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>Radio Havana Cuba - News Update - 15 June 2000 09:00
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>*PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE, LEONID KUCHMA, TO PAY OFFICIAL VISIT TO CUBA
>*CHILDEN IN HAVANA CELEBRATE BIRTHDAYS OF CHE AND ANTONIO MACEO
>*CONGRESS ON HYPERTENSION UNDERWAY IN HAVANA
>*HEALTH: HIV RATE IN HAVANA DECREASES IN FIRST 5 MONTHS OF 2000
>*CONGRESS ON SUGAR AND SUGAR DERIVATIVES CONTINUES IN HAVANA
>*HOUSING: CUBA A CANDIDATE FOR UN'S HABITAT PRIZE
>*Viewpoint--AN EDUCATED PEOPLE: THE CORNERSTONE OF CUBA'S
> SUCCESSFUL REVOLUTION
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>
>*PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE, LEONID KUCHMA, TO PAY OFFICIAL VISIT TO CUBA
>
>Havana, June 14, (RHC) -- The President of Ukraine, Leonid Kuchma, will
>begin Thursday an official visit to Cuba -- the first such visit by a leader
>of that former Soviet Republic. The visiting dignatary will reportedly
>decorate Cuban President Fidel Castro with one of his nation's highest
>distinctions in recognition of Cuba's rehabilitation program for Ukrainians
>-- particularly children -- affected by the Chernobil nuclear catastrophe.
>
>During the past more than 10 years, the government of Cuba has provided free
>medical assistance to some 18 thousand people affected by the disaster from
>both Ukraine and Belorussia. Of that amount, 15 thousand 800 were children
>attended to in a special sanotorium near a beach some 15 kilometers east of
>Havana, which includes recreation programs with sports and cultural
>activities.
>
>
>*CHILDREN IN HAVANA CELEBRATE BIRTHDAYS OF CHE AND ANTONIO MACEO
>
>Havana, June 14 (RHC)-Over 6 thousand school children from Havana City
>became members of the Young Communist League on Wednesday on the occasion of
>the birth of heroic guerrilla Ernesto Che Guevara and independence hero
>Antonio Maceo during an activity at the Jose Marti Anti Imperialist Tribune
>alongside Havana's Malecon Seaside Drive.
>
>With the presence of Cuban President Fidel Castro, thousands of school
>children promised to continue the struggle for the return of six year old
>Elian Gonzalez in addition to commemorating the birth of both Ernesto Che
>Guevara and Antonio Maceo.
>
>The new members of the Young Communist League, the UJC, received their
>membership cards from Cuban President Fidel Castro, in the presence of other
>government leaders and their parents. Outstanding students and student
>leaders addressed the participants, vowing to live up to the honor and
>challenges of belonging to the UJC.
>
>
>*CONGRESS ON HYPERTENSION UNDERWAY IN HAVANA
>
>Havana, June 14 (RHC)--Hypertension, one of the main risk factors for heart
>and neuro-vascular diseases and kidney failure, is the issue on hand at the
>lst Cuban Congress and the 4th Caribbean Encounter on Hypertension. Both
>opened Wednesday morning at the Havana Libre Hotel, here in the Cuban
>capital.
>
>The event -that winds up June 16th- will be attended by some 600 experts
>from Iberoamerica and the Caribbean. Dr. Peter Slight, president of the
>World League on High Blood Pressure, will be one of its guests of honor. 30%
>of Cubans suffer from high blood pressure, which is the most frequent
>chronic disease among adults.
>
>According to World Health Organization statistics, today there are over 600
>million people in the world whose blood pressure is above normal.
>Hypertension is one of the major causes of death in Cuba and the world.
>
>
>*HEALTH: HIV RATE IN HAVANA DECREASES IN FIRST 5 MONTHS OF 2000
>
>Havana, June 14 (RHC)-Cases of HIV have decreased so far this year in Havana
>City, especially among homosexuals.
>
>The Deputy Director of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Dr. Otto Pelaez, explained
>that until May of this year there were 272 new cases of a total of one
>thousand 444. Health experts expect to finish the year with 300 new cases.
>
>The Cuban expert added that 82.4 per cent of the total HIV cases are men and
>among them the most vulnerable are homosexuals. He reiterated the need to
>strengthen preventive measures in this area.
>
>For the year 2010 Cuba will have some 7 thousand 500 people with HIV and
>some 60 per cent of the patients will be from Havana City.
>
>
>*CONGRESS ON SUGAR AND SUGAR DERIVATIVES CONTINUES IN HAVANA
>
>Havana, June 14 (RHC)- Sugar cane derivatives and the protection of the
>environment were some of the main issues discussed Wednesday in Havana
>during the 6th International Congress on Sugar and Sugar Derivatives being
>held at Havana's International Convention Center, entitled Diversification
>2000. With the participation of over 350 delegates from some 15 countries,
>the 6th International Congress on Sugar and Sugar Derivatives is headed by
>the Director of Industrial Promotion of Latin American and Caribbean sugar
>exporting countries, Dr. Marianela Cordoves.
>
>The objective of this conference is to design sustainable development
>progrmas for the sugar industry as well as projects aimed at the integration
>of this industrial sector into national policies of environmental
>protection.
>
>Among other issues of interest for the participants are new concepts of
>sugar agriculture on the threshold of the new millenium, current tendencies
>in the sugar cane derivatives industry and clean technology.
>
>The event is sponsored by the International Sugar Organization, Cuba's Sugar
>Ministry and other scientific and productive institutions related to this
>productive sphere.
>
>
>*HOUSING: CUBA A CANDIDATE FOR UN'S HABITAT PRIZE
>
>Havana, June 14 (RHC)-Cuba is among the candidates to receive the Habitat
>Prize from the United Nations to be held at month's end in Dubai, United
>Arab Emirates.
>
>This prize is in recognition of the work of those countries that have
>improved the living conditions of its population in the construction of
>homes.
>
>The Habitat prize was created in 1996 during the second UN Conference on
>Human Settlements.
>
>
>*Viewpoint
>
>AN EDUCATED PEOPLE: THE CORNERSTONE OF CUBA'S SUCCESSFUL REVOLUTION
>
>As Cuban National Hero Jose Marti stated more than 100 years ago, a truly
>free nation is one with a well-educated people. That was the principle,
>guiding a recent meeting of Cuban artists and writers, which was presided
>over by Cuban President Fidel Castro.
>
>The event served to underscore the current state of cultural development on
>the island, as well as to draw new strategies to meet this goal, a national
>priority since the very triumph of the Revolution. The aim, since 1959, has
>been to take cultural development to the homes of every working Cuban
>family. Consequently, the nation maintains an internationally recognized
>public education system, which began 40 years ago in the wake of a massive
>literacy campaign conducted nation-wide.
>
>Education in Cuba is free and accessible, providing for the training of
>thousands of highly skilled professionals every year in the most diverse
>spheres of knowledge. Cuban intellectuals are also trained in firm
>principles of friendship and solidarity. Hence, they are willing do
>voluntary work in other Third World nations seriously affected by ignorance
>and poverty -- a direct consequence of the ever-growing social injustice
>which predominates in today's unipolar world.
>
>A strong cultural movement is currently underway in Cuba, taking literature
>and art to every corner of our nation. The aim is that the entire Cuban
>people enjoy educational benefits, which in other societies, are the
>privileges of a relatively small sector. Popular culture has capacitated the
>Cuban community with both intellect, and practical skills, which it has been
>able to use in the structural improvement of basic living conditions.
>
>Cuba has been able to resist all kinds of pressures and conspiracies, by the
>enemies of the Revolution, thanks to the powerful weapons that make our
>people undefeatable - those being our ideals and principles concerning
>equality and social justice. In keeping with those principles, the island
>has been able to do a great deal for other impoverished nations, primarily
>in the areas of medicine and education, much more than all the combined
>efforts of the industrialized nations. That has been possible, in light of a
>small resource base, because the Cuban people maintain a high level academic
>preparation, and a firm grasp over the concepts of friendship, solidarity
>and love, which should be the basis of every human effort.
>
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