>Via NY Transfer News * All the News That Doesn't Fit > >Radio Havana Cuba - News Update - 18 July 2000 07:00 > > >*CUBA CRITICIZES INDUSTRIALIZED NATIONS FOR CUTTING AID TO THIRD WORLD >*THE 3RD PLENARY SESSION OF CUBA'S JOURNALISTS ASSOCIATION CONTINUES > IN HAVANA >*CUBAN HEALTH PROFESSIONALS TO OFFER SERVICES IN REPUBLIC OF MALI >*HAVANA HOSTS THE 35TH MEETING OF THE PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION'S > ADVISORY RESEARCH COMMITTEE >*INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY WITH CUBA MEETING READY TO BEGIN NEXT NOVEMBER >*Viewpoint: SHARP CONTRADICTIONS - US COLONIALISM > > >*CUBA CRITICIZES INDUSTRIALIZED NATIONS FOR CUTTING AID TO THIRD WORLD > >New York, July 17 (RHC)-- Cuba has criticized industrialized, donor >countries that place greater and greater conditions on official development >aid. Havana's representative before the United Nations, Rafael Dausa, took >to the floor of the Economic and Social Council on Monday -- calling for >increased international cooperation to help underdeveloped countries. > >The Cuban diplomat affirmed that the constantly decreasing contributions to >development aid have negatively affected UN funds and programs for the Third >World. Dausa stated that assistance to poor countries should be increasing, >not decreasing -- emphasizing that such a situation is greatly affecting the >credibility of the United Nations Organization. > >As an example, the Cuban representative to the UN pointed to the fact that >the money alloted to UNICEF, the United Nations Children's Fund, dropped >from 679 million dollars to 558 million between 1994 and 1998. According to >Rafael Duasa, given the increasingly dismal situation for children around >the world, funds for UNICEF should be increased, not reduced. > >The Cuban representative also referred to the commitment by industrialized >nations to earmark 0.7 percent of their Gross Domestic Product to >development aid -- noting that in most cases, all the rich nations have >managed to come up with is less than 0.3 percent. He told delegates to the >UN Economic and Social Council that if the situation is not urgently >improved, international development programs and even the future of humanity >is at risk. > > >*THE 3RD PLENARY SESSION OF CUBA'S JOURNALISTS ASSOCIATION CONTINUES IN HAVANA > >Havana, July 17 (RHC)-The 3rd Plenary Session of theCuban Journalists and >Writers Association, UPEC, continued on Monday with the presence of >President Fidel Castro. > >The meeting, with the participation of over 200 journalists from across the >island and invited guests, is focusing on mass media and culture. > >During discussions with the delegates, President Fidel Castro expressed >interest in the development of new methods and technology for the >dissemination of Cuba's reality, making reference to the media offensive in >the case of Elian Gonzalez and the need to continue that offensive against >other aspects of Washington's hostile Cuba policy. > > >*CUBAN HEALTH PROFESSIONALS TO OFFER SERVICES IN REPUBLIC OF MALI > >Havana, July 17 (RHC)-Some 100 Cuban health professionals will soon offer >their services free of charge in the Republic of Mali as part of Cuba's >medical cooperation with several African nations. > >During a meeting between Cuba's Health Minister and his counterpart Mali, >Diakite Fatoumata N'Diaye, both officials announced in Havana that the Cuban >medical personnel will work in the country's most remote areas. > >Mali's Health Minister expressed his admiration of the island's results in >health care despite the island's economic crisis and Washington's blockade >against the Caribbean island. During his stay on the island the African >official will visit Cuban health installations. > > >*HAVANA HOSTS THE 35TH MEETING OF THE PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION'S > ADVISORY RESEARCH COMMITTEE > >Havana, July 17 (RHC)-The 35th Meeting of the Pan American Health >Organization's Advisory Research Committee began Monday in Havana with the >participation of foreign guests. > >The PAHO's General Director, George Alleyne, inaugurated the meeting >together with Committee president, Jorge Allende. > >The Health official praised Cuba's contribution to public health in Central >America and the Caribbean. Delegates are expected to visit Havana's Latin >American School of Medicine, among other institutions. > > >*INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY WITH CUBA MEETING READY TO BEGIN NEXT NOVEMBER > >Havana, July 17 (RHC)- Another International Solidarity with Cuba Meeting is >scheduled to be held in Havana from November 11th to the 14th, with the >presence of some four thousand delegates from 109 countries. > >The President of Cuba's Institute of Friendship with the People's, Sergio >Corrieri, termed as impressive the growing awareness worldwide concerning >Cuba's situation with respect to the hostile policies of the United States' >government, and its achievements despite that hostility. > > >*Viewpoint: >SHARP CONTRADICTIONS - US COLONIALISM AT THE END OF THE 20TH CENTURY > >Puerto Rico is considered a Latin American nation on a number of different >levels. The Puerto Rican people are like any other Spanish speaking people >in Latin America. They have distinct customs and traditions that make the >island a unique and complex cultural entity. However, Puerto Rico is not an >independent nation. It should have gained independence in the 19th Century >when Spain lost all its colonial dominions in the Western Hemisphere. > >But like Cuba, which never asked for U.S. military intervention in its >anti-colonial war against Spain in the late 1890s, Puerto Rico became >Washington's possesion. > >Just as Cuba was turned into a neo-colonial republic of the United States, >Puerto Rico was also a victim of an equally outrageous foreign policy that >converted the small Caribbean nation into a so-called Free Associated State >of the American Union. Due to its colonial status, Puerto Rico has never had >a President but, rather, maintains a local government as in any U.S. state. >It has no diplomatic representation before the United Nations or any other >international organization, like any sovereign country, because Washington >dictates Puerto Rico's foreign policy. > >Puerto Ricans are considered U.S. citizens and, consequently, have fought in >every war that the powerful northern nation has been involved in, including >the criminal Vietnam War. > >Strong historical ties unite the peoples of Cuba and Puerto Rico. Cuban >National Hero Jose Marti linked both nations' future in the strategic >political objective of winning independence from Spain. A famous Puerto >Rican poet of the time, Lola Rodriguez de Tio shared Marti's ideas. She >wrote: "Cuba and Puerto Rico are two wings of the same bird." > >Cuba has always been in the forefront in the struggle for Puerto Rican >independence. The United Nations Decolonization Committee just unanimously >approved a Cuban-sponsored resolution condemning the colonial status of >Puerto Rico. Moreover, the resolution demands an end to all U.S. military >maneuvers in the Puerto Rican island-municipality Vieques, in total >disregard for the health and well-being of its residents. > >Just as one day international public opinion will become fully aware of the >injustice of Washington's blockade of Cuba, so, too, will the world realice >that into the 21st century, the United States was the only colonial power on >the face of the earth. > >(c) 2000 Radio Habana Cuba, NY Transfer News. 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