>from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >subject: Cuba press release 102-3 > FOR ALL DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS >HAVANA, SATURDAY, MAY 27, 2000 > >HAVANA.- Over 50,000 people from the Cuban central province of Villa >Clara will demand Elian's return today, as part of the struggle >Cubans have been carrying out since December 5. Thousands of people >from Caibarien and neighboring towns (342 kilometers east of Havana) >will meet today beginning at 8:30 local time to demand the Cuban >Adjustment Act be eliminated. According to Cuban authorities, this >act is the chief US stimulus to illegal migration. > >HAVANA.- Elian Gonzalez, the Cuban child who has been illegally >retained in the US for over six months, needed to be transferred to a >new residence in the western part of the US capital, Granma newspaper >emphasizes. The transfer of Juan Miguel, his family and the rest of >his Cuban friends to Washington, constitutes an important event, a >new step toward liberation, which will be definitive with the >upcoming return to Cuba, the newspaper stated. Granma detailed >problems with Wye Plantation (70 miles from the capital), where the >nuclear family went after the rescue of the child from Miami on April >22. > >HAVANA.- As part of the efforts by Cuban people for Elian Gonzalez' >return, the Cuban Television Network presented a new round table to >inform the people about the case. Many outstanding journalists >participating in the debate, which was attended by Cuban President >Fidel Castro, underlined as an important fact the transfer of Elian, >his relatives, classmates and accompanying people from Wye plantation >to a new residency in the west part of Washington DC. > >HAVANA.- A Cuban intelligence agent who entered the higher hierarchy >of the Cuban American National Foundation (FNCA) revealed the >position of some leaders of this organization and their continuous >actions against the Cuban Revolution. In a round table transmitted >yesterday by the Cuban Television Network to inform about Elian >Gonzalez' situation, was presented Ivan Luis Juanicot, who since >February 1994 until March 1998 entered in the FNCA substructure. >Juanicot explained his work with Roberto Martin Perez who is now >director of the foundation and feared for the mafia like methods he >uses in his action. He is the son of a well known assassin chief of >police in Fulgencio Batista's dictatorship > >HAVANA.- US judiciary power is far from being the independent, pure >and aseptic system they pretend to show to the world, declared Cuban >experts in round table transmitted by Cuban Television Network. >Emilia Horta, Professor of rights in Havana's university, explained >that the most revealing example of the difference between the current >justice and the one thought by the founders of the nation, is the >treatment given to the case of the Cuban child Elian Gonzalez, who >has to go to a political asylum audience against his father's will. >Horta spoke about the North American President Bill Clinton's >intentions of presenting justice as an impartial power by leaving the >decision about the child's destiny to the court. > >HAVANA.- Thomas J. Gumbleton, Bishop of the US city of Detroit, asked >for the return of Cuban child Elian Gonzalez to his country as the >only way of making justice in this case. In phone declarations for a >round table in the Cuban Television Network dedicated to inform about >the situation of the illegal retention in US of a six-year-old child, >he added that nothing can justify what is happening. > >WASHINGTON.- An article in The New York Times daily, by a US >legislator, wonders why US does not treat Cuba the same as China on >commerce and rejects the cruel blockade against the Island. The >statement of the congressman George Nethercutt wonders if Washington >will ever have the courage to cease that action imposed over 40 years >against Cuba. According to the article, the approval this week by the >Congress of granting "normal" conditions to the commerce with China, >shows the procedure to follow with Cuba, whose blockade has failed". > >HAVANA.- Cuban Minister for Foreign Affairs, Felipe Perez Roque, paid >homage to the combatants who died trying to fulfill internationalist >missions in Africa. Cuban chancellor referred to this when speaking >at the conmmemorative event of 37th anniversary of the African Union >Organization foundation (OUA) and Africa's Day, celebrated in >Havana. In his speech he highlighted the heroism of those Cubans who >did not see the return of their partners after more than 15 years of >fighting against the powerful army of the Apartheid system. > >MOSCOW.- Russia and Cuba hold permanent consultations on economic, >political and security affairs and there are no deadends in our >relations, said Russian vice-minister of Foreign Affairs, Georgui >Mamedov. We are concerned when the concept of limited sovereignty is >proclaimed and when a country imposes a blockade on another. We are >against such things, said the Russian diplomat in an exclusive >conversation with Prensa Latina. He pointed out these will be one of >the main steps we can take together at the UN September Summit, >counting on the support of many states, among them Cuba. > >BERLIN.- Cuba and Germany signed an agreement on the Cuban debt with >this this European country on order to re-program the terms to pay, >official sources informed. According to the report of German Finances >Ministry, Havana now has a 21 years term to pay Berlin over US$ 105 >million. The institution stated that the agreement was confirmed in >Havana by German Ambassador in Cuba, Reinhold Huber, and the Vice >President of Cuban Central Bank, Sergio Plasencia. > >AREZZO, ITALY.- Javier Sotomayor, Cuban height jumping Olympic and >World Champion, was given the International Fair Play Prize by the >most important Italian and worldwide sport organizations. The prize, >titled "Fair Play Gaio Cilnio Mecenate", is named after a benefactor >from August's Rome who became remarkable by his support and promotion >to arts and culture fairness, including sports. >DPTO.INFORMACION/MINREX " JC > > ************* >from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >subject: Cuba press release 103 > FOR ALL DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS >HAVANA, MONDAY, MAY 29, 2000 > >HAVANA.- Although the weather is currently calm, yesterday Cubans >were practising how to deal with strong hurricanes. Training began on >Saturday, and is part of measures in a traditional national test >known as "Meteoro 2000". This takes place yearly before June 1, the >beginning of the cyclone season which lasts until November. > >LA PAZ.- A report presented by Cuban Culture Vice Minister Ruben del >Valle on the interrelation between culture and tourism took the main >place during an international meeting concluded in La Paz. Delegates >from twenty Latin American nations at the "Museums, Heritage and >Cultural Tourism" meeting highlighted the relevance of the Cuban >document, during the meeting organized by the International Museums >Council. Vice Minister Del Valle explained that the report referring >to tourism and culture inside Latin American cultural policy uses >Cuba's large experience. > >HAVANA.- A wide Belgian delegation of business people from >different sectors, headed by Walloon vice president Serge Kubla, will >arrive in Havana this week to explore the Cuban market, highlighted >Cuban radio. In the Belgian province, Kubla is also responsible for >small and middle sized enterprises, research, new technologies, >tourism, foreign trade and airport policy, added Radio Reloj radio >station. From May 31, the European delegation will fulfill an ample >agenda of meetings with officials from various ministries and >representatives from the Cuban business sector, besides visiting >places of economic and social interest on the Island. > >HAVANA.- Cuba will offer a new opportunity for professional >development to 30 Chilean youth, 50 percent of whom are descendants >of the Mapuche ethnic group. They will all enter the Latin American >School of Medicine. Before traveling to Cuba, the future doctors said >they appreciated the possibility of realizing their dreams, and >committed themselves to work in Mapuche communities. Gladys Marin, >Chilean Communist Party secretary general said that with the free >granting of these scholarships, the Cuban government has made another >gesture of solidarity to her people. Francisco Caquilpan, Mapuche >Development and Communication Corporation president, highlighted >the prestige of Cuban medicine. > >HAVANA.- Delightful, highly stimulating and unforgettable describe >the Dominicans that closed the Cubadisco 2000 fair: Michel Camilo, >Manuel Jimenez, Jose Antonio Rodriquez, Victor Victor, Sonia >Silvestre, Frank and Andrey and the merengue musicians Es lo mio. >Bachata, bolero, palos, nangulina, carabina, and above all merengue - >musical rhythms brought by Cuba's neighbors for the first time in 40 >years. The Cuban reencounter with this deep, rich music came as a >revelation, demonstrating that the so called latin music "boom" is a >piece of triumphal luck shared among all Caribbean and continental >Latin-Americans. > >CALI, COLOMBIA.- Cuba became Pan American wrestling champions by >defeating the U.S. team by one point in the 15th Pan American >Wrestling Championships, held in Cali's Evangelista Mora Gymnasium. >In the final day - Free wrestling - the Cuban team won five gold >medals, one silver and one bronze; the U.S. two gold and five silver. >In Greco-roman wrestling, Cuba gained four gold and four silver, for >a total of 15 medals in the Pan American event. The remaining gold >medal went to the Puerto Rican team. DPTO.INFORMACION/MINREX " JC > > __________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. 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