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>Radio Havana Cuba - News Update - 18 December 2000
> .
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>*FIDEL CASTRO OFFICIALLY INAUGURATES JOINT VENTURE ENERGAS PLANT
>
>*BURUNDI'S MINISTER FOR FOREIGN RELATIONS AND COOPERATION VISITS CUBA
>
>*WORKING COMMISSIONS WIND UP DISCUSSIONS PRIOR TO PARLIAMENTARY
>SESSIONS
>
>*WEB SITE ON THE 1961 BAY OF PIGS INVASION
>
>*SUSPICIOUS LEGAL MANEUVERS TO RELEASE TERRORISTS IN PANAMA
> .
>
>*FIDEL CASTRO OFFICIALLY INAUGURATES JOINT VENTURE ENERGAS PLANT
>
>Matanzas, December 18 (RHC)-- Cuban President Fidel Castro
>officially inaugurated the ENERGAS plant and the Cardenas-Matanzas
>oil pipelines on Sunday, located in Matanzas province. The Cuban
>leader stated that the installations are an example of what is
>currently being done to improve the island's economy.
>
>The plant -- which produces electricity, gas, sulfur and solvents --
>is a Cuban-Canadian joint venture with high-level technology, all in
>compliance with environmental protection.
>
>Speaking to the workers of the ENERGAS plant about the island's
>energy situation, the Cuban leader pointed out that the country's oil
>production has already reached the figure of three million tons,
>adding that next year it will reach four million.
>
>President Fidel Castro added that the Cuban-Canadian plant is of
>great importance. He said it shows us the way we should go to
>continue producing electricity -- something that is decisive for the
>economic and social development of the country.
>
>The Cuban president also inaugurated the Cardenas-Matanzas oil
>pipelines -- with an extension of 75 kilometers and a capacity of up
>to two and a half million tons of heavy oil a year.
>
> *BURUNDI'S MINISTER FOR FOREIGN RELATIONS AND COOPERATION VISITS
>CUBA
>
>Havana, December 18 (RHC)-- Burundi's Minister for Foreign Relations
>and Cooperation, Severin Ntahomuvukiye, is currently visiting the
>island. On Monday, the Burundi official placed a floral wreath before
>the monument of Cuba's National Hero, Jose Marti.Cuban Deputy Foreign
>Minister Jose Guerra Menchero accompanied the African nation's
>foreign minister.
>
>The Burundi foreign minister arrived in Havana Sunday night. During
>his stay, he will meet with Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque
>and other government officials.
>
> *WORKING COMMISSIONS WIND UP DISCUSSIONS PRIOR TO PARLIAMENTARY
>SESSIONS
>
>Havana, December 18 (RHC)-- Ten working commissions of the Cuban
>Parliament will wind up two days of meetings and exchanges prior
>opening parliamentary sessions, scheduled to begin on Thursday in the
>Cuban capital.
>
>The working sessions included discussions about life on the island,
>the Cuban economy, press and communications.
>
>During Thursday's Parliamentary sessions at Havana's
>International Convention Center, parliamentarians will discuss and
>approve the guidelines for the 2001 economic and social budget.
>
>Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Jorge Bolanos told reporters on Sunday
>that the island has diplomatic relations with 171 countries, with 101
>missions abroad.
>
>Speaking before the Cuban Parliament's International Relations
>Commission, Bolanos emphasized the importance of the island's
>membership in the Africa, Caribbean and Pacific Group, the ACP --
>which enjoys a privileged economic relationship with the European
>Union.
>
>Bolanos stressed this year's victory at the United Nations General
>Assembly when the U.S. blockade against the island was condemned by
>157 of its member nations. The Cuban official said that this was a
>good example of the international community's condemnation of
>Washington's anti-Cuba policies.
>
> *WEB SITE ON THE 1961 BAY OF PIGS INVASION
>
>Havana, December 18 (RHC)-- An interactive Web site on the 1961 Bay
>of Pigs invasion has been inaugurated in Havana. The event was part
>of activities to commemorate the 40th anniversary of that crucial
>episode in the history of relations between the United States and
>Cuba.
>
>The Web site includes full information on the mercenary invasion and
>Cuba's defense operations, as well as videos, photos and interviews
>with some of those involved from both sides. It also includes a call
>on experts and officials in the United States and Cuba, who were
>involved in the historical circumstances that led to the Bay of Pigs
>invasion. They have been invited to participate in a scientific
>conference entitled "Giron: 40 Anos Despues" ("Bay of Pigs: 40 Years
>Later"), to be held March 20th through the 25th here in Havana. The
>Web site address is: www.playagiron.cu.
>
>Jose Ramon Fernandez, President of the Organizing Committee of
>Activities on the 40th Anniversary of the Bay of Pigs Invasion,
>explained that the interactive Web site is the result of the joint
>work of four Cuban institutions: Cuba's History Institute, the Center
>for Studies on the United States, the State Security Research Center
>and the Center for Studies on the Americas.
>
>Fernandez, who is also vice president of the Cuban Council of
>Ministers, stressed that press access during the special conference
>in March will depend entirely on the U.S. side, since Cuba has
>nothing to hide.
>
> Viewpoint:
>
>*SUSPICIOUS LEGAL MANEUVERS TO RELEASE TERRORISTS IN PANAMA
>
>Attorneys who have been hired by the ultra right-wing Cuban-
>American National Foundation -- the infamous terrorist organization
>based in the Miami -- are maneuvering to get the release of Luis
>Posada Carriles and his accomplices. The terrorists are still being
>held in Panama City, accused of plotting an attempt on the life of
>Cuban President Fidel Castro.
>
>The members of the terrorist commando were planning to use powerful
>C-4 explosives to blow up an auditorium at the University of Panama.
>It was there that Fidel Castro was scheduled to speak the next day.
>The leader of the Cuban Revolution was in Panama at the 10th Ibero-
>American Summit held on November 17th and 18th. The terrorists were
>arrested by Panamanian authorities shortly after the Cuban president
>revealed the plot against his life.
>
>Given the weight of evidence against Posada Carriles, it is
>questionable whether or not he and his accomplices will be released.
>He has admitted numerous terrorist actions against Cuba, as well as
>against Sandinista Nicaragua -- carried out during the administration
>of former U.S. President Ronald Reagan. No doubt Posada Carriles is
>expecting to get "a little help from his friends" in high places in
>Washington and Miami. He got some help back in 1985, when he walked
>away from the Venezuelan prison in which he was locked up. He had
>been imprisoned for being the mastermind behind the sabotage bombing
>of a Cuban airliner that caused the death of 73 people in 1976. It
>would not be very difficult for those who helped him escape
>from prison in Caracas to do a repeat performance in Panama.
>
>Posada Carriles' attorney, Rogelio Cruz, recently invented the
>ridiculous story that Cuban authorities had "set a trap" for this
>group of terrorists, with alleged information about an important
>Cuban security official who was trying to desert during the Ibero-
>American Summit. The "information," of course, was completely false.
>
>It is difficult to predict how this process will turn out. The future
>for Posada Carriles does not only depend on Panamanian authorities,
>in which we have total confidence. It also depends on the den of
>spies who are well-served by the United States for their clandestine
>operations.
>
>If the terrorists manage to escape from Panama, justice for those who
>were killed at the hands of the likes of Posada Carriles will once
>again be thwarted.
>
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