>Via NY Transfer News Collective - All the News that Doesn't Fit > >Radio Havana Cuba - News Update - 31 May 2000 22:00 > > >*CUBAN TV ROUNDTABLE EXPLORES ILLEGAL ACTS OF MIAMI RIGHT WING >*CUBAN AND CHINESE MINISTERS SIGN BILATERAL COOPERATION PROTOCOL >*59th ANNIVERSARY OF CUBA'S NATIONAL COUNCIL OF CHURCHES >*9th CONGRESS OF CUBAN SOCIETY OF NURSES UNDERWAY IN HAVANA >*JAPANESE DELEGATION TO PARTICIPATE IN JAPAN'S CULTURE WEEK IN CUBA >*PANAMANIAN DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER IN HAVANA >*Viewpoint: WHILE WE AWAIT THE ATLANTA COURT'S DECISION... > > >*CUBAN TV ROUNDTABLE EXPLORES ILLEGAL ACTS OF MIAMI RIGHT WING > >Havana, May 31, (RHC) -- In Wednesday evening's roundtable on Cuban >television, a professor of law Dr Renen Quiros, discussed aspects of the >various US laws that the Miami relatives that kidnapped 6 year old Elian >Gonzalez had in his opinion broken. > >The most obvious, he said, was obstruction of justice in that they refused >to abide by a court ruling and attempted to prevent federal marshals from >legally removing the boy from their custody. Aside from this, he added, they >could also be accused of effectively forging a legal document in coercing >the 6 year old to sign his name to a document requesting political asylum. >US law provides that only a 14 year old or over is capable of making legal >decisions for themselves. Even if Elian signed the document he had no >understanding of what he was signing thus making the document a fraud in the >eyes of the law. > >The Cuban law specialist then touched on the defamation of public figures >by members of the Miami right wing that supported the kidnapping of Elian >Gonzalez and verbally threatened the lives of both the US Attorney General >Janet Reno and President Bill Clinton. These people have been allowed to >get away with a serious federal offense, he said. The federal officers that >reclaimed the boy for his father also had their lives threatened and were >assaulted. In fact the entire atmosphere in which the Cuban child was >immersed was one of illegality and violence. But there has been no legal >pursuit of the individuals involved. What type of message does this provide >for the US public, the roundtable participants mused. > >The nightly roundtable discusses details surrounding the case of Elian >Gonzalez as well as aspects relating to the US blockade of Cuba. > > >*CUBAN AND CHINESE MINISTERS SIGN BILATERAL COOPERATION PROTOCOL > >Havana, May 31 (RHC)-- The Chinese Minister of Industry and Information, Wu >Jichuan, wrapped up a three-day visit to Cuba on Tuesday evening. > >A few hours before departing for China, Wu Jichuan and his Cuban >counterpart, Ignacio Gonzalez Planas, signed a cooperation protocol in the >areas of informatics and communications. > >Commenting on the visit of the high-ranking Chinese official, Cuban >President Fidel Castro said that relations between Cuba and the Asian >country are better than ever. He also thanked China for its solidarity >during these difficult years of the Special Period -- the worst economic >crisis in Cuba over the last 40 years. > >During his visit, the Chinese Minister of Industry and Information met with >numerous Cuban government officials, including Vice President Carlos Lage. > > >*59th ANNIVERSARY OF CUBA'S NATIONAL COUNCIL OF CHURCHES > >Havana, May 31 (RHC)-- With the main religious service in Havana, Cuba's >National Council of Churches celebrated its 59th anniversary Tuesday >evening. > >During the worship service, attended by religious leaders from the Cuban >Protestant and Roman Catholic Churches, the President of the National >Council of Churches, Dr. Reinerio Arce Valentin, said that the date really >marks the beginning of a process to work toward the 60th anniversary next >year. Dr. Arce said that the process requires the commitment of all Cubans >of faith to continue working for the development of Cuban society. > >The Cuban religious leader called on people to do everything possible for >the sake of society, for the Cuban family and for Cuban youth. He said that >with the development of the country's churches, the slogan of the National >Council will become a reality: United in commitment. > >The religious ceremony was also attended by the Head of the Religious >Affairs Department of Cuba's Communist Party Central Committee, Caridad >Diego, other Cuban officials and a large representation of over 25 different >Protestant denominations, which make up the island's National Council of >Churches. > > >*9th CONGRESS OF CUBAN SOCIETY OF NURSES UNDERWAY IN HAVANA > >Havana, May 31 (RHC)-Nursing: A Humanitarian Job the World Over -- is the >slogan of the 9th International Congress of the Cuban Society of Nurses, >officially inaugurated Wednesday at Havana's International Convention >Center. > >Health care around the world, its tendencies and perspectives was the >subject of a master conference that officially inaugurated the Congress. The >master conference was delivered by Colombian Luz Marina Alfonso, President >of the International Council of Nurses - the ICN - an institution founded >100 years ago that now comprises 120 organizations comprising 11 million >members. > >During her talk, the ICN official said that in 1999 conditions of inequality >and poverty increased around the world and focused on how neo-liberal >tendencies and policies are affecting health care in many countries. These >policies, she added, try to make individuals and families responsible for >their health care, thus eliminating the responsibility of governments with >regard to social investments and programs. These tendencies, continued >Alfonso, along with their economic implications, increase social tensions, >deepen gaps between countries, create differences and worsen the living >conditions of the poor. It's necessary, she said, to strengthen the work of >national associations of nurses and to create a common front to solve common >problems wherever necessary in order to participate directly and actively in >the process of improving the health care of our peoples. > >Over the course of the Congress participants will be debating issues such as >the situation of nurses in Latin America, the development of nursing in >Cuba, the role of nurses in primary health care, and perspectives and >challenges for the new millenium. The 9th Congress of the Cuban Society of >Nurses, that winds up June 3rd, includes the 2nd Encounter of Nursing >Students and the First Cuban Colloquium on Research in the Field of Nursing >and is attended by some one thousand delegates from 18 nations. > > >*JAPANESE DELEGATION TO PARTICIPATE IN JAPAN'S CULTURE WEEK IN CUBA > >Havana, May 31 (RHC)-A 360-member Japanese delegation will soon arrive in >Cuba to participate in the 24th Japanese Culture Week, slated for Havana >from June 2nd through the 8th. > >On Tuesday, during a meeting with reporters at Havana's International Press >Center, the Director of Japan's International Friendship Foundation, Norio >Torigoe, said that the event will take place in several scenarios of the >Cuban capital such as the National Capitol, the National Theater and La >Cabaqa Fortress and it will include exhibitions of Japanese dances, fine >arts and martial arts. > > >*PANAMANIAN DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER IN HAVANA > >Havana, May 31 (RHC)-- A Panamenian delegation headed by the country's >Deputy Foreign Minister, Harmonio Arias Cerjack, is in Cuba to participate >in the first bilateral education and culture meeting. > >Upon his arrival at Havana's Jose Marti International Airport, the >high-ranking Panamanian official said that he will talk with Cuban >authorities about cooperation in several sectors such as health, education >and culture. He added that he will also meet with over 150 students from >Panama who are currently on the island studying at the Latin American School >of Medicine. > >Panama's deputy foreign minister also showed interest in the restoration >project currently underway in Old Havana and said he would like to gain >experience in that field since there is a similar project underway in >Panama. > > >Viewpoint: WHILE WE AWAIT THE ATLANTA COURT'S DECISION... > >The long delay by the Court of Appeals in Atlanta to issue its ruling on the >case of Elian Gonzalez -- illegally held in the United States after a tragic >shipwreck six months ago in the Florida Straits -- is evidence of the >complexities in the legal case. > >Laws related to parental custody and other aspects of family rights are very >clear in this case and it would be hard to find any court in the world that >would choose to ignore the right of a father's custody of his son -- that >is, until you begin mixing in the politics of Washington's anti-Cuba policy >over these past 41 years. > >This policy has been strongly influenced by the Cuban-American mafia in >southern Florida, who have literally taken over the management of local >political and economic power in several major communities of this U.S. >state. The vast majority of the American people have expressed their >opinion quite clearly; and it's an opinion that goes directly against what >the extremists in Miami are saying. Most believe that the six-year-old >should return to Cuba with his father as soon as possible. > >A number of influential institutions along with well-known personalities >from the U.S. and other countries have expressed the same position. Even >the media in the United States have begun to objectively reflect events >related to Cuba. And the U.S. government has tried to distance itself from >the political manipulations of Miami's terrorist mafia; Washington has >officially come out in favor of returning Elian to Cuba. > >This official position has been expressed in the decisions of the U.S. >Attorney General and the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service. >However, authorities have been hesitant and very careful in applying their >own decisions, allowing the issue to take a legal course that has >complicated the case considerably. > >In order to resolve the matter, Elian's father has been in Washington, DC >for several weeks. While the U.S. government has provided its help in some >ways, the State Department - on the other hand - has refused entry visas >requested by Cuba for family members and specialists who can play a vital >role in the psychological recovery of the six-year-old. > >Now, with Elian and his family having moved from Wye Plantation to >Washington, DC, conditions are better and the boy's progress can clearly be >seen. No one - not here in Cuba or even in the United States - can imagine >that the Atlanta Court's ruling will present a new mountain of difficulties >in the way of Elian and his family to return Cuba. > >(c) 2000 Radio Habana Cuba. 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