>Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2000 03:26:53 -0400 >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Radio Havana Cuba-02 October 2000 > > >Radio Havana Cuba-02 October 2000 > >Via NY Transfer News * All the News That Doesn't Fit > >Radio Havana Cuba - News Update - 02 October 2000 > > . > >*FIDEL CASTRO EXPRESSES CONDOLENCES ON DEATH OF CANADIAN PIERRE TRUDEAU > >*CUBAN VICE PRESIDENT CARLOS LAGE BEGINS OFFICIAL 3-DAY VISIT TO JAPAN > >*FOREIGN NEWS AGENCY RANKS CUBA AS WORLD SPORTS POWER > >*"UNIVERSITY FOR ALL" COURSES BEGIN ON THE ISLAND > >*12TH CONFERENCE OF IBEROAMERICAN JUSTICE MINISTERS BEGINS IN HAVANA > >*DESPITE TORRENTIAL RAINS, NICARAGUANS HOLD "SOLIDARITY WITH CUBA" EVENT > >*Viewpoint: SYDNEY OLYMPICS > > . > >*FIDEL CASTRO EXPRESSES CONDOLENCES ON DEATH OF CANADIAN PIERRE TRUDEAU > >Havana, October 2 (RHC) -- Cuban President Fidel Castro has expressed his >condolences for the death of former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. >Calling Trudeau a great leader of the Canadian people and unquestionable >statesman of international renown, President Castro said the Cuban people >will always remember the late dignatary for his contribution to the >development of the friendly and uninterrupted relations between the peoples >of the two countries. > >On Sunday, the Republic of Cuba's Council of State declared 3 days of >official mourning. Trudeau, who on two occasions was at the head of the >Canadian cabinet -- 1968 to 79 and 1980 to 84 -- visited Cuba during his >first mandate in open defiance of the anti-Cuba policies of the United >States government. > > >*CUBAN VICE PRESIDENT CARLOS LAGE BEGINS OFFICIAL 3-DAY VISIT TO JAPAN > >Havana, October 2 (RHC) -- Cuban Vice President Carlos Lage began Monday a >3-day official visit to Japan. The highest level Cuban delegation to visit >Japan since President Fidel Castro made a brief stop-over in Tokyo in 1995 >began official activities with a gathering with academics at the University >of Tokyo. > >The encounter was organized by legislator Hiroishi Mitzuzuka, who for the >past 15 years has been the president of the Japan-Cuba Friendship >Parliamentary League. The Cuban Vice President personally gave Mitzuzuka, >who visited Cuba last year, a letter from President Castro thanking him for >his contribution to the strengthening of ties between the governments and >peoples of the two countries. > >On Tuesday Lage is to gather with Japanese business executives. He will also >be received by Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori and Foreign Minister >Yohei Kono. > > >*FOREIGN NEWS AGENCY RANKS CUBA AS WORLD SPORTS POWER > >Havana, October 2 (RHC)-Cuba has once again shown itself to be a sports >power in Latin America and the Caribbean, by finishing among the world's top >ten in medal standings out of almost 200 countries that participated in the >Sydney Olympics, according to the German DPA news agency. > >During the recently concluded Sydney Olympics, Cuba won 11 gold medals, 11 >silver and 7 bronze; five medals more than it did in the Atlanta Olympics 4 >years ago. > >In an article on Monday, the German news agency points out that Cuba would >be number one in the world of sports, if the financial situation of >countries were taken into account. > > >*"UNIVERSITY FOR ALL" COURSES BEGIN ON THE ISLAND > >Havana, October 2 (RHC)-The so-called "University for All," a new initiative >aimed at upgrading Cubans' knowledge of culture, kicked off on Monday with a >televised course on a variety of subjects. > >The first of a series of classes, the course is a 10-day seminar on >narrative techniques taught by important Cuban writers. It can be seen from >7am to 9am on Cuban television and at a variety of locations around the >country at different times and is mainly aimed at journalists, writers, >teachers and professors, though it is also of interest to the general >population. > > >*12TH CONFERENCE OF IBEROAMERICAN JUSTICE MINISTERS BEGINS IN HAVANA > >Havana, October 2 (RHC)-The 12th Conference of Ibero American Justice >Ministers got underway on Monday in Havana with the participation of over >100 justice ministers and representatives from 21 countries. Delegates will >discuss justice management and border cooperation and will examine ways to >promote the integration of member countries. > >Among the delegates is the General Secretary of the Conference of Ibero >American Justice Ministers, Spanish, Marcelino Cabanas Rodriguez. He told >journalists in Havana, that he expects the forum to be a success and an >opportunity to exchange experiences on important, common issues. > >Cuban Justice Minister, Roberto Diaz Sotolongo, stressed that the meeting, >which runs through Wednesday, will serve as a unique opportunity for Ibero >American legal experts to strengthen ties of cooperation. Sotolongo pointed >to Cuba's support for an initiative presented by Spain to centralize the >criminal records of those who commit drug-related crimes in the region. > >The project would allow legal authorities of Ibero American nations to >access the criminal record of anyone charged with a drug-related felony. > >The Spanish initiative has already been submitted for consideration by some >regional countries, including Cuba. The island was among the first six >nations to sign it. > >The 12th Conference of Ibero American Justice Ministers is one of a series >of meetings leading up to the Ibero American Summit scheduled for November >in Panama. > > >*DESPITE TORRENTIAL RAINS, NICARAGUANS HOLD "SOLIDARITY WITH CUBA" EVENT > >Havana, October 2 (RHC)-Not even the intense rains dumped on Nicaragua by >Hurricane Keith, kept some 500 Nicaraguans from expressing their solidarity >with the Cuban people in the country's 4th Solidarity with Cuba Meeting, >which was held on Sunday in Managua. > >Relatives of Nicaraguan young people, who are studying on scholarships in >Cuba, and representatives and members of Cuba solidarity groups from >different regions of the country, thanked the Cuban government for its >cooperation in organizing the event. > >Participants passed a declaration confirming their solidarity with Cuba and >strongly condemning Washington's blockade against the island and its >anti-Cuba Helms-Burton law. > > >Viewpoint > >*SYDNEY OLYMPICS: >A SATISFYING END TO A CENTURY AND A MILLENNIUM OF INTERNATIONAL SPORTS > >Australians deserve to feel proud of the beautifully organized and staged >Sydney Olympic Games. Many consider the event to be the golden closure of >the 20th Century and the Second Millennium, in the world of sports. Thanks >to international communications, the entire Games, from the creative and >beautiful opening ceremony to the brillant closing, were seen around the >world. > >It was a shame however, that millions of people living in the Third World, >were unable to enjoy the event, since they lack the necessary modern means; >because where the majority lack electricity, televisions and radios, only >the minority have access to such international happenings. It is at times >like these, when the magnatude of the social problems that affect three >quarters of the world's population, can be most appreciated. > >Statisics show that in the relatively small, higly populated borough of >Manhattan, in New York City, there are more telephones, than on the entire >African continent, despite the fact that the telephone was invent ed some >one hundred years ago. What importance does radio, television, telephones, >movies and informatics have for people who don't have enough to eat, or who >don't have enough clothes to wear or are unable to see a doctor our are >unable to educate themselves or their children? > >Millions of human beings were unaware of what was happening in Sydney. > >For Cuba, where the Olympic Games were accessable to the entire country, >there were only two unpleasant moments: the first was the loss of the gold >medal in baseball, the island's national sport; and the second was the >unfair umpiring in some of the boxing matches involing Cubans,in which the >sad specticle of the World Championships in Houston, was repeated and >several internationally acclaimed Cuban boxers were unjustly stripped of >their victories. > >Cuba knows Australia had nothing to do with those irregularities. But the >entire sports world should take note of the damage that type of activity >causes, not only to international sports, athletes and the countries that >are discriminated against, but also to such prestigious hosts, who managed >to put on an Olympiad as brillant and beautiful as that of Sdyney, which >ended the twenth Century and the Millennium with a golden spectacular in the >history of sports. > > >(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-10.03.00-03:26:35-2673 > _______________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. 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