-Caveat Lector- ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- From: "Linda Muller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date sent: Tue, 23 Nov 1999 17:31:47 -0500 Subject: [BRIGADE] PJB - Castro - WTO Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dear Brigade, Did I tell you Pat is going to Seattle to protest the WTO? Soon as I have details (if I ever get them) I'll pass them on. I know thousands of Brigade members will be out there too -- I hope all of you can hook up with PJB. Below is a column I found on Castro attending the WTO meeting and also an email from Bill Hawkins on the US Chamber of Commerce promoting Castro's visit. GO PAT GO!!!!!!!!! Linda PS - This is an excellent website for you to find out more about the Seattle WTO meeting and the WTO issue: http://www.citizen.org/pctrade/gattwto/seattle/seattle.html ----------------------------------------- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date sent: Tue, 23 Nov 1999 16:25:26 EST Subject: Castro Invited by Business for WTO Meet To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linda: I just got a copy of a U.S. Chamber of Commerce invitation to attend a "business forum" with Fidel Castro during the Seattle WTO meeting, Dec. 2 in the Winward Room of the Seattle Hilton Hotel, from 2-4 pm. The event is heralded "Trade in the 21st Century." The heading reads "The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is Honored to Host a Business Forum with President Fidel Castro (invited) and the Cuban Trade Delegation to the WTO Ministerial." Catch that word "Honored" applied to meeting a mass murdering Marxist dictator! Anything for a buck, that's our wonderful Chamber of Commerce. I checked their website, but this is not listed on their "events" calendar, so perhaps they don't want this to get around. There is no fee to register. Contact name is given as Amy Sandell at (202) 463-3173. You are requested to register before Thanksgiving. Maybe they can play a parlor game at the meeting based on "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" (or given the audience, perhaps Billionaire would be more appropriate)----How many thousands of people did Castro order shot by firing squad when he took power? How many troops did Castro send to fight for Soviet causes in Africa? On what biological weapons projects are Castro and the Chinese working together at facilities in Cuba? How much money do Chamber members think they can make by helping Castro stay in power? ------William Hawkins Washington, DC ------------------------------------------ November 23, 1999 - Seattle Times Castro in Seattle? Everyone plans on it by Jack Broom and Roberto Sanchez Seattle Times staff reporters Only one person knows for sure whether Cuban President Fidel Castro will come to the World Trade Organization meeting next week, and that's Castro. But everybody else is acting as if Cuba's communist leader is coming, including the U.S. State Department, Seattle police, University of Washington officials and area religious leaders. Even Cuban exile groups in Miami are planning to come to Seattle with banners, legal challenges and perhaps a blimp to protest his visit. "I am sure that he will not arrive to Seattle without a protest by Cuban exiles," said Ninoska Perez, spokeswoman for the Fundacion Nacional Cubano Americana, an anti-Castro group. "Seattle is a bit far away, and our time is short," said Ramon Saul Sanchez, president of Movimiento Democracia, a Cuban-exile group that organizes flotilla demonstrations to the edge of Cuban waters. "Right now, our intention is to be present. . . . We're thinking about bringing a blimp, not a gigantic one, with a message about human-rights violations." Castro will be welcomed to Seattle - if he comes - by a committee sponsored by the Church Council of Greater Seattle. Among events in the works are appearances at two churches and the UW. "Wherever there is a possibility of him going, all the preparations are being made," said Doug Barnes of the Seattle Committee to Welcome the Cuban Delegation. As of this morning, Castro had not yet applied for a visa to visit the United States. State Department officials refused to speculate on what factors would be taken into account if he does. "We don't make visa decisions in advance of an application," said a State Department spokesman who asked not to be identified. "If and when President Castro applies, his application will be considered according with U.S. law, and a decision will be made at that time." Meanwhile, the hosts to the Cuban delegation to the World Trade Organization are acting as if Castro is coming. UW planning a Castro speech David Fenner, director of international programs and exchanges at the University of Washington, said the UW is accepting student and faculty requests for tickets to a planned Dec. 2 speech by Castro at Meany Hall. He said the Secret Service would manage security for the event, which would include metal detectors and a ban on re-entry into the hall. "Smokers will need to bring their Nicorette with them," Fenner said, alluding to Castro's tendency to speak for hours at a time. Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Seattle, has tentatively invited other members of the state's congressional delegation to meet with the Cuban president Dec. 2, in advance of Castro's appearance at the UW. McDermott wrote to Castro in July encouraging him to come to Seattle, promising, "You will be received respectfully, graciously and warmly." Though a Castro visit would undoubtedly trigger controversy, it also could generate productive dialogue, said McDermott, who opposes the ongoing U.S. trade embargo of Cuba. Five Seattle City Council members and five Metropolitan King County Council members also sent letters encouraging Castro to come to Seattle. Murder charges sought Castro opponents also are making plans. Exile groups, inspired by the arrest of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet while on a visit to England, are trying to get murder charges filed against Castro for the deaths of four people in civilian planes shot down by a Cuban Air Force pilot in 1996 over the Florida Straits. Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart, R-Fla., requested those charges yesterday from several prosecutors. An appearance by Castro, and the additional demonstrations it could trigger, already has been factored into law-enforcement plans for the WTO, said Christie-Lynne Bonner, spokeswoman for the Seattle Police Department, which is coordinating a multi-agency security force. "We had anticipated that we had several heads of state coming already," Bonner said. "We're sort of prepared for that possibility." As for anti-Castro demonstrators, Bonner said, "Hopefully, they will be respectful of the laws of the city. But if not, we will deal with it as it comes." Sanchez, of Movimiento Democracia, thinks Castro will come to Seattle because it could provide an opportunity to make up for critical coverage he received during the Ibero-American summit in Havana last week. That summit was accompanied by open demonstrations by Cuban dissidents, criticism of Cuba's human-rights policy by traditional allies like Mexico, and a boycott by several Latin American leaders. "Without a doubt, after the damage from the Ibero-American summit, he needs exposure in some forum where he can be graceful," Sanchez said. Previous visit In 40 years, Castro has been to the United States only a handful of times - the most recent in 1995 to mark the United Nations' 50th anniversary. That five-day visit included speeches at the United Nations; meetings and receptions with entertainers, journalists and religious leaders; and a visit to a Harlem church, where he received a warm and rousing welcome. Groups of demonstrators followed his every move, however, some shouting accusations of "traitor" and "assassin." Information from Seattle Times reporter Joshua Robin is included in this report. 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