>from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >subject: NYT Cuba: Ho Chi Minh Highway. Soros. Russia > >Cuba & Vietnam on the Ho Chi Minh Highway > Sat, 15 Apr 2000 >Via NY Transfer News * All the News That Doesn't Fit > >granma internacional digital April 14, 2000 > >CUBA TO HELP VIETNAM IMPROVE THE HO CHI MINH HIGHWAY > >Four Cuba-Vietnam Cooperation Agreements Signed at South Summit; >Vietnamese President Announces 2,000-Ton Rice Donation to Cuba > >THE government of Viet Nam donated 2000 tons of rice to Cuba which >will shortly arrive in the island, according to a statement made by >the president of that country, Tran Duc Luong, during official talks >held in Havana with his Cuban counterpart, Fidel Castro. > >A business delegation made up of 39 persons accompanied the head of >state with the aim of inquiring into Cuba's market potential and >identifying business opportunities. > >During the president of Viet Nam's official visit, prior to his >attendance as head of a large delegation from his country at the >South Summit, four agreements on cooperation were signed. > >The first of the documents refers to the purchase of rice from >China, through contracts between the Cuban entity, Alimport, and the >Vietnamese company, Vina Food. The second agreement refers to >technical support and overseeing the construction of the Ho Chi Minh >highway, in Viet Nam. The other two encompass economic and technical- >scientific cooperation between the ministries of construction in both >countries. > >Duc Luong, whose visit took place from April 8 to 11, also held talks >with the president of the Cuban parliament, Ricardo Alarcsn, who >accompanied the high-level delegation on a tour of the Latin American >School of Medicine. During the tour Duc Luong expressed his thanks to >the people and the government of Cuba for medical aid given to his >country. He stressed that in Viet Nam children are now immunized >against six transmissible diseases and life expectancy has increased >from 40 to over 60 years. > >Shortly before leaving the premises, where there are 3338 students >from 20 Latin American countries studying, including 78 from >Equatorial Guinea, he donated a portrait of Ho Chi Minh and a >computer. > >(c) 2000 Granma Internacional, Havana, Cuba >================================================================= > 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] >============== >nytas-04.15.00-03:06:05-13996 " JC > > ************ >sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >X-From_: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Apr 15 17:33:51 2000 >Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: "Soros Has No Future in Malaysia" > >"Soros Has No Future in Malaysia" > Sat, 15 Apr 2000 03:33:26 -0400 > >Via NY Transfer News * All the News That Doesn't Fit > >granma internacional digital April 14, 2000 > >"People like Soros have no future in Malaysia" > >* States Prime Minister Mahatir Mohamed, upbraiding financial >speculators who provoke stock-exchange crises > >BY JOAQUIN ORAMAS > >CAPITAL is the new gunboat of the rich, stated Mahatir Mohamed, the >prime minister of Malaysia, who spoke out in the South Summit in >Havana in order to recall that the international financial crisis is >still latent, notwithstanding the recovery noted in certain >countries. > >He warned that, having provoked the stock-exchange crisis of two >years ago with the falling price of shares, speculators are now >returning to buy up banks and companies at cheap prices. He >highlighted the fact that Hungarian-U.S. mega-speculator George >Soros, one of main agents of the crisis which affected South East >Asia, is being very active, buying in various countries, where he has >acquired banks and companies and 300,000 hectares of the best land in >Argentina. > >Even if he is not participating in the business of money exchange >prices, he has accumulated an enormous fortune, while many citizens >from the countries he attacked with his speculation activities have >died as a result of disturbances and other events related to the >crisis, noted the Malaysian leader, who was one of the first heads of >state and government to denounce Soros' activities when, in less than >24 hours, he withdrew hundreds of millions of dollars from Malaysian >banks, originating a financial panic, as a repercussion of similar >events in Thailand. > >(c) 2000 Granma Internacional, Havana, Cuba > >================================================================= > 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-04.15.00-03:33:28-15722 " JC > > *********** >X-From_: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Apr 17 17:08:50 2000 >Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 03:08:43 -0400 >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Russia: Putin on the Inside,Pt.I >Russia: Putin on the Inside,Pt.I > > >Via NY Transfer News * All the News That Doesn't Fit > >Prensa Latina-Direct from Cuba April 15, 2000 > >PUTIN ON THE INSIDE: Part I Analysis of the Russian Elections > BY ANTONIO RONDON > >Moscow.- The pluralist position of the Russian interim president, >Vladimir Putin, made him the politician of the whole country, while >his victory in the presidential elections has only two possibilities: >first or second round. > >Recently, Putin answered criticisms expressed by some politicians >who accused him of lacking ambition to become president, which >demanded the demonstration in practice. > >"It does not matter if we are successful in the first or second >round, what is important is to win," Putin stated, who stopped being >a mystery, even when his activity in the state is well known. > >And really, in answer to who is Putin, very little was left in the >dark, at least according to a recent publication of a series of >interviews of the former chief of the Federal Security Service. > >In summary, the biography of Putin reflects the rise of a young >politician without great "peaks" in his journey to power, as could >have been the case, for example, with the leader of the Yabloko >Party, Gregori Yavlinski, another presidential candidate. > >Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin was born in October of 1952 in the city >of Leningrad. His father had participated in the defense of the city >and his mother survived the nazi siege of Leningrad. > >In 1975 he graduated law in the Leningrad State University, although, >as he confessed in the interview, he decided to graduate there and >later enroll in the organs of state security (KGB). > >As an agent he worked in the Democratic Republic of Germany from 1985 >to 1990. After an attempted coup in August of 1991 he requested his >voluntary retirement from the ranks of the KGB, although at that time >he presided over the committee of foreign connections, under the >command of the then mayor of Saint Petersburg, Anatoli Sabchak. > >With Sabchak he headed several committees of the Saint >Petersburg government, including the security service, although he >concentrated mainly on the economic spheres of government. He >promoted the opening of one of the first foreign bank representations >in Russia. >After the failure of Sabchak to be re-elected as mayor, Pavel >Borodin, called Putin to the Kremlin at the time bureau chief of the >Russian president, Boris Eltsin. >In this manner, he occupied several intermediate posts until his >designation as director of the Russian Federal Security Service in >July of 1998. > >Last August 9 he substituted Serguei Stepashin as Prime Minister and >on December 31 Eltsin resigned and delegated the functions of head of >state to Putin. > >However, his biography reflects very little of the personality of >Putin, of his perspectives as a politician and his rapid rise in the >surveys carried out since September of 1999. > >THE ADVANTAGES OF PUTIN > >The arrival of Putin to the Kremlin is also related to a change >in priorities of the population, although it would not be a mistake >to say that the demand can be created or managed as is the case of >Chechenia or the role of the state. >The Russian Prime minister is the antithesis of Eltsin: spokesmen are >no longer needed nor the presence of the President in the Kremlin, >nor the lack of audacity to tackle responsibilities. > >Precisely this latter characteristic was important in the case of >Chechenia. No one would consider logical that a technique of Public >Relations would be to assume the consequences of an operation that >has just begun, Putin explained on one occasion. > >On the other hand, his calls to strengthen the role of the state >and, thereby, the grandeur of the Russian nation, is related to the >recovery of the dignity of the country. "To live with dignity in >Russia", is the maxim that the interim leader promotes. > >A survey of the independent institute, ROMIR, revealed that 90 >percent of those interviewed considered "dignity" as the standard of >life. In other words, the Prime minister also promises to solve the >main considerations of the voters. > >In contrast to Eltsin, Putin wants consolidation (the meetings with >the leaders of the different parliamentary factions) and acknowledged >the importance of the Communist Party in the Russian Federation >(PCFR). His purpose is to conquer the voters of the left rather than >ignore them. > >With the commercial sector he treads lightly through a mine field, >with modest criticisms of the Russian oligarchy who are still divided >and at no time decided to close ranks around Putin, perhaps to reach >a compromise if the interim head of state has to face a second round. >Analysts estimate that the oligarchy is not interested in a very >independent President, capable of defying it after the elections this >coming 26 of the month. > >Experts consider that with Putin, the country will enter a >"moderate liberalism" with a greater control and strengthening of the >economy of the country by the state. This is in accordance with the >demand for social order by a large part of the voters after the >financial collapse this past August. > >ELECTORAL RESOURCES > >The first of the electoral resources would depend on the contrast >between the almost disappeared sensation of leadership in the country >that were caused by the last four years of Eltsin and the energetic >adoption of responsibilities demonstrated by Putin. > >A second reason would be the gratefulness of the voters after the >increase of pensions and the payment of the salaries in arrears by >the state directed sectors. A third would be related to those who >voted for Eltsin in the past and now must do so for his heir. > >Another is the effect of the surveys. If Putin occupies between 48 >and 56 percent of popular support, the voters would be inclined to >support a sure winner. 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