>from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Cuba Press release Aug 28, 29 > FOR ALL DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS. > HAVANA, MONDAY, AUGUST. 28 , 2000 RPM > >HAVANA.- Cuban Foreign Affairs Minister Felipe Perez Roque welcomed >his Yugoslav counterpart Zivadin Jovanovic, who arrived yesterday on >a three day work visit. The visitor is accompanied by a delegation >of government officials and business people. During his stay in Cuba, >Jovanovic will hold talks with the Cuban Foreign Affairs Minister and >Minister for Foreign Investment and Economic Collaboration Marta >Lomas. He will also visit places of historic, economic and cultural >interest. > >VARADERO,CUBA.- Lao's Parliament President Samane Vignaketh >expressed satisfaction by his visit to this city resort, and >congratulated the workers linked of this tourist resort. The leader >told press, at the conclusion of a meeting with Matanzas' Ministry of >Tourism delegate, that one of his delegation main wishes is to learn >more about tourism and they were very happy for having done so in >Varadero because it is a prestigious tourist site and very well-known >worldwide. The Lao Parliament President was particularly interested >in iprofits obtained by tourism for the Cuban state, the economic >benefits it has for the population and services it offers to the >visitors who arrive at local airport Juan Gualberto Gomez. > >BEIJING.- A delegation headed by Cuban Communist Party (PCC) >Politburo member Juan Carlos Robinson yesterday visited the zone of >economic development of Xiamen, after concluding a tour of the >southern Chinese province of Hunan. Sources from the delegation, >accompanied by Cuban Ambassador Alberto Rodriguez Arufe, stated that >in Hunan, they visited a hybrid rice study centre belonging to the >Chinese Agricultural Sciences Academy, and were received by Professor >Yuang Long Ping. Hunan Political Popular Advisory Conference >Vice President Yuang explained the work carried out at the institute >in search of high production rice varieties particularly of one, >which he called a super rice, now in experiment trail in the field, >which has reached up to 17 tons per hectare in this trail. > >HAVANA.- The official workpaper for the house, the transfer of bodies >from one territory to the other, plus the registration of property in >agriculture are today the main bureaucratic hinderings faced by the >Cubans. In a statement to the press, Cuban Parliament Vice President >Jaime Crombet assured that these are not the only issues that >requires a long process for their solution, but the most serious. He >also indicated that these mechanisms will disappear when the economy >be reestablished. A National Group has been analyzing the >Cuban bureaucratic panorama since last year. This aims to facilitate >a more comfortable life to the population, and according to the first >results a hundred of frequent problems were detected. > >HAVANA.- Young Communist League (UJC) congratulated the >successful mobilization over one million children and 160,000 >youngsters in voluntary work as a part of their summer vacations. >Javier Labrada, UJC National Committee in chrage of Education >expressed the Student Working Brigade (BET)'s results evaluation, >organized each vacation period, will be carried out next August 31. >Nevertheless, he guaranteed the mobilization -mainly in the country >side- was a success. > >SANTI SPIRITUS, CUBA.- Higher Education institutions are ready to >receive 130,000 students, over 3,000 more than last course, said >Fernando Vecino Alegret, Higher Education Minister (MES). We also >have all political, academic and school material resources, expressed >the minister. Santi Spiritus' University, over 350 kilometers from >Havana, is the eleventh center visited by Vecino Alegret to know >about the final arrangements to start 2000-2001 course on September. > >CAMAGUEY, CUBA.- In September it will begin in this eastern Cuban >province the construction of a distillery for alcohol production from >sugar cane, said a note on Sunday by "Adelante" newspaper. To >materialize this project, facilities of a factory of sugar cane by- >products will be used, whose inversion was stopped as a consequence >of Soviet Union disappearance and Cuban economic crisis of the last >decade. The new distillery will have a production capacity of 600 >hectoliters per day and it will be designated to local use, public >health, rum production and exportation. > >DPTO. " JC > > ************ > >from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Cuba Press release Aug 29 >PRESS RELEASE FOR ALL DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS. > HAVANA, TUESDAY AUGUST 29 , 2000 RPM > >HAVANA.- Cuban Foreign Affairs Minister Felipe Perez Roque and >Yugoslav Foreign Affairs Minister Zivadin Jovanovic ratified in >Havana how relations between both countries are continuing well. >"Without a doubt, this visit demonstrates a new moment in the >deepening and encouragement of links between our peoples", said the >Cuban Foreign Affairs Minister when meeting his Yugoslav counterpart >at the Foreign Affairs Ministry Headquarters. Perez Roque also >reiterated Cuba's solidarity and position during last year's >air strikes in Yugoslavia by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization >(NATO), led by the U.S. In reply to the welcoming speech by the Cuban >Minister, Jovanovic - who arrived in Havana on Sunday - said he felt >very flattered by his welcoming. The Yugoslav Foreign Affairs >Minister explained yesterday that after the Millennium Summit his >country expects the United Nations to play a stronger role, and more >democratization of relations. > >HAVANA.- Cuban Communist Party (PCC) Politburo member Jose Ramon >Balaguer yesterday received the Ukrainian Progressive Socialist Party >delegation headed by its President Natalia M. Vitrienko. The PCC >Foreign Affairs Department head welcomed and thanked them for the >visit, aimed at learning about Cuban day to day reality. Natalia >Vitrienko said she was very satisfied to be in Havana, and also >stated that the scheduled program has served to confirm the >achievements obtained by the Cuban Revolution and to have a general >view of what has been carried out. > >HAVANA.- Laos' Parliament President Samane Vignaketh yesterday called >his visit to Cuba both successful and fruitful, and reiterated his >thanks for his invitation from Cuban Parliament. During a meeting >with Cuban Foreign Affairs First Vice Minister Jorge Bolanos, the >distinguished visitor highlighted Cuban advances in economy, >education, health, sports and foreign affairs policy in spite of the >cruel U.S. blockade on Cuba. He observed that there is unanimous >opinion from both governments over universal themes, and this unity >will help them to strengthen their role in the international arena. > >HAVANA.- The Cuban and Yugoslav governments yesterday signed an >agreement on mutual investment protection during a visit by a >Yugoslav government mission. The agreement was signed by Cuban >Minister for Foreign Investment and Economic Collaboration Marta >Lomas and Yugoslav Foreign Affairs Minister Zivadin Jovanovic. After >signing the documents, the Yugoslav Minister highlighted the >importance of the agreement which strengthens links in the economic, >trade and scientific sectors and reinforces bilateral links. > >MEXICO.- Cuban singer Pablo Milanes will give a charity concert on >October 31 in Oaxaca, south Mexico, in support of ecological >projects, according to Mexican official sources yesterday. Mexican >Environmental Scientific and Technological Development Institute >(IMECADET) president Guillermo Amaya explained that money collected >will be used mainly for reforestation in some parts of Oaxaca states, >affected by human depletion and weather phenomena. The official added >that the money will also be used to coordinate efforts with >environmental experts from other countries. Like Silvio >Rodriguez, Pablo Milanes is a member of Cuba's Nueva Trova Movement >and has written songs such as "Yolanda", "El breve espacio en que no >estas" (The moment when we are not together) and "Amame como soy" >(Love me the way I am). In a recent poll in "Salsa Cubana" magazine, >Milanes was chosen the best Cuban singer-song writer of the 20th >century by a hundred experts. > >ROME.- World high jump record holder Cuban Javier Sotomayor is in tip >top condition and recommenced training on Sunday to participate in >Sydney 2000, after a recent muscle injury that has no further >complications, according to doctors. This was later confirmed by >Alberto Juantorena, Cuban Athletics Federation president. >Juantorena highlighted that after clinical investigations and brief >physio treatment, Sotomayor returned to training, joining the Cuban >team that will participate in the Summer Olympic Games to be held >from September 15. Athletes are training in the "Sportilia" sports >center for high performance athletes, in the northern Italian >province of Forli. The center is used by top Italian athletes, >including the national football team. Former athlete and >current National Sports Institute (INDER) vice president Juantorena >is visiting various Italian regions where teams from other sports >disciplines are also training to participate in the Olympic event. > >DPTO.INFORMACI�N/MIN " 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] ________________________________________
