>Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 00:28:36 -0400 >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Radio Havana Cuba-19 September 2000 23:00 >Radio Havana Cuba-19 September 2000 23:00 > >Via NY Transfer News * All the News That Doesn't Fit > >Radio Havana Cuba - News Update - 19 September 2000 23:00 > > . > >*U.S. CONGRESS BEGINS ONE OF ITS BIGGEST DEBATES ON BLOCKADE OF CUBA > >*AMERICAN MEDICAL STUDENT ASSOCIATION ACKNOWLEDGES CUBAN SCHOLARSHIP OFFER > >*MATANZAS: GENERAL SECRETARY OF CP WILL OVERSEE IMPORTANT SECTORS FOR PARTY > >*CUBA TO COOPERATE IN SPORTS WITH THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC > >*IBERO-AMERICAN JUSTICE MINISTERS TO MEET NEXT MONTH IN HAVANA > >*INAUGURATION OF NEW HOTEL IN CAYO LARGO SET FOR NOVEMBER > >*WORLD BANK ACKNOWLEDGES GLOBALIZATION WIDENS GAP BETWEEN RICH AND POOR > > . > >*U.S. CONGRESS BEGINS ONE OF ITS BIGGEST DEBATES ON BLOCKADE OF CUBA > >Havana, September 19 (RHC) -- The United States Congress began Tuesday what >is being called one of the biggest official debates on Washington's blockade >of Cuba. The hearing is part of an International Trade Commission study that >some are describing as the most comprehensive effort by a federal agency to >determine how the blockade has affected the Cuban and U.S. economies. > >The commission study was requested by the House Ways and Means Committee >last March. It comes as the Cuba issue has been receiving renewed attention >with some farm-state Republicans joining liberal Democrats in favoring the >easing of restrictions on the sales of food and medicine to Cuba. > >Two commission economists visited Cuba in July, meeting with government >officials. The large number of participants prompted commissioners to add a >second day of hearings. > >Besides Democratic and Republican legislators, right-wing groups favoring >sanctions against Cuba, humanitarian groups that say sanctions hurt innocent >people and business and agricultural groups, the chief of the Cuban >Interests Section in Washington DC, Fernando Remirez de Estenoz, is also >participating. > >The International Trade Commission will issue a final report next February >15th. Though the report won't make recommendations about whether the >sanctions should be lifted, some observers believe it could be influential. >The vice president of the think tank Lexington Institute, Philip Peters, >said the International Trade Commission report could be influential due to >the depth of its research and its objectivity. He also pointed out that the >commission is authoritative and -- in his words -- doesn't have a dog in >this fight. > > . > >*AMERICAN MEDICAL STUDENT ASSOCIATION ACKNOWLEDGES CUBAN SCHOLARSHIP OFFER > >Havana, September 19 (RHC) -- The U.S.'s American Medical Student >Association has issued a recognition of Cuba's offer to grant medical >scholarships to poor African-Americans and Hispanics. A statement released >Tuesday by the country's largest, independent medical student organization >begins by saying that the health of that nation is in a state of dire >crisis. > >The organization insisted that the number of uninsured Americans is climbing >dramatically, the areas of the country that are not adequately served by a >physician are swelling, and the American people cannot get a commitment from >either major presidential candidate to develop a real, comprehensive >solution to health problems as Congress spins its collective wheels on >partisan politics and pandering to special interests. The American Medical >Student Association pointed out that -- in its words -- "it's the poor >communist island nation of Cuba that has offered to provide free medical >training in Cuba annually to 500 Americans from underrepresented >populations". The organization called it a generous offer, but yet a >pathetic statement on American priorities. > >Finally, the American Medical Student Association asserted that it is time >to demand action and sincere answers to the growing health problems of the >American people, adding: "Cuba recognizes that, why can't we?". > > . > >*MATANZAS: GENERAL SECRETARY OF CP WILL OVERSEE IMPORTANT SECTORS FOR PARTY > >Havana, September 19 (RHC)-- The Political Bureau of Cuba's Communist Party >has assigned the head of Matanzas province's Communist Party, Yadira Garcia, >to oversee the sectors of Basic Industry, Food, Construction, Transportation >and Communications for the Party's Central Committee. > >Victor Gaute Lopez will replace Yadira Garcia as general secretary of the >Communist Party in Matanzas province. > > . > >*CUBA TO COOPERATE IN SPORTS WITH THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC > >Sydney, September 19 (RHC)-- Interest in Cuban sports cooperation was the >topic of discussion on Tuesday in Sydney, when the President of the island's >Sports Institute, Humberto Rodriguez met with sports representatives of the >Dominican Republic. > >Rodriguez met with the President of the Dominican Republic's Olympic >Committee, Jose Joaquin Puello, and Secretary of State for Sports, Cesar >Cedeno. > >The Dominican Republic has requested sports cooperation with Cuba an attempt >to improve results in the 2003 Pan American Games which will be held in that >Caribbean nation. The assistance will include fencing, rowing, field hockey, >boxing, volleyball, weightlifting and track and field. > >The Cuban sports official also offered his country's cooperation in sports >medicine, press and protocol. > > . > >*IBERO-AMERICAN JUSTICE MINISTERS TO MEET NEXT MONTH IN HAVANA > >Havana, September 19 (RHC)-- Ibero American Justice Ministers are scheduled >to meet in Havana on October 5th to celebrate their 12th Conference which is >aimed at developing multilateral cooperation in the fight against crime. > >The event's agenda includes issues related to the administration of justice, >border cooperation, drug trafficking, the fight against corruption and >discussions on law to protect personal data in accordance with the current >development of computer science. > >Some 140 personalities, among them official delegations and guests from >international institutions, will participate in the Justice Ministers >conference. > > . > >*INAUGURATION OF NEW HOTEL IN CAYO LARGO SET FOR NOVEMBER > >Havana, September 19th (RHC)-- The Cuban hotel chain "Gran Caribe" is >scheduled to inaugurate a new hotel in November in Cayo Largo, south of the >Cuban mainland. The hotel's management and commercialization will be in >hands of the Spanish group Sol Melia. > >The 304-room facility is being built to ecologically fit into its special >natural environment, according to the general manager of Sol Club group Cayo >Largo, Raul Silveira. > >"First of all, the hotel has just two floors. Its infrastructure includes >many open space areas in order to damage the environment as little as >possible. The building has been very well prefabricated, which has helped to >preserve nature as well as the virgin areas surrounding Cayo Largo." > >Taking into account the peculiarities of the natural environment, the Sol >Club group Cayo Largo plans to develop a honeymoon market for visitors >interested in water sports and to specialize as well, in so-called incentive >tourism. > >An international airport, receiving flights directly from Europe and Latin >America is a guarantee that the region will continue to develop. The Sol >Melia group manages and commercializes some 17 hotels in Cuba. > > . > >Viewpoint: > >*WORLD BANK ACKNOWLEDGES GLOBALIZATION WIDENS GAP BETWEEN RICH AND POOR > >In its annual report on world development, the World Bank has acknowledged >that the ever-growing gap between the rich and the poor has more than >doubled over the last 40 years. The U.S. media reported that these rare >reflections on the part of the international lending institution are in >response to statements made at the recently held Millennium Summit by Cuban >President Fidel Castro and other world leaders, such as Venezuelan President >Hugo Chavez. President Castro took the floor to warn of the growing >calamities facing the vast majority of humanity in today's globalized world. > >Cuba has always supported the struggle of Third World nations against >neoliberal globalization, unequal distribution of wealth between nations and >the never-ending foreign debt of the underdeveloped world to the so-called >First World. In that sense, the Cuban president affirmed that it is a moral >obligation of the wealthy North to forgive the unpayable foreign debt of the >impoverished South, since the debt is the result of centuries of >exploitation and dominion of the world's capitalist powers over the vast >majority of humanity. The World Bank itself, which now acknowledges the many >problems threatening the very survival of the human species on our planet, >is together with the International Monetary Fund, an important tool of the >very economic policy that it now attacks in its annual report. And behind >these apparently honest reflections on the part of the World Bank is, of >course, the United States as the main promoter and beneficiary of neoliberal >globalization. > >Though the World Bank has offered 500 million dollars to fight AIDS in >Africa, we must not forget that the money is not a donation, but a line of >credit, which imposes many obligations on the beneficiary. Like most nations >around the world, Cuba demands drastic reforms be made in the United >Nations, so that the interests of each and every member nation are protected >by the organization. Truly democratizing the UN means eliminating the veto >power, that allows a minority elite of wealthy nations, among them, of >course, the United States, to impose their mandates over and even >unilateraly decide on the destiny of other nations. > >If the United Nations is to sucessfully deal with and overcome the difficult >challenges that lie ahead for humanity in a new millennium, it must become a >truly democratic organization --the world's champion of the promotion and >protection of justice, equal rights and peace. > > >(c) 2000 Radio Habana Cuba, NY Transfer News. 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