>from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Radio Havana Cuba-14 August 2000 23:30 > Via NY Transfer News * All the News That Doesn't Fit > Radio Havana Cuba - News Update - 14 August 2000 23:30 > > >*CUBAN DOCTORS AND MEDICAL PERSONNEL SERVE THE PEOPLE OF THE THIRD > WORLD >*FEDERATION OF CUBAN WORKERS DELEGATION VISITS THE UNITED STATES >*BRITISH ROUND-THE-WORLD HELICOPTER MAKES STOP IN HAVANA >*LATIN-CARIBBEAN SOLIDARITY BRIGADE PLEDGES TO INCREASE SOLIDARITY > WITH CUBA >*RESTORATION BEGINS ON LARGEST 19th CENTURY MILITARY SITE IN LATIN > AMERICA >*CUBA'S NATIONAL BALLET COMPANY TO PERFORM IN MADRID'S ALBENIZ > THEATRE >*Viewpoint: THE US STAR WARS PROJECT IS A THREAT TO THE WORLD > > >*CUBAN DOCTORS AND MEDICAL PERSONNEL SERVE THE PEOPLE OF THE THIRD >WORLD > >Havana, August 14 (RHC)-- A special roundtable discussion was aired >live on Cuban radio and television Monday evening, examining the >importance of the island's internationalist medical missions to the >Third World. > >Journalists and experts discussed the significance of the special >graduation ceremony held in Havana on Sunday, in which 4000 medical >students received their diplomas. Cuban President Fidel Castro >addressed the graduating students, calling on them to carry out the >humanitarian principles of the Cuban Revolution. During his speech, >delivered at the Jose Marti Anti-Imperialist Tribune -- the newly- >built plaza facing the U.S. Interests Section on Havana's seaside >drive, known as the Malecon -- the Cuban leader noted that doctors >and medical personnel are serving free-of-charge in many areas of >Latin America, the Caribbean and Africa. Fidel Castro said that Cuba >has become "a moral giant in the field of health," vowing to >continue the island's program of integral health care to remote areas >of Third World countries. > >Monday evening's roundtable discussion looked at the testimonies of >numerous Cuban doctors who have served on medical missions. Several >reports were aired by journalists covering the internationalist >missions, demonstrating that Cuba's efforts in health care have made >a significant impact in real, human terms throughout the countries >where medical personnel volunteer to serve. > >Dr. Jorge Delgado, the head of the Cuban medical team in Zimbabwe, >was interviewed on the phone from Harare during the radio and >television broadcast. Dr. Delgado told the audience that his group >was consolidated and working well, despite the recent case of two >doctors who left Zimbabwe for monetary reasons, to pursue careers in >the United States. Several panelists on the roundtable pointed out >that these two doctors violated the basic principles of humanitarian >care, allowing themselves to be lured to the United States by anti- >Cuba propaganda and promises of money. Without a doubt, the vast >majority of doctors and medical personnel live up to their commitment >to save lives in the Third World and are shining examples of >the Cuban Revolution. > >The roundtable discussion was broadcast live on national radio >and television, as well as the international shortwave frequencies of >Radio Havana Cuba. > > *FEDERATION OF CUBAN WORKERS DELEGATION VISITS THE UNITED STATES > >Washington, August 14 (RHC)-- A delegation from the Federation of >Cuban Workers, the CTC, is currently visiting the United States. >During their stay, the CTC delegation has met with leaders of the >AFL-CIO. > >The Cuban labor delegation has toured 12 U.S. states so far, in which >they have discussed the historical reality of Cuba/U.S. relations. >In their meetings with U.S. labor unions, the visiting delegation >denounced Washington's legislation passed in 1966, known as the Cuban >Adjustment Act, which encourages illegal departures from the island. > >The CTC delegation has been approached by many U.S. citizens who want >to learn more about everyday life in Cuba. > > *BRITISH ROUND-THE-WORLD HELICOPTER MAKES STOP IN HAVANA > >Havana, August 14 (RHC)-- Jennifer Murray, a British citizen who >is attempting to fly around the world in a helicopter, arrived Sunday >at Havana's Jose Marti International Airport. Murray told >journalists in Havana that she had been anxious to reach the Cuban >capital and hoped to have some time to visit before continuing on her >flight. > >Jennifer Murray left London on May 31st and expects to end her world >tour by helicopter next September 6th in London. Her objective is to >collect finances to fund a team of surgeons traveling to different >countries, assisting children with facial deformations. > > *LATIN-CARIBBEAN SOLIDARITY BRIGADE PLEDGES TO INCREASE SOLIDARITY >WITH CUBA > >Havana, August 14 (RHC)-- Over 285 Latin American and Caribbean >members of the 6th Solidarity Brigade have pledged to increase their >activities in solidarity with Cuba. > >In a final declaration released on Sunday in Havana, the brigadistas >issued a call for broad participation in the 2nd International >Meeting in Solidarity with Cuba, slated to take place from November >10th to the 14th in the Cuban capital. > >The final declaration also condemns Washington's nearly 40-year >blockade against Cuba as well as the Helms-Burton and Torricelli >Laws. > >Before ending their visit to the island on Sunday, the members of >the solidarity brigades visited the provinces of Pinar del Rio and >Sancti Spiritus. > > *RESTORATION BEGINS ON LARGEST 19th CENTURY MILITARY SITE IN LATIN >AMERICA > >Ciego de Avila, August 14 (RHC)-- The restoration of the 11 >kilometer-long, 19th century system of fortifications from Jucaro to >Moron in the province of Ciego de Avila has begun. > >The largest 19th century Spanish defensive works in Latin America, >the area is greatly valued by historians. > >Designed to prevent the Mambises independence fighters from >consolidating their numbers, the 1871 system of walls, trenches and >checkpoints cut south to north almost across the entire width of the >island. The fortification's objective was to isolate the >independence struggles in the eastern part of the island, thereby >stopping the independence war from extending to the west. > >The restoration work includes a small fortress, a blockhouse and >six listening posts. A memorial will also be built. > > *CUBA'S NATIONAL BALLET COMPANY TO PERFORM IN MADRID'S ALBENIZ >THEATRE > >Madrid, August 14 (RHC)-- Cuba's National Ballet Company will perform >in Madrid's Albeniz Theatre from Wednesday, August 16th, through >September 10th. The Cuban troupe will have a wide program, which has >been characterized by the local media as a "banquet of dances." > >According to the Director of Cuba's National Ballet Company, Alicia >Alonso, the regular company dancers, as well as new talent, will >perform in Madrid. The program includes classics like Swan Lake, >Coppelia and Carmen. > > *Viewpoint: THE US STAR WARS PROJECT IS A THREAT TO THE WORLD > >The recent failures of the tests on the interceptor missiles that are >to make up the U.S.'s anti missile program, is a clear demonstration >that the system's defensive security is far from perfect. > >The disastrous results force one to reflect on the true value of >the expensive anti ballistic missile project. The destructive power >of just one of its nuclear warheads is enough to cause enormous >devastation. Such an arms race would force many governments to >dedicate large amounts of resources, in an effort to balance the >nuclear playing field, rather than allocating money to much needed >social programs. > >Even if the rest of the missiles launched in a single attack >were intercepted and destroyed, the consequences could be horrendous >if you take into account that just one of the warheads is dozens of >times more destructive than the atomic bombs that were dropped 55 >years ago over the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. > >And it is only logical to assume that it won't be just one warhead >that would penetrate the sophisticated protective shield, which, like >all human inventions, is not exempt from deficiencies and errors. > >If Washington ever used the system, the countries destroyed would be >unable to continue buying weapons from the U.S.'s huge military- >industrial complex. Those nations would be sent back into the Stone >Age if showered by the system's nuclear warheads. > Not long ago, Cuban President Fidel Castro likened the planet to >a collective ship, in which all nations are sailing, the good and the >bad, the powerful and the weak, the rich and the poor, the exploited >and the exploiters. If that ship were to sink, he said, we would all >go down together. > >For the majority of humanity, in the Third World, which includes more >than 100 countries steeped in poverty, dying of preventable diseases >and lacking the most basic needs for development, death by nuclear >attack would be just one more horror to face. > >Most people know about the environmental damage that would be caused >by a nuclear war, but if such a war broke out today, the damage would >be equal to a thousand years of environmental destruction at current >rates. > >(c) 2000 Radio Habana Cuba, NY Transfer News. 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