>Via NY Transfer News Collective - All the News that Doesn't Fit > >Radio Havana Cuba - News Update - 1 June 2000 20:00 > > >*ATLANTA COURT OF APPEALS ISSUES ITS RULING ON ELIAN CASE... >*US CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS DELEGATES MEET WITH FELIPE PEREZ ROQUE >*US CONGRESSIONAL REPS SUPPORT NEW SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES AGAINST CUBA >*VICE PRESIDENT OF THE BELGIAN PROVINCE OF VALONIA IN THE CUBAN CAPITAL >*US CHAMBER OF COMMERCE VICE PRESIDENT VISITS CUBA >*IN JAMAICA, A SEMINAR ON BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES IN CUBA >*9TH CONGRESS OF THE CUBAN NURSES MEETING IN HAVANA >*Viewpoint: CUBA'S IDEALS HOLD FORTH IN SPITE OF THE ODDS > > >*ATLANTA COURT OF APPEALS ISSUES ITS RULING... > ELIAN GONZALEZ IS NOT ENTITLED TO POLITICAL ASYLUM HEARING > >Havana, June 1 (RHC)-- The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta has >ruled that the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service fulfilled its >duties in not granting a political asylum hearing for six-year-old Elian >Gonzalez. The three judges, who had been considering their decision for the >past three weeks, issued their unanimous ruling this morning. > >Here in Havana, an official government statement released shortly after the >decision was announced pointed out that despite the apparent favorable >ruling, the judges made several concessions to the kidnappers in Miami. >First, the ruling maintains Lazaro Gonzalez -- Elian's great-uncle -- as the >child's "best friend," giving the kidnappers some hope that custody is still >an issue to be debated. > >In addition, the Atlanta court's decision gives attorneys for the >kidnappers 14 days to file an appeal -- a legal ruling that is unusual in >such cases. And, according to U.S. legal experts, an appeals court ruling >of this magnitude usually eliminates a prohibition to leave the country -- >something which has not happened in this case. > >The official note of the Cuban government, issued early Thursday afternoon >following the Atlanta court's decision, noted that attorneys for the Miami >kidnappers have already appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court. The motion >includes an emergency request that Elian not be allowed to leave the United >States until the country's highest court decides whether or not it will hear >the case. It was pointed out that only four of the nine judges who sit on >the Supreme Court must agree that a case will be considered. > >It was also announced here in Havana that an indepth analysis will be >conducted of today's appeals court ruling during this evening's roundtable >discussion. The special program will be carried live on Cuban television, >the national radio network and the international shortwave frequencies of >Radio Havana Cuba. > > >*US CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS DELEGATES MEET WITH FOREIGN MINISTER > FELIPE PEREZ ROQUE > >Havana, June 1 (RHC)-- Members of the U.S. Congressional Black Caucus have >met with Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque in Havana, following >their first full day of an official visit. The delegation is being led by >Representative James Clyburn of South Carolina and is also made up of >Representative Gregory Meeks from New York and Mississippi Representative >Bennie Thompson. > >The Congressional Black Caucus delegation was organized by the >Inter-religious Foundation for Community Organization, IFCO, which is the >parent organization of the U.S. religious group Pastors for Peace. The >Reverend Lucius Walker, the director of IFCO and Pastors for Peace, is >accompanying the delegation. > >During his meeting with the African-American representatives, the Cuban >foreign minister emphasized that Havana has always had excellent relations >with leaders of the Black community in the United States. Felipe Perez >Roque stated that he was confident that once they return to the United >States, the African-American congressional representatives will continue to >work for an end to the U.S. blockade of the island and for the return of >Elian Gonzalez to Cuba. > >During a news conference in Havana on Wednesday, Representative James >Clyburn pointed out that the House of Representatives is slated to vote next >week on an initiative designed to permit the sale of food and medicine to >Cuba. The leader of the Congressional Black Caucus stated that he and other >members of his organization will support legislation to partially lift the >economic blockade of the island, which has been in place for nearly 40 >years. > >Members of the Congressional Black Caucus plan to visit hospitals and >schools in the Cuban capital and will meet with top government officials. >On Saturday, the group is scheduled to leave Havana for Santiago de Cuba and >will return to the United States on Sunday. > > >*US CONGRESSIONAL REPS SUPPORT NEW SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES AGAINST CUBA > >Havana, June 1 (RHC)-- New efforts are underway in the U.S. Congress to >earmark more funds for so-called "dissidents" in Cuba. According to >Thursday morning's edition of the Cuban daily Granma, a draft proposal has >been introduced before the House of Representatives by Lincoln Diaz-Balart, >a Cuban-American congressional representative who has a long history of >anti-Cuba activities. > >The Granma article notes that the U.S. government earmarked more than two >million dollars last year for what they call the "internal opposition" in >Cuba. Among those receiving money from Washington are so-called human >rights activists and alleged "independent journalists." > >Granma quotes a recent statement by an official of the U.S. Agency for >International Development who revealed that since 1997, 6.5 million dollars >have been sent to "dissidents" in Cuba. The AID official also affirmed that >the U.S. government's budget for the year 2000 is 3.5 million. > >According to this morning's edition of Granma, the Helms-Burton Law and >other U.S. legislation allows for the financing of subversive activities >inside Cuba -- noting that the government money comes from U.S. taxpayers. > >Referring to the groups that Washington likes to hold up as "independent," >the Granma article says it should be clear that such groups are actually >quite dependent on funding from a foreign government to continue their >subversive activities. > > >*VICE PRESIDENT OF THE BELGIAN PROVINCE OF VALONIA IN THE CUBAN CAPITAL > >Havana, June 1 (RHC)-- The Vice President of the Belgian province of >Valonia, Serge Kubla, arrived in Cuba on Wednesday evening. He will head an >official delegation and a group of 30 businesspeople, from different >economic sectors, who will meet with representatives from Cuban companies. > >Kubla is also Valonia's economic minister in charge of small and >medium-sized enterprises, research, new technologies, tourism and foreign >trade. > >Upon his arrival at Havana's Jose Marti International Airport, the >high-ranking Belgian official told reporters that he will sign a cooperation >agreement with the Cuban Minister of Foreign Investment and Economic >Cooperation, Marta Lomas, in the area of new technologies and biotechnology. >He also showed interest in strengthening trade with the island and bilateral >exchange of researchers. > > >*US CHAMBER OF COMMERCE VICE PRESIDENT VISITS CUBA > >Havana, June 1 (RHC)-- The President of the Cuban Chamber of Commerce, >Hector Perez Paez, met Thursday with Craig Johnston, Vice President of the >US Chamber of Commerce. Perez briefed the visiting US executive on the work >of the Cuban Institution. Johnston, who has been on the island since >Tuesday, has met with high-ranking officials, among them Foreign Minister >Felipe Perez Roque and Basic Industry Minister Marcos Portal. In an >exclusive interview he told RHC: > >"I came here last year with the President of the Chamber of Commerce, Tom >Donahue. We, at that time, made some preliminary agreements and, in the >ensuing periods, we have refined those agreements. I have met twice with the >Foreign Minister in the States, and we have continued to refine these >agreements, and now we are ready to move. So we have reached agreements here >during my visit on a visit to the United States, subject to the approval of >the US government still, but a visit to the United States by the Cuban >Chamber of Commerce, and also a visit of agricultural workers, both >government and non-governmental as well as restauranteurs, both private >sector and public sector. So, it's a balanced approach that we have. > >We've had excellent meetings, and received excellent cooperation from the >government of Cuba, and we have tried to be as cooperative ourselves". > >Craig Johnston met Thursday with the Chairman of the National Association of >Small Farmers, Orlando Lugo Fonte. His delegation is slated to return to the >United States Friday. > > >*IN JAMAICA, A SEMINAR ON BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES IN CUBA > >Havana, June 1 (RHC)-A seminar on business opportunities in Cuba took place >today in Kingston, Jamaica, sponsored by the Jamaican Exports and >Investments Promoting Agency -JAMPRO- and Cuba's Embassy in that Caribbean >nation. > >The Cuban delegation at the event includes 30 government officials and >business people from several economic sectors. It is headed by the island's >Foreign Trade Deputy Minister, Estela Madrigal, who has already met with >Jamaica's Foreign Trade Minister, Anthony Hylton. > >On Thursday, new agreements were signed between the Jamaican Exports and >Investments Promoting Agency and Cuba's Exports Promoting Center and >Investments Promoting Center. > >Cuba's Ambassador to Jamaica, Jose Francisco Piedra, said that these >documents represent a step forward in the development of the existing >bilateral cooperation ties between both nations. > > >*9TH CONGRESS OF CUBAN NURSINF SOCIETY IN THE CUBAN CAPITAL > >Havana, June 1 (RHC)-The 9th Congress of the Cuban Society of Nursing is >into its second day of sessions at Havana's Convention Center. Reporter >Thelma Rodriguez is there and filed this report. > >"The 2nd Encounter of Nursing Students was inaugurated Thursday morning >within the framework of the 9th Congress of the Cuban Society of Nursing. >The scientific investigation of students as training for their future >research work, the role of students' organizations, labor opportunities for >nursing graduates, ethical values in the formation of nursing professionals >and the importance of a timely incorporation of graduates to their jobs are >some of the issues calling the attention of participants in the encounter." > >On Wednesday, the President of the Cuban Society of Nursing, Jubita Paez, >and the President of the Spanish Foundation for the Development of Nursing, >Victor Aznar, signed an agreement in which 14 Cuban provinces and the Isle >of Youth and a similar amount of Spanish cities were declared sister cities. >The accord will favor the exchange of professionals in the field, training >programs and the development of research projects and publications, among >other aspects." > >"On Thursday afternoon, participants had the opportunity of visiting several >health care centers in the Cuban capital. Among them, the Hermanos >Ameijeiras hospital and the neurological restoration center." > > >*Viewpoint: CUBA'S IDEALS HOLD FORTH IN SPITE OF THE ODDS > >The roundtables that have been televised in Cuba for the last six months >have been able to detail and analyse every aspect of the behaviour and acts >of the right wing anti-Cuba groups in Miami. The four decades they have >spent trying to destroy Cuba's social experiment culminated in their >kidnapping of a six year old child last November proving to the rest of the >world just to what lengths they will go to further their political agenda. > >A number of both Cuban and US experts, scientists, journalists and academics >have appeared on the round tables to explain the machinations of >organizations like the Cuban American National Foundation and decry its >continued torment of the people of Cuba. The panelists have not just limited >their comments to the misery of Elian Gonzalez and his father but also to >the ongoing conflict between the two nations over four decades. > >The lessons learned have been important. Nobody except the former exploiters >in Miami want to see a return to pre-Revolution Cuba when the island was >little more than a US colony shaped and abused by money, crime and enforced >poverty. The attempt by succeeding Washington administrations to drive Cuba >back to these days of US corporate fat cats by imposing an internationally >condemned blockade, has failed. > >In spite of attempts to use US laws to influence foreigners doing business >in Cuba, in spite of the hysteria and fabrications of the ex-tyrants and >killers in Miami, the world increasingly comes to Cuba, increasingly shows >solidarity with Cuba. > >The island has suffered a great deal over the course of its remarkable >social program. It has survived an invasion, frequent sabotage, the killing >of innocents, germ warfare, the bombing of sugar mills and hotels and >numerous assasination attempts on its leaders. And the reason for our >survival? Ideals. Ideals that Cuba stands by. Social and moral ideals that >are not implemented in the United States. Ideals that carry the population >through the most difficult of times. Ideals that for all its imperfections >will see this nation through the current crisis and continue to resist the >evils of a sick and degenerate group whose behaviour has proven to the world >why Cuba needed its Revolution in the first place. > > >(c) 2000 Radio Habana Cuba, NY Transfer News. 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