>from: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> >subject: Cuba Press release Aug 21,22 > FOR ALL DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS. > HAVANA, MONDAY ,21 AUGUST, 2000 RPM > >HAVANA.- Cuba denounced again the advantages of political asylum >granted by the U.S. to Cubans who reach set foot on their territory, >and blamed Washington for encouraging the highjack of a fishing boat >and its crew members by illegal immigrants. Entitled "Otro amargo >fruto de la Ley asesina" (Another Sad Fruit of the Killer >Act), Granma daily tells the story of four crew members taken to the >U.S., that they refused to benefit from the Cuban Adjustment Act, >which guarantees residence and work permit in the U.S. to all Cuban >immigrants. The highjack, began on August 2 and ended three days >later, was organized by the ship's owner, who deceitfully turned the >vessel away to pick up 18 people who were expecting him in a point of >the northern coast in the western province of Pinar del Rio. > >HAVANA.- A delegation from the Ukrainian Communist Party headed by >its First Secretary Piotr Simonenko arrived in Cuba on Sunday on an >official visit. The mission aims to fulfill an intense work program >in Havana, including interviews with Cuban Communist Party leaders, >amongst other activities. Simonenko said his delegation's goal is to >learn more about the experience of the Cuban communist leaders in the >new conditions of the world community, under the globalization of >economic process. > >BEIJING.- A Cuban top level delegation headed by Cuban Communist >Party (PCC) Politburo member Juan Carlos Robinson arrived in Beijing >on an official visit to China. The Cuban leader, who is PCC First >Secretary in the eastern province of Santiago de Cuba, held talks >with Chinese Communist Party (PCCH) Politburo member Wu Bangguo. >Sources from the Cuban delegation said that Robinson told Wu about >the satisfactory current process of the Cuban economy and the >reinforcement of the Cuban Communist Party political- >ideological work. > >HAVANA.- The Cuban geography has increased since the '80s with the >so-called cause ways or stone paths throughout the sea, which are >about to reach 200 kilometers in the whole country and come from land >to virgin keys. With the last work in process, amongst keys from the >north of central provinces of Ciego de Avila and Villa Clara, the >largest infrastructure of the planet in highways on the sea for the >tourist development will be completed, according to local press. The >new cause way between Cayo Guillermo and Santa Maria is the most >complex of its type and it will have 39 kilometer long, out of >them six bridges, included four 500 long and seven height meter >larger viaducts, not to cut oceanic currents. > >SANTA CLARA, CUBA.- The intense drought reported in Cuba and in this >central province reduced to almost a third the current coffee harvest >in relation to the previous, according to sources from the local >agricultural company. The adverse weather severely damaged the >flowering, the vegetative development of plants. It also reduced the >areas in production of coffee plantations located in the mountain >zone of the Escambray, also placed in territories of provinces of >Sancti Spiritus and Cienfuegos. The Crystal mountain, a >coffee variety, is cultivated in this area, one of the varieties of >higher price in the world. > >SANTIAGO DE CUBA.- The first Soy Processing Factory of Cuba is being >built in Santiago de Cuba for the production of food that substitute >imports and for exports to the Caribbean. Pedro Alvarez Medina, vice >president of the Empresa Mixta Procesadora de Soya SA (Soy Processing >Joint Venture SA, stated that the new plant have a cost of US$22 >million and will start production in October. The Soy processing >Plant, that is located in the port of Santiago de Cuba (900km. from >the east of the capital), will annually produce US$50 million of >soy oil and soy meal for animal consumption. > >RIO DE JANEIRO.- Cuba gives signals of recovery, the influential and >one of the country's oldest newspaper Jornal do Brasil state as >headline of a broad report on the economic situation in the >Caribbean island. Cubans begin to breath more easily, it asserts, >and though the so-called Special Period (economic crisis) has not >disappeared yet, the worst is behind. The report, on a broad basis, >tells the story of when Cuba lost 85 per cent of its preferential >price trade since the tough days after the disappearance of the >Socialist Block and the Soviet Union. The article reminds that in >1993 the economic situation of the country touched the botton when >it suffered a violent fall of 38 per cent of its Gross National >Product. >DPTO.INFORMACI�N/MINREX > > ********* > >from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >subject: Cuba Press release Aug 22 > FOR ALL DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS. > HAVANA, TUESDAY ,22 AUGUST, 2000 RPM > >HAVANA.- The Cuban President yesterday attended an act of homage >for outstanding scientist Pedro Kouri on the 100th anniversary of his >birth. During the homage, held at Pedro Kouri Institute of Tropical >Medicine - founded by the scientist on October 8, 1937 at the >University of Havana - a review of Kouri's scientific and teaching >work was carried out. Kouri is called the father of Cuban >parasitology. When emphasizing the work of the eminent researcher, >Professor Gregorio Delgado highlighted the discovery of a new >parasite, presented by Kouri in 1939 during the 3rd World >Microbiology Congress. > >HAVANA.- Cuban President Fidel Castro yesterday commented on the >health catastrophe threatening the world, and highlighted the >importance of institutions such as the Pedro Kouri Institute of >Tropical Medicine dedicated to the study of transmitted diseases. >When speaking during a commemorative act for the 100th anniversary of >the birth of outstanding Cuban scientist Pedro Kouri Esmeja, founder >of the Institute of Tropical Medicine, the Cuban President said that >this centre is now more necessary to the Third World than to Cuba. >Fidel Castro described the terrible health panorama of the developing >countries whose inhabitants are facing numerous transmitted diseases >such as AIDS, which could exterminate complete populations, including >Sub Saharian Africa. > >HAVANA.- The Pedro Kouri Institute of Tropical Medicine (IPK) active >epidemiological surveillance has allowed to country to be free from >the region's endemic transmitted diseases, such as dengue and >cholera. IPK director Gustavo Kouri revealed the successful research >and aid of the institution, created over 60 years ago by his father >Pedro Kouri Esmeja, outstanding parasitologist. During a celebratory >birthday act, the IKP director explained that during Cuban >collaboration in Africa in the 1970-80's, almost 7,000 cases of >diseases were detected and treated. > >CONDEMNATION OF U.S. MIGRATION POLICY ON CUBA REITERATED >HAVANA.- Cuba warned that 85 percent of people who illegally reach >the U.S. from Cuba are brought by illegal people smugglers taking >advantage of the so-called Cuban Adjustment Act to carry out their >deadly business. The now traditional live T.V. round table discussion >analyzed the latest attempts of illegal immigration from Cuba and the >encouragement this legislation represents. The measure, passed by >U.S. Congress in 1966, grants U.S. residence to all Cuban citizens >who reach set foot on the territory, independent of the means used to >enter the country. > >CUBAN DELEGATION EXCHANGES EXPERIENCES WITH CHINESE OFFICIALS >BEIJING.- Cuban Communist Party (PCC) Politburo member Juan Carlos >Robinson, who began an official visit to China on Sunday, exchanged >information yesterday in Beijing with the Chinese Communist Party >(CHCP) on organization, political-ideological, plus discipline >control work. Robinson, PCC First Secretary in Santiago de Cuba, met >Chinese Communist Party (PCCH) Central Committee Organization >Department Vice Head Huang Qingyi. Later, PCCH and CCP leaders >analyzed the excellent relations between both organizations, and the >common wish for their reinforcement at the beginning of the 21st >century. PCCH Politburo member Li Tienyig held a friendly meeting >with Cuban Communist Party (PCC) Politburo leader Juan Carlos >Robinson. The Chinese leader, president of the Chinese Social >Sciences Academy, expressed the admiration he feels for the Cuban >Revolution since its triumph on January 1, 1959 when he was a >student, and how he has maintained this feeling throughout these >years, due to all the Cuban successes. > >CUBAN PRESS HIGHLIGHTS VISIT OF UKRAINIAN COMMUNIST LEADER >HAVANA.- Cuban press yesterday highlighted the four day official >visit of a Ukrainian Communist Party delegation to Cuba headed by its >First Secretary Piotr Simonenko. The program of the visit, which >began in Havana yesterday, includes meetings with Cuban Communist >Party (PCC) government and leaders, according to a front page Granma >daily article. Simonenko called the experience of Cuban communists >"after the collapse of the socialist block, the former Soviet Union >and the introduction of new economic models" important. > >CUBA AND QUINTANA ROO WANT TO WIDEN BILATERAL RELATIONS >HAVANA.- Cuba and the Mexican state of Quintana Roo are looking for >the possibility to widen links in tourism, agriculture and animal >husbandry, construction, health and education. Quintana Roo governor >Joaquin E. Hendricks arrived on Sunday in Havana with a large >delegation. He stated that in the next two days, various agreements >will be signed in order to promote multidestination packages, and >exchange statistics and professionals in the tourism sector. Two >educational scientific cooperation agreements with Cuba's Higher >Education Ministry and the Latin American and Caribbean Teaching >Institute will be signed which include degree studies, and academic, >cultural and sports research. > >CUBAN STUDENTS CELEBRATE NEW ACADEMIC YEAR >COURSE HAVANA.-On September 1, Cuban students will begin the new >academic year, studying in a country that has free education and >assures its continuation, said Education Minister Luis Ignacio >Gomez. He pointed out that the new school year, which lasts up till >July, will focus on the improvement of educational quality. "There >is no doubt that education is the basis to reach the cultural levels >we aspire to", this is why we need to increase levels of quality, he >stated. > >CUBAN WOMEN CONGRATULATED AT ANNIVERSARY OF WOMEN'S ORGANIZATION >HAVANA.- Cuban Women Federation president Vilma Espin congratulated >almost four million women who will celebrate the 40th Anniversary of >this organization in Havana next Wednesday. Yesterday, Espin repeated >her confidence for a "victorious future, with all the strength, >steadfastness and love of the first day". The women's leader >considered that after four decades, Cuban women have grown as human >beings, participating fully in every task of the Revolution as >leading characters in the years' struggles and victories. > >CUBAN SUGAR CANE HARVEST LOSES MILLIONS DUE TO STOPPAGES >HAVANA.- During the previous sugar cane harvest, the country lost >119,700 pesos (equal to the same amount in US dollars) for each hour >that sugar cane mills stopped milling, Cuban sugar cane Vice-Minister >Nelson Labrada stated. The official stated that during the season, >the 111 sugar cane mills were working at 71 percent capacity, instead >of 80 percent. This represents losses of 40 million pesos. This is >the worst that can happen to a sugar cane harvest, as it causes >irreversible economic problems. Costs begin increasing, influenced >by a depreciation of fixed assets, administrative expense write >offs, salaries and social welfare contributions. > >BENNY MORE AND SILVIO RODRIGUEZ IN POLL OF CENTURY >HAVANA.- Benny More, Silvio Rodriguez, Pablo Milanes and Bola de >Nieve amongst others have been chosen as Cuban music's most >outstanding figures in a poll of the century by magazine Salsa >Cubana. Magazine director Amado Cordova explained that "due to the >end of the century and the arrival of the third millennium, a poll >was taken amongst music students, critics and journalists, cultural >promoters and radio and television program directors. Song writers, >singers and groups that left their mark on the 20th century were >chosen in a group of 10, pointed out Cordova. > >GERMANS DIVIDED OVER RICKY MARTIN AND BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB >BERLIN.- Germans are divided in their preferences for Latin singer >Ricky Martin and Cuban band Buena Vista Social Club. Patricia >Gebhardt, programming director of Viva, Germany's most important >TV station, remarked: "we have yet to discover people's preferences. >>From the faxes and emails we are receiving, it seems that some >people >prefer commercial music such as Ricky Martin, whilst others prefer >more traditional or authentic songs, such as Buena Vista Social >Club". > >SOTOMAYOR AND PEDROSO TO PARTICIPATE IN ITALIAN ATHLETICS EVENT >ROME.- Cubans Javier Sotomayor - world high jump record holder - and >Ivan Pedroso, winner of seven world long jump titles, will >participate in the Viareggio athletics event, northern Italy. This >will be the third event for Sotomayor, 32, in just one week, >following the August 2 lifting of a sanction for alleged drug taking. >His return to competitions took place on August 15 in Montauban, >southern France, where he won with a jump of 2.28m. Three days later, >he came first in Montecarlo with 2.30m in the fifth stage of the Gold >League. > >BRAZILIANS RECOGNIZE THAT CUBAN VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS ARE THE BEST >RIO DE JANEIRO.- Cuba played the best match of the last few years >stated Brazilian men's volleyball team trainer Radames Lattari, >commentating over the fact that Cuba beat his team in the America >Cup. Cuba beat Brazil in service, highlighted a large article in >O Globo daily sports page, together with a photo of the Cuban team >celebrating their win in Sao Bernardo do Campo. Lattari admitted the >great difference in the match was the service, and despite the fact >that his team was shorter, blocked and defended well. > >ITALIAN SPORTS PRESS COMMENTS CUBAN WIN IN AMERICA CUP >ROME.- The Italian sports press highlighted Cuba's win over Brazil in >the 3rd men's volleyball America Cup, commenting that the Cubans had >the best service. La Gazzetta dello Sport pointed out in an article >entitled "Cuba deprives Brazil of victory" that the Cuban team >took the Brazilians by surpise. Brazil have won two previous events, >but this time had their only defeat in the tournament. " 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] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ________________________________________
