>Radio Havana Cuba-15 September 2000 02:00 > >Via NY Transfer News * All the News That Doesn't Fit > >Radio Havana Cuba - News Update - 15 September 2000 02:00 > > >*GUATEMALAN ACTIVIST RIGOBERTA MENCHU ARRIVES IN CUBA > >*QATAR, CUBA ANNOUNCE BILATERAL COOPERATION ACCORDS > >*CUBA TO HELP YEMEN BUILD AN ORTHOPEDICS HOSPITAL > >*FIDEL CASTRO PRAISES WORK OF THE ISLAND'S COMPUTER CLUBS > >*HEALTH CENTERSS IN SANTIAGO DE CUBA EXCEL IN MINIMUM-ACCESS SURGERY > >*NEW BOOK ON HISTORICAL CUBAN FIGURES PRESENTED TO DIPLOMATS IN HAVANA > >*SPANISH AND CUBAN EXPERTS BEGIN ANTI-DRUG TRAFFICKING TRAINING COURSE > >*CUBAN SPORTS AUTHORITIES HAVE HIGH EXPECTATIONS IN SYDNEY > >*FELIX SAVON LOOKING FOR HIS THIRD CONSECUTIVE OLYMPIC TITLE > >*CUBA ANNOUNCES ITS OLYMPIC BASEBALL TEAM > >*VIEWPOINT: HUMAN BEINGS ARE AN ENDANGERED SPECIES > > >*GUATEMALAN ACTIVIST RIGOBERTA MENCHU ARRIVES IN CUBA > >Havana, September 14 (RHC)-- The Guatemalan, indigenous human rights >activist -- Rigoberta Menchu -- has arrived in the Cuban capital for a >four-day visit. The winner of the 1992 Nobel Peace Prize arrived at Havana's >Jose Marti International Airport Wednesday evening and told reporters that >her visit is a reflection of her profound feelings of friendship and >admiration of Cuba. > >Rigoberta Menchu called for an end to the U.S. economic blockade of the >island and condemned the way in which Washington -- in her words - >"manipulates the issue of human rights in Cuba" in order to maintain its >criminal sanctions. > >The indigenous leader also took aim at the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, >accusing the CIA of knowing about acts of genocide in her country, but doing >nothing to stop the killing of hundreds of thousands of Guatemalans. > > >*QATAR, CUBA ANNOUNCE BILATERAL COOPERATION ACCORDS > >Havana, September 14 (RHC)-- The Emir of Qatar, Sheik Hamad Bin Khalifa >Al-Thani -- on an official two-day visit to Cuba at the invitation of Cuban >President Fidel Castro -- has signed bilateral cooperation accords with the >island. The accords are in the areas of economy and health. > >Shortly before the signing ceremony, Cuban President Fidel Castro held >official talks with the leader of Qatar. Sheik Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani >was also awarded the Jose Marti Order - Cuba's highest civilian distinction. > >The visit of the Emir of Qatar constitutes the first official visit of a >head of state from the Persian Gulf region. Qatar -- with some 500,000 >inhabitants -- has the fifth largest reserve of natural gas in the world. >The high-level delegation, which heads home Thursday night, also included >Qatar's Ministers of Foreign Relations, Energy, Economy, Industry and Trade. > > >*CUBA TO HELP YEMEN BUILD AN ORTHOPEDICS HOSPITAL > >Havana, September 14 (RHC)-- Cuba has agreed to help the Republic of Yemen >build an orthopedics hospital. The announcement came as the President of >Yemen, Ali Abdullah Saleh, was wrapping up a three-day official visit to >Cuba. > >Previously, the visiting dignitary termed as "heroic" the solidarity and >work of the Cuban health specialists in his country, while Cuban leader >Fidel Castro recalled that Cuba helped Yemen build its first medical school-- >from which more than 1000 doctors have graduated. > >Both countries signed a three-year scientific and education agreement in >which research centers and pedagogical institutes from the two nations will >exchange experiences and acquired knowledge. > > >*FIDEL CASTRO PRAISES WORK OF THE ISLAND'S COMPUTER CLUBS > >Havana, September 14 (RHC)-- Cuban President Fidel Castro has praised what >he called the "extraordinary and important work" of the island's Computer >Clubs --aimed at instructing children and young people in computer science. > >Speaking during an activity on the 13th anniversary of the island's Computer >Clubs, Fidel Castro pointed out that by the end of the year, 47 new Computer >Clubs would be inaugurated, joining the 174 already-existing centers. > >The leader of the Cuban Revolution announced that by April 4th next year, >the anniversary of the Union of Young Communists (UJC), the island will have >300 Computer Clubs -- training children and teenagers in basic computer >operations. This year, said the Cuban leader, the Computer Clubs will also >include pre-school children. > >Cuban President Fidel Castro recalled that the island's universities, high >schools and technical schools are now all equipped with computers. Over >23,000 televisions and 15,000 videos will be assigned to primary schools >both for recreation and as teaching aids. > >Televised courses in Spanish, English and French, mainly conceived for >journalists and teachers, but also open to the general public, are scheduled >to begin in October. > >The Cuban leader pointed out that the project is aimed at turning the island >into "a giant university." > > >*HEALTH CENTERSS IN SANTIAGO DE CUBA EXCEL IN MINIMUM-ACCESS SURGERY > >Santiago de Cuba, September 14 (RHC)-- Health centers in eastern Santiago de >Cuba are among the most advanced on the island in terms of minimum-access >surgery. Currently, over 4000 such operations have been performed. The use >of minimum-access surgery for abdomen and thorax operations requires a very >small incision, which facilitates rapid recovery and a significant reduction >in post-surgical pain. Another advantage is that the risk of infection is >drastically reduced. > >Minimum access surgery has been successfully used in gall bladder, stomach, >ulcer, liver, intestine and gynecological operations. > > >*NEW BOOK ON HISTORICAL CUBAN FIGURES PRESENTED TO DIPLOMATS IN HAVANA > >Havana, September 14 (RHC)-- An important book which includes excerpts from >the Montecristi Manifest by Cuba's National Hero, Jose Marti, and Cuban >President Fidel Castro's famous speech "History will Absolve Me" was >presented on Wednesday in Havana to Latin American and Caribbean >ambassadors. > >The director of the Jose Marti Studies Center, Armando Hart, stressed the >importance of the historical documents. He also announced a series of >activities that are being prepared for the 147th anniversary of the birth of >Jose Marti -- one of the island's a most important independence leaders. > > >*SPANISH AND CUBAN EXPERTS BEGIN ANTI-DRUG TRAFFICKING TRAINING COURSE > >Havana, September 14 (RHC)-- The second training course for Cuban and >Spanish anti-drug trafficking specialists got underway in Havana on >Wednesday as part of a cooperation program between the countries' Interior >Ministries. > >The head of Cuba's National Anti-Drug Division, Colonel Osvaldo Viera, >expressed satisfaction with the Spanish experts who are training their Cuban >counterparts in the fight against drug trafficking. Spanish Interior >Ministry official, Luis Cervino, stated that the basis of cooperation was >established with a bilateral agreement signed in 1998 and he expressed his >country's interest in expanding relations in the sector. > > >*CUBAN SPORTS AUTHORITIES HAVE HIGH EXPECTATIONS IN SYDNEY > >Sydney, September 14 (RHC) -- The president of the Cuban Olympic Committee, >Jose Ramon Fernandez, says the Cuban delegation will meet the expectations >of the Cuban people and their leader Fidel Castro. Fernandez, who pointed >out that the Cuban delegation is the largest ever to an Olympic meet, said >Cuban athletes will be doing their best to return to Cuba with "the medal of >loyalty and honor." > >The Cuban sports official also highlighted the discipline of the island's >athletes and the quality of their training sessions. He described as "good" >the living and training conditions in Sydney, as well as those of the press >facilities, which will allow Cuban journalists to bring local fans the >latest on the athletes' performance. > >The Cuban delegation is made up of 424 persons, 239 of them athletes. Cuban >sports authorities have refrained from making a medal prediction, saying the >best result will be that of keeping the Olympic spirit high alongside >revolutionary principles. However, some specialists in Sydney believe that >the island could maintain its leading position within the world elite -- >with some 13 gold medals. > >At the Barcelona 1992 games, Cuba finished fifth with 14 titles and four >years later was eighth with nine gold, eight silver and eight bronze medals. > > >*FELIX SAVON LOOKING FOR HIS THIRD CONSECUTIVE OLYMPIC TITLE > >Havana, September 14 (RHC)-- Nigerian Rasmus Ojemayer will be Cuban boxer >Felix Savon's first rival in his drive to obtain his third consecutive >Olympic title. Savon could match the performance of two giants who conquered >three Olympic boxing titles. > >They were Hungarian Lazlo Papp and Cuba's Teofilo Stevenson. Stevenson won >his titles in Munich 1972, Montreal 76 and Moscow 1980 -- while Papp took >the gold in 1948, 1952 and 1956, but in two divisions. > >The fight between the Nigerian and the Cuban boxer is set for Thursday, >September 21st -- one day before Savon's 33rd birthday. If Savon wins, he >will enter quarter finals and will be facing the winner between Wonjniech >Bartnik of Poland and Michael Bennett from the U.S., who won the Houston >1999 tournament. > > >*CUBA ANNOUNCES ITS OLYMPIC BASEBALL TEAM > >Havana, September 14 (RHC) -- Cuba has announced its baseball Olympic team. >It includes five veterans from the Barcelona and Atlanta teams. Third >baseman Omar Linares, 1st base Orestes Kindelan, 2nd base Antonio Pacheco, >Luis Ulacia in right field and Omar Ajete in left -- will all be looking for >their third consecutive Olympic title. > >The team will be managed by Servio Borges, who will be supported by Juan >Gomez and Luis Enrique Gonzalez, along with trainer Pedro Perez. Cuba's >first contender will be South Africa on Sunday, the 17th. > > >*VIEWPOINT: HUMAN BEINGS ARE AN ENDANGERED SPECIES > >The 55th Period of Ordinary Sessions of the United Nations General Assembly >was inaugurated on Tuesday. UN Secretary General Kofi Annan calling on >member nations to put into practice the commitments assumed at the >recently-held Millennium Summit. > >Current discussions at the General Assembly are being influenced by the >Millennium Summit, which brought together over 150 heads of state and >government as well as other world leaders. Although the scene has changed, >issues under discussion remain the same -- further evidence of the >international community's growing concern about urgent, unresolved problems >that threaten the very survival of the human species: poverty, injustice, >disease and the destruction of our environment. > >U.S. Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright has had no choice other than to >acknowledge the alarming levels of poverty in today's world, although she >did not present any suggestions on how to tackle the problem. To do so, she >would have had to also admit that Washington's unipolar policies towards the >rest of the world are largely responsible for many of the calamities >affecting Third World nations. > >Despite being the world's richest country, the United States owes over one >and a half billion dollars to the United Nations -- its accumulated dues >over the years as a member nation. The only explanation for this over-due >debt is that Washington plans to hold the world body hostage -- using it to >impose its mandates on other nations. > >Although much was said during the Millennium Summit about the many >challenges that lie ahead for the future, no concrete steps were taken to >speed up the necessary reforms to the United Nations -- making sure that the >international organization is well-prepared to face these pressing >challenges. > >It is a well-known fact that the world's only superpower -- politically, >economically and militarily -- opposes the Third World's efforts to reform >the United Nations in a way that truly protects the interests of each and >every member nation. Instead, Washington has blocked any initiatives leading >to the true democratization of the international organization. > >As long as the United Nations is not radically reformed and the current >world order remains unchanged, human beings on this planet will remain an >endangered species. > > >(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-09.15.00-02:11:18-11678 > _______________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. 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