>Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 00:34:57 -0500 >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Radio Havana Cuba-27 November 2000 >Radio Havana Cuba-27 November 2000 > >Via NY Transfer News * All the News That Doesn't Fit > >Radio Havana Cuba - News Update - 27 November 2000 > > . > >*CUBAN STUDENTS DEMAND EXTRADITION AND TRIAL OF POSADA CARRILES > >*PANAMA: SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE AGAINST LUIS POSADA CARRILES > >*POSADA USED CENTRAL AMERICA AS HIS OWN PERSONAL ESTATE > >*SENEGALESE MINISTER OPTIMISTIC ABOUT SOUTH-SOUTH RELATIONS > >*FIRST VENEZUELAN PATIENTS ARRIVE IN CUBA > >*FUTURE CUBAN TEACHERS RECEIVE OFFICAL BANNER > >*TWO MILLION CUBANS SPEND TSUNDAY DOING VOLUNTARY WORK > >*TAKE A BOAT TO THE BEACH: HAVANA-VARADERO MARITIME ROUTE > >*NOVEMBER 27th AN IMPORTANT DATE IN CUBA'S HISTORIC STRUGGLE > >*HAVANA MARCH COMMEMORATES COLONIAL KILLING OF 8 STUDENTS > . > >*CUBAN STUDENTS DEMAND EXTRADITION AND TRIAL OF POSADA CARRILES > >Havana, November 27 (RHC) -- In Havana, more than one hundred thousand >students and young people gathered late this afternoon at the Jose >Marti Anti-Imperialist Tribunal to commemorate another anniversary of >the 1871 assassination of 8 Cuban medical students by Spanish colonial >forces. Cuban President Fidel Castro was at the head of the >demonstration, held at the Tribunal in front of the U.S. Interests >Section. > >Participants also reiterated Cuba's demand for justice in the case of >the terrorists arrested in Panama who had planned to assassinate the >Cuban leader during the Iberoamerican Summit. The Jose Marti Anti- >Imperialist Tribunal became another podium to denounce the complicity >of the Miami-based Cuban-American National Foundation with terrorist >Luis Posada Carriles. > >Students from Central America and the Caribbean, studying at Havana's >Latin American School of Medicine, also participated in the >demonstration, as did the leader of Brazil's leftist Workers' Party, >Luis Inacio Lula Da Silva. On November 27, 1871, 8 Cuban medical >students were executed solely due to their pro-independence >sentiments. > > >*PANAMA: SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE AGAINST LUIS POSADA CARRILES > >Panama City, November 27 (RHC)-Panamanian authorities have confirmed >that they have sufficient evidence to bring charges against Luis >Posada Carriles, accused of planning an assassination attempt against >Cuban President Fidel Castro. According to police officials in the >Panamanian capital, 8 kilograms of C-4 plastic explosives were found >last week, along with recent discoveries of other weapons that the >terrorists planned to use during the 10th Ibero-American Summit. > >The Deputy Director of the Panamanian Judicial Police, Javier Cherigo, >told reporters on Monday that he could only say that authorities have >enough material evidence to file criminal charges against the >terrorists. Cherigo stated that more information would be released in >the coming days. > > >*POSADA USED CENTRAL AMERICA AS HIS OWN PERSONAL ESTATE > >Tegucigalpa, November 27 (RHC)-In related news, Luis Posada Carriles >used Central America as his own personal estate, according to Monday >morning's edition of the Honduran daily "El Heraldo." The newspaper >reported that Posada Carriles was actually in Honduras one week before >he and three other terrorists were arrested in Panama on November >17th. > >"El Heraldo" revealed that the Cuban-born terrorist first arrived in >Honduras during the early 1990's. During that period of time, >according to the newspaper, Posada Carriles was working on the >security team of Guatemalan President Vinicio Cerezo. > >The Honduran news daily also reported that Luis Posada Carriles was >involved in two assassination attempts against former Honduran >President Carlos Roberto Reina. Right-wing forces accused his >administration of becoming too close to Cuba when the former president >moved to open interests sections in Havana and Tegucigalpa. > > >*SENEGALESE MINISTER OPTIMISTIC ABOUT SOUTH-SOUTH RELATIONS > >Havana, November 27 (RHC)-Senegal's Foreign Minister Tidiane Gadion, >says that South-South relations can significantly increase, which will >allow for favorable exchanges in the future between his country and >Cuba. > >Before flying to New York on Sunday, after a visit to Havana, the >Senegalese government official talked to reporters about the future of >economic and political cooperation between Cuba and Senegal. He said >he will return to Havana after taking part in discussions on the >Palestinian situation at the United Nations General Assembly. >Referring to a recent meeting with Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez >Roque, Chaikh Tidiane Gadion said that talks focused on issues such as >literacy, education, culture, public health, agriculture, >technological development and other topics of bilateral interest. > >The Senegalese Foreign Minister noted that the great geographic >distance separating Cuba and his country poses no obstacle to >bilateral cooperation, stressing that despite Washington's unfair >blockade against Cuba, the island has been able to develop many >economic sectors which has made Cuba an example, particularly for >other Third World Nations. > > >*FIRST VENEZUELAN PATIENTS ARRIVE IN CUBA > >Havana, November 27 (RHC)-The first group of Venezuelan patients will >arrive in Cuba on Thursday to receive medical attention. >Venezuela's President, Hugo Chavez, said that the first group of low >income Venezuelans will include 50 patients suffering from cancer, >heart diseases and drug addiction problems. > >The treatment in Cuba of Venezuelans is part of last month's Caracas >Energy Agreement which stipulates that Venezuela will supply Havana >with up to 53 thousand barrels of oil daily, under preferential >conditions. > >The accord, signed by Presidents Hugo Chavez and Fidel Castro, states >that in return Cuba will offer Venezuela medical services and >expertise in fields such as agriculture, education and sports. > >During his radio program "Hello, President," Hugo Chavez announced on >Sunday that the groups of Venezuelans to be treated in Cuba are >scheduled to fly to Havana every two weeks. He explained that each >patient will be accompanied by a family member and will fly on >presidential aircraft. > > >*FUTURE CUBAN TEACHERS RECEIVE OFFICAL BANNER > >Havana, November 27 (RHC)- Cuba's Education Minister, Luis Ignacio >Gomez, Sunday presented the Manuel Ascunce Domenech 29th Teacher's >Contingent with its official banner. > >During the ceremony, which took place in the central province of >Sancti Spiritus , speakers praised the more than 6,460 youths who have >chosen to be the country's new teachers. The Cuban Education Minister >explained that the teachers' contingent was created to deal with a >lack of educators island wide and that it has become crucial in the >struggle for high-quality teaching and the dissemination of Cuban >culture. > >Sunday's ceremony also paid tribute to teacher, Manuel Ascunce >Domenech and farmer Pedro Lantigua, both murdered by >counterrevolutionaries during the Literacy Campaign in the early years >of the Revolution. During the activity, members of the First Teachers' >Detachment and leaders of the island's University Students' Federation >reaffirmed Cuba's demand for the extradition of the anti-Cuba >terrorists who are currently under arrest in Panama. > > >*TWO MILLION CUBANS SPEND TSUNDAY DOING VOLUNTARY WORK > >Havana, November 23 (RHC)-Some two million Cubans performed voluntary >work on Sunday to demonstrate their support for the government and >their confidence in the recovery of the economy. > >Workers in hospitals, factories, schools, sugar mills and coffee and >tobacco plantations spent the day contributing to the economy on the >anniversary of the voluntary work initiative begun by >Cuban-Argentinean guerrilla fighter, Ernesto "Che" Guevara, in >November of 1959. > >Sunday's voluntary work centered on ongoing preparations for the >upcoming sugar harvest, which included work in 10 sugar factories in >Eastern Camaguey province. > >Some 97 thousand workers in the central province of Sancti Spiritus >contributed to the coffee harvest, while tens of thousands worked in >agricultural fields of central Villa Clara province. In the eastern >province of Holguin volunteers repaired machinery and built spare >parts for the sugar industry. And, in western Pinar del Rio province >efforts were concentrated in tobacco planting. > >In the capital, tens of thousands workers cleaned up their work >centers. > > >*TAKE A BOAT TO THE BEACH: HAVANA-VARADERO MARITIME ROUTE > >Havana, November 27 (RHC)-Cuba's two major tourist centers have been >linked by the recent opening of the Havana-Varadero maritime route >inaugurated by the island's Cubanacan Corporation. > >The new route joins previous bus connections between the two tourist >areas and offers new attractions in a pleasant two-hour boat trip. The >rapid ferry which holds 380 passengers, sails a mile off the Cuban >coast after departing from cruise terminals in Varadero and Havana. >The project was implemented by the Cubanacan Jet group which came out >of a joint operational contract signed by Cuba's Cubanacan Nautical >firm and Argentina's Dodero Cruise company. The new tourist option is >part of the development of the island's tourism program. > >Viewpoint: > >*HAVANA MARCH COMMEMORATES COLONIAL KILLING OF 8 STUDENTS > >November 27th is an important date for students and young people in >Cuba. On this day in l871, 8 Cuban medical students were lined up >against a wall in Havana and shot down in cold blood by Spanish >colonial troops. The young people had been falsely accused of having >profaned the tomb of anti-Cuba journalist Gonzalo de Castanon in >Havana's Colon cemetery, an act which no country punishes with a death >sentence. > >The regime had no evidence to offer against any of the 8 students who >were condemned to death despite the magnificent defense presented by >Spanish lawyer, Captain, Don Federico Capdevilla. The historic trial, >if it can be called that, was held under the control of the so-called, >"Volunteer Corps" of Havana, made up of integrationist elements of the >worst kind, who demanded the heads of the Cuban youths. > >The incident occurred just three years after the beginning of Cuba's >first war of independence, which began October 10, l868. > >And so November 27th became an important day, and every year since >Cubans pay homage to the memory of those student patriots who died for >their country. It is a custom that has been maintained throughout the >six decades of U.S. colonialism in Cuba, imposed at the point of a gun >when uninvited U.S. troops intervened in the island's war of >independence against Spain. What's more, the action was unnecessary >because Cuba's Liberation Army had successfully fought its way to the >gates of the Cuban capital and had the Spanish forces neutralized in >the rest of the island. > >Today, on the 129th anniversary of that sad event, Cubans maintain >their spirit of staunch resistance in the face of U.S. attempts to >reinstate their neo-colonial regime which the Cuban Revolution ended >once and for all in l959. Cuban students and youth, who after 40 years >of resistance to U.S. pressures, who have maintained the date as a >patriotic tradition, have organized a major rally in Havana's >Anti-Imperialist Tribunal, in front of the U.S. Interests Section, to >demand the extradition to Cuba of terrorist Luis Posada Carriles and >his accomplices arrested in Panama, as they were preparing an >assassination attempt against Cuban president, Fidel Castro. Cuba's >students and young people have made it clear that it is not vengeance >that they seek, but rather, justice and an end to terrorism around the >world. > >(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-11.28.00-00:34:32-10853 > _______________________________________________________ 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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