>Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 01:30:27 -0400 >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Radio Havana Cuba-21 September 2000 23:45 >Radio Havana Cuba-21 September 2000 23:45 > >Via NY Transfer News * All the News That Doesn't Fit > >Radio Havana Cuba - News Update - 21 September 2000 23:45 > > . > >*WASHINGTON'S REFUSAL TO PRESS CHARGES AGAINST CUBAN HIJACKERS > >*FIDEL ATTENDS CEREMONY TO MARK NEW STUDENT SOCIAL WORK BRIGADE > >*CUBA TO SAVE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN DOMESTIC OIL CONSUMPTION > >*LATIN AMERICAN INTEGRATION ASSOCIATION'S TOURISM COUNCIL MEETS WEDNESDAY > >*CUBA-GERMAN COOPERATION ON DESERTIFICATION AND DROUGHT PROJECTS > >*Viewpoint: CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS MEETING MARKS A TURNING POINT > > . > >*WASHINGTON'S REFUSAL TO PRESS CHARGES AGAINST CUBAN HIJACKERS > >Havana, September 21 (RHC) -- Havana has blasted Washington's refusal >to bring criminal charges against Cubans involved in air piracy and >hijackings. A front-page editorial in the official Cuban newspaper >Granma insisted that the lack of sanctions against Cubans who commit >these crimes constitutes -- along with the privileges illegal Cuban >immigrants receive under the U.S.'s Cuban Adjustment Act -- major >incitements to illegal immigration and a violation of the U.S.-Cuba >migratory accords. > >According to the editorial, Washington's refusal to return, without >any justification, a significant number of illegal Cubans intercepted >on the high seas, and the impunity benefitting those involved in the >trafficking of human beings, generate the least favorable conditions >for a level-headed and constructive analysis of, and search for, >satisfactory solutions to bilateral migratory problems. > >Cuba, says the editorial, will nevertheless participate in today's >round of bilateral migratory talks. Cuba will also honor its word and >its expressed objective of holding serious talks concerning these >problems, and hopes -- adds the editorial -- that the United States >adopts a reciprocal attitude. > >In reference to Tuesday's act of air piracy when a small fumigation >aircraft was spirited out of Cuba, the editorial reiterates Havana's >criticism of the silence of U.S. authorities in such circumstances. >The Cuban government noted that it still does not know the name of the >Cuban citizen who died during the tragic episode, and only knows the >names of those who were in the aircraft due to reports from U.S. media >outlets. > > >*FIDEL ATTENDS CEREMONY TO MARK NEW STUDENT SOCIAL WORK BRIGADE > >Havana, September 21 (RHC)-Cuban President Fidel Castro participated >on Wednesday in Havana in an activity announcing the creation of the >first Student Social Work Brigade on the island. The brigade is >composed of 626 students from the University of Havana, the Jose >Antonio Echeverria Poly Technical Higher Institute and the Enrique >Jose Varona Pedagogical Institute. > >Under the program, students will complete research in communities to >discover the principal social problems and then do preventive work >with children between the ages of 1 to 15. > >Another similar brigade will soon be constituted. The Cuban leader >praised these new brigades as "historic and unique" in today's world >because of their humanism. > > >*CUBA TO SAVE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN DOMESTIC OIL CONSUMPTION > >Havana, September 21 (RHC)-Cuba plans to save billions of dollars over >the next five years by consuming domestic, rather than imported oil, >according to the Minister of Basic Industry, Marcos Portal. > >In a document presented during a Havana meeting of the sector's >business executives, the Cuban official stressed that the island saved >over 500 million dollars in 1998-1999. > >Cuban oil production, which has been of great use in generating >electricity island-wide and in producing cement for domestic >consumption, reached two million 200 thousand tons last year. > >According to official figures, the island could extract as much as >three million, four hundred thousand tons of crude this year. > > >*LATIN AMERICAN INTEGRATION ASSOCIATION'S TOURISM COUNCIL MEETS WEDNESDAY > >Havana, September 21 (RHC)-The fourth meeting of the Latin American >Integration Association's Tourism Council kicked off on Wednesday in >Havana to increase cooperation and expand the tourism industry. > >Participants will also examine ways to strengthen mechanisms between >the Latin American Integration Association, ALADI, and the World >Tourism Organization. > >The meeting is chaired by ALADI general secretary, Venezuelan, Juan >Francisco Rojas, who called Cuba's role in the regional institution >"very active and important." Cuba became a full ALADI member last >year. > >Rojas added that integration is indispensable in today's globalized >world. > > >*CUBA-GERMAN COOPERATION ON DESERTIFICATION AND DROUGHT PROJECTS > >Bayamo, September 21 (RHC)-Cuban authorities from the eastern >provinces of Las Tunas and Granma and representatives of the German >government are studying cooperation projects in the fight against >desertification and drought in the eastern part of the island. > >In recent years, Cuba, especially the eastern region, has registered >less than average rainfall. > >The Cuba-German cooperation project against desertification and >drought came out of an international protocol signed by various >countries in 1997. > > >Viewpoint: > >*CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS MEETING MARKS A TURNING POINT > >The truth about Cuba has finally gotten through to the U.S. Congress. >This is especially true after the recent participation of a Cuban >Parliament delegation, as special invited guests, in the Annual >Convention of the U.S. Congressional Black Caucus, held last week in >Washington. The Cuban lawmakers explained the difficult situation in >Cuba brought about by Washington's 40-year blockade against the >island. > >Six Cuban deputies were given permission by the U.S. State Department >to travel to Washington to participate in the Black Caucus meeting, >though U.S. officials denied travel visas to other Cuban lawmakers who >had been also invited to participate, including Cuban Parliament >President Ricardo Alarcon. > >The unprecedented participation of Cuban legislators in an annual >convention of the African-American sector of the U.S. Congress, has >had great repercussions in the U.S. media, which termed the visit as a >turning point in relations between the U.S. and Cuban legislative >powers. > >Another important meeting, this one to examine the U.S. blockade >against Cuba, was held earlier this week also in Washington. The U.S. >International Trade Commission met to hear the testimony of >representatives of the American business community and to determine >the impact of the blockade on the U.S. economy. > >The Head of the Cuban Interests Section in Washington, Fernando >Remirez de Estenoz, attended the Commission hearing. The Cuban >diplomat reiterated that the U.S. economic war against Cuba is part of >Washington's continued attempts to destroy the Cuban Revolution. >Participants in the meeting of the U.S. International Trade Commission >pointed to the double standard of U.S. foreign policy, asking why, if >Washington trades with Communist China and Vietnam, does it refuse to >trade with Cuba. > >During the 30th Annual Convention of the Congressional Black Caucus, >the Caucus' 38 African-American congressional representatives, >publicly took, for the first time, a strong position against the >blockade and in favor of radical changes in Washington's aggressive >policy towards Cuba. > >The U.S. lawmakers also expressed their satisfaction with an offer >made by Cuban President Fidel Castro to grant up to 500 scholarships >annually so that young Americans from low-income families can study >medicine free-of-charge in Cuba. > >In a recent speech at the Riverside Church in Harlem, while >participating in the United Nations Millennium Summit in New York, the >Cuban leader explained that the medical scholarships are aimed at the >Third World that exists inside the United States itself. That is, said >President Castro, Afro-Americans, Latinos and other minorities who >live in the World's richest country, but who are deprived of every >opportunity and face difficulties and hardships exactly like those in >Third World nations. > > >(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-09.22.00-01:30:02-463 > _______________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki - Finland +358-40-7177941, fax +358-9-7591081 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kominf.pp.fi _______________________________________________________ Kominform list for general information. 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