators of the justice and goodness of the >infamous cause of the Miami terrorists and annexationists. > >An extremely strange nun, a pimp and a prostitute (the two >survivors), were accompanied by a gentleman who, by a further >coincidence, goes by the name of Mas Santos (head of CANF) were >CANF's key witnesses in the U.S. Congress. > >It seemed as if there was nothing left to do apart from to hire other >lawyers, contracting new firms as costly as they are accredited in >the market, and presenting fresh delaying appeals. > >Just a few days prior to the court hearing, at a psychological moment >calculated to be the most exact and convenient, they turned to a >final, most perverse and cynical resort. During the night of Thursday >February 17, FBI agents from the Miami bureau ostentatiously >surrounded the house of a senior official from the Immigration and >Naturalization Service (INS) and made a spectacular arrest. It >resembled action against a shady emery just prior to an outbreak >of nuclear war. > >Why so much ostentation and scandal? > >Numerous and interminable cables explained it all on February 18 and >19. Almost all of them were on the same subject, with varying nuances >and styles. > >Below is a brief synthesis of what was circulated: > >"A high-ranking official in the Immigration and Naturalization >Service (INS), in charge of Cuban dissidents' petitions for political >asylum, was charged by the U.S. justice today with spying for the >Cuban government after being detained by the FBI." > >"The U.S. authorities have accused Mariano Faget of supplying >national defense information to non-authorized persons and perjured >evidence to government agents. > >"The first charge carries a sentence of up to 10 years' imprisonment, >and the second, some five years more. 'We expect to hold him in the >Federal Detention Center, without right to bail,' stated FBI special >agent Carlos Saldívar. > >"Paul Mallet, regional director of the Federal Investigation Bureau, >confirmed that Faget had been under investigation for almost one >year, but refused to disclose the suspect's motives for working in >favor of the Communist government of Cuba, of which it was thought he >was an enemy. > >"Faget, born in Cuba and a naturalized U.S. citizen, has a 34-year >service record in the INS and, according to the authorities, 'lent >many services to the United States.' > >"Faget was a 'false-blue.' That's what we call those who betray the >United States." > >"There didn't seem to be any exchange of money during the one-year- >plus investigation, according to Mallet, who abstained from >commenting on the possible motives of the alleged spy, who was about >to retire." > >"The Justice Department alleges that the suspect presented Cuba with >reports on U.S. national defense." > >"Faget-who emigrated in 1960-is the son of Mariano Faget, who was >director of the Bureau for the Repression of Communist Activities >(BRAC) during Fulgencio Batista's government in the '50s, according >to El Nuevo Herald." > >As can be seen, what has been published to this point seems to >insinuate the emergence of a new Karl Marx who, in the most >altruistic form, is lending voluntary services free of charge to the >Communist government of Cuba, and is none other than the son of a man >who was for many years director in Cuba of the Bureau for the >Repression of Communist Activities, and excellently trained by the >FBI during the McCarthy era. > >But the story continues: > >"It was revealed that, on February 11, as part of a plan to set a >trap, INS and FBI officials met with Faget to ask for his help with >the desertion of a Cuban official, forewarning him that >the information was secret. > >"Paul Mallet, the FBI special agent, explained that Faget called a >New York entrepreneur on his cellular phone after the meeting in the >Miami Hilton hotel had ended. > >El Nuevo Herald identified Peter Font as "New York's man for Cuban- >U.S., and the owner of Tellahassee, a Florida-registered company of >which Faget was vice president and secretary. > >Immediately, as was to be expected, a February 18 cable noted: > >"The Cuban American National Foundation today called on the U.S. >government to undertake a complete investigation into the role in the >case of the shipwrecked child Elián González played by a senior >immigration official accused of spying for the government of Cuba. > >"Lawyers representing Lázaro González, the great-uncle of Cuban child >Elián González, asked U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno to review the >decision made by the Immigration and Naturalization Service allowing >the boy's return to Cuba, after the detention of a senior >INS official accused of being a spy for the Cuban government." > >Where did that material come from and on the basis of what facts did >the Miami FBI director concoct this ridiculous saga? > > ***************** >© Copyright GRANMA INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL EDITION. La Havana. Cuba > > The INS must demonstrate that its decision was not mere words > >* Letter from Juan Miguel González to U.S. Attorney General Janet >Reno and INS Commissioner Doris Meissner > >City of Havana February 22, 2000 >Ms. Janet Reno Ms. Doris Meissner >Dear Madams: > >On the afternoon of Friday, February 18, the U.S. Immigration and >Naturalization Service official in Havana read me on the telephone a >letter which she told me has that same date and is signed by Mr. >Michael Pearson, whom she identified as an executive associated with >the operations section commissioner. What was read to me, I assume, >was in response to the letters that I felt obliged to send you on the >February 3, 13 and 14. > >In his communication, Mr. Pearson reiterates that the INS continues >to be completely committed to returning Elián as soon as possible, >and likewise assures me that the INS is committed to this case being >justly resolved as soon as possible. > >I fully appreciate the worth of these words, which repeat the >position maintained by the INS since January 5 when, after two >interviews with me and various weeks of waiting, it >finally recognized my rights as a father in relation to Elián, >including the fact that only I can speak on behalf of him. > >Without failing to thank you for that reiteration of the position >that you have expressed in various statements, I must, however, >express my inconformity with the response received. > >Almost three months have passed and my six-year-ol> > > Transfer interrupted! > >from his family, arbitrarily retained against my will, away from his >home and in a country that is not his. As you know, this situation >constitutes a violation of international law and of norms >and practices accepted throughout the world. By not returning my son >to me, in spite of having recognized on various occasions that that >is what it should do, the U.S. government is assuming a morally >unjustifiable attitude. Its government's total lack of action has >meant that the kidnapping of my son has been extended for almost >three months, which has allowed his kidnappers to set up various >maneuvers in order to persist in their criminal conduct, >including hearings before courts that, as you know, completely lack >jurisdiction and competence. > >In relation to Elián's current situation and the concerns I expressed >in my letters, Mr. Pearson's communication is really disconcerting: >it not only fails to address all the anxieties I have discussed, but >has produced other and greater ones. > >I view as completely arbitrary the INS refusal to transfer Elián to >the home of Manolo González, about whom you have failed to make any >inquiries and whom you have failed to approach in any way during the >two weeks since February 3. Manolo González' home is not "an unknown >or non-family environment" for Elián, but that of someone who has had >much more of a relationship and link with the child than any of the >persons in the place where the INS insists on keeping him. With what >moral authority is the INS supplanting my will in relation to a such >a sensitive matter that is so directly related to the health and >emotional stability of a six-year-old child who is my son? What does >it mean in practical terms for me since, as you affirm I speak on >behalf of the child, if the INS does not accept or even seriously >consider my petition in this respect? > >Mr. Pearson affirms that you will continue monitoring Elián's well- >being while he is in Lázaro González' custody, but it is hard to find >in his letter some indication of genuine concern or concrete measures >to protect my son, who is under the jurisdiction and therefore >the responsibility of the INS. > >In one part of his communication, he states that an unidentified non- >governmental organization - (sentence internet omitted) " JC > > > > __________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki - Finland +358-40-7177941, fax +358-9-7591081 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kominf.pp.fi ___________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe/unsubscribe messages mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________
