>Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 04:28:45 -0400 >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Radio Havana Cuba-18 September 2000 23:30 > >Radio Havana Cuba-18 September 2000 23:30 > >Via NY Transfer News * All the News That Doesn't Fit > >Radio Havana Cuba - News Update - 18 September 2000 23:30 > > >*LIFTING OF WASHINGTON'S BLOCKADE AGAINST CUBA A LITTLE BIT CLOSER > >*FIDEL CASTRO INAUGURATES TRAINING COURSE FOR PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS > >*THIRD INTERNATIONAL FAIR, "SUGAR ISLAND" KICKS OFF IN MATANZAS > >*CUBAN AUTHORITIES SUPPORT CLEANING UP HAVANA BAY > >*CUBA HAS SURPASSED WHO GUIDELINES FOR BLOOD DONATIONS > >*BRITISH LABOR UNIONS CONDEMN WASHNGTON'S BLOCKADE AGAINST CUBA > >*CUBA CALLS FOR THIRD-WORLD UNITY, REVITALIZATION OF NON-ALIGNED > > >*LIFTING OF WASHINGTON'S BLOCKADE AGAINST CUBA A LITTLE BIT CLOSER > >Havana, September 18 (RHC) -- Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque has >asserted that the lifting of Washington's blockade against Cuba is a little >bit closer. The statement came upon Perez Roque's arrival back home this >weekend after participating in the 55th United Nations General Assembly in >New York, and previously the UN Millineum Summit. > >Cuba's Foreign Minister said the American people are becoming more aware of >Cuba's achievements in diverse sectors like culture, sports and health, >which he added, he could perceived due to the constant barrage of questions >asked of the Cuban delegation by American journalists and diverse sectors of >U.S. society. He said the Cuban delegation in the U.S. only received >gestures of sympathy and respect, while the discredited and minority voice >of Miami's Cuban-American mafia wasn't heard. Though insisting that Cuba >must continue its battle, the Cuban Foreign Minister said Washington's >hostile Cuba policy has not future or support inside that country or within >the international community. > >The statements came as 70 countries presented UN Secretary General Kofi >Annan with a report condemning Washington's blockade of Cuba -- a report >that Annan must present for debate leading up to another General Assembly >vote against that measure next November. The blockade has been condemned >each year by an increasing number of nations since it was placed on the >General Assembly agenda in 1992. > > >*FIDEL CASTRO INAUGURATES TRAINING COURSE FOR PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS > >Havana, September 18 (RHC)-Cuban President, Fidel Castro, on Sunday >inaugurated an intensive training course for primary school teachers, which, >according to the Cuban leader, will help solve the shortage of teachers in >the Cuban capital. The opening ceremony was held in Melena del Sur , in >Havana Province. > >Speaking to 500 Pedagogical High School students from Havana and Matanzas >provinces, the Cuban leader said that quality of education is directly >related to the number of students in a classroom. He added that in less than >two years the classrooms in the City of Havana will not exceed 20 students. > >The Cuban leader explained that he had analyzed a special program for the >urgent training of teachers which would provide them with a humanities >degree and allow them to continue, later on, studying law, sociology, >psychology or technical scientific information. > >Cuban President Fidel Castro said that all the material conditions are set >to begin the training course for primary school teachers. > > >*THIRD INTERNATIONAL FAIR, "SUGAR ISLAND" KICKS OFF IN MATANZAS > >Matanzas, September 18 (RHC)-The Third International Sugar Industry Fair, " >Sugar Island", kicked off on Monday in the Plaza America in Matanzas >province with the participation of foreign and Cuban business executives. > >The International event includes a commercial fair and the presentation of >the industry's new products and services. > >The event's main objectives are to promote the growing development of the >sugar industry and discussion on the sector's economy and trade. > > >*CUBAN AUTHORITIES SUPPORT CLEANING UP HAVANA BAY > >Havana, September 18 (RHC)- Cuban authorities are supporting a five >million-dollar project to clean up Havana Bay in four years, according to >official sources. > >The head of the government group that is overseeing the project, Armando >Choy, explained that the decontamination project contemplates different >stages of implementation which are set to begin this year and conclude in >2004. > >Under the plan, first solids and hydrocarbons are to be eliminated and then >organic materials dumped by industry are to be progressively reduced. > >Cuban experts want to increase the amount of oxygen in the Bay's waters, >eliminate the bad order, improve the landscape and implement a reforestation >campaign in the surrounding area. > >Then from 2004 to 2009 those measures would be intensified and well as >rehabilitating the ocean floor through suction and dragging techniques. > >More than a hundred industries and services dump sediment into the Bay, >which is 5.2 square kilometers. Countries like, Germany, Italy and Japan and >the UN Development Program are cooperating with Cuban authorities to >guarantee the success of the decontamination project. > > >*CUBA HAS SURPASSED WHO GUIDELINES FOR BLOOD DONATIONS > >Havana, September 18 (RHC)-Cuba surpassed World Health Organization >guidelines four years ago which call for one blood donation per every 20 >inhabitants, according to Monday's edition of the newspaper Granma. > >The Cuban newspaper pointed out that island's national average is one blood >donation for every 19.4 inhabitants, a goal, which few developed nations >have achieved. Over 574 thousand 300 Cubans have voluntarily donated their >blood in the last year. The high rates of Cuban blood donors made it >possible for Cuba to stop importing blood derivatives since the early >1980's. > >On the island, donated blood is submitted to strict testing in order to >detect HIV/AIDS, hepatitis, syphilis and other diseases. > > >*BRITISH LABOR UNIONS CONDEMN WASHNGTON'S BLOCKADE AGAINST CUBA > >Havana, September 18 (RHC)-Over 700 delegates to the 132nd Congress of >British Labor Unions last week in Glasgow, Scotland, approved a Resolution >condemning Washington's blockade against Cuba. > >The Resolution says that Cuba's independence has been submitted to continued >attacks by the United States for the last 40 years and it describes the >blockade as the "worst in history". > >The British unionists characterized as,"positive" the reiterated >condemnation of Washington's blockade in the UN General Assembly for the >last 8 years as well as the positions adopted by the European Union and the >British government in relation to the extraterritoriality of the anti-Cuba >Helms-Burton law. The document urges, that, in addition to the British >government, the international community should continue condemning the U.S.' >anti-Cuba policy. > >The Cuban delegation to the Congress of British Labor Unions received a warm >welcome and exchanged experiences with their British counterparts during the >event. > > >Viewpoint: > >*CUBA CALLS FOR THIRD-WORLD UNITY, REVITALIZATION OF NON-ALIGNED > >In his speech last week to the UN General Assembly, Cuba's Foreign Minister, >Felipe Perez Roque, called for Third World nations to unite and coordinate >actions in the struggle to achieve the true democratization of the United >Nations and to solve the problems that plague the majority of human beings >on this planet. Cuba advoctes revitalizing the principal organizations of >the underdeveloped countries which are a great international force that must >not be underestimated. They represent the majority of humanity and they must >make themselves heard. > >Among the topics touched upon by the Cuban Foreign Minister, is the >necessity to offer assistence to the African countries which are suffering >the worst conditions in every sense of the word. They are the most affected >by famine and civil conflicts which have sparked massive forced migrations >of refugees who are fleeing misery and death. > >The African continent also suffers from the worst health problems with >millions dying from preventiable diseases for lack of medical services. It >is also the region with the greatest incidence of AIDS, with 23 million >cases at various stages of development, in an epidemic that threatens to >exterminate the entire continent. > >It was in this context that Cuban Foreign Ninister, Perez Roque, reiterated >an offer made at the UN Millennium Summit by President Fidel Castro, to send >three thousand Cuban doctors and other health professionals to a program of >Health for Africa. He called on the other member nations, above all the >industrialized countries, to donate the material means to effectively carry >out the task, including the necessary medicines and medical equipment. > >Perez Roque pointed to spiraling military expenditures in today's world, >which exceed more than 800 billion dollars, while noting that just a >fraction of that amount would help the Third World to pull itself out of >poverty and backwardness. > >It is important to note that Cuba never makes charges about critical world >problems without the willingness to immediately participate in solutions, as >it is doing now in many countries. That is why Cuba has the moral standing >to demand that others do the same and to call for international cooperation >in tasks which are crucial for the planet to face the new Millennium. > > >(c) 2000 Radio Habana Cuba, NY Transfer News. 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