> >from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Cuba press release 74 > FOR ALL DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS > HAVANA, FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 2000 > >HAVANA.- Thousands of Cubans, mostly young people wearing t-shirts >printed with the face of Elian Gonzalez, gathered in front of the >U.S. Interests Section in Havana to demand the return of the child >still being illegally held in the U.S.. Speakers representing >students, workers, writers, intellectuals and religious people >demanded the most basic human right for Elian - to be with his father >- something that has been delayed by the U.S. administration. >Yesterday afternoon, the new square, named the Jose Marti Anti >Imperialist Open Tribune and inaugurated on April 3, saw tens >of thousands of lively demonstrators who shouted phrases repudiating >the U.S. authorities for delaying Elian's return. > >WASHINGTON.- The U.S. government is being watched by the majority of >people in the U.S. and the world, all waiting for a decision >regarding custody of Cuban child, Elian Gonzalez, which was not given >by the Atlanta Court of Appeals. CNN television network echoed the >uncertainty of analysts, reporters and the public in general, who are >pointing a finger at the Justice Department, waiting for the Federal >government to act, after Wednesday's Court decision temporarily >prohibiting the minor's departure from the U.S. > >WASHINGTON.- Gregory Craig, lawyer of Elian Gonzalez' father, Juan >Miguel Gonzalez, demanded that U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno >rescue the minor from the house where he has been retained, using >sheriffs if necessary. Last week, the Justice Department removed >temporary custody of the boy from his great-uncle, Lazaro Gonzalez, >who has challenged the order and any other legal decisions to return >Elian either to his father or the U.S. authorities. On Thursday, Juan >Miguel Gonzalez began his third week in Washington, where he >travelled to be reunited with his son, but he has only been able to >see him on television. Craig said Reno does not have any other choice >but to apply the law and keep her promise to reunite Elian with >his father. > >WASHINGTON.- U.S. daily "The New York Times" reiterated that Cuban >child Elian Gonzalez should be with his father, despite the fact that >Atlanta Court of Appeals "has complicated the case". The paper >criticized the Court "for having encouraged the idea that the child >may be eligible for asylum in the U.S.". According to the paper, the >Atlanta Appeals Court's definitive decision could take some weeks; >therefore the six year old boy "should be with his father", Juan >Miguel Gonzalez, now in Washington awaiting the final decision on his >son's situation. "The New York Times" was "surprised" at the Court's >"tough" language when it complained that the U.S. Immigration >and Naturalization Service (INS) rejected the request for political >asylum without asking Elian. > >WASHINGTON.- A psychiatrist appointed by the U.S. government, >who interviewed the distant relatives retaining Cuban child Elian >Gonzalez, said the minor is being held hostage by them. "Elian is >being manipulated and behaving like a hostage of his distant >relatives", said Jerry Wiener, one of the experts appointed to carry >out the transfer of the six year old boy to his father, Juan Miguel >Gonzalez "in the most normal way possible". Weiner said "the child >should be returned as soon as possible to his father, who has taken >care of Elian all his life, with whom he has lived and has a >close relation." > >HAVANA.- The Oswaldo Guayasamin Foundation, headquartered in Havana, >donated a painted lithograph by the Ecuadorian artist to Elian >Gonzalez for the child to see when he returns to his home in >Cardenas. The daily Juventud Rebelde informed that the valuable work >of art entitled "Mother and Son" belongs to the Ternura series, >executed by the painter in 1984. This was a favorite subject in his >last moments before his death from a heart attack on March 10, 1999, >in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. The reproduction carries the dedication: >"To Elian in memory of Guayasamin". > >HAVANA.- Next Sunday, 14,000 delegates will be elected to >form municipalities governments in all the provinces, confirming the >Cuban Socialist Revolution's democratic principles. After fulfilling >the process prior to elections, 800,000 electors will select those >who will be their representatives for the next two and a half years, >according to the Cuban Constitution. > >HAVANA.- Cuban scientific research contributed over US$ 100 million - >a record for the country - to the national economy last year, said >press. The news was confirmed at the 3rd National Meeting of Ministry >of Science, Technology and Environment's (CITMA) Specialists, opened >yesterday in the city of Ciego de Avila, 450km east of Havana. During >the event, experts and technicians from all the provinces achieved >some 3,000 scientific results, among which over 700 were patented in >economic programs. > >CIEGO DE AVILA, CUBA.- Spanish families will be able to discover the >cause of death of their ancestors in the province of Ciego de Avila, >located 440km east of Havana, said local press. The numbered vaults >of Ciego de Avila Empresa de Servicios Informaticos (Information >Service Office (ESICA) contains rigorous research including names, >military rank and origin of the Spanish soldiers who died in the >Jucaro-Moron region during the 1895-1898 War of Independence. The 367 >pages of research, in three volumes, features the paternal data, >causes of death and exact locations where over 2,000 Spanish soldiers >died. > >HAVANA.- Deaf Cubans will be able to use a modern device designed >to facilitate telephone communications among them, it was confirmed >here. Thanks to the introduction of digital techniques in the >modernization process of telecommunication networks, the new devices >can now be used to meet these clients' needs. Telephones for the deaf >consists of a device with a keyboard and a small screen plugged in to >a telephone line in order to exchange texts. Cuban telephone company >Empresa de Telecomunicaciones de Cuba (ETECSA) introduced this >technology, so that all deaf people who need telephone communication >may have access to it. > >DPTO. INFORMACION/MINREX " JC > > __________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki - Finland +358-40-7177941, fax +358-9-7591081 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kominf.pp.fi ___________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe/unsubscribe messages mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________
