>rom: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >subject: Cuba Press release Aug 16. Sharks kill 2 > FOR ALL DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS. > HAVANA, WEDNESDAY , AUGUST. 16 , 2000 RPM > >WASHINGTON.- The Cuban Adjustment Act, which allows Cuban citizen to >stay in the U.S. if they reach set foot on the territory, caused more >victims when sharks devoured two young people during the illegal >journey. The shark bitten one-armed body of Juan Carlos Rodriguez >Bueno, 23, was identified by his father, Miami resident Carlos >Rodriguez. The U.S. Coast Guard Servicrevealed that another dead >body, almost certainly that of Juan Carlos' brother, 20 year old Alex >Rodriguez, was also attacked by sharks. According to U.S. sources, >the brothers were still in Cuba on August 6. The young men's bodies >were discovered by fishermen on Thursday August 10, some 32 >kilometers from Key Cudjoe. > >WASHINGTON.- U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) >director Doris Meissner yesterday awarded the excellent work carried >out by her agents in "Operation Reunion", which rescued Cuban child >Elian Gonzalez from the house of his Miami based distant relatives. >The action, successfully carried out on April 22, allowed the six >year old minor to be reunited with his father, Juan Miguel Gonzalez >and his wife, younger brother, plus a group of young Cuban classmates >waiting in Washington. > >MATANZAS, CUBA.- The cost of transferring oil in Cuba will be >considerably reduced when an oil pipeline between locations in >Cardenas and Matanzas begins operating in the next few days, >according to local authorities on Tuesday. Experts from the Cuban >Basic Industry stated that with the 45 kilometer oil pipeline, the >danger of environmental contamination due to oil spillages will be >eliminated. During the initial stage, the pipeline will have the >capacity to transfer 1.5 million tons of oil annually, >with expectations of 2.2 million tons in the medium term. > >HAVANA.- The Cuban stand at the Expo 2000 World fair held in >Hanover, Germany, is one of the most visited, according to Carlos >Concepcion, the Cuban delegation's general director at the event. The >official stated that Cuba's presence in Hanover, capital of Lower >Saxony, is very successful. Since Expo 2000 began on June 1, numerous >important Germans, including Collaboration Minister Heidemarie >Wiezoreck-Zeul, Hanover's Mayor Herbert Schmalstieg, plus federal >Foreign Minister Gerhard Schreder, on a private visit, have toured >the Cuban exhibition. > >HAVANA.- Aid for Third World nations fighting infectious diseases is >one of the most important tasks of the Pedro Kouri Institute of >Tropical Medicine (IPK), according to a source from the centre. IPK >general director Gustavo Kouri, son of outstanding clinical >parasitologist of Lebanese origin Pedro Kouri, mentioned amongst the >centre's main objectives avoiding the introduction of diseases >previously eradicated in Cuba, or new pathologies, and the >development of scientific work. > >CAMAGUEY, CUBA.- Cuban researchers from the eastern province of >Camaguey developing an anti prostate cancer therapeutic vaccine >called their results encouraging, stated the Cadena Agramonte local >radio station. According to the station, scientists from Camaguey's >Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Centre (560 kilometers east of >Havana) were optimistic regarding a therapeutic vaccine against the >disease which causes over 1,000 deaths in Cuba annually. If the >vaccine is successful during clinical trials, it will be the first of >its type in Cuba, and could arrest the advance of cancer in many >cases, and reduce its size in the so-called hormone-dependent stage. > >HAVANA.- Making Cuba one of the most cultured countries worldwide is >perhaps the Revolution's biggest challenge, highlighted Granma daily >in an article on the mass culture project yesterday. Following a >request by Fidel Castro a few months ago, the commitment to bring >cultural values to all levels of Cuban society currently occupies one >of the principle spaces in national politics, after the return to >Cuba of child Elian Gonzalez. According to the daily, difficulties in >tackling the cultural expansion program will be greater than those >faced by the literacy campaign of 1961, or later campaigns for >raising literacy levels to sixth and ninth grades. > >MONTAUBAN, FRANCE.- Cuban high jumper Javier Sotomayor yesterday won >the athletics event at Montauban, southern France. This is the first >official competition that Sotomayor has participated in since the >sanction imposed for alleged cocaine consumption was lifted. >Sotomayor won the French competition with a jump of 2.28 meters - the >minimum height established by the International Amateur Athletics >Federation (IAAF) to qualify for the Sydney 2000 Olympic games. The >athlete, outdoors world record holder with 2.45m., and indoors with >2.43m., failed three other times to jump over2.33m. > >MADRID.- The Spanish press once again published criticism from >Guadala-jara City Hall yesterday of the Spanish Athletics Federation >(RFEA) over the departure of Cuban athletes who had a training base >in Guadalajara. El Pais daily states that the City Hall considers >that the RFEA, and especially its president Jose Maria Odriozola, >compared Cuba's veto of Niurka Montalvo with Cuban athletes training >in Spain. > >HAVANA.- Cuban Olympic Committee (COC) president Jose Ramon Fernandez >stated on Tuesday night that an agreement with Spanish sports >authorities is impossible, due to the possible participation of a >Cuban athlete who obtained Spanish nationality. On a TV round table >discussion shown on Cuban television, Fernandez underlined that the >COC protects athletes who are exposed to the constant trade that has >invaded athletics activity over the last few years. No agreement will >take place between the COC and Spain because long jumper Niurka >Montalvo's case is clear enough: she has only one year of Spanish >nationality, and according to International Olympic Committee (IOC) >rule 46, she needs three years, pointed out Fernandez. " JC > > __________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki - Finland +358-40-7177941, fax +358-9-7591081 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kominf.pp.fi ___________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe/unsubscribe messages mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________
