>Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 02:34:13 -0400 >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Radio Havana Cuba-24 October 2000 > >Radio Havana Cuba-24 October 2000 > >Via NY Transfer News * All the News That Doesn't Fit > >Radio Havana Cuba - News Update - 24 October 2000 > > . > >*SOUTH AFRICAN VICE PRESIDENT VISITS CUBA > >*VENEZUELAN GOVERNOR THANKS CUBAN DOCTORS FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE > >*CUBA'S YOUNG COMMUNIST LEAGUE CONVENES 2nd CUBA-US YOUTH MEETING > >*CUBAN AND CANADIAN EXPERTS WORK TOGETHER TO DEVELOP TOURISM > >*INTERNATIONAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS CONGRESS BEGINS IN HAVANA > >*SPORTS DELEGATION FROM ECUADOR ARRIVES IN HAVANA > >*IBERO AMERICAN FESTIVAL OF CULTURE BEGINS IN EASTERN HOLGUIN > >*ART EXHIBITIONS ACROSS THE ISLAND PROMOTE CULTURE PROGRAM > >*Viewpoint: HAVANA HANGS UP ON MIAMI TERRORISTS > > . > >*SOUTH AFRICAN VICE PRESIDENT VISITS CUBA > >Havana, October 24 (RHC)-On Tuesday, in Revolution Square, Havana, South >African Vice President Jacob G. Zuma placed a floral wreath at the monument >of Jose Marti, Cuba's National Hero. > >Vice President Zuma arrived on Monday at Jose Marti International Airport at >the invitation of Cuba's Communist Party. > >During his stay on the island, the Vice President, who is also Vice >President of the African National Congress, ANC, will visit the Latin >American School of Medicine, and the scientific complex located in the Cuban >capital. He will also meet with Cuban government and Party officials. > > >*VENEZUELAN GOVERNOR THANKS CUBAN DOCTORS FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE > >Caracas, October 24 (RHC)-- The Cuba-Venezuela Friendship week ended with a >cultural gala at the La Guaira Plaza in Caracas, where the Governor of the >state of Vargas, Antonio Rodriguez thanked the Cuban medical personnel for >their dedicated work in the country's most remote areas where they dispensed >medical services free of charge. > >The head of the Cuban medical mission, Dr. Luis Acao received the "El >Libertador" statue in recognition of the group's work in offering their >medical services to the Venezuelan population. > >The Cuban delegation in Venezuela is made up of school children, artists, >and representatives from the island's grass roots organization. > > >*CUBA'S YOUNG COMMUNIST LEAGUE CONVENES 2nd CUBA-US YOUTH MEETING > >Havana, October 23 (RHC)-- Cuba's Young Communist League will convene the >2nd Cuba-US Youth Meeting during the World Solidarity with Cuba meeting to >be held next month in the Cuban capital. > >The head of the UJC's International Relations Committee, Juan Carlos Marzon, >said that the delegates will get a first hand look at the island over ten >days, which will include direct contacts with students, workers and the rest >of the population. > >He added that the American youths would receive information on scientific >and technical development and the island's economy in an attempt to counter >the lies promoted by the ultra right wing mafia in Miami. > >The first Cuba-US meeting was held in 1996 in Havana with the participation >of over 300 representatives from the United States. > > >*CUBAN AND CANADIAN EXPERTS WORK TOGETHER TO DEVELOP TOURISM > >Havana, October 24 (RHC)-- Cuban and Canadian experts are studying the >feasibility of including keys, like Cayo Paredon Grande, north of the >central province of Ciego de Avila, in the Jardines del Rey tourism complex. > >The first phase of the work will wind up next December and will include >market research and an environmental evaluation in the region. With almost >12 square kilometers of clean beaches, as well as a variety of >well-conserved flora and fauna, Cayo Paredon Grande could host almost 4 >thousand hotel rooms and other tourist attractions. > > >*INTERNATIONAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS CONGRESS BEGINS IN HAVANA > >Havana, October 24 (RHC)-- The 2nd International Arteriosclerosis congress >began on Monday in Havana with the participation of national and foreign >scientists who will discuss issues related to the illness. During the event, >the delegates will participate in discussions about risk factors and its >biological consequences. > >The Congress is organized by the Cuban Arteriosclerosis Society with the >support of the Latin American and Ibero American societies. > > >*SPORTS DELEGATION FROM ECUADOR ARRIVES IN HAVANA > >Havana, October 24 (RHC)--On Monday, The President of Cuba's Sports >Institute, Humberto Rodriguez welcomed a delegation to Havana headed by the >first Vice President of Ecuador's National Sports Federation, Julio Ramirez. >Both officials will discuss issues related to sports cooperation between the >two countries. > >The delegation will also meet with the President of the Cuban Olympic >Committee, Jose Ramon Fernandez and will visit the Latin American School of >Medicine and various sports complexes in the Cuban capital. > >On his part, Ecuador's Consul in Havana, Eduardo Durn Cousin expressed his >satisfaction at the outcome of the Cuban athletes that had trained in his >country's high altitude regions. Cuban athletes that won seven of the ten >Gold medals during the Sydney Olympics trained in Ecuador. > > >*IBERO AMERICAN FESTIVAL OF CULTURE BEGINS IN EASTERN HOLGUIN > >Havana, October 24 (RHC)-- The 8th Ibero American Festival of Culture kicked >off in the eastern province of Holguin dedicated to Brazil, Portugal, and >the Spanish region of Tenerife in the Canary Islands. > >During the meeting, participants will analyze the promotion of historic and >cultural roots. The meeting will also include a march of the flags of >American nations, an art exhibition entitled "Canaries and Jose Marti" and a >conference entitled, "100 Years of Imperialism." Representatives from the >United States and Venezuela are amongst the attendance. > > >*ART EXHIBITIONS ACROSS THE ISLAND PROMOTE CULTURE PROGRAM > >Havana, October 24 (RHC)-- The best of Cuban art is being exhibited in >different art galleries in the eastern province of Sancti Spiritus thanks to >the initiative of Cuban President Fidel Castro. > >The collection of renowned Cuban artists like Amelia Pelaez, Carlos >Henrique, Wilfredo Lam and Ren, Portocarrero, will help people to develop a >national identity through visual arts. > >Other provinces will also exhibit similar art displays as part of Cuban >Culture week that ends on Saturday. > > >*Viewpoint: HAVANA HANGS UP ON MIAMI TERRORISTS > >During these days when we hear so much about the so-called "easing" of the >U.S. blockade of Cuba, we have been pointing out that Washington's economic >war has actually been taken to new heights with the recent passage of >legislation in the U.S. Congress. > >The legislation in question deals with an alleged lifting of the blockade on >food and medicine -- thus, on paper, allowing the sale of agricultural and >pharmaceutical products to the island. But the inability to secure public or >private financing for these purchases (the legislation makes it illegal to >offer loans or credits) makes it impossible for Havana to buy anything from >the United States. In addition -- and perhaps even more importantly -- the >conditions placed on this legislation are an insult to Cuba's dignity and >sovereignty. Among the amendments attached to recent legislation in the >House of Representatives is a directive that takes Cuba's frozen funds and >hands them over to terrorist groups in Miami. Millions of dollars -- frozen >in U.S. banks -- were earmarked for long-distance calls between the United >States and Cuba. This money will now be given to the families of terrorist >pilots whose planes were shot down after violating Cuba's territorial >airspace in February 1996. > >One thing is clear: if we want to address the issue of compensation for >damages, then we must look at the case of Washington's aggressions against >the Cuban people. Over the past 40 years, the U.S. has waged an economic war >against the island -- a war also characterized by military and paramilitary >attacks. Not one family member of the more than 3000 killed by Washington's >genocidal war have been given one cent. And you can add to these victims >some 11 million Cubans who are also the victims of U.S. anti-Cuba policies. > >Despite warnings by Havana that the stealing of Cuban funds is a violation >of international law, Washington has decided to go ahead with its manuever. >Cuba affirms that this congressional action -- soon to become law with the >signing of the bill by the U.S. president -- is completely unjustifiable. > >As announced on Monday, the newly passed Decree 213 -- approved by the Cuban >Council of State -- provides for the application of a special ten percent >tax on phone calls between Cuba and the United States. This is seen as a >completely necessary and understandable move -- to protect the island's >interests from these arbitrary measures. > >Decree 213 also warns that if the United States government continues to >support this congressional measure and funds earmarked for the island's >telephone company are not paid, communications between Cuba and the U.S. >could be seriously affected. As U.S. authorities should know, if you don't >pay your bill, your service may be discontinued. > > >(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-10.25.00-02:33:51-5649 > _______________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. 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