> >Radio Havana Cuba News-3 Apr 2000 > >Via NY Transfer News * All the News That Doesn't Fit > >Radio Havana Cuba - News Update - 3 April 2000 > > > - ELIAN'S FATHER WILLING WILLING TO TRAVEL ALONE TO PICK UP HIS SON > - NY TIMES' STRONG CONDEMNATION OF MIAMI'S REACTIONARY CUBAN-AMERICANS > - UNION LEADERS CONDEMN KIDNAPPING OF SIX-YEAR-OLD ELIAN GONZALEZ > - 12th CONGRESS OF LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN STUDENTS UNDERWAY IN HAVANA > - ECUATORIAN UNIVERSITIES DEMAND VOTE IN FAVOR OF CUBA > - CUBAN COUNCIL OF CHURCHES HOLDS 39th GENERAL ASSEMBLY > > >CUBAN PRESIDENT FIDEL CASTRO SAYS FATHER OF ELIAN GONZALEZ IS >WILLING TO TRAVEL ALONE TO THE UNITED STATES TO PICK UP HIS SON > >Havana, April 3 (RHC)-- Cuban President Fidel Castro has asserted that the >father of Elian Gonzalez, Juan Miguel Gonzalez, is willing to travel alone >to the United States if U.S. authorities guarantee that his son can >immediately return with him to Cuba. In a TV appearance Sunday, the Cuban >leader said if there is no guarantee -- if Juan Miguel will have to wait for >weeks in the United States -- Havana will continue insisting that the father >be accompanied by a group of Elian's schoolmates, teachers and child >specialists to favor the boy's readaptation. > >The spokesperson of the kidnappers in Miami have rejected the possibility of >Elian residing in the residence of the chief of Cuba's Interests Section in >Washington D.C., arguing that it's Cuban territory. But Fidel Castro said >Cuba would be willing to renounce the diplomatic immunity of that residence. > >Terming as correct Washington's decision that only Juan Miguel Gonzalez can >speak for his son, President Castro nevertheless stated that U.S. >authorities have acted in a weak, careless and at times naive manner in this >case. Recalling that the problem was created by the U.S. government, the >Cuban leader said U.S. authorities underestimated Miami's >counterrevolutionary mafia. > >With respect to Marisleysis Gonzalez, Elian's cousin, President Fidel Castro >said she could visit Cuba as often as she wished once the child is returned. >He said despite the fact that indignation has been running high on the >island, the Cuban people are not vengeful or spiteful. > > >NEW YORK TIMES ISSUES STRONG CONDEMNATION OF >MIAMI'S REACTIONARY CUBAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY > >New York, April 3 (RHC)-- The New York Times has issued its strongest >condemnation ever of Miami's reactionary Cuban-American community, insisting >that it's time to put a stop to the hysteria and threats against the law on >the part of those supporting the kidnapping of Elian Gonzalez. > >The influential U.S. news daily recalled that kidnapping and holding >hostages is against the law, and that licenses aren't granted to commit >these crimes. The New York Times charged that Elian is being retained by a >great uncle who woke up one morning to find himself famous -- marveling at >the attention and support he's receiving from the powerful political forces >of the Cuban-American community in southern Florida. > >Custody disputes, wrote the news daily, are usually resolved peacefully, but >in this case, those in Miami are blinded by hatred. The newspaper termed as >"the last straw" Vice President Albert Gore's support of street mobs in >detriment to the rule of law -- reminding the democratic presidential >candidate that Elian has a father in Cuba. > > >UNION LEADERS CONDEMN KIDNAPPING OF SIX-YEAR-OLD ELIAN GONZALEZ > >New Delhi, April 3 (RHC)-- More than 60 union leaders from the five >continents have issued a statement condemning Washington's nearly 40 year >blockade against Cuba and demanding the immediate return to Cuba of >six-year-old Elian Gonzalez, who is still being illegally held in Miami. > >The statement was in the framework of an International Conference of >Solidarity against Blockades and Sanctions, held in New Delhi, India. The >conference served as a preparatory meeting of the 14th Congress of the >International Federation of Trade Unions. > >A delegate to the New Delhi meeting pointed out that the fight for Elian's >return to Cuba has become a universal symbol in the defense of the full >independence and sovereignty of nations. > > >12th CONGRESS OF LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN STUDENTS UNDERWAY IN HAVANA > >Havana, April 3 (RHC)-- The 12th Congress of the Organization of Latin >American and Caribbean Students -- OCLAE -- is underway in the Cuban capital >with the participation of some 5000 delegates from 36 countries, including >Canada and the United States. > >As part of the event's agenda, the OCLAE Representatives Meeting its >sessions at Havana's International Convention Center with the presence of >Cuban Ministers of Education and Higher Education, Luis Ignacio Gomez and >Fernando Vecino Alegret, respectively. Three members of each delegation >participated in the meeting, aimed at discussing and approving the main >report, which was presented by Josvany Diaz Romero, President of OCLAE's >Executive Secretariat. > >The representatives meeting, which concludes tomorrow, Tuesday, includes an >analysis of the organization's work, structure and new membership, as well >as the election of the new Executive Secretariat. Meanwhile, delegations >continued their debates in six commissions, dealing with issues such as the >implementation of neo-liberal policies and the role of students, gender, >culture and identity, as well as environment and development. > >Delegates to the 12th Congress of the Organization of Latin American and >Caribbean Students participated in the inauguration this evening of a >permanent Open Tribune of Youth and Students on the Malecon, in front of the >U.S. Interests Section in Havana. > > >ECUATORIAN UNIVERSITIES DEMAND VOTE IN FAVOR OF CUBA > >Quito, April 3 (RHC)-- Ecuador's Council of Universities and Polytechnical >Institutes (CONUEP) has joined a public call, urging the Ecuadorian >government to abstain from voting against Cuba at the United Nations Human >Rights Commission, thus reverting the country's position in 1999. > >In an open letter sent to Ecuadorian President Gustavo Noboa, the >educational institution called for strengthened bilateral relations with the >United States, but without affecting the principles of Latin American >solidarity. > >The letter emphasized that human rights cannot be a unilateral subject, >especially when the nation that annually proposes sanctions against Cuba is >the same country which maintains an internationally condemned economic and >trade blockade against Cuba. > >In 1999, during the 55th meeting of the United Nations Human Rights >Commission in Geneva -- unlike most Latin American nations -- Ecuador sided >with the United States against Cuba. > > >CUBAN COUNCIL OF CHURCHES HOLDS 39th GENERAL ASSEMBLY > >Holguin, April 3 (RHC)-- The Cuban Council of Churches (CIC) has issued a >resolution condemning Washington's blockade against Cuba, the U.S. Cuban >Adjustment Act and the kidnapping of six-year-old Elian Gonzalez. The >statement was made in the framework of the organization's 39th General >Assembly, held in eastern Holguin province. > >Signed by the nearly 400 delegates, the resolution also condemns U.S. >military presence on the Puerto Rican island municipality of Vieques. During >the assembly, renowned international religious leaders received recognition >for their work in favor of unity, peace and love. Among those honored were >the out-going President of the Cuban Council of Churches, Oden Marichal, and >the former President of the National Council of Churches of the United >States, Reverend Joan B. Campbell. > >(c) 2000 Radio Habana Cuba. 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