Comrades, if this comes through jumbled, I'm at a loss. There has been a shortening of the "word-wrap" since I had my computer fixed recently. Should I continue with this problem, I'll try to find a replacement mailer soon. Macdonald > > Flores, Castro Dispute Terrorism > > By JOHN RICE, Associated Press Writer > > PANAMA CITY, Panama (AP) - A polite dispute over a resolution against > terrorism spiraled into an argument drenched in civil-war bitterness > as Cuba's Fidel Castro and El Salvador's leader hurled allegations at > the close of a summit on Saturday. > > `What you have done here is intolerable,'' Salvadoran President > Francisco Flores told Castro, accusing him of `cruel, bloody > responsibility'' for involvement in El Salvador's civil war. > > Castro expressed anger that the anti-terrorism measure sponsored by El > Salvador and Mexico expressed sympathy for Spain - wracked by violence > associated with the Basque separatist movement - but did not mention > Cuba, even though Panamanian officials had just detained a man Castro > accused of trying to assassinate him. > > `None of you have had to run the risks that the president of the > Republic of Cuba does each time he appears,'' Castro lectured the > leaders of 19 other Latin American nations, plus those of Spain and > Portugal, who were attending the Ibero-American Summit. > > He charged that several nations had cooperated with or failed to stop > those trying to overthrow his government and said the man detained on > Friday, Luis Posada Carriles, `comes from El Salvador, whose > government knows perfectly well that he lives there.'' > > Flores took that as an insult, and in turn accused Castro of > involvement in the deaths of `tens of thousands'' of Salvadorans > during El Salvador's civil war, which ended in 1992. > > Castro admitted training rebels from many countries, saying > `interrevolutionary support is a tradition,'' but insisted he had > stopped such aid when other countries stopped trying to isolate Cuba. > > Other presidents tried to cut off the seemingly out-of-control debate. > Venezuela's Hugo Chavez appealed for `unity and brotherhood'' as the > session finally ended, hours behind schedule. > > On the summit's theme issue, the presidents vowed to devote more > resources to children. Chavez suggested that international lenders > grant partial debt relief to poor countries in exchange for > investments in schools, hospitals or other social projects. > > Posada was detained Friday evening a few hours after the Cuban leader > accused him of plotting an assassination. > > Police Chief Carlos Bares said police had 24 hours to charge or > release Posada, who escaped from a Venezuelan prison in 1985 while > awaiting retrial on charges of masterminding the bombing of a Cuban > jetliner in 1976 that killed 73 people. > > Bares said no weapons were found with Posada or three other people > detained with him at a Panama City hotel. He said Posada had been > using a Salvadoran passport in the name of Franco Rodriguez Mena. He > did not identify the others detained. > > Castro claimed Posada was working for the Miami-based Cuban-American > National Foundation, which immediately denied any connection with > Posada. > > Born in 1928, according to Cuban sources, Posada fled Cuba after the > 1959 revolution led by Castro and was involved in U.S.-backed efforts > to topple the communist government. > > After working at least briefly for the CIA, Posada went to Venezuela > where he rose to become director of operations for the country's > intelligence agency, which was monitoring leftist rebels. He lost the > job after a change in the presidency in 1974. > > Prosecutors accused him of masterminding the October 1976 bombing of a > Cubana de Aviacion jetliner. He was acquitted twice, but officials > were making a third try to convict him when he escaped from prison in > 1985. Venezuelan officials say he still faces charges there. > > After Posada's escape, he allegedly helped send guns to the > U.S.-backed Contra rebels in Nicaragua. Honduran officials also have > identified him as the associate of an alleged arms dealer in that > country. > > The Miami Herald reported in 1998 that he had been living off and on > in El Salvador and had close ties with current or retired military > figures in the region. Salvadoran officials said in 1998 they were > unable to locate him. > > In a 1998 interview with The New York Times, Posada was quoted as > admitting involvement in the bombing of hotels in Cuba in 1997. A > Salvadoran man who planted one of the bombs, Raul Ernesto Cruz Leon, > was sentenced to death for killing an Italian tourist. > > ================================================================= > 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] > ================================================================= _______________________________________________ Leninist-International mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.wwpublish.com/mailman/listinfo/leninist-international
