>Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 18:14:13 -0400 >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Radio Havana Cuba-15 September 2000 18:00 >: > >Radio Havana Cuba-15 September 2000 18:00 > >Via NY Transfer News * All the News That Doesn't Fit > >Radio Havana Cuba - News Update - 15 September 2000 18:00 > > >*TIME FOR CONCRETE MEASURES AGAINST POVERTY AND UNDERDEVELOPMENT: > --FILIPE PEREZ ROQUE > >*CUBA MAINTAINS COOPERATIVE RELATIONS WITH OVER 140 COUNTRIES > >*HAVANA TO HOST OCTOBER MEETING OF LATIN AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE > >*DEPUTY MINISTER CALLS FOR A HIGH PRIORITY ON CULTURE > >*CHINA'S FOREIGN MINISTER WILL ARRIVE IN CUBA ON SATURDAY > >*THE OIL CRISIS THREATENS A SOCIAL CRISIS OF GLOBAL PROPORTIONS > > >*TIME FOR CONCRETE MEASURES AGAINST POVERTY AND UNDERDEVELOPMENT > --FILIPE PEREZ ROQUE > >Havana, September 15 (RHC) -- Addressing Friday the United Nations General >Assembly, Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque said last week's >Millineum Summit demonstrated that it's time to adopt concrete measures >against the poverty and underdevelopment affecting the majority of the >planet's peoples. Perez Roque said Cuba, a poor country but with important >human capital, has already begun to take action -- pointing to the 2 >thousand Cuban health specialists offereing their services in 16 Central >American, Caribbean and African nations as the result of a program adopted 2 >years ago. > >The Cuban Foreign Minister reiterated Cuba's willingness to offer another 3 >thousand doctors to help in the battle against AIDS in Africa, though he >termed as indispensable cooperation from industrialized nations in the >supply of medicines and medical equipment. Africa needs us, said Perez >Roque, adding that Cuba is ready -- the ball is now in the courts of rich >nations. > >Cuba's chief diplomat said that 50 years after the founding of the United >Nations, and at the threshold of a new millineum, one would think that there >should be peace, well-being and greater solidarity, but that, on the >contrary, poor peoples are facing the most acute economic, social, political >and environmental crisis that humankind can recall. > >Criticizing so-called humanitarian interventions, the Cuban Foreign Minister >said this new and dangerous doctrine poses no threats to industrialized >nations because it's directed against poor countries. Instead of trying to >defend the right to intervene in another nation based on alleged >humanitarian reasons, Perez Roque said, the industrialized North should be >leading a process towards total world disarmament, which, he added, would >free up resources to save the lives of the silent victims of war, hunger and >disease. > > >*CUBA MAINTAINS COOPERATIVE RELATIONS WITH OVER 140 COUNTRIES > >Havana, September 15 (RHC)-Cuba maintains cooperation relations with over >140 countries in 15 different sectors, mostly in health, education, >construction, fishing, agriculture, sports, culture, biotechnology, >pharmaceuticals and tourism. > >The Deputy Minister for Foreign Investment and Economic Cooperation, Noemi >Benitez, made the announcement on Thursday in Havana, adding that the first >technical assistance offered by Cuba was a medical brigade to Algeria in >1963. > >The Cuban official said that since 1963 up until 1999, a total of 138 >thousand 805 Cubans have offered their services to over one hundred >countries, adding that there are currently 5 thousand 862 in some 100 >nations. She also stressed that since 1961 up until 1999, some 38 thousand >760 foreign students have graduated in Cuba and that there are currently >over 8 thousand studying on the island. > > >*HAVANA TO HOST OCTOBER MEETING OF LATIN AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE > >Havana, September 15 (RHC)-Cuba will host the Latin American Chamber of >Commerce meeting to be held from the 19th to the 21st of October in Havana. > >The President of Cuba's Chamber of Commerce, Antonio Luis Carricarte Corona, >said on Friday in Havana that the forum will include issues related to trade >and investment in Latin America and a special session will be dedicated to >Cuba. > >The President of the Cuban Chamber of Commerce added that this forum has a >special significance for the island. > > >*DEPUTY MINISTER CALLS FOR A HIGH PRIORITY ON CULTURE > >Havana, September 15 (RHC)-Cuba's first Deputy Minister of Culture, Rafael >Bernal, has called on all institutions to unite in spreading culture to the >population in an attempt to turn the island into one of the most cultured >nations in the world. > >The Cuban official was speaking at the opening of the Third Meeting of >municipal Culture Directors underway in Havana with the participation of >over 200 delegates island wide. > >Gathered in five working commissions, the delegates will also discuss the >agreements made during the 6th Congress of Cuba's Writers and Artists >Association, UNEAC, held in November of 1998. > > >*CHINA'S FOREIGN MINISTER WILL ARRIVE IN CUBA ON SATURDAY > >Havana, September 15 (RHC)-China's Foreign Minister, Tang Jiaxuan. will >arrive in Havana on Saturday for an official visit. > >During his stay on the island, the Chinese Foreign Minister and his >delegation will meet with Cuban government officials as well as visit places >of social, cultural and economic places of interest. Both counties are >expected to sign cooperation agreements. > > >Viewpoint: > >*THE OIL CRISIS THREATENS A SOCIAL CRISIS OF GLOBAL PROPORTIONS > >Protests against the current skyrocketing oil prices on the international >market have become a daily practice in an ever-growing number of consumer >countries, especially European nations. > >Countries like Holland, Poland, Germany, France and Spain have become the >daily scene of street protests, transportation strikes and the blocking of >highways demanding that governments subsidize or at least reduce oil prices. > >On September 12th, the President of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting >Countries -OPEC-, Venezuelan Ali Rodriguez, warned of an impending >international fuel crisis. He revealed that OPEC members had already reached >their extraction limit capacity, following the group's agreement to increase >oil pumping to over 3 million barrels a day. Rodriguez added that Saudi >Arabia -the world's largest oil exporter- is one of the few nations actually >capable of increasing production of the desperately needed natural resource. >There is no question that fuel is indispensable to economic and trade >operations. > >The president of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries also >blamed speculators for the current rise in international prices. In that >regard, Venezuelan President, Hugo Chavez, stated that the astronomical >increase in fuel prices are best reflected in the cost of gasoline -its main >derivative and the most affected by state taxation in consumer nations. >Chavez recalled that when, a few years ago, oil prices dropped to eight >dollars a barrel, the price of gasoline did not suffer a proportional >decline. He added that the sensitive issue is included on the agenda of the >upcoming OPEC Summit, scheduled for Caracas, the Venezuelan capital, later >this month. > >The Third World is the most affected by the current crisis. In addition to >the annual servicing of their unsustainable, never-ending foreign debt, >those countries are now forced to earmark most of their scarce resources to >buy the fuel they need to put their faltering industries to work. > >Even the President of the World Bank, James Wolfensohn, has acknowledged >that the skyrocketing oil prices on the international market will bring >about a 0.75 percent economic decrease in Third World nations. According to >a study conducted by the international lending institution, the current >phenomenon will inevitably have a devastating impact on the world economy. > >The current oil crisis is truly threatening to bring about economic and >social chaos of unpredictable global proportions. > > >(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-09.15.00-18:13:49-27625 > _______________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. 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