>Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 00:12:32 -0400 >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Radio Havana Cuba - Viewpoint - 24 September 2000 23:45 > > >Radio Havana Cuba - Viewpoint - 24 September 2000 23:45 > >Via NY Transfer News * All the News That Doesn't Fit > >Radio Havana Cuba - News Update - 24 September 2000 23:45 > >Viewpoint: > >LIES AND COMPLICITY OF US AUTHORITIES: NEW EVIDENCE > >Granma Editorial published Sept 24, 2000 > >Havana, September 24(RHC)-- Cuba has urged the US government to put an end >to the criminal Cuban Adjustment Act. In an editorial published in today's >edition of the daily Granma entitled "New Evidence of the Lies and >Complicity of the U.S. authorities," the island's authorities asked the >White House to end its complicity with all criminal actions perpetrated by >the anti-Cuba Mafia elements in Miami. > >Cuba's authorities denounce that the recent acts of piracy against the >island are simply the result of Washington's criminal policy towards Cuba, >particularly the so-called Cuban Adjustment Act, which has been in place for >the past 34 years. > >The Granma editorial makes reference to an incident that occurred on August >2nd, in which a Cuban fishing vessel was hijacked in Boca de Calafre, Cuba's >westernmost province of Pinar del Rio. Four crew members were drugged by the >captain of the ship, who later picked up accomplices and headed towards >Florida. However, recalls the editorial, U.S. authorities declined to bring >charges against the hijackers, arguing that no conclusive evidence was >found, indicating any violations of the U.S. and Cuban laws. > >Only 6 days after the hijacking of the Cuban fishing vessel, news of a new >human tragedy involving undocumented Cuban immigrants began to come in from >Miami, regarding the discovery of the bodies of two young Cubans devoured by >sharks off the coasts of Florida. News agencies reported that the U.S. >authorities had rescued the decaying body of a Hispanic on the Atlantic >Ocean and that another body, according to witnesses, was dragged into deep >water by a shark in an area commonly used by Cubans trying to reach the U.S. >territory illegally. > >Following Washington's continued refusal to provide any information on the >death of the two brothers, claiming that they had no information at all >indicating that the two young Cubans, Juan Carlos and Alexander Rodriguez >Bueno, were the victims of any acts of human trafficking, the Cuban >authorities then decided to provide their U.S. counterpart with irrefutable >evidence, proving that it was actually another case of human trafficking. > >A speedboat from Florida, was spotted in the coastal town of Cojimar August >8th, when it took illegally from 14 to 18 undocumented Cuban immigrants to >the United States. All undocumented immigrants on board arrived safe in >Florida, except for the Rodriguez Bueno brothers. > >Why has not the FBI questioned Josue Soto Hernandez, one of the two >traffickers who picked up the Human cargo and took it to the U.S.? Why has >not the U.S. government ordered an investigation into the death of the two >Cuban brothers?, asks Granma. > >The Cuban news daily also denounces the latest act of air piracy against the >island, the hijacking past Tuesday of a small Cuban crop duster aircraft, >which later crashed into the Gulf of Mexico on route to Florida with ten >people aboard, including three women and three children. As a result of the >plane crash, a young man died and others were seriously wounded. > >Despite the irrefutable facts that a Cuban plane was stolen, that the >irresponsible attitude of those involved brought about the loss of a human >life and that the lives of innocent children were place in danger, adds the >Granma editorial, the U.S. authorities continue to insist that no crime was >committed, nor any violation of the U.S. or Cuban laws. > >The editorial then concludes by affirming that Cuba will never abandon its >struggle to demonstrate to the world the criminal nature of Washington's >policy towards Cuba, which is based on lies, intolerance, weakness and the >complicity of the U.S. authorities in each and every criminal actions >committed by Washington's mercenaries, terrorist allies against our country. >Finally, Granma urges the well-intended U.S. media to investigate these >cases and reveal the truth to the U.S. public. An honest, objective report, >concludes Granma, could save many lives. > >In the face of Washington's continued violations of the bilateral U.S.-Cuba >Migratory Accords, Cuban grassroots organizations have convened a protest >demonstration tomorrow, Monday, in front of the U.S. Interests Section in >Havana. > > >(c) 2000 Radio Habana Cuba, NY Transfer News. All rights reserved. > >================================================================= > NY Transfer News Collective * A Service of Blythe Systems > Since 1985 - Information for the Rest of Us > 339 Lafayette St., New York, NY 10012 > http://www.blythe.org e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >================================================================= > >nytcari-09.25.00-00:12:12-19098 > _______________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. 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