>from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Cuba Press release Aug 25-26 >PRESS RELEASE NO. 174 FOR ALL DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS >HAVANA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 2000 > >HOLGUIN, CUBA.- The Province Direction command post for Catastrophe >ordered evacuated from Holguin due the weakening of hurricane >"Debby"'s tidal wave. Farm institutions also returned cattles to the >previous places when the flooding danger for the approaching >hurricane diminished. > >HAVANA.- During a now traditional live T.V. round table discussion, >experts and journalists analyzed on Thursday,- for the second time >the development reached by the Cuban woman over the 41 years of the >Revolution. The panelists also analyzed the levels of participation >of the Cuban women, who "are an indispensable and irreplaceable part" >of the revolutionary work. Their valuable presence comprises the most >diverse political, economic and social spheres. > >HAVANA.- The 20th Pan American Railroad Congress will meet in Havana >from September 18-22, Granma newspaper announced. with the slogan "On >train to the Third Millennium", the meeting will work on the task of >giving continental governments the tools to design fair economic >transport policies, protect the environment and benefit society. > >HAVANA.- Ambassador to Cuba from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam >Tai Van Lung yesterday ratified "the indestructible brotherhood" >existent between his country and Cuba, and the trend to its >reinforcement. The diplomat expressed the wish of his government and >people of developing political, economic and trade links with the >Island, which are based on the historic ties of friendship between >both peoples, during a meeting with the press on the occasion of the >55th Anniversary of the August Revolution. > >HAVANA.- Ukrainian Communist Party (UCP) First Secretary Piotr >Simonenko thanked for the medical care given to over 18,000 people, >including children and adults, victims of the nuclear explosion in >Chernobyl in 1986. Simonenko, on a visit which concluded on Thursday, >highlighted the services received by the 15,800 minors who suffered >from diseases related to radioactivity, some very serious, in a >sanatorium in the outskirts of Havana City. > >HAVANA.- A warm welcoming ceremony to the Cuban Olympic baseball >squad coincided with the opening of the new course of studies in the >Sendai Ikuei Gakuenn school, 300km. from Tokyo. Before some 500 >students representing 6000 matriculated, the school director Takehito >Kato, highlighted the importance of the Cuban team training in this >institution, which has fraternal relations with the Cuban sports. >Servio Borges, representing the Cuban squad, pointed out that the >training is carried out with all the necessary equipments and >praised the level of dedication shown by the hosts. > >DPTO.INFORMACION/MINREX > > *********** > >from: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> >subject: Cuba Press release Aug 26 >PRESS RELEASE No. 175 FOR ALL DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS >HAVANA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 26, 2000 > >HAVANA.- Cuban Parliament President Ricardo Alarcon assured yesterday >that they have not yet received visas to attend a meeting prior to >the Millennium Summit, to be held in New York in September. Alarcon >said that "Cubans will not be given visas, according to what they are >saying in New York", if it is so "I could neither see any Cuban there >nor the Statue of Liberty", he emphasized, when asked about a >possible meeting alluded on Friday by the Miami press. According to >the daily, the New York City might be the venue of a meeting amongst >Cuban government officials and Cuban community members in the U.S., >although without stating the agenda and goal of the meeting. Alarcon >said that he meets Cuban residents in the U.S. every time he >visits New York. > >HAVANA.- Cuban experts analyzed in Havana the system of the United >Nations system, the organizations that formed it, plus the need to >reform the Security Council, according to Granma daily. The experts >met during a now traditional live T.V. round table discussion at >18:00 local time. This type of activity, habitual in Havana, began >during the battle carried out for the return of Cuban shipwrecked boy >Elian Gonzalez, who was illegally retained in the U.S. for over seven >months. After the minor's return on June 28, the Cubans have began "a >new stage of the fight", now to demand the elimination of laws >encouraging illegal immigration and reinforcing the U.S. >economic blockade on Cuba. Over 15,000 people will meet today at >Havana's municipality of Melena del Sur to demand the elimination of >the 1996 Cuban Adjustment Act and the extraterritorial 1992 >Torricelli and 1996 Helms-Burton Acts. > >HAVANA.- Lao's Parliament President Samane Vignaketh yesterday >reiterated his thankfulness for the invitation made by his Cuban >counterpart to visit the Island. During a meeting with Cuban >Communist Party (PCC) Politburo member and ideologic department Head >Jose Ramon Balaguer, Vignaketh said he "felt at home" since he set >foot on the Cuban territory on Thursday night. The Laotian parliament >leader said that his visit's goal is to share experiences and lessons >acquired by the Cubans, and to strengthen the friendship ties between >both countries. "Cuba is in our hearts because is a country of heroic >people", he added. > >HAVANA.- The cerebrovascular diseases, one of the first death causes >in the western part of the world, will be discussed during an Ibero >American Congress to be held in Havana in September. The 3rd Ibero >American Congress on Cerebrovascular Diseases will take place at >Havana's Conference Centre on September 19-21 with the participation >of outstanding scientific figures from the U.S., Spain, Canada, >Argentina, Chile, Brazil and Mexico. According to the event's >organizing committee member DR. Carlos Manuel Maya, one of the most >discussed themes will be that related to the risk factors that >lead to those diseases causing the death and disable. There will be >given special attention to high blood pressure, known as the silent >killer, because although there are no symptoms, it damages the blood >vessel and leaves zones of the central nervous system without >irrigation, and leading to brain strokes. > >HAVANA.- The National Byopreparation Centre (BIOCEN) became the first >Cuban institution of the pharmaceutical industry in obtaining the ISO >9002 Norm certification, according to information in Havana. Approved >by the British Lloyd's Register Assurance Quality company and the >Cuban Normalization Office, BIOCEN joins every time more in the >competitive market of medicine and biotechnological products. The ISO >norms are a group of regulations and procedures guaranteeing that an >institution works in accordance with the largest and rigorous >international standards of quality. The centre is in charge of the >elaboration of the final stages of the anti hepatitis B virus vaccine >with the good reputation on its good fabrication practices, >meaning an excellent quality, safety and warranty in its production >and services. BIOCEN new product plant head Roberto Figueroa >expressed that this laboratory has an aseptic processing system >especially designed as those of the best centres of the world. > >DPTO.INFORMACION/MINREX " JC > > _______________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. 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