>Via NY Transfer News * All the News that Doesn't Fit > >Radio Havana Cuba - News Update - 2 June 2000 20:00 > > >*CUBA'S MEETINGS WITH CARIBBEAN TOURISM OFFICE ORGANIZATION >*U.S. CITIZENS IGNORE BLOCKADE AND TRAVEL TO CUBA >*NEW PROJECT OF COOPERATION WITH THE SPANISH BASQUE REGION >*REPORT FROM 9th CONGRESS OF CUBAN NURSING ASSOCIATION >*NEW CUBAN AMBASSADOR TO LEBANON >*HOTEL NACIONAL CARRIES OUT UNIQUE SURVEY >*Viewpoint: NOTHING IS GUARANTEED UNTIL ELIAN IS BACK HOME AGAIN > > >*CUBAN TOURISM MINISTER MEETS WITH SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN > TOURISM ORGANIZATION > >Havana, June 2 (RHC)-- Cuban Tourism Minister Ibrahim Ferradaz met Thursday >with Jean Holder, Secretary General of the Caribbean Tourism Organization >(CTO). They exchanged opinions about the CTO, its objectives and the general >vision of both Cuba and the Caribbean organization regarding tourism. > >Jean Holder and a delegation of businesspeople arrived in Cuba on Wednesday >to begin a four-day working visit. The aim of the delegation's visit is to >inform Cuban tourism authorities know about the organizations' plans for the >years 2000 and 2001. Their agenda includes visits to places of interest, >meetings with tourism officials and lectures on marketing, the development >of human resources, sustainable tourism, research and the use of >information. > >The Caribbean Tourism Organization was founded in 1989, with the objective >of promoting and cooperating in the development of regional tourism. Cuba >became a member of the CTO in 1992. > > >*U.S. CITIZENS IGNORE BLOCKADE AND TRAVEL TO CUBA > >New York City, June 2 (RHC)-- The United States-Cuba Economic and Trade >Council has revealed that an increasing number of U.S. citizens are ignoring >their government's blockade against the island and visiting Cuba without a >license from the Treasury Department. > >The New York-based private organization said that in 1999, some 150,000 U.S. >citizens visited Cuba, a large number of them -- some 30,000 -- without >requesting a special license. > >According to the study, since 1995, the number of U.S. citizens traveling >from the United States to Cuba without authorization has been around 19 to >21 percent annually, while the yearly increase of that figure is between 9 >and 11 percent. > > >*NEW PROJECT OF COOPERATION WITH THE SPANISH BASQUE REGION > >Ciego de Avila, June 2 (RHC)-- A 70 million dollar project to improve Cuban >production and service sectors will be financed by the Basque group Ugao, in >coordination with other companies and the government of the Spanish region. > >According to the group's sales manager, Beatriz Perez, 50 million dollars >will be used to refurbished the electrical systems of some 75 hospitals on >the island, ten million will go to the light industry and the rest will be >earmarked for the Sugar Ministry. > >The Basque group Ugao has been in Cuba since 1987 and cooperates with the >island mainly in the area of thermal-energy and advanced technology. > > >*9th CONGRESS OF THE CUBAN SOCIETY OF NURSING CONTINUES IN THE CUBAN CAPITAL > >Havana, June 2 (RHC)-- Many interesting things continue to be debated by >delegates at the 9th Congress of the Cuban society of Nursing. Ethical >Dilemmas in Health Care: A Challenge for the Nursing Profession and the >Nature of Nursing Twenty Five Years after Virginia Henderson --one of the >forerunners of nursing as a profession -- were two of the master conferences >delivered Friday morning to participants at the 9th Congress of the Cuban >Society of Nursing. Another of the conferences delivered today which caught >the attention of delegates was that of Ana Polo, representative of FUDEM, >the Foundation for the Development of Nursing from Spain. During her special >presentation, Polo made reference to some of the foundation's programs aimed >at, among other aspects, helping nations in the region. Part of this aid is >the transference of financial resources to facilitate updated bibliography >and nursing materials, campaigns to strengthen the importance of nursing in >society and training programs. > >Among activities scheduled within the framework of the Congress are a >collective art exhibition of painting, sculpture and ceramics by a group of >Cuban artists called Following Florence -- in honor to Florence Nightingale >-- another forerunner of nursing as a profession, who wrote the first >textbook for nurses. The 9th Congress of the Cuban Society of Nursing winds >up Saturday with debates on the development of nursing in Cuba, research in >the field of nursing, and the excellence and quality of nursing services, >all as part of the first Cuban Colloquium of Research in Nursing which >opened its doors Friday here at the Convention Center. During the event's >closing ceremony, the Spanish Foundation for the Development of Nursing will >grant three prizes to the best three papers presented at the Congress. > > >*NEW CUBAN AMBASSADOR TO LEBANON > >Havana, June 2 (RHC)-- The Council of State of the Republic of Cuba has >appointed Enrique Joaquin Roman Hernandez as the island's new Ambassador to >the Republic of Lebanon. At the time of his designation, Roman Hernandez was >the president of the Cuban Institute of Radio and Television, ICRT. > > >*HOTEL NACIONAL CARRIES OUT UNIQUE SURVEY > >Havana, June 2 (RHC)-- Havana's Hotel Nacional, managed by the Gran Caribe >tourist group, has begun an unusual survey that includes world famous names >such as U.S. writer Ernest Hemingway, Mexican composer Agustin Lara and >Cuban writer Alejo Carpentier. > >The initiative takes place on the occasion of the hotel's upcoming 70th >anniversary. The idea is to choose 70 out of the 144 most outstanding >personalities that have stayed at the Hotel Nacional -- considered by many >to be the island's most important tourist facility. > >The list of renowned personalities to choose from includes actress Ava >Gardner, actors Arnold Schwarzenegger, Buster Keaton, Errol Flynn and Jean >Paul Belmondo, singers Frank Sinatra, Lola Flores, Led Zeppelin's Robert >Plant and Los Panchos as well as film director Francis Ford Coppola, French >musician Jean Michel Jarre and former British Prime Minister Winston >Churchill. > >Among other activities to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Hotel >Nacional, which was completely refurbished in 1992, the hotel is planning to >hold the "Cocktail Party of the Century." The five-star hotel has 457 rooms, >including 15 suites, and offers a number of services. The Hotel Nacional is >centrally located in downtown Havana, near the Cuban capital's seaside >drive, known as the Malecon. > > >*Viewpoint: NOTHING IS GUARANTEED UNTIL ELIAN IS BACK HOME AGAIN > >The ruling by the Court of Appeals in Atlanta, which was handed down on >Thursday, denies the request of a political asylum hearing for six-year-old >Elian Gonzalez. However, it has once again delayed the return of Elian and >his family to Cuba. > >The decision of the three judges upheld January's ruling by the U.S. >Immigration and Naturalization Service to not grant a hearing for political >asylum to the young boy from Cardenas, located in the Cuban province of >Matanzas. > >And the Atlanta ruling not only coincides with the view of the INS, but also >with previous decisions by Florida's State and Federal courts. > >Added to U.S. public opinion, which is widely in favor of Elian's return to >the island, these legal rulings dramatically reduce the odds of those who >kidnapped Elian Gonzalez last November and held him in Miami until April. > >However, the Atlanta ruling also has negative effects for Elian's real >family, headed by his father Juan Miguel Gonzalez. The judges wrote that >Elian's great-uncle, Lazaro Gonzalez, is still considered his "close friend" >-- giving the kidnappers some hope that they can still argue the issue of >custody. This, despite the fact that Elian's father continues to demand that >his son be allowed to return with him to Cuba as soon as possible. > >Another concession by the Atlanta judges gives the lawyers of the kidnappers >14 days to appeal the legal decision. And the court decision did not lift >the prohibition on Elian to leave the United States, an unusual ruling in >this kind of dispute. > >As soon as he was informed of the ruling, Juan Miguel Gonzalez spoke to >reporters, thanking the American people and demanding an end to the legal >maneuvers. But the 11 lawyers, paid for by the terrorist Cuban-American >National Foundation, said they are ready to fight until the end to obtain >their objective: keeping Elian in the U.S. against his father's wishes. > >While Thursday's ruling was received with guarded optimism here on the >island, 11 million Cubans know that nothing is guaranteed until Elian is >once again back home. > >(c) 2000 Radio Habana Cuba, NY Transfer News. 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