> Via NY Transfer News * All the News That Doesn't Fit > > Radio Havana Cuba - News Update - 5 July 2000 22:00 > > > *NEW YORK TIMES EDITORIAL DEMANDS END TO WASHINGTON'S BLOCKADE AGAINST CUBA > *ELIAN GONZALEZ MAKES SWIFT TRIP TO CARDENAS > *BOOKLET ON THE ELIAN CASE AVAILABLE AT EWSSTANDS THROUGHOUT CUBA > *HONDURAN MEDICAL STUDENTS SEND A THANK YOU NOTE TO CUBAN PRESIDENT CASTRO > *IBERO-AMERICAN MAYORS MEET IN SANTIAGO DE CUBA > *2ND INTERNATIONAL FRIENDS OF THE SEA FAIR UNDERWAY IN CIENFUEGOS > *Viewpoint: CUBA-USA MIGRATORY AGREEMENTS > > > *NEW YORK TIMES EDITORIAL DEMANDS END TO WASHINGTON'S BLOCKADE AGAINST CUBA > > New York, July 5(RHC)-- The New York Times has once again called for the > lifting of the U.S. economic blockade against Cuba, placing the blame for > what it calls an antiquated policy squarely on the shoulders of the right > wing Cuban-American community in southern Florida. > > An editorial in Wednesday's edition of the influential news daily notes that > the blockade [which is called an "embargo" in the U.S.] is part of a failed > strategy to overthrow Cuban President Fidel Castro. > > Written by Richard Goodwin -- the former White House advisor to Presidents > John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson during the 1960's -- the Times > editorial states that U.S. policy has included assassination attempts > against leaders of the Cuban Revolution, economic sabotage and the > infiltration of armed groups on the island. > > Goodwin adds that these actions have constituted "a type of State terrorism" > -- conducted by Washington against Havana. > > In the New York Times editorial, Richard Goodwin -- who observers note was > one of the chief architects of U.S. policy toward Cuba in the early 60's -- > admits that the Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961 not only represented a military > defeat for the attackers, but helped to unite the Cuban people around their > revolutionary process. > > > *ELIAN GONZALEZ MAKES SWIFT TRIP TO CARDENAS > > Cardenas, July 5(RHC)-- Six year old Cuban Elian Gonzalez made a swift trip > to his home city of Cardenas Tuesday, according to a communique released at > this tuesday's TV roundtable. The communique informed that Elian visited the > homes of his grandparents, his school and his father s work center at the > Varadero beach resort. > > The communique indicated that the trip was organized because the six year > old boy felt disoriented in Havana, due to his limited travel experiences > within Cuba, which indicated the need to go back home to Cardenas. > > The document adds that everything was obviously done spontaneously to > respect the child's privacy. It highlighted that the result was magnificent > since residents in Cardenas, who had been asked to cooperate with the > child's reinssertion into Cuban society. > > Ordinary citizens were pleased to cooperate and added that Elian felt > extraordinally happy, that his health was excellent, and that he is learning > at the speed of light. > > Elian Gonzalez is currently finishing his school year in a house in Havana, > with the help of some of his classmates, and will later enjoy a one week > vacation with his father, stepmother, and brother, close to his hometown. > > > *BOOKLET ON THE ELIAN CASE AVAILABLE AT EWSSTANDS THROUGHOUT CUBA > > Havana, July 5(RHC)-- A 32-page special news supplement on the Elian case is > now available, beginning Wednesday, at every newspaper stand throughout > Cuba. > > Under the tittle "Elian is back in his homeland," the special eddition > summarizes the most signifficant events over the seven months of Elian's > kidnapping in the United States. It narrates the 207-day struggle waged by > Elian's father, his immediate family and, in deed, the entire Cuban people, > to let justice prevail. > > The document also includes commentaries on the sheer determination shown by > the boy's father, Juan Miguel Gonzalez, who has proven an excellent father - > a man of honor and strong principles -a true representative of the new > generation of Cubans. > > The news supplement concludes with a message by Cuban President Fidel > Castro, read during a patriotic demonstration last Saturday in the eastern > city of Manzanillo. In his message, the Cuban leader calls on the entire > Cuban people to enter a new phase of the struggle against all U.S. anti-Cuba > laws, including the so-called Cuban Adjustment Act, the Helms-Burton and > Torricelli Laws, and Washington's nearly 40-year-old blockade agaisnt the > island. > > The 1966 Cuban Adjustment Act, in granting Cubans who migrate illegally to > the U.S. rights and privaleges that no other nationality is entitled in the > context of a legal migration, such as immediate residency, housing, > stipends, etc., is just another in a long list of machinations by Washington > to try to destabilize the Cuban nation. The law has caused scores of deaths > and human tragedies such as the one suffered by Elian Gonzalez. > > > *HONDURAN MEDICAL STUDENTS SEND A THANK YOU NOTE TO CUBAN PRESIDENT CASTRO > > Santiago de Cuba, July 5(RHC)--Young Hondurans, from 48 indigenous > communities on the Atlantic coast, have sent a message to Cuban President > Fidel Castro, thanking him for the opportunity to study medicine in Cuba. > > The thank you note was read during the 20th Caribbean Festival -also known > as the Festival of Fire- that is currently underway in the eastern Cuban > city of Santiago de Cuba. > > In their message, future Honduran doctors promise that once they graduate > from the Havana-based Latin American School of Medicine, they will return to > their country to offer their services in their respective communities. > > > *IBERO-AMERICAN MAYORS MEET IN SANTIAGO DE CUBA > > Santiago de Cuba, July 5(RHC)-- Mayors from some dozen Ibero-American > nations are meeting in the eastern city of Santiago de Cuba, beginning > Wednesday, to analyze issues such as heritage restauration and the potential > for exchanges in areas like tourism and trade. > > The encounter is part of the festivities surrounding the 485th anniversary > of Santiago de Cuba, founded by Spanish colonialists in 1515. > > The visiting Ibero-American mayors will tour centers of cultural and > historical interest, including the San Pedro del Morro Fortress, declared a > World Heritage site by the United Nations Education, Science and Culture > Organization -UNESCO. > > > *2ND INTERNATIONAL FRIENDS OF THE SEA FAIR UNDERWAY IN CIENFUEGOS > > Cienfuegos, July 5(RHC)-- The 2nd International Friends of the Sea Fair > -FIMAR'2000- has entered its sencond day of sessions in the south central > Cuban city of Cienfuegos with the participation of 26 firms. > > Sponsored by the Cuban Chamber of Commerce, the event offers new > posibilities for business executives and firms to explore investment > opportunities on the island in the areas of fishing, navigation and water > sports. > > FIMAR'2000 includes exhibitions, the presentation of new products, and the > already traditional Gran Prix speedboat competition on July 8th and 9th. > > > *Viewpoint: CUBA-USA MIGRATORY AGREEMENTS > > Cuba and the United States have essentially accomplished the migratory > agreements, which they both subscribed to in 1994. However, the Cuban > Adjustment Act, which was proclaimed by the United States before the > migratory agreements were discussed, constitutes a stimulus for illegal > immigration from Cuba to the United States. > > The Cuban Adjustment Act grants privileges to Cubans that manage to step on > U.S. soil after risking their lives in the attempt to cross the Florida > Straits in fragile, improvised vessels that often sink with the consequent > loss of life. Cuban child Elian Gonzalez experienced a similar situation. > The child managed to survive, but his mother, Elizabeth Brotons, died > together with ten others. > > Thousands of undocumented immigrants from Latin America are constantly > reaching U.S. shores by different means and ways. Most of them are captured > and immediately deported back to their countries. The majority of the > undocumented immigration comes from Mexico, Central America and some of the > Caribbean countries. For them, the U.S. authorities have no special > treatment. These immigrants are hunted like animals. They are abused and > confined. > > However, for those immigrants arriving from Cuba, the procedure is > different, above all, if they say that the Cuban authorities are oppressing > them or that they do not agree with Cuba's political system. They are warmly > welcomed and are provided with all kinds of aid to live and work in the > United States. This constitutes a stimulus to spread subversion in Cuba and > provide a means to allege popular dissatisfaction, as well as a way of > justifying the aggression that Cuba has withstood for forty years. > > The economic and genocidal blockade that the United States has maintained > against Cuba is the best example of an aggression that has never been > applied for so long a period of time against any other country in the world. > The Cuban Adjustment Act was approved in the 1960's with openly subversive > purposes. However, the United States has not even mentioned it when > negotiating with Cuba on the migratory agreements. Elian's case took place > thirty years after the Cuban Adjustment Act was first approved and six years > after the signing of the migratory accords. Although Elian is -after months > of struggling- finally back in Cuba with his father, similar situations > could repeat, and the lives of other Cubans could be at risk. > > The Cuban people have just given the world a unique example of national > unity and massive mobilization in demanding Elian's return to Cuba. For this > struggle, the Cuban people had the unconditional support of the U.S. people. > Elian is finally in Cuba, but the struggle is not finished. The Cuban people > will continue to fight until the Cuban Adjustment Act is withdrawn and the > United States stops its attacks against the island. 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