>X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >X-Apparently-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [CubaNews] Havana Radio Dec 21. >subject: Havana Radio Dec 21. Migration. Kirsty killed >Via NY Transfer News * All the News That Doesn't Fit >Radio Havana Cuba - News Update - 21 December 2000 > > . >*FIDEL ADDRESSES FEDERATION OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS ON 78th >ANNIVERSARY > >*JOSE MARTI ORDER AWARDED TO PRIMA BALLERINA ALICIA ALONSO > >*ORDINARY SESSION OF THE CUBAN PARLIAMENT UNDERWAY IN HAVANA > >*UNDP EXPERTS REVIEW COOPERATION PROGRAM WITH CUBA > >*Viewpoint: MIGRATION TO US HELPS PERPETUATE A SYSTEM OF EXPLOITATION > > . > >*FIDEL ADDRESSES FEDERATION OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS ON 78th >ANNIVERSARY > >Havana, December 21 (RHC)-- Cuban President Fidel Castro presided on >Wednesday over the main activity to mark the 78th anniversary of the >Federation of Cuban University Students, FEU, held in Havana. > >During the activity, Fidel highlighted the important role being >played by Cuban students, especially those who make up the recently >constituted social work brigades. He stressed that those students are >involved in extraordinarily humane work, made possible by Cuban >society. > >Addressing over 3000 university students, President Castro commented >on recent statements by U.S. President Bill Clinton, regarding >Washington's blockade of Cuba. The Cuban leader said that the U.S. >president wasn't being honest when he claimed that it had been >impossible to improve relations with Cuba during his mandate because >of the incident involving two small U.S. aircraft in 1996. Fidel >recalled that the two planes -- belonging to the Miami-based >terrorist organization known as Brothers to the Rescue -- were shot >down after Cuban authorities had repeatedly warned the White House >and the intruders that Cuba would no longer allow violations of its >airspace. > >President Castro termed as "foolish" Clinton's allegations that his >party's defeat in the recently held presidential elections was due to >the support given by the U.S. government to the return to Cuba of >six-year-old Elian Gonzalez. He commented that the elections rather >than being lost were actually stolen. The Cuban president stressed >that the entire electoral process was rife with irregularities and >fraud and that it was the direct action of the Miami-based Cuban- >American National Foundation. > >Referring to rumors in the United States that the younger generations >of Cubans are preparing for a post-Castro Era, Fidel affirmed that >Cuba is actually preparing for a post-Bush, post-Imperialism Era, >since the powerful northern empire lacks both strength and >intelligence to destroy the Cuban Revolution. > > *JOSE MARTI ORDER AWARDED TO PRIMA BALLERINA ALICIA ALONSO > >Havana, December 21 (RHC)-- Cuban President Fidel Castro granted the >Jose Marti Order to Prima Ballerina Absoluta Alicia Alonso for her >contribution to the creation of the Cuban National Ballet School and >for a life dedicated to training the younger generations of Cubans in >the highest artistic and patriotic values. > >Upon receiving the distinction, the highest granted by the Cuban >Council of State, Alicia said that it was an honor to be granted an >order that bears the name of such a brilliant personality. > >President Castro, for his part, stated that Alicia Alonso is a glory >of Cuban Culture and praised her contribution to the development of >ballet in Cuba. > > *ORDINARY SESSION OF THE CUBAN PARLIAMENT UNDERWAY IN HAVANA > >Havana, December 21 (RHC)-- Cuban President Fidel Castro is >participating in the 6th Ordinary Session of the Cuban Parliament >that began Thursday at Havana's International Convention Center. > >This is the last session this year of the Cuban Parliament, also >known as the General Assembly of People's Power. Cuban lawmakers are >debating the national budget and the economic and social plans for >the year 2001. > >Prior to this plenary meeting, the Cuban Parliament's ten Permanent >Work Commissions met earlier in the week with the top authorities in >various Cuban ministries and institutions, such as the Ministries of >Planning and the Economy and Finances and the National Bank. > > *UNDP EXPERTS REVIEW COOPERATION PROGRAM WITH CUBA > >Havana, December 21 (RHC)-- Experts from the United Nations >Development Program, the UNDP, met in Havana with representatives >from Cuba and Italy to complete the third phase of a human >development program, implemented on the island by the UNDP and Italy. > >The project, which runs until next year, includes the creation of new >jobs in Old Havana and the provinces of Pinar del Rio and Granma. > >Thanks to UNDP cooperation, the Minas de Matahambre aqueduct in >the westernmost province of Pinar del Rio was started up again. The >UN program has also played a crucial role in the eastern province of >Granma helping to alleviate the impact in drought-stricken areas. > > *Viewpoint: MIGRATION TO US HELPS PERPETUATE A SYSTEM OF >EXPLOITATION > >Migratory issues will be at the center of world attention in the >beginnings of the third millennium and they will be a focal point as >long as the world economic order is not changed. > >During the series of roundtable discussions aired on Cuban radio >and television this week, panelists analyzed the problems posed by >the huge migration of workers from poor countries to developed >nations in search of better economic conditions. > >The participants agreed that only a just and overall social and >economic order could put an end to the random South-North migration >posing a constant challenge to border authorities in rich countries, >particularly in the United States. This latter, in particular, has >traditionally experienced a continuous flow of migrants coming from >Latin American nations where living conditions increasingly >deteriorate due to the unequal distribution of wealth. > >For example, over eight million Mexicans have migrated to the United >States where they live with or without documentation facing daily >discrimination and poor or substandard wages. Washington deplores the >situation along the border but does nothing to alleviate the poverty >south of its border. It just simply beefs up its border patrol. > >Many thousands of others try to make it to the United States from >several other countries in the region, particularly from Spanish- >speaking nations, which enables unscrupulous U.S. employers to take >advantage of their misery and exploit them to the full. The economic >exploitation by U.S. businesses thus works both ways: cheap labor and >inexpensive work conditions that are not overseen by local >authorities and are thus abusive in the free trade zones of Latin >America, and cheap labor and illegal and abusive work conditions for >those that chose the option of crossing the border into the United >States. The exploiters are laughing all the way to the bank. > >(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] > ============== >rhc-eng-27526 2000-Dec-21 22:50:34 " JC > > ************ > >from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >subject: Cuba Solidarity Statement -Kirsty >Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >From: NY Transfer News <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2000 Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [CubaNews] Cuba Solidarity Statement on Killing of Kirsty >MacColl > >Via NY Transfer News * All the News That Doesn't Fit > >For immediate release >19th December 2000 > >STATEMENT ON THE DEATH OF KIRSTY MacCOLL, KILLED IN MEXICO > >By the National Cuba Solidarity Campaign, England > >The Cuba Solidarity Campaign is very saddened at the death of singer >and true friend of Cuba Kirsty MacColl who was killed today in >Mexico. > >Kirsty MacColl was a true friend of Cuba. She attended the first >World Solidarity Conference in Havana in 1994. She visited Cuba many >times to explore the island, learn Spanish and find out more about >the Cuban people and their culture. She was last in Cuba in November >2000 where she was working for the BBC on a series of programmes on >the history of Cuban music. Kirsty has always made clear her >opposition to the US blockade. She recognised the achievements made >by the people of Cuba particularly with regards to health and >education. > >I last met Kirsty when she joined with the Cuba Solidarity Campaign >to hand in a petition of 25,000 people against the illegal blockade >of Cuba to the British Foreign Office. The untimely death of Kirsty >MacColl is a terrible loss for all those across the globe who support >Cuba's rights to national sovereignty. Our sincere condolences go out >to her family and friends." ...Rob Miller, National Co-ordinator >Cuba Solidarity Campaign > >Excerpt from an Interview with Kirsty MacColl with Cuba Si Magazine, >August 2000: > >"Obviously, I'm very impressed by the standards of education and >healthcare in Cuba despite the lack of facilities and medicines and I >think that the Cuba Solidarity Campaign's Medical Aid and Educational >Aid appeals are great ideas. Like many others thoufgh, I feel that >with the US Embargo there is an element of the David and Goliath >which makes me all the more keen to support this tiny island which >has been standing fast against the megalomaniac empire for so long." > >Kirsty MacColl was born on 10th October 1959. She was the daughter of >the celebrated folk singer Ewan MacColl. She has two sons, Jamie and >Louis. > >Rob Miller >Cuba Solidarity Campaign >c/o Red Rose Club, 129 Seven Sisters Rd, London N7 7QG >Tel. 0207 263 6452 Fax. 0207 561 0191 >E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >http:// www. cuba-solidarity. org.uk > >============== > 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] > ============== > >-------------------------- eGroups Sponsor ------------------------- >eLerts >It's Easy. It's Fun. 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