>from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >subject: Havana Radio news/view Aug 28 -Colombia >Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Radio Havana Cuba-28 August 2000 22:00 > >Radio Havana Cuba-28 August 2000 22:00 > Via NY Transfer News * All the News That Doesn't Fit > Radio Havana Cuba - News Update - 28 August 2000 22:00 > > >*YUGOSLAVIA'S FOREIGN MINISTER IN HAVANA >*HIGHER EDUCATION ENROLLMENT UP THIS YEAR >*PABLO MILANES PLANS FUND-RAISER CONCERT FOR MEXICO'S ENVIRONMENT >*LAOTIAN ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT VISITS VARADERO RESORT >*CUBAN ARCHAEOLOGISTS UNEARTH ANCIENT HUMAN SKELETON >*CUBA STILL EAGER TO HOST OLYMPIC GAMES >*WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL TEAM TAKES THE GOLD AND GRAND PRIX TITLE >*INJUSTICE AND INEQUALITY: THE REAL CAUSE OF VIOLENCE IN COLOMBIA > > >*YUGOSLAVIA'S FOREIGN MINISTER IN HAVANA > >Havana, August 28 (RHC)-- Visiting Yugoslavian Foreign Minister >Zivaldin Jovanovic, met Monday morning with his Cuban counterpart, >Felipe Perez Roque. Speaking with reporters following the meeting, >Jovanovic said that Cuba and Yugoslavia have a long history of >solidarity and friendship and that his visit to the island is >designed to help strengthen those cordial relations even more. > >Yugoslavia's top diplomat expressed his deepest appreciation for >the solidarity shown by Cuba during last year's U.S.-led NATO attacks >against the European nation. He also thanked the Cuban government and >people for their continued support in international forums such as >the United Nations and the Non-Aligned Movement. > >For his part, Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque affirmed that >the visit of Zivaldin Jovanovic marks a new point in relations >between Havana and Belgrade. And the Cuban foreign minister >reiterated Cuba's principled position concerning NATO's "unjust war >of aggression" against Yugoslavia. > >Earlier in the morning, the visiting Yugoslav official laid a wreath >at the foot of the Jose Marti Monument at Havana's Plaza del la >Revolucion. He also signed an agreement for the protection and >promotion of mutual investments with the Cuban Minister of Foreign >Investment and Economic Cooperation, Marta Lomas. > >The Yugoslavian foreign minister arrived in Havana on Sunday and is >slated to wrap up his visit to the Cuban capital tomorrow, Tuesday. > > *HIGHER EDUCATION ENROLLMENT UP THIS YEAR > >Havana, August 28 (RHC)-All higher education institutions in Cuba are >ready to welcome some 130,000 students, representing 3000 more >students than last year, according to the Minister of Higher >Education, Fernando Vecino Alegret. > >The Cuban education official told the press that all material and >academic requirements for the coming school year are guaranteed by >the Cuban government. > >The Education Minister also announced that, this year, all >educational institutions will have access to the Internet. The Cuban >government has managed to guarantee the necessary financial resources >to buy computers for every educational center over the next four >years. > >The Cuban official recalled that, although Cuba faces a lack of >material supplies, education has always been a priority for the Cuban >people. > > *PABLO MILANES PLANS FUND-RAISER CONCERT FOR MEXICO'S ENVIRONMENT > >Mexico City, August 28 (RHC)-Cuban singer songwriter Pablo Milanes >will perform at a fund-raising concert on October 31st, in Oaxaca, >Mexico, in support of ecological projects in that country. > >The President of the Mexican Institute for Environmental Science >and Technological Development, Guillermo Amaya, said that profits >from the show will go towards the reforestation of various >communities in Oaxaca. > >The Mexican official added that the money is earmarked for other >countries with environmental problems. > >Pablo Milanes, one of the founders of Cuba's New Song Movement, >together with singer songwriter Silvio Rodriguez, are authors of >famous tunes like "Yolanda", "El Breve Espacio En Que No Estas", and >"Amame Como Soy". > >In a recent survey conducted by the Cuban magazine, Salsa Cubana, >Pablo Milanes was selected as one of the best Cuban composers of the >20th century. > > *LAOTIAN ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT VISITS VARADERO RESORT > >Havana, August 28 (RHC)-The President of Lao's National Assembly, >Samare Vignaketh, Sunday visited Varadero Beach Resort as part of an >official visit to Cuba with the goal of strengthening bilateral >relations. > >Vignaketh expressed particular interest in the contribution of the >tourist industry to the Cuban economy as well as the facilities, >which accommodate the island vacationers. > >The Laotian official was impressed with the preservation of Cuban >culture, as an integral component of the tourism industry, as well >state-sponsored protection of the environment in relation to >increases in tourism. > > *CUBAN ARCHAEOLOGISTS UNEARTH ANCIENT HUMAN SKELETON > >Havana, August 28 (RHC)-Cuban archaeologists have found an >ancient fossilized human skeleton in Punta de Hicacos, Varadero, >located in Matanzas province. > >The President of Cuba's Archaeological Society, Ercilio Veno, told >the press that this is an unusual finding which, according to >preliminary conclusions, could belong to the island's most ancient >inhabitants. > >Vento expressed that if their scientific conclusions are confirmed, >the human skeleton could date back even farther than the Arauaco >civilization, which inhabited the area over 8 thousand years ago. > >The skeleton was found on a large stone within a small cave. >According to the investigation, the skeleton is that of a male >between 18 and 30 years of age. > > *CUBA STILL EAGER TO HOST OLYMPIC GAMES > >Havana, August 28 (RHC)-- The International Olympic Committee today >chose five out of a group of ten cities that were interested in >entering the race to win the site for the Olympic Games of the year >2008. The IOC's Executive Board selected Beijing, Istanbul, Osaka, >Paris and Toronto while leaving out Bangkok, Cairo, Kuala Lumpur, >Seville and Havana. > >The winner will be announced in July of next year. China is >considered the favorite for many after the controversial voting in >which it lost to Sydney in 1993. The margin was only two votes and >China claimed that other reasons, in addition to sports issues, >influenced that voting. > >The president of the Cuban Olympic Committee Jose Ramon Fernandez, >granted an interview to the Cuban daily Granma, published prior to >this official announcement, but he clearly stated that Cuba will >never give up the idea of organizing the Olympic games. He said >Havana should have been among the candidate cities, but the battle is >not over. Havana will enter the competition for the games of the year >2012 or 2016. > >In his statements, Fernandez explained that the winner receives >nearly 1.3 billion dollars in funds provided by the International >Olympic Committee. He pointed out that Cuba claims the organization >of an Olympic games and at the same time defends the right of poor >countries to hold the games. Fernandez stressed that Third World >nations interested in promoting sports and with sports merits should >have the right to organize a game without luxury -- holding modest >games in which athletes and participants could feel at ease. > >Havana entered the race a year ago when President Fidel Castro made >the official announcement based on the island's outstanding sports >merits and its proven organizational ability. Cuba has been the site >of several regional competitions, including the 1991 Pan American >Games. The idea was to also open an Olympic front for poor countries, >according to the interview published in today's edition of Granma. > >The president of the Cuban Olympic Committee asked what would the >two billion inhabitants who live in poverty around the world think >about the 690 million dollars spent on a stadium for 110 thousand >spectators that will be filled only during the game's opening and >closing ceremonies. > >Jose Ramon Fernandez stated that Cuba is not only defending the >island's right to hold the games, but a more general concept of >Olympic sporting events. > > *WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL TEAM TAKES THE GOLD AND GRAND PRIX TITLE > >Manila, August 28 (RHC)-- The Cuban women's volleyball team took the >gold and the World Grand Prix title with a score of 3-1 against >Russia over the weekend. The team, which concluded the classificatory >round undefeated, lost only four sets during the tournament and >clearly showed their stuff less than three weeks prior to the Olympic >games, where Cuba will be looking for its third consecutive title. > >More than 10,000 spectators gathered in Manila to watch the game in >which the Cuban players lost the first set, but then recovered in >spite of being opposed by a very powerful team. > >The score was: 25-21; 25-15; 25-23 and 25-21 over an hour and 37 >minutes. Brazil finished in third place after defeating China three >sets to one. > >Russian Lioubov Chachkova was selected as best scorer of the >tournament; best spiker was Ana Ibis Fernandez of Cuba; best blocker >Ekaterina Gamova of Russia and Brazilian Erika Coimbra was best in >service. > > *Viewpoint: INJUSTICE AND INEQUALITY THE REAL CAUSE OF VIOLENCE IN >COLOMBIA > >The search for peace in Colombia is a goal that is shared by the >entire international community, and especially the nations of Latin >America. In more than a half a century of violence, some 1.7 million >Colombians have died and some 2 million have fled their homes, making >Colombia among the most dangerous places in the world. But though >Colombia's internal war is given wide coverage in the press, common >crimes actually take more lives. According to a recent police >investigation, every 20 minutes a murder is committed in Colombia, >every 15 minutes there is a robbery and every three hours a >kidnapping is reported. The report cites intolerance, the tendency to >solve problems with violence and social breakdown as the >principal factors in creating this horrifying situation. Also >mentioned in the police study is fighting among criminals, the >excessive numbers of weapons in the hands of civilians and the high >rate of drug and alcohol consumption. > >Since he took power two years ago, Colombian president, Andres >Pastrana, has promised to bring peace to the country and to give the >people a better standard of living. Those promises now have a hollow >ring. An end to the armed conflict is not yet on the horizon, and >peace talks are immersed in a sea of uncertainty and obstacles. Of >most concern at the moment is growing evidence of interference by the >United States, which appears intent on increasing its military and >logistic presence in Colombia. On Wednesday, US president Bill >Clinton will visit Cartegena de Indias to advance the so-called >"Colombia Plan". According to the Colombian government the plan will >help to pull the country out of the hell in which it is living, >but insurgent leaders warn that the effect will be just the opposite >causing a possible internationalization of the war. > > Many political analysts have expressed concern that the injection of >the more than a billion dollars which Washington has promised, mostly >in military hardware, will intensify the fighting even more prompting >it to spill over into neighboring countries. Peru's president >Alberto Fujimori has already warned of the dangers the plan could >cause to the Andean region. Nor does it bode well that the US has >stated that it considers Colombia's guerrillas to be "terrorist >bands" tied to drug trafficking, a characterization that makes the >country susceptible to a military invasion upon a Washington whim. >What Colombia really needs is to eradicate the true causes of >violence which are social inequalities, unequal distribution of >wealth and injustice, exacerbated by a global neoliberal economic >model imposed by the United States. > >(c) 2000 Radio Habana Cuba, NY Transfer News. All rights reserved. > >================================================================= > NY Transfer News Collective * A Service of Blythe Systems > Since 1985 - Information for the Rest of Us > 339 Lafayette St., New York, NY 10012 > http://www.blythe.org e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >=================================================== >nytcari-08.28.00-22:27:52-32620 " JC > > _______________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. 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