>Via NY Transfer News * All the News That Doesn't Fit > >Radio Havana Cuba - News Update - 7 June 2000 21:30 > > >*US CUBAN ADJUSTMENT ACT RESPONSIBLE FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION AND MURDER >*PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERATION OF CUBAN WOMEN, ITALIAN MINISTER MEET AT UN >*WORLD ORGANIZATION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AWARDS CUBA WITH GOLD MEDAL >*MORE CUBAN STUDENTS REGISTER FOR HEALTH CAREERS >*CUBA SIGNS COOPERATION PROGRAM WITH TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO >*Viewpoint: IT'S BUSINESS AS USUAL DURING ANOTHER ELECTION YEAR IN THE US > > >*US CUBAN ADJUSTMENT ACT RESPONSIBLE FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION AND MURDER > >Havana, June 7 (RHC)-- A roundtable discussion, broadcast live on Cuban >radio and television Wednesday evening, dealt with an analysis of the Cuban >Adjustment Act -- a U.S. law that encourages illegal immigration and has led >many to their untimely deaths. > >Panelists on the program referred to the legislation which has been on the >books since 1966 -- granting those who touch dry land special treatment and >legal residence in the United States. Participating journalists and experts >agreed that the Cuban Adjustment Act only serves to promote illegal >immigration, placing at risk the lives of thousands who try to leave the >island. > >Cuban television viewers watched video clips of several illegal departures >of rafters, who were caught by U.S. authorities on the high seas. The videos >clearly showed Cuban Coast Guard officials warning the illegal immigrants >that their attempt to cross the Florida Straits was not only against the law >but also extremely dangerous. The rafters were offered help, but refused any >assistance from Cuban authorities. Accompanied by a Cuban Coast Guard boat >to make sure their flimsy raft did not sink, the illegal immigrants were >arrested by U.S. authorities just outside of Cuban territorial waters and >subsequently returned to the island. > >It was pointed out by the panelists during Wednesday evening's roundtable >that approximately half of those who try to leave Cuba illegally have >criminal records, including armed robbery and other serious crimes. Cuban >television and radio broadcast the interviews of several immigrants returned >to the island by U.S. authorities. Many of them admitted making the attempt >several times before; one told reporters that he has tried to leave four >times on a raft and has been caught by the U.S. Coast Guard and repatriated >four times. All of those interviewed affirmed that they were encouraged by >the Cuban Adjustment Act to try to reach the United States illegally. > >On Wednesday evening's special program, six repatriation operations during >the month of May were studied, including a group of 42 illegal immigrants >who were returned to Havana this afternoon. Several of those interviewed >said they would try to reach the United States again -- to take advantage of >Washington's legislation, designed to promote illegal immigration. > >The roundtable discussion was aired on Cuban television, the national radio >network and the international shortwave frequencies of Radio Havana Cuba. > > >*PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERATION OF CUBAN WOMEN, ITALIAN MINISTER MEET AT UN > >New York, June 7 (RHC)-- The President of the Federation of Cuban Women >(FMC), Vilma Espin, and the Italian Minister for Equal Opportunities, Katia >Belillo, met in New York Tuesday to discuss issues relating to bilateral >cooperation. > >The discussions form part of programs related to a special session on the >rights of women, currently being held at the United Nations in New York. > >The Cuban and Italian representatives also discussed issues related to >programs in favor of children and the possibilities of broadening ties >between the two countries. > >The bilateral cooperation includes Italy's interest in learning about the >experiences of community work by the Federation of Cuban Women, as well as >sex education and the father's involvement in raising children. > >The FMC president spoke before the plenary of the United Nations on Tuesday. >She affirmed that the island's follow-up plan to agreements adopted five >years ago in Beijing are evidence of the government's commitment to comply >with the rights of women in the country. > >This special session of the UN General Assembly will end on Friday with a >final document that will reaffirm commitments approved during the 4th World >Conference on Women held in Beijing in 1995. > > >*WORLD ORGANIZATION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AWARDS CUBA WITH GOLD MEDAL > >Havana, June 7 (RHC)-- The World Organization of Intellectual Property >awarded Cuba the Gold Medal for an important scientific investigation -- the >third time such an award has been given to the island. > >On this occasion, the award went to the renowned Cuban Doctor Nilo Casteneda >from the Center of Bioactive Chemicals located at Las Villas University who, >together with a group of scientists, developed an antibiotic capable of >combating different bacteria, including fungi in animals and plants. The >antibiotic will be tested on humans early next year. > >The General Director of the World Organization of Intellectual Property, >Kamil Indris, presented the important distinction in Havana and also gave >diplomas of recognition to recognized inventors and innovators for their >contribution to human knowledge. > > >*MORE CUBAN STUDENTS REGISTER FOR HEALTH CAREERS > >Havana, June 7 (RHC)-- Over 4000 Cuban health professionals will register in >medical institutions and colleges in Cuba this year, of which nearly 2000 >will go directly to medical school, according to Wednesday's Granma >newspaper. > >The newspaper article added that there are currently 74,863 doctors in Cuba >-- one for every 172 inhabitants. This year's graduates -- characterized as >the best in recent years -- will serve as dentists, nurses and health >technicians as well as doctors. > >The director of the Cuban Medical School, Dr. Ileana Morales, told Granma >newspaper that the best students will continue to be placed in areas of the >island where they are most needed. > > >*CUBA SIGNS COOPERATION PROGRAM WITH TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO > >Havana, June 7 (RHC)-- Cuba and Trinidad and Tobago have agreed on a >cooperation program in the fields of agriculture, health, education, >science, technology and the environment. The agreement was made during the >first Bilateral Joint Commission, which was held in the Cuban capital. > >The program also includes agreements in culture, sports, energy and >construction, in addition to increasing trade between both Caribbean >countries. > > >Viewpoint: IT'S BUSINESS AS USUAL DURING ANOTHER ELECTION YEAR IN THE UNITED >STATES > >With the U.S. presidential campaign in full swing, millions of dollars are >changing hands in record time. With thousand-dollar-a-plate dinners and >generous contributions by big business, the trick is that the money manages >to stay in the same hands. These massive amounts of money benefit only the >candidates of one or the other party running for president of the richest >country in the world. > >Meanwhile, Washington spends huge amounts of money to implement a foreign >policy based on hatching conspiracies, toppling and setting up governments, >economically-pressuring and financially-rewarding politicians and launching >propaganda campaigns. > >The United States is the country that is in the best position to help the >world's poorest people. Take the case of more than 13 million people who are >on the verge of dying from hunger in the Horn of Africa due to the >devastating effects a terrible draught -- the worst in 40 years. The people >of Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Eritrea and Djibouti are in dire need of >emergency assistance, which can best be provided by the world's richest >nation. > >Urgent assistance from abroad is the only way to avoid a new wave of death. >Some 400 million dollars or nearly a million tons of food is needed this >year alone. In cases of disasters of this magnitude, one automatically >thinks of the highly developed nations which are most able and most morally >obligated to lend a hand. > >Cuba -- a small, underdeveloped nation which has its own economic problems >due to the U.S. blockade against the island -- offers all it can in the form >of human resources. The Cuban Revolution assists other peoples around the >world to resolve urgent problems like lack of medical care and education. > >And although Cuba lacks the economic resources to help out its brothers and >sisters in northeastern Africa, it joins the international call for the >industrialized countries to take action immediately -- while there is still >time to prevent millions of human beings from starving to death on the >African Continent. > >(c) 2000 Radio Habana Cuba, NY Transfer News. 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