>from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Cuba Press release Sep 26,27,28 >PRESS RELEASE No. 200 FOR ALL DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS >HAVANA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2000 > >HAVANA.- In the presence of President Fidel Castro, thousands of >capital inhabitants demonstrated at the Jose Marti Anti-Imperialist >Tribunal, located in front of the US Interest Section in Havana, >against the Cuban Adjustment Act, considered to be the main U.S. >stimulus to illegal migration. The event was convoked Thursday by >nine political and mass organizations grouping the majority of Cuban >population. HAVANA.-Reports on tragic illegal migration attempts and >statements condemning the U.S. Cuban Adjustment Law were highlighted >by the Cuban press on its Monday editions. We were stranded at Sal >Key on July 8-11 without water nor food; "we fill a sox with sand to >filter a green rotten stemmed water," told Granma Guido Noa, 31, who >was recently repatriated after his failed illegal departure to the >United States. "The worst came when my niece, 14, dehydrated, was >unconscious and Doctor Yeya (Eulalia), pregnant, was bleeding and >threatened with abortion," added Noa, born in Encrucijada, in the >central region. The majority of the stories published by Granma has >a common point: emigrants' desire to meet their U.S..-resident >relatives and U.S. officials' negative to grant visas. > >HAVANA.- Cuba and Viet Nam annually implement economic >and scientific-technical bilateral collaboration programs in the >health, agriculture, cybernetics and construction fields, among >others, reported an official source. Cuban Vice-Minister for Foreign >Investment and Economic Collaboration Noemi Benitez included among >cooperation branches biotechnology and environment. Our both >countries are looking for new ways to broaden economic relations, she >added. Benitez highlighted that Cuba supported the Vietnamese people >during the years of its hard fight against U.S. aggression sending >important donations of sugar and supporting the fields of public >health, agriculture and construction. > >HAVANA.- Cuban Committees for the Defense of the Revolution (CDR) >National Coordinator Juan Contino granted Viet Nam Motherland Front >President Phan The Duyet the September 28th Medal, the highest award >granted by this mass organization. Duyet and his delegation were >invited to the feasts for the organization's 40th anniversary. >Contino highlighted Duyet's revolutionary position and his work to >strengthen links between both countries. > >VARADERO, CUBA.- After 11 years of growing operations, Juan >Gualberto Gomez international airport is the second most important in >Cuba, only preceded by Havana's Jose Marti, stated official sources. >The director of the airport Sidelsys Suarez asserted the number of >tourists travelling directly to Varadero is in crescendo. > >PINAR DEL RIO, CUBA.- Cuban rums and beverages are evermore demanded >by tourists visiting the country, particularly the province of Pinar >del Rio distinguished for its famous cigars, reported an official >source. Those who taste cigars prefer to accompany their ritual with >strong liqueurs. The Casa del Ron, in this territory, reported an >increased in rums sale, the shop preferred by foreigners to buy this >product. > >SYDNEY.- Cuban Anier Garcia became the new Olympic Champion in 110 >m hurdles after winning the final heat with a time of 13:00 seconds, >national record, during Olympic Athletics 4th day of activity. >Garcia, 24, defeated U.S. runners Terrence Trammel (13.16) and Mark >Crear (13.22). Anier, Paris 1997 indoor world champion and Sevilla >1999 outdoor second place, becomes the first Cuban Olympic champion >for the discipline after his country fellow Alejandro Casanas, former >world record holder, finished second in Montreal 1976 and Moscow >1980. > >BOGOTA.- Colombian media called Javier Sotomayor's silver medal as "A >Golden Return To Competition", after more than a year out of >competition, due to the unfair sanction imposed by the International >Track and Field Federation. El Tiempo newspaper gave half a sports >page to the Prince of Heights and his > >performance at the Olympic Games in Sydney, where he got his "test of >fire" after the suspension, in this Australian city's intense rain >and cold weather. According to the most important Colombian >newspaper, his return was "Almost Golden" despite his second position >with a 2.32-meter jump, after the Russian Serguei Kliuguin (2.35). > >SYDNEY.- A patriotic and exciting ceremony took place on Monday in >Sydney at Cuban delegation's Olympic village where more than its 400 >members protested against Cuban Adjustment Law and supported the mass >demonstration carried out in Havana. Olympic Judoka Legna Verdecia >expressed her colleagues' support on the fight against U.S. >government hypocrisy. We are in our most important sports competition >but we are not alien to the political moment lived by our country >and our people's continuous demonstrations against U.S. governmental >aggressive policy are our main source of inspiration, pointed out >Verdecia. >DPTO.INFORMACION/MINREX > > ************ > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >subject: Cuba Press release Sep 27 >PRESS RELEASENO. 201 FOR DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS >HAVANA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2000 NSA > >HAVANA.- President Fidel Castro met the 13 heads of Cuba's Integral >Health Program missions working in the Caribbean, Central and South >American, African and Asian (Camboya) countries. Fidel Castro was >interested in Cuban doctors' health and the support given to their >families in the island as well as health results attained in the >countries where they are working. These heads of missions concluded a >five day balance meeting presided over by Cuba's Public Health >Minister Carlos Dotres, Foreign Affairs Minister Felipe Perez Roque >and officials representing the Republic General Custom and the >ministry of Foreign Investment and Economic Collaboration, >among other organizations. > >HAVANA.-Cuban Vice-President Carlos Lage called to use resources >more rationally in order to support the country's economic recovery. >Lage highlighted in the 6th Municipal Parliament presidents meeting >the significance of reinforcing efficiency of existent resources. >This, he continued, will benefit our population, for instance, in >transportation, a field where we can attain better results if we >improve quality and efficiency. Lage said we cannot take desperate >measures to face problems and urged them to reach better results. > >HAVANA.-The United Nations should retake cooperation for development >and facilitate Nongovernmental Organizations' (NGO) work, stated >Cuban Foreign Affair Vice-Minister Abelardo Moreno. In the >inauguration of the seminar "The New Millennium, the United Nations >Organization, Peace and International Security," Moreno called >diplomats, academicians and U.N. agencies representatives to promote >the implementation of development programs and create a fund allowing >NGO lacking resources to attend international forums and exchange >their experiences and knowledge. He also considered the forum was >held in the right moment after the closing of U.N. Millennium >Summit, in New York. > >HAVANA.-The President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Seyed Mohammad >Jatami will officially visit Cuba on Friday responding at his >counterpart Fidel Castro's invitation, announced Iran Ambassador to >Cuba Seyed D. Salehi. Saheli highlighted in press conference that >relations between both countries "are excellent in all fields" >adding that Teheran and Havana have maintained a close collaboration >in international forums. Seyed Mohammad Jatami, the first Persian >visiting Cuba, will arrive in Havana from Venezuela after attending >the Organization of Petroleum Exporters and Producer countries >(OPEC)'s 2nd Summit to begin today in Caracas. > > HAVANA.- Marta Lomas, Cuban Foreign Investment and Economic >Collaboration minister, described her trip throughout Germany and >Spain to meet with business executives, as successful. In a statement >to Prensa Latina at her arrival in Havana last night, Lomas said that >she met representatives from large Spanish and German firms, eager >for information on investment possibilities in the Island. The Cuban >minister met Spain's Industry and Trade Secretary Juan Costa to >analyze the Sixth Cuban-Spanish Joint Commission, scheduled for >February 2001, and bilateral cooperation projects. According to >Lomas, they examined a project to continue exchanges in different >sectors and Costa confirmed the presence of a considerable number of >businesspeople in the next Havana International Fair. > >LISBOA.-Portugal's President Jorge Sampaio received on Tuesday >Cuban Ambassador to his country Mercedes Aguiar Pena, who will >conclude her diplomatic mission in this European nation. During the >meeting, they talk about the development of Cuba and Portugal >bilateral relations in different fields and their will to broaden and >strengthen them, reported a source of Cuban Embassy. In a respectful >and friendly environment, Sampaio and Aguiar exchanged criteria on >topics of mutual interest. > >MADRID.-Cuban Foreign Trade Minister Raul de la Nuez asserted >after concluding his work visit in Spain and talking to >representatives of important entrepreneurial sectors that the >island's commercial exchange will keep rising in the year 2000 in >spite of current international economic difficulties such as the oil >crisis and EURO's fall. De la Nuez said that Cuban foreign trade will >surpass 6 billion dollars, a remarkable result in comparison with the >less than 3 billion dollars in 1994, the worst economic moment of the >country after the fall of the Soviet Union and the East block. > > BARACOA, CUBA.-Cuban artists are restoring Parroquial Mayor Church >in the eastern city of Baracoa which houses the Santa Cruz de la >Parra (La Parra Holly Cross) brought by Christopher Columbus when he >visited this place. The high altar, interior and exterior walls and >two towers as well as other deteriorated elements of the Church are >being restored. Experts will rescue the three bells replacing the >damaged brazen one without affecting their sonority. The Santa Cruz >de la Parra accompanying Spanish conquerors in their first expedition >to the West Indies (America) is the most valuable object of the >Church. > ************ > >from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >subject: Cuba Press release Sep 28 >PRESS RELEASE NO. 202 FOR ALL DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS >HAVANA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2000 NSA > >HANOI.-The demonstration carried out in Havana attended by more >than 300,000 Cubans in front of U.S. Interest Office was covered by >Vietnamese press on Wednesday. The dailies published that the >participants in the march demanded, in the presence of Fidel Castro, >the White House to comply with the existent migration agreements >between both countries. The journals also underscored Cubans' >protested against Washington decision to give political asylum to >Cubans who hijacked an AN-2 small airplane used in agriculture. The >most important Vietnamese newspaper Nhan Dan (People) published an >article with the following headline: "300,000 Cubans demand to >eliminate Cuban Adjustment Law" while the Quan Doi Nhan Dan >(Popular Army), Tin Tuc and Ha Noi Moi also gave spaces to highlight >the Cuban demonstration. > >WASHINGTON.-A group of eight Republican figures demanded to lift the >U.S. blockade imposed on Cuba on food and medicines and to revise >the Helms-Burton Act. The proposal appears in a statement made public >by Lexington Institute, a political research organization without >party affiliation, which also suggests to allow North American >citizens to visit the island. According to the initiative, among >whose defenders are former national security advisors Frank >Carlucci and William Clark, "a temporary limit on the 1996 Helms- >Burton Act on Cuba should be established." In this way, added the >document, "the next president and the new Congress will have the >opportunity to find a better way of focusing the Cuban issue." > >HAVANA.-Cubans celebrated on Wednesday the 40th anniversary of >Committees for the Defense of the foundation of the Revolution (CDR). >This organization, in charge of surveillance, gathers about 70 per >cent of Cuban population. It was founded in 1961 to express Cuban >people's support to its revolution (1959) and face sabotages and >attacks by counterrevolutionary groups encouraged from the United >States. Several activities were carried out in recent days to >celebrate the date. > >BEIJING.-The Chinese province of Hainan was the place chosen for >the launching of a joint stamp to celebrate 40th Cuba-China >diplomatic relations' anniversary. The stamp, copied in a 2 m long >and 1 m high frame, was unveiled by Cuban Ambassador to China >Alberto Rodriguez Arufe and Chinese State Post Office Bureau vice- >minister Tan Xiao Wei. The stamp illustrates a Cuban and a Chinese >beach, Varadero and Coconut Bay, respectively, sharing similar >climatic conditions and aspect as a sample of the brotherhood which >unites both peoples, governments and Communist Parties, in Arufe's >opinion. > >HAVANA.-A delegation of Mexico's Work Party, headed by its >president Alberto Anaya arrived on Wednesday in Cuba at a three day >official visit. The Mexican group, invited by Cuban Communist Party >(PCC) Central Committee, arrived at Jose Marti International Airport >in the morning. The visitor's agenda includes interviews with the >Parliament president Ricardo Alarcon and Cuban Foreign Affairs >Minister Felipe Perez Roque. > >ROME.-Italy is carrying out important cooperation plans which may >benefit Cuba, highlighted Cuban Higher Education Minister Fernando >Vecino Alegret after concluding his official visit in this European >country. Alegret qualified his interview with Italian Foreign Affairs >vice-minister and charge d'affairs Senator Rino Serri as positive >once he accepted to support scholarships for P.H. courses. Serri >explained that Italy will finance higher education international >scholarships. > >BOGOTA.-Colombian general controller Carlos Ossa began a visit in >Cuba on Wednesday to strengthen technical cooperation with Cuban >officials in auditing. Before travelling to Havana, Ossa said to be >satisfied for having the opportunity of exchanging criteria with >Cuban Finance and Price Minister Manuel Millares on control systems >and mechanisms to boost closest relations between both institutions. >Ossa will also ratify the technical bilateral collaboration protocol >and will lecture on fiscal panorama and public finance situation. He >will also meet Cuban National Auditing Office top officials and >tour education, health and production facilities. > >HAVANA.-With a call to promote the implementation of development >programs, experts on foreign politics, diplomats and United Nations >(UN) officials continued on Wednesday the debates on U.N., peace and >international security. The program of the seminar includes debates >on free determination, peoples' sovereignty and territorial >integrity and proposals for the creation of a "real peace culture." >U.N. and university officials and Non Governmental Organizations >representatives from Canada, the United States, Brazil, Denmark and >Cuba will analyze "globalization, the so-called end of the Cold War, >unipolar world and the United Nations. " JC > > _______________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki - Finland +358-40-7177941, fax +358-9-7591081 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kominf.pp.fi _______________________________________________________ Kominform list for general information. Subscribe/unsubscribe messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Anti-Imperialism list for anti-imperialist news. Subscribe/unsubscribe messages: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________________
