>Via NY Transfer News * All the News That Doesn't Fit > >Radio Havana Cuba - News Update - 9 June 2000 20:30 > > >*STORM POSTPONES CHILDREN'S MARCH TO US INTERESTS SECTION IN HAVANA >*CONGRESSIONAL EFFORTS FOR FOOD AND MEDICINE SALE A SMALL BUT IMPORTANT STEP >*CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTRY DENIES POLITICAL PERSECUTION OF > CUBAN DOCTORS IN ZIMBABWE >*PRIME MINISTER OF BELIZE RECEIVES FOREIGN MINISTER FELIPE PEREZ ROQUE >*TURKISH DELEGATION WRAPS UP VISIT TO CUBA >*CUBA WORKS TO IMPROVE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ON THE ISLAND >*NIGERIAN MINISTER OF HEALTH AND POPULATION VISITS CUBA >*POPULAR CUBAN ORCHESTRA ARRIVES IN THE UNITED STATES >*2nd MEETING OF IBERO-AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN MAYORS SLATED FOR CUBA > > >*STORM POSTPONES CHILDREN'S MARCH TO US INTERESTS SECTION IN HAVANA > >Havana, June 9 (RHC)-- Weather conditions today forced the postponement of a >150,000 children's march in front of the U.S. Interests Section in Havana to >demand the immediate return of Elian Gonzalez. > >An abrupt change in the weather Friday morning increased the chances of rain >by 80 percent. As a result, organizers postponed the march until Monday >morning, so as to not place at risk the health and security of the >elementary, junior high and high school students who had already begun to >mobilize for the march and rally. On Saturday, some 100,000 Cubans are >expected to gather in Santiago de Cuba's Palma Soriano and surrounding >municipalities to continue the demand to bring Elian and his family home. > >Palma Soriano is replete with the history of Cuba's independence wars and is >the site where, on January 1st 1959, Fidel Castro called on the Cuban people >to organize a general strike as the rebel army was about to victoriously >march into Havana. > > >*CONGRESSIONAL EFFORTS FOR FOOD AND MEDICINE SALE A SMALL BUT IMPORTANT STEP >TOWARD ENDING THE BLOCKADE > >Havana, June 9 (RHC) -- Cuban President Fidel Castro has asserted that U.S. >congressional efforts to lift restrictions on the sale of food and medicine >to Cuba would be a small but important step towards ending the blockade. The >statement came at Havana's International Convention Center, where the 4th >U.S.-Cuba Business Summit continued after getting underway in Cancun, Mexico >on Wednesday. > >Participating in another event at the Convention Center, the Cuban leader >spoke with reporters and journalists during a break. He insisted that even >if these restrictions are lifted, numerous other provisions in Washington's >blockade would effectively prevent the sale of food and medicine to Cuba -- >including transportation and financial transaction restrictions. Fidel >Castro said that what is necessary is the total lifting of the blockade. > >Some 70 representatives from more than 40 U.S. firms are taking part in the >event, slated to wrap up here in Havana on Saturday. Among the U.S. >businesses represented at the Summit are: Pepsi Cola, United Airlines, >Caterpillar and Shandwick International. > > >*CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTRY DENIES POLITICAL PERSECUTION OF CUBAN DOCTORS IN > ZIMBABWE > >Havana, June 9 (RHC)-- Cuba's Foreign Ministry has categorically denied that >two Cuban doctors in Zimbabwe attempting to defect have been subjected to >political persecution, or will be at risk if they decide to return to the >island. An official note read before foreign and national correspondents by >alternate Foreign Ministry spokesperson Aymee Hernandez, confirms that >Doctors Leonel Cordova and Noris Pena abandoned the medical cooperation >mission they were a part of in Zimbabwe and that "despite their shameful >moral attitude, they have not committed any crime." > >The official note explains that both health professionals failed to comply >with the commitments they assumed in the contract between the governments of >Cuba and Zimbabwe, as well as the labor and migratory regulations in the >African country, asserting that it is therefore up to Zimbabwean authorities >to adopt the decisions they consider pertinent. > >In response to questions from reporters, the Foreign Ministry spokesperson >denied that Cuban diplomats were involved in the alleged kidnapping of the >doctors -- as reported by several media outlets based on a story published >by the Nuevo Herald of Miami. Hernandez stated that neither Cuban nor >Foreign Ministry officials are authorized to forcibly take citizens from one >country to another, stating that the island's diplomats are obligated to >comply with international conventions and with national laws in the >countries to which they are accredited. > > >*PRIME MINISTER OF BELIZE RECEIVES FOREIGN MINISTER FELIPE PEREZ ROQUE > >Belmopan, June 9 (RHC)-- The Prime Minister of Belize, Said Musa, today >received visiting Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque. The Cuban >foreign minister told reporters in the Belicean capital that bilateral >relations between the two countries have received a tremendous boost during >the Musa administration. > >Perez Roque also visited the University of Belize, accompanied by Belicean >Education Minister Cordel Hyde. The education minister thanked Cuba for its >cooperation. Forty Belicean youths have graduated from Cuban universities, >while nearly 100 are currently studying on the island -- of which 17 are >enrolled in Havana's Latin American Medical School. > >Cuba and Belize established diplomatic relations in July 1995 and currently >have 28 bilateral cooperation accords in various areas -- particularly in >health care. > > >*TURKISH DELEGATION WRAPS UP VISIT TO CUBA > >Havana, June 9 (RHC)-- The Third Session of the Joint Commission for >Economic, Industrial and Commercial Cooperation Between Cuba and Turkey >concluded this Friday with the signing of an agreement. The event was >attended by an official delegation from Turkey, headed by Turkish Prime >Minister Rustu Kazin Yucelen. The delegation arrived in Havana last Sunday >to cover an intense program of meetings and negotiations, as well as visits >to social and economic places of interest. The visitors met with Cuban >officials to discuss bilateral relations between the two nations as well as >future prospects. > > >*CUBA WORKS TO IMPROVE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ON THE ISLAND > >Havana, June 9 (RHC)-- The Cuban Minister of Informatics and >Telecommunications, Ignacio Gonzalez Planas, has affirmed that Cuba is >working to improve the island's communication systems. Gonzalez Planas said >that the ministry maintains positive relations with Italian experts who work >in Cuba's Telecommunication Enterprise -- ETECSA. He added that ETECSA's >investments alone surpass one hundred million dollars, over 80 percent of >the budget, earmarked for this area. > >ETECSA is a joint venture that operates telephone communications with >CUBACEL, a Mexican-Canadian joint entity that deals with cellular telephone >communications. > >The Cuban minister added that there are two main economic associations on >the island involved in the production of telephone equipment and both are >associated with firms from Italy and China. > > >*NIGERIAN MINISTER OF HEALTH AND POPULATION VISITS CUBA > >Havana, June 9 (RHC)-- Algeria's Minister of Health and Population, Amara >Benyunes, will arrive in Cuba on Saturday, June 10th, for an official visit >at the invitation of the island's health minister, Dr. Carlos Dotres. > >The Algerian official will be heading a large delegation, made up of experts >in areas such as the production of medicines, pharmaceuticals and blood >derivatives. > >During the two-day visit, the Algerian specialists will meet with their >Cuban counterparts and tour centers of interest. > > >*POPULAR CUBAN ORCHESTRA ARRIVES IN THE UNITED STATES > >New York, June 9 (RHC)-- The Aragon Orchestra has arrived in the United >States as a special envoy of Cuba's traditional and popular music. The world >famous Cuban musical group, considered the king of the cha-cha-cha rhythm, >is scheduled to perform in seven U.S. cities. > >Following their concert presentations in the United States, the Aragon >Orchestra will continue on to Canada. > >The Aragon Orchestra, with six decades of successful musical work, has been >termed by experts as the best representative of cha-cha-cha, a dance rhythm >created by late Cuban musician Enrique Jorrin in the early 1950s. > > >*2nd MEETING OF IBERO-AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN MAYORS SLATED FOR CUBA > >Santiago de Cuba, June 9 (RHC)-- The eastern city of Santiago de Cuba will >be the host of the 2nd Encounter of Mayors from Ibero-America and Europe. >The event will coincide with the Caribbean Festival, better known as the >Festival of Fire, scheduled for next July 3rd through the 9th in Santiago de >Cuba. Authorities from 13 nations have already confirmed their participation >in the event. > >The Mayor of Santiago de Cuba, Nicholas Carbonell Igarza, pointed out that >participants will discuss issues of common interest, as well as exchange >views and experiences. > >This year's edition of the Festival of Fire will be officially opened on >July 4th and is dedicated to Africa. > >(c) 2000 Radio Habana Cuba, NY Transfer News. 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