>Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2000 01:32:51 -0400 >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Radio Havana Cuba-22 September 2000 23:45 > >Radio Havana Cuba-22 September 2000 23:45 > >Via NY Transfer News * All the News That Doesn't Fit > >Radio Havana Cuba - News Update - 22 September 2000 23:45 > > . > >*MASS PROTESTS AT US INTERESTS SECTION AGAINST US POSITION ON AIR PIRACY > >*JAMAICA'S TOURISM AND SPORTS MINISTER VISITS CUBA > >*COSATU, SOUTH AFRICAN LABOR CONFEDERATION, CONDEMNS WASHINGTON'S BLOCKADE > >*CONGRESS ON RAILWAY TRANSPORTATION WINDS UP ON FRIDAY IN HAVANA > >*LATIN AMERICANS, CARIBBEANS TO ATTEND WORLD SOLIDARITY WITH CUBA MEETING > >*"DESIGN, CULTURE AND THE CITY" MEETING PLANNED FOR NOVEMBER IN HAVANA > >*CUBA'S FIRST STUDENT SOCIAL WORK BRIGADE FORMED IN HAVANA > > . > >*MASS PROTESTS AT US INTERESTS SECTION AGAINST US POSITION ON AIR PIRACY > >Havana, September 22 (RHC) -- In the face of what Cuba is calling the >shameless position adopted by Washington following this week's act of air >piracy in Cuba, Cuban mass organizations have convened a protest next Monday >in front of the U.S. Interests Section in Havana. The call was issued >Thursday evening at the conclusion of a televised round table discussion >analyzing the events surrounding the theft of a Cuban crop duster in Pinar >del Rio Province and the U.S. government's granting of assylum to those >involved. > >Noting that one Cuban citizen died in the tragic episode, another was >critically wounded and the lives of women and children were placed in >danger, the Young Communist League and other mass organizations accused >Washington of cynically promoting and encouraging not only illegal >departures from Cuba, but also providing impunity for those involved in >criminal actions. > >Alson noting that Washington does little to stop the growing contraband of >illegal Cuban immigrants in speedboats leaving Florida, organizers of the >protest pointed to the total absence of results at Thursday's U.S.-Cuba >bilateral migratory talks in New York. > >As a result, says the statement issued by the Cuban mass organizations, the >only alternative is to step up the struggle against what is being called >Washington's murderous Cuban Adjustment Act -- which grants special and >exclusive priviliges to undocumented Cubans. Participants at the round table >discussion deplored Washington's insistence on converting air pirates who >place lives in danger into innocent victims, as well as the U.S. >government's refusal to provide Cuban authorities with information >concerning episodes of this nature. > > >*JAMAICA'S TOURISM AND SPORTS MINISTER VISITS CUBA > >Havana, September 22 (RHC)-Jamaica's Tourism and Sports Minister, Portia >Simpson Mailler, has expressed interest in expanding bilateral ties with >Cuba. > >The Jamaican official made the announcement on Thursday in Havana. Portia >Simpson Mailler is heading a delegation, which intends to upgrade bilateral >agreements and strengthen cooperation between the two Caribbean nations. > >The Jamaican Tourism and Sports Minister said that the tourism industry must >develop new publicity projects aimed at the international market in order to >increase the sector's earnings. > >The Jamaican government delegation also expressed an interest in receiving >Cuban support in various sports disciplines. > > >*COSATU, SOUTH AFRICAN LABOR CONFEDERATION, CONDEMNS WASHINGTON'S BLOCKADE > >Johannesburg, September 22 (RHC)-The 7th Congress of South Africa's Labor >Confederation, COSATU, has unanimously approved a Resolution condemning >Washington's blockade against Cuba. > >Union leaders said on Thursday in Johannesburg that the over one thousand >500 delegates attending the Congress ratified their solidarity with the >Cuban people and their struggle to defend the island's independence and >national sovereignty. > >General Secretary of the South African Labor Confederation, Zwelinzima Vavi, >praised the historical relations between South Africa's largest labor union >and Cuba's Workers Confederation, noting that both labor organizations will >be strengthened during their upcoming bilateral meeting. > >The two labor confederations are scheduled to meet in November in Havana and >participate in the World Solidarity With Cuba meeting, which will be >November 10-14 in the Cuban capital. > >During the South African Labor Confederation Congress, Cuban Workers >Confederation member, Ramon Cardona, thanked the South African people for >their support of the Cuban Revolution. > >He stressed the importance of the Congress and reiterated the traditional >fraternal ties of friendship that unite Cuban and South African workers. > > >*CONGRESS ON RAILWAY TRANSPORTATION WINDS UP ON FRIDAY IN HAVANA > >Havana, September 22 (RHC)-- The future of railroads and possibilities for >adapting this important means of transportation to current economic >circumstances faced by nations in various regions of the world was among the >issues examined during the 20th Pan American Congress on Railway >Transportation, that wound up Friday at Havana's Convention Center. > >Cuban expert, Manuel Alepiz, head of the National Transportation Research >Institute, told Radio Havana Cuba that the situation facing European >railroads is very different from that of developing nations. However, noted >Alepiz, the future of railroads worldwide is promising, depending on the >specific situation of each country. The Cuban expert warned that >privatization is not the universal formula to solve problems, and he >mentioned Argentina as an example of negative results of privatization in >the sector. > >Delegates participating in the event -some 300 from 14 nations- agreed that >railroads will enter the new millenium with great perspectives, due to their >energy saving potential and minimal damage to the environment. > >Though the 20th Pan American Congress wound up on Friday, many delegates are >staying to participate in the 4th edition of the International >Transportation Fair, inaugurated on Wednesday in the Cuban capital's Pabexpo >Pavilion. On Saturday there will be an exhibition of antique steam >locomotives. > > >*LATIN AMERICANS, CARIBBEANS TO ATTEND WORLD SOLIDARITY WITH CUBA MEETING > >Havana, September 22 (RHC)-Some fifteen hundred Latin American and Caribbean >delegates will participate in the Second World Solidarity with Cuba Meeting, >November 10th to the 14th. The announcement was made by the Cuban Institute >of Friendship with the Peoples, ICAP. Director of ICAP's Latin America and >Caribbean Department, Marta Lidia Rodriguez, told Prensa Latina news agency >on Friday that there are currently 465 Cuba Friendship Associations in 36 >countries, evidence of the growing international support for the island. > >The Mexican delegation will be the largest with 300 participants, followed >by Brazil, Argentina and Chile, while the Caribbean is expected to send some >200 delegates. > >Support gatherings are being held in some ten Latin American countries. > > >*"DESIGN, CULTURE AND THE CITY" MEETING PLANNED FOR NOVEMBER IN HAVANA > >Havana, September 22 (RHC)-An international Meeting entitled "Design, >Culture and the City", will be held in Havana November 15th through the >17th. The aim of the event is to examine solutions for the conservation and >development of the Cuban capital's integral environment. > >Organizers told the press in Havana, that participants would discuss >architecture and the environment, noting that one cannot speak of the >dissemination of culture, without including the environment and population. > > >*CUBA'S FIRST STUDENT SOCIAL WORK BRIGADE FORMED IN HAVANA > >The prolonged economic war against Cuba unleashed by the United States, and >the collapse ten years ago of Socialism in Europe, has led to some negative >social consequences on the island, especially in the capital. It has >resurrected various criminal activities that had been practically >eradicated, like prostitution, which had not appeared since the triumph of >the Revolution in l959. > >A "get tough on crime" campaign, including longer sentences, has helped to >reduce robbery, administrative corruption, and other crimes that emerge in >difficult economic times. These relative new criminal activities occur >mostly in Havana, the country's most densely populated center, which has led >the government to implement a social work project in each of the capital's >communities. > >Several days ago, Cuban President, Fidel Castro, launched a plan to place >university students in the vanguard of a movement to help prevent social >ills before they begin, by forming brigades which will function in all the >city's neighborhoods. This week, the first Student Social Work Brigade was >constituted in the Cuban capital. > >Brigade participants will dedicate their free time, mostly on Saturdays, to >polling residents on community problems and their causes in order to >effectively work with young people and children between 1 and 15 years of >age. Speaking during the Brigade's inauguration ceremony, President Castro >told the students, that though the task requires great sacrifice, it will >bring them great satisfaction and will be a useful experience. > >Other Student Social Work Brigades will be formed in Havana, of which more >than half the members will be the young women university students who have >volunteered to participate in the innovative new movement. With these new >student brigades, it has become clear that once again, it is the younger >generations who are the greatest hope for a future of true liberty, social >justice and progress. > > >(c) 2000 Radio Habana Cuba, NY Transfer News. 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