>Radio Havana Cuba-05 September 2000 21:30 > >Via NY Transfer News * All the News That Doesn't Fit > >Radio Havana Cuba - News Update - 05 September 2000 21:30 > > >*PRESIDENT CASTRO ARRIVES IN NEW YORK FOR MILLENNIUM SUMMIT > >*PRESIDENT OF BELARUS UNDERSCORES SIMILAR OPINIONS BETWEEN > HIS COUNTRY AND CUBA > >*CUBAN HOTEL WORKERS REMEMBER ITALIAN TOURIST KILLED BY > TERRORIST BOMB 3 YEARS AGO > >*KUWAITI PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION WINDS UP VISIT TO CUBA > >*CUBA-GUINEA COMMISSION FOR ECONOMIC AND SCIENTIFIC/TECHNICAL > COOPERATION MEETS > >*PHYSICAL HEALTH AND SPORTS CENTER OPENS ON WEDESDAY IN THE CUBAN CAPITAL > >*MALI PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION VISITS HAVANA > >*DOLLARIZATION OF LATIN ECONOMIES: A NEW ERA OF U.S. NEO-COLONIAL DOMINATION > > >*PRESIDENT CASTRO ARRIVES IN NEW YORK FOR MILLENNIUM SUMMIT > >New York, September 5 (RHC)-- Cuban President Fidel Castro has arrived in >New York City for the United Nations-sponsored Millennium Summit, slated to >begin Wednesday with the participation of more than 150 heads of state and >government. > >The leader of the Cuban Revolution heads his country's delegation that >includes Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque, Parliament President Ricardo >Alarcon, Council of State Secretary Jose Miyar Barruecos and the director of >Havana's World Economy Studies Center, Osvaldo Martinez. > >Cuban authorities have stressed that during the Millenium Summit, they will >call for concrete advances in world peace and a deep-seated reform of the >United Nations. Such reforms, according to the Cuban delegation, should be >discussed within the context of a truly democratic forum. > >Havana has insisted that peace and security should be for all nations, rich >and poor, large and small -- and not solely for a reduced group of >industrialized countries. Fidel Castro recently called the UN event "the >Summit to Save the Millennium." Meanwhile, on the roundtable discussion, >broadcast live on Cuban radio and television Tuesday, panelists noted that >the theme of the summit, "Peace, Security, and Disarmament," should be >analyzed from a structural perspective in terms of the socio-economic >conditions that give rise to armed conflict. Panelists pointed out that >two-thirds of the world's population is immersed in poverty which has >increased dramatically over the last two decades due to neoliberal >structural adjustment tied to loans from U.S. dominated international >lending institutions. > >In telephone interviews with Cuban Ambassador to the UN, Bruno Rodriquez and >Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque, it was confirmed that Fidel Castro met >with both Chinese President Jiang Zemin and Malaysian Prime Minister Mohamad >Mahathir. Perez Roque stated that the meetings reinforced the excellent >state of bilateral relations between Cuba and the two Asian countries. It >was also announced that the Cuban leader will be the 19th speaker of >Wednesday's afternoon session. > > >*PRESIDENT OF BELARUS UNDERSCORES SIMILAR OPINIONS BETWEEN > HIS COUNTRY AND CUBA > >Havana, September 5 (RHC)-- Shortly before wrapping up his three-day >official visit to Cuba, the president of Belarus -- Alexander Lukashenko -- >underscored the similarity of opinions between his country and Cuba within >the framework of the international political scenario. > >During a news conference in Havana, Lukashenko told local and foreign >correspondents that he leaves Cuba once again convinced that Cuban President >Fidel Castro is "a legendary leader whose thought and convictions are not >only valid for Cuba, but for all of humanity." He said Fidel Castro's life >"constitutes a manual for any world political leader." > >Commenting on the collapse of the Soviet Union, the president of Belarus >said the former socialist republics didn't have the moral right to abandon >Cuba and that they should now correct that mistake. > >He said Cuba and Belarus are in the process of significantly increasing >bilateral trade and economic cooperation, citing as examples a plan to send >fertilizers to the island in exchange for Cuban sugar and another for the >production of Cuban vaccines in Belarus to be marketed in Europe, in >exchange for the production in Cuba of heavy machinery to be marketed in >Latin America. > >Responding to a question concerning the United Nations-sponsored Millennium >Summit, Lukashenko said that, like Cuba, his nation will defend peace in the >face of the dangers posed by a unipolar world. He took the opportunity to >lash out at the expansion towards eastern Europe of the North Atlantic >Treaty Organization, insisting that with the disappearance of the Warsaw >Pact, NATO has no opponent and therefore no reason to exist. > > >*CUBAN HOTEL WORKERS REMEMBER ITALIAN TOURIST KILLED BY >TERRORIST BOMB THREE YEARS AGO > >Havana, September 5 (RHC)-- The workers of Havana's Copacabana Hotel paid >homage to the late Italian tourist Fabio di Celmo -- killed on September 4, >1997 by a bomb explosion in the lobby of the hotel. The explosives were >placed by a Salvadoran mercenary, financed by the ultra-right wing mafia in >Miami. > >During the solemn ceremony, Giustino di Celmo, father of Fabio, was >presented with a book about his son, written by Cuban researcher Acela >Canera Roman. > >Giustino di Celmo thanked Cuba for not forgetting Fabio, adding that he has >talked to many Italian mothers who have recently traveled to Cuba with their >children to receive medical attention. He stated that this is proof that >terrorist attempts by the ultra-right wing have not been able to destroy the >Cuban Revolution. > > >*KUWAITI PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION WINDS UP VISIT TO CUBA > >Havana, September 5 (RHC)-- A Kuwaiti parliamentary delegation headed by >Naser Al-Sane wound up its visit to Cuba on Monday. > >The group met with their Cuban counterparts and exchanged experiences with >Cabinet Minister Ricardo Cabrisas and other government officials. > >Invited by Cuban Parliament President Ricardo Alarcon, the Kuwaiti >delegation toured important places of interest and extended an official >invitation to Alarcon to visit Kuwait. > >In statements to journalists in Havana, Naser Al-Sane expressed his >appreciation for the Cuban government's support of the Arab cause in all >international forums, adding that Kuwait is looking forward to cooperating >with Cuba through the Kuwaiti Development Fund. > > >*CUBA-GUINEA COMMISSION FOR ECONOMIC AND SCIENTIFIC/TECHNICAL > COOPERATION MEETS > >Havana, September 5 (RHC)-- The 10th Cuba-Guinea Joint Inter-Governmental >Commission for Economic and Scientific/Technical Cooperation is into its >second day of work with the objective of broadening and strengthening >bilateral relations. > >A cooperation agreement is expected to be signed on Thursday between Cuba >and Guinea in the fields of health, fishing, construction, agriculture, >education and trade. > >Heading the meeting is Cuban Foreign Investment and Economic Cooperation >Minister Marta Lomas and Guinea's Secretary of State for Cooperation, Mory >Kaba. > > >*PHYSICAL HEALTH AND SPORTS CENTER OPENS ON WEDESDAY IN THE CUBAN CAPITAL > >Havana, September 5 (RHC)-- A Physical Health and Sports Center, which will >offer highly-specialized medical assistance, will open its doors Wednesday >in Havana's municipality of La Lisa. > >The director of the Frank Pais Orthopedic Hospital, Dr. Rodrigo Alvarez >Cambras, will be responsible for the center's program which includes medical >control, rehabilitation and sports therapy. The renowned orthopedic doctor >told reporters in Havana that to achieve good working results, a >multi-disciplinary team of specialists and work programs is required. > >The institution includes laboratories, orthopedic assistance, cardiology, >acupuncture and therapy. It also includes a 648 square meter gymnasium. > >This orthopedic complex, located on the outskirts of Havana, has 637 >hospital beds for Cuban patients and about 50 dedicated to health tourism. >There is also a small hotel for the family members of patients. > > >*MALI PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION VISITS HAVANA > >Havana, September 5 (RHC)-- The President of the Institute of Friendship >with the Peoples (ICAP), Sergio Corrieri, met on Tuesday in Havana with a >visiting parliamentary delegation from Mali. Corrieri spoke with the guests >and explained the objectives of the 40-year-old friendship institute. > >The president of the Cuba-Mali Friendship Group, Issa Diarra, thanked the >Cuban people for their support of African countries, noting that nearly 100 >Cuban doctors will soon travel to Mali to re-enforce a small group of health >personnel already in that country, offering their services free-of-charge. > >During their stay on the island, the Mali parliamentarians will meet with >Cuban government and Communist Party officials, as well as visit places of >historic, economic and scientific interest. > > >Viewpoint: > >*DOLLARIZATION OF LATIN ECONOMIES: A NEW ERA OF U.S. NEO-COLONIAL DOMINATION > >The process of neo-liberal structural adjustment that is being >systematically implemented in Latin America under the auspices of the >U.S.-controlled international lending institutions such as the International >Monetary Fund and the World Bank, reveals Washington's true intentions to >impose its neo-colonial designs on the rest of the world. On the threshold >of a new millennium, there is no longer the need to launch military >invasions against other countries to pressure them into yielding to the >dictates of the world's remaining superpower. > >U.S.-sponsored neo-liberal globalization is imposing unimaginable sacrifices >on Third World peoples, whose problems are exacerbated with every passing >day. Thus it is easy to understand why the United States is taking steps to >reinforce its national security. In a world that is increasingly >ungovernable, social chaos can erupt at any time in any part of the world. >Social instability resulting from neo-liberal structural reform, recently >witnessed throughout the region in the form of widespread protests and >strikes, has placed the U.S. on the defensive. Even in Brazil, the Catholic >Church has called for a moratorium on the foreign debt and a suspension of >current agreements with the IMF. > >All over the region, an average of three-fourths of the Gross Domestic >Product is being used to service the external debt, while privatization of >industry has produced massive unemployment, price hikes, reduced wages and >the elimination of the socio-economic net so vital to roughly half of the >Latin American population that finds itself in abject poverty. The immense >external debts incurred under past U.S. puppet military and civilian regimes >during the 1970s and 1980s, in attempting to industrialize their countries >at the expense of the popular sectors, set the stage for present U.S. >hegemony involving its neo-liberal designs for a regional block to compete >with the Japan-led Asian block and the European Union. > >Cuba has repeatedly warned the world of the dangers of neo-liberal >globalization. Since the early 1980s, Cuban President Fidel Castro has >described the Latin American foreign debt as unpayable and tantamount to a >form of slavery to international capital. Indeed the only tangible result >from neo-liberal reform attached to loans has been an ever widening gap >between the haves and the have-nots. The latest negative stage of the >neo-liberal economic model in Latin America is easily found in the >dollarization of the region's economies such as Ecuador and soon Argentina >as well. As the Cuban president has repeatedly warned, dollarizing Latin >American economies is a quick path towards further chaining regional >economies to that of the United States, resulting in the loss of sovereignty >and independence at the hands of U.S.-controlled financial capital. > >Indeed other alternatives for economic development are available. Leaving >economic development in the hands of the private sector can only produce >uneven and dependent development. The Latin American state must take a more >profound role in developing the region's economies and protecting the >workers and campesinos from exploitation and human rights abuses. In order >to achieve such a goal, it is necessary to politically empower those who >presently have no voice: the region's poor. > >(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-09.06.00-02:40:55-8365 > >Post comments to: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Send an email to subscribe: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To unsubscribe from this CubaNews group, send an email to: > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > _______________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. 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