>Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 23:40:02 -0400 >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Radio Havana Cuba-25 September 2000 23:30 >Radio Havana Cuba-25 September 2000 23:30 > >Via NY Transfer News * All the News That Doesn't Fit > >Radio Havana Cuba - News Update - 25 September 2000 23:45 > > . > >*300,000 MARCH IN HAVANA TO CONDEMN WASHINGTON'S MIGRATORY POLICIES > >*EL SALVADORE THANKS CUBA FOR OFFERING HELP TO COMBAT DENGUE EPIDEMIC > >*GERMAN SECRETARY FOR TECHNICAL & DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION VISITS CUBA > >*MONUMENT TO GERMAN NATURALIST UNVEILED IN GUANTANAMO > >*VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL RECEIVES THE "SOLIDARITY ORDER" > >*INTERNATIONAL "CLEAN THE WORLD" CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED IN EASTERN PROVINCES > >*ISAAC DELGADO'S MEXICO CITY CONCERT: "CUBAN MUSIC HAS MADE ITS MARK" > > . > >*300,000 MARCH IN HAVANA TO CONDEMN WASHINGTON'S MIGRATORY POLICIES > >Havana, September 25 (RHC) -- In Havana, 300 thousand people today marched >before the U.S. Interests Section to condemn Washington's migratory policies >with respect to Cuba. In a reactivation of the massive protests that took >place across Cuba during the kidnapping of Elian Gonzalez, speakers termed >as cynical the U.S. government's policies that encourage illegal >immigration. > >Demonstrators reiterated Cuba's protest of the U.S.'s Cuban Adjustment Act, >granting illegal Cuban immigrants exclusive privileges, as well as the >impunity enjoyed by those involved in the contraband of human beings in >speedboats leaving and returning to Florida with undocumented Cubans -- >oftentimes risking the lives of their cargo. > >The leader of Cuba's Federation of University Students, Hassan Perez, said >the Cuban people are tired and outraged, and that Washington is violating >the U.S.-Cuba migratory accords. The protest was convened by Cuban >grassroots, labor and students organizations last Friday after the U.S. >government granted assylum to a group of Cubans who had stolen a crop duster >to reach U.S. territory. > >This act of air piracy left one Cuban citizen killed and another wounded >when the plane crashed into the ocean, placing at risk the lives of several >Cuban children. > > >*EL SALVADORE THANKS CUBA FOR OFFERING HELP TO COMBAT DENGUE EPIDEMIC > >Havana, September 25 (RHC) -- Salvadoran President Francisco Flores has >thanked Cuba for its offer of medical assistance amid the Central American >nation's dengue epidemic. Having thus far claimed the lives of 30 Salvadoran >children and 3 adults, Flores said solidarity from Latin America is not only >welcome, but deeply appreciated. > >Three Mexican experts in dengue control arrived in El Salvador over the >weekend. According to specialists the dengue hemorraghic II virus is the >worst of the 4 strains that currently exist. Last September 12th, the >Salvadoran government declared a state of national emergency to confront the >epidemic, though it's not certain when health authorities will be able to >bring the disease under control. > > >*GERMAN SECRETARY FOR TECHNICAL & DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION VISITS CUBA > >Havana, September 25 (RHC)-The German Secretary of State for Technical >Cooperation and Development, Erich Stather, said on Monday in Havana, that >his visit seeks to boost cooperation with Cuba in environmental protection >and rehabilitation. > >Stather also conveyed greetings to an international conference currently >being held in Havana on the occasion of the 200 anniversary of first visit >to Cuba of German naturalist Alejandro Van Humboldt. > >The statements by the German Secretary for Technical Cooperation and >Development come on the heels of recent remarks by Jan Kreeshin. > > >*MONUMENT TO GERMAN NATURALIST UNVEILED IN GUANTANAMO > >Guantanamo, September 25 (RHC)-A monument dedicated to German naturalist >Alejandro Von Humboldt was unveiled at Cuba's largest National Park, which >carries his name in eastern Guantanamo province. The two meter monument is >located in the 76 thousand hectare park which is one of the country's >protected areas. > >Some one hundred biologists, geographers and researchers from Germany, >Italy, Mexico and Cuba were on hand for the unveiling of the monument. The >participants are also attending an international conference in Havana on the >occasion of the 200th anniversary of the first trip to Cuba of Alejandro Van >Humboldt, considered the modern Aristotle. > >UNESCO has proposed the Alejandro Van Humboldt park to be a World Heritage >Site as it has two per cent of the planet's flora. > > >*VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL RECEIVES THE "SOLIDARITY ORDER" > >Havana, September 25 (RHC) Top Cuban Communist Party official, Jose Ramon >Balaguer, awarded the President of Vietnam's Homeland Front organization, >Phan The Duyet, with the island's "Solidarity Order" . Speaking at the >ceremony Saturday, Juan Contino, president of the Cuba's neighborhood >organization Committees for the defense of the Revolution, - praised the The >Duyet's life, committed to the defense of the Vietnamese people. > >The Vietnamese guest, who is also a permanent member of the Political Bureau >of Vietnam's Communist Party, is participating in activities commemorating >the 40th anniversary of the Cuban Committees for the Defense of the >Revolution, CDR. > >The President of the Homeland Front, Phan The Duyet, thanked the Cuban >people for the gesture of friendship and solidarity. > >The Vietnamese leader and his delegation also participated with Cubans in >Monday's rally at the Jose Marti Anti Imperialist Tribune on Havana's >Malecon Seaside Drive, to condemn the U.S. Cuban Adjustment Act which, >Havana maintains, encourages Cubans to illegally attempt to reach U.S. >shores. Cuba's Committees for the Defense of the Revolution also awarded the >Vietnamese leader with the "September 28th" medal. > > >*INTERNATIONAL "CLEAN THE WORLD" CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED IN EASTERN PROVINCES > >Camaguey, September 25 (RHC)-The international campaign, "Clean the World", >began on Monday in the eastern province of Camaguey with the participation >of thousands of people. The campaign is aimed at cleaning, educating and >promoting the protection of the environment. > >Cuba's Ministry of Science, Technology and the Environment promotes the >campaign yearly and has selected the provinces of Camaguey, Sancti Spiritus >and Matanzas to implement the program on this occasion. In Camaguey >children, adults and the elderly are working to improve the environment and >reduce the amount of garbage in their communities. > >As part of the international campaign, a community center was opened in each >of Camaguey's 13 municipalities, which are performing children's, and adult >theater and mounting conferences on topics related to the environmental. > >Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment official, Dr. Mayra >Gonzalez, told the press that various schools and universities have offered >an environmental training program, while CDR neighborhood organizations have >organized community debates. > >The "Clean the World" international campaign began in Australia in 1986 and >since then has spread around the globe. > > >*ISAAC DELGADO'S MEXICO CITY CONCERT: "CUBAN MUSIC HAS MADE ITS MARK" > >Mexico, September 25 (RHC)-Cuban salsa singer Isaac Delgado, known as the >"Chevere de la Salsa," said in Mexico City that Cuban music has left its >mark on the world. > >After a two-hour concert in Mexico City, Delgado told Prensa Latina news >agency that he is satisfied with the current development of Cuban music both >in Cuba and abroad. > >The popular Cuban musician praised the work of the Buena Vista Social Club >in recovering traditional Cuban music and promoting it abroad. > >Isaac Delgado noted that Cuba and Mexico have traditionally been linked >musically and he gave various examples of Cuban musicians who have lived and >worked in Mexico, like the great Benny More and Damaso Perez Prado. Isaac >Delgado and his group have just wound up a successful tour in Asia and >Mexico. > >(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-09.25.00-23:39:43-16972 > _______________________________________________________ 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. Subscribe/unsubscribe messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Anti-Imperialism list for anti-imperialist news. 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