>Via NY Transfer News * All the News That Doesn't Fit > >Radio Havana Cuba - News Update - 12 June 2000 22:45 > > >*CHILDREN MARCH ON U.S. INTERESTS SECTION IN HAVANA FOR ELIAN'S RETURN >*MIAMI KIDNAPPERS ATTEMPT TO DELAY ELIAN'S INEVITABLE RETURN HOME >*CUBA'S ARAB ASSOCIATION STRONGLY CONDEMNS DELAYS IN RETURNING ELIAN TO CUBA >*VENEZUELAN PERSONALITIES THANK CUBA FOR MEDICAL HELP IN LAST YEAR'S FLOODS >*BRITAIN DONATES AN ELECTRICAL PLANT IN THE ISLE OF YOUTH >*CUBAN/CARIBBEAN CONGRESS ON HYPERTENSION BEGINS WEDNESDAY >*US AND CUBAN PHILOSOPHERS WILL MEET IN HAVANA ON JUNE 19TH >*Viewpoint: ELIAN AND HIS FAMILY CONTINUE TO BE RETAINED IN THE U.S. > > > >*CHILDREN MARCH ON U.S. INTERESTS SECTION IN HAVANA FOR ELIAN'S RETURN > >Havana, June 12 (RHC)-- More than 200,000 grade school and junior high >students filled the streets of the Cuban capital on Monday -- marching past >the U.S. Interests Section to demand the immediate release of Elian >Gonzalez. The six-year-old boy is still being illegally held in the United >States, along with his father and immediate family -- unable to leave until >the appeals process is exhausted. > >The march was originally scheduled for last Friday, but was postponed at the >last minute due to the possibility of rain. Despite their initial >disappointment, the little ones geared up over the weekend and were more >than ready Monday morning. Cuban radio and television reporters covered >preparations for the march and rally, which was broadcast live across the >island. And thousands were forced to take alternate routes on their way to >work Monday morning as major streets and avenues in Havana were blocked to >traffic. But, according to the news reports, no one seemed to mind the >inconvenience and police were deployed to redirect traffic. > >Hundreds of thousands of children, dressed in their red school uniforms, >flooded the streets and filed past the U.S. Interests Section on Havana's >Malecon for nearly three hours. While the march continued, thousands more >gathered in the Jose Marti Anti-Imperialist Tribune -- directly in front of >the building housing Washington's representatives -- to demand that Elian be >allowed to return home. With Cuban President Fidel Castro and other top >government leaders in the audience, the youngsters called for an end to >Washington's lies and legal maneuvers in the case. > >Noting that the judicial process could be extended indefinitely, one young >second grader told the crowd that she and everyone in her school would >demonstrate as often as necessary until Elian is back home. > > > >*MIAMI KIDNAPPERS ATTEMPT TO DELAY ELIAN'S INEVITABLE RETURN HOME > >Havana, June 12 (RHC)-- A special roundtable discussion was aired live on >Cuban radio and television Sunday afternoon, examining the case of Elian >Gonzalez. > >Panelists agreed that the latest manuevers of the kidnappers are solely >designed to delay the inevitable return of the six-year-old boy. Referring >to their intention to appeal the case to the full Atlanta Court of Appeals >-- made up of 12 members -- attorneys for the Miami kidnappers are stalling >with another legal trick before eventually taking it to the Supreme Court. >Journalists on Sunday's roundtable pointed out that the Supreme Court >recesses from July through October and the kidnappers are hoping to drag the >process out until after the November presidential elections in the United >States. Other Cuban experts taking part in the roundtable discussion >analyzed a recently released report by the U.S. Justice Department. The >report revealed the presence of armed terrorists in and around the house of >Elian's great-uncle, Lazaro Gonzalez, in Miami. The Justice Department >report only confirmed what Cuba had denounced for more than two months. >Several members of the counterrevolutionary organization Alpha 66 -- >considered armed and dangerous -- were in the group of protesters outside >the house when Elian was rescued and then reunited with this father. > >The roundtable discussion was broadcast live on Cuban television and the >national radio network, as well as the international shortwave frequencies >of Radio Havana Cuba. > > > >*CUBA'S ARAB ASSOCIATION STRONGLY CONDEMNS DELAYS IN RETURNING ELIAN TO CUBA > >Havana, June 12 (RHC)-Cuba's Arab Association strongly condemned the legal >maneuvers that are keeping six-year- old Elian Gonalez and his father from >returning to the island, according to a a message published on Sunday in >Havana. > >The document charges that the arbitrary US judicial system is holding Elian >and his father hostage at the bidding of ultra right wing sectors in >Congress and right-wing Cuban Americas in Miami. > >Arab Association President, Alfredo Deriche said that Arabs and their >descendants who live in Cuba demand an end to what they termed, the inhumane >Cuban Adjustment Act and Washington's blockade against Cuba. > > > >*VENEZUELAN PERSONALITIES THANK CUBA FOR MEDICAL HELP IN LAST YEAR'S FLOODS > >Caracas, June 12 (RHC)-A large group of Venezuelan personalities and >professionals issued a document on Sunday expressing their gratitude to the >world for the Cuban medical personnel who offered their services during last >December's natural disaster that devastated the country. > >The statement was published by the Venezuelan press under the headline >"Thanks to our Cuban Brothers and Sisters" for their work in extremely >difficult conditions caused by the floods. > >The document adds that the population in the most affected areas "saw, for >the first time ever, a doctor visiting their homes and offering medical >attention free of charge. We want to thank all those Cuban mothers who were >away from their families on Mothers Day in order to assist the Venezuelan >people." The statement concluded by saying that this gesture of solidarity >by the Cuban people restores faith in humanity. > > > >*BRITAIN DONATES AN ELECTRICAL PLANT IN THE ISLE OF YOUTH > >Isle of Youth, June 12 (RHC)-British cooperation with Cuba increases each >day and will continue to do so, according to the first secretary of the >British embassy in Cuba, Nicolas Kay. > >The British diplomat made the statements during the inauguration of an >electrical plant that was donated by that country as part of a UNESCO >project in Cocodrilo some 100 kilometers south of Nueva Gerona, in the >special municipality of the Isle of Youth. > >The British official added that he has discovered an important secret; that >treasures are not hidden, they are found in people and nature. Nicolas Kay >was referring to the town of Cocodrilo, which is a remote community of some >300 inhabitants made up of mostly fishermen and forest service workers. > >The first secretary of the British embassy expressed his admiration for the >integrity and the results of Cuba's program of protection and development of >marine turtles which is underway in the Isle of Youth. He said that over 100 >thousand British tourists are expected to visit Cuba this year, which is an >expression not only of an interest in visiting the island, but also of >British business executives increasing relations with the Caribbean island. > > > >*CUBAN/CARIBBEAN CONGRESS ON HYPERTENSION BEGINS WEDNESDAY > >Havana, June 12 (RHC)-The First Congress and the 5th Caribbean Meeting on >Hypertension will kick off on Wednesday in Havana. > >Over 400 delegates and foreign guests from the Caribbean among them Dr. >Peter Slay, President of the World League on Hypertension, will analyze the >principal and secondary causes on the so-called, silent illness. > >During the meetings the island will demonstrate mechanisms for the control >of hypertension , the illness which is considered to be among the main >factors leading to heart disease. > > > >*US AND CUBAN PHILOSOPHERS WILL MEET IN HAVANA ON JUNE 19TH > >Havana, June 12 (RHC)-US and Cuban philosophers will meet in Havana on June >19th to discuss current issues. > >Some 90 professors and 32 students from the Unite States will participate at >the 12th Encounter between US and Cuban Philosophers and Social Scientists. > >According to the Dean of Havana University's School of Philosophy, History >and Sociology, Ruben Zardoya, the meetings will allow for better >communications between both country's universities. The US Radical >Philosophers Association has been participating in these gatherings since >l985. > >Among the topics to be debated in 6 special working commissions are >Socialist legality, class and race, elite schools, African-American >political exiles in Cuba, capital punishment and the role of carnaval in >Angola, Cuba and Argentina. > > >*Viewpoint: ELIAN AND HIS FAMILY CONTINUE TO BE RETAINED IN THE U.S. > >The unruly maze of judicial mechanisms in the United States has allowed >Cuba's enemies to delay the return of Cuban child Elian Gonzalez, who is >currently in Washington with his father, Juan Miguel Gonzalez, as well as >other relatives and friends. The anti-Cuban Mafia in Florida, and the ultra >right-wing, have successfully delayed Elian's return to the island as they >have managed to continuously take the case to court. Elian's case is similar >to those of other undocumented immigrants that risk their lives to get into >the United States and are sent back to their countries by order of the >Immigration and Naturalization Service. > >The U.S. Federal Service decided, last January 5th, that the Cuban child was >to be sent back to his homeland following his father's claim. It was a case, >like hundreds others, that takes place in the United States time and again. >However, this time, some I.N.S. representatives traveled to Cuba to >substantiate their decision. They traveled to Cuba, to the city of Cardenas >where Elian's family lives, and met with his father and other relatives. The >I.N.S. officials had the opportunity to directly corroborate the facts. They >met with the neighbors and asked people in town for their opinion on the >case. They were also shown legal documents that prove Juan Miguel's paternal >rights over his son. They left Cuba with utter certainty of the clarity of >the case, which is legally supported by Cuban, U.S., and international laws. > >However, the case was violently politicized by the Mafia in Miami. They >kidnapped the child at the house of some distant relatives residing in the >city. Elian became a political hostage and was submitted to inhumane >psychological pressures to convince the public that the six-year-old wanted >to ask for political asylum in the United States. On this basis, the Mafia >in Miami managed to take the case to trial and undertake the unruly and >slow-progressing judicial process. Since the beginning, the court should >have agreed with the I.N.S, which was the entity with the legal power to >proceed in this case. No foreign court should be left to decide. Juan >Miguel's paternal rights over Elian are supported by Cuban laws, which are >the laws of the homeland of both father and son. > >The Florida court system has processed other prior cases in a similar way. >The Mafia in Miami is supported by unscrupulous lawyers that look after >their own personal and political benefit. With their support, the >Cuban-American Mafia plans to reach top levels of the U.S. judicial system, >just to delay Elian's return to Cuba. In any event, the final decision will >result in the devolution of Elian, sooner or later. > >(c) 2000 Radio Habana Cuba, NY Transfer News. 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