>Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2000 21:05:27 -0400 >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Radio Havana Cuba-03 October 2000 >Radio Havana Cuba-03 October 2000 > >Via NY Transfer News * All the News That Doesn't Fit > >Radio Havana Cuba - News Update - 03 October 2000 > > . > >*PRESIDENT CASTRO PARTICIPATES IN FUNERAL CEREMONY FOR PIERRE TRUDEAU > >*IN JAPAN, CARLOS LAGE RECEIVED BY PRIME MINISTER YOSHIRO MORI > >*CUBA SELECTED AS PRESIDENT OF PAN AM HEALTH ORG EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE > >*PORTUGAL'S JUSTICE MINISTER SAYS FIGHT AGAINST CRIME MUST BE GLOBALIZED > >*CAPE VERDE HEALTH MINISTER PRAISES CUBA'S MEDICAL COOPERATION > >*CUBA'S TOURISM MINISTER VISITS FRANCE > >*FAVORABLE RESULTS IN THE CLEAN-UP OF HAVANA BAY > >*CUBA READY TO HOST 17TH INTERNATIONAL BALLET FESTIVAL > >*Viewpoint: RISING OIL PRICES HITTING HARD AT ECONOMIES OF POOR NATIONS > > . > >*PRESIDENT CASTRO PARTICIPATES IN FUNERAL CEREMONY FOR PIERRE TRUDEAU > >Havana, October 3 (RHC) -- Cuban President Fidel Castro arrived in Canada >late Monday to participate in today's funeral ceremony for late Canadian >Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. In a statement published on the front page of >today's Granma news daily, the Cuban leader said he went to Canada -- in >this moment of the Canadian people's anguish -- to pay homage to the >enduring memory of Pierre Trudeau, who he called a statesman of world >renown. > >The Cuban President said that, moreover, he was tied to Trudeau through a >personal friendship based on the sincere admiration of his person. The Cuban >leader said he always considered the Canadian leader a serious politician, >with genuine concerns regarding world problems and the situation of the >Third World. > >Calling him an honorable and courageous man who in difficult circumstances >promoted relations between his country and Cuba, President Castro said he >was also an upright leader who was capable of making an unparalled >contribution to modern Canadian history. The Cuban leader said he had the >privilege of engaging in numerous and extensive conversations with the late >Canadian Prime Minister which, though their ideas didn't always coincide, >invariably evolved in an atmosphere of respect. > >President Castro said that he also wanted to personally come to give >testimony to his respect of, friendship with and sympathy for the Canadian >people, one of the few developed western nations, he added, that has not >practiced colonial exploitation, and which has been tied to Cuba through >decades of fruitful cultural and economic exchanges. Thousands of Canadians >and foreign personalities said today an emotion-packed good-bye to Pierre >Trudeau. > > >*IN JAPAN, CARLOS LAGE RECEIVED BY PRIME MINISTER YOSHIRO MORI > >Havana, October 3, (RHC) -- In Japan, visiting Cuban Vice President Carlos >Lage was received Tuesday by Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori. The gathering >centered on the progress in relations between the two countries and >perspectives for the increase in bilateral trade and economic cooperation. > >In discussions concerning the tensions in relations between Cuba and the >United States, the Japanese Prime Minister said Tokyo wants to improve >relations with both Washington and Havana, and hopes that the latter two >also enhance their relations. Lage, the highest ranking Cuban government >official to be officially invited to Japan, said better relations between >Havana and Tokyo should demonstrate what two nations can do together despite >a difference of opinions. > >The Cuban Vice President said that despite an intensification of >Washington's blockade of Cuba during the two mandates of President Bill >Clinton's administration, the American people are beginning to acquire a >different perception of their government's hostile Cuba policy, while there >is an ever-growing number of U.S. political leaders and business >representatives travelling to Cuba and publically expressing opposition to >the blockade. > >The two dignataries also spoke of the agreements that have allowed Cuba to >gradually begin to repay its debt to Japan and the gradual improvement of >the Cuban economy. Cuban Vice President Carlos Lage thanked Japanese Prime >Minister Yoshiro Mori for the hospitality given to the 200 Cuban athletes >who trained in Japan leading up to the Sydney Olympics. > >Lage also described Cuba's medical assistance program for Third World >countries, asking Japan to collaborate. He said Cuba can guarantee all the >necessary doctors, nurses and technicians, but needs help in medicines and >medical equipment. > > >*CUBA SELECTED AS PRESIDENT OF PAN AM HEALTH ORG. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE > >Havana, October 3 (RHC)-Cuba has been selected to head the Pan American >Health Organization's executive committee, which is considered to be a >recognition of the excellence of the island's health care system. Cuba was >also chosen to be a member of the international organization's Planning and >Women's Committee. > >Cuban Health Minister, Carlos Dotres, announced that the countries in the >region will soon propose that Cuba join the Executive Council of the World >Health Organization for a period of three years. > > >*PORTUGAL'S JUSTICE MINISTER SAYS FIGHT AGAINST CRIME MUST BE GLOBALIZED > >Havana, October 3 (RHC)-Portugal's Justice Minister, Antonio Luis Santos >Costa, has urged participants in the 12th Conference of Ibero American >Justice Ministers to work in line with the new dynamics of today's life, >economy and trade. > >The Portuguese Justice Minister pointed out that crime continues spreading >and it is difficult to fight it beyond national borders. That is why, said >the Portuguese official, law and justice must be globalized. > >The 12th Conference of Ibero American Justice Ministers, which has been >underway in Havana since Monday, is examining possible cooperation in Ibero >America in the areas of the administration of justice, border cooperation, >drug trafficking and the fight against corruption. > > >*CAPE VERDE HEALTH MINISTER PRAISES CUBA'S MEDICAL COOPERATION > >Havana, October 3 (RHC)-Cape Verde Health Minister, Joao Baptista Ferreira, >said on Monday in Havana, that his country is satisfied with Cuba's medical >cooperation. > >After meeting with his Cuban counterpart, the Health Minister of Cape Verde, >stressed the importance of the fact that 135 young people from his country >are studying medicine in Cuba on scholarships. The African official told the >press in the Cuban capital that currently 39 Cuban health professionals, >among them 23 highly trained specialists, are offering their services free >of charge in Cape Verde. > >With only a doctor for every one thousand 200 inhabitants and an infant >mortality rate of 30 per one thousand live births, Cape Verde is ranked >among the African countries with the best health indices on the continent. > > >*CUBA'S TOURISM MINISTER VISITS FRANCE > >Paris, October 3 (RHC)-Cuba's Tourism Minister, Ibrahim Ferradaz, and his >French counterpart, Michelle Demessine, have stressed their commitment to >continue developing relations in the tourism field. Ferradaz met with his >French counterpart on Monday, in Paris, on his first visit to that European >nation after participating in the Hanover World Exhibition Fair and >celebrations of World Tourism Day which were held in Germany. > >During the Paris meeting, the two tourism ministers' reiterated their >interest in expanding bilateral relations and cooperation. > >Tourism Minister Farradaz' visit to France is aimed at taking a first hand >look at one of the world's most visited countries and analyzing the >increasingly number of French vacationers to Cuba. The Cuban official met on >Monday with French business executives and exchanged information on the >Cuba's rapidly growing tourism industry. They discussed future cooperation >and proposals to guarantee sustainable growth in Cuba as a tourist >destination. > > >*FAVORABLE RESULTS IN THE CLEAN-UP OF HAVANA BAY > >Havana, October 3 (RHC)-The environmental work of Cuba's national oil >company, CUPET, has yielded favorable results in its efforts to reduce >hydrocarbon contaminants in Havana Bay. > >In the 3rd International Workshop on Environmental Work and the Sustainable >Development of Havana Bay, which was inaugurated on Monday in the Cuban >capital, delegates were briefed work being done at Havana's Nico Lopez >Refinery, the Evelio Rodriguez gas manufacturing plant and the provincial >fuel distributor to reduce the amount of oil being dumped into the Bay. > >During the workshop, which is being held in the Ambos Mundos Hotel in Old >Havana, participants also discussed non-conventional methods to clean up the >Bay and perspectives for the Bay. > >Havana Bay contains some 47 million cubic meters of water, with some three >million cubic meters of contaminated sediments on its ocean floor. > > >*CUBA READY TO HOST 17TH INTERNATIONAL BALLET FESTIVAL > >Havana, October 3 (RHC)-Ballet lovers in Cuba and around the world are >anxiously awaiting October 20: the opening of the island's 17th >International Ballet Festival. > >The 9-day ballet extravaganza, entitled: "Choreographers of the Twentieth >Century", will feature world famous ballet companies and dancers from around >the world, as well as the island's acclaimed National Ballet Company. Havana >will be the main site, with performances in the ornate Garcia Lorca Hall of >the majestic Gran Teatro. Other theaters will be the Teatro mella and the >Teatro Nacional. > >Performances will also be held in the provincial cities of Matanzas, Santa >Clara and Guira de Melena. Among the many invited guests are Julie Kent and >Angel Corella, top dancers in new York's American Ballet Theater, >Argentinian, Inaki Urteazaga, Italy's Carla Fracci, Argentinian, Paloma >Herrera, of the American Ballet Theater, Belgian, Nicolas Musin, Luigi >Bonino and Fernanda Diniz of Brazil, American Armanda Mckerrow and the >Washington DC Ballet Company. > >Other countries participating will be Hungary, Australia, Japan, China and >Canada. Among the full length ballets will be a joint production of "Swan >Lake", mounted by the Cuban National Ballet and the Valencia Community. The >ballet, "Don Quijote" will also be offered with rotating principal dancers >of international and Cuban acclaim. > >Among the most anticipated pieces will be Ballo della Regina, by George >Balanchine, coreographed by legendary Balanchine dancer, Merryll Ashley. > > >Viewpoint > >*RISING OIL PRICES HITTING HARD AT ECONOMIES OF POOR NATIONS > >After several weeks of uncertainty, the oil market remains the same despite >the summit meeting of the Organization of Oil Exporting Countries -OPEC-, >which refuses to accept responsibility for the sky-rocketing prices of >crude. > >Currently, the cost of a barrel of oil -159 liters- remains over 30 dollars >despite OPEC's decision to increase its daily exports by 800 thousand >barrels. Under the logical of the market, the increase in a product would >logically entail a reduction in price. However, the case of oil appears to >be an exception to the rule, even after the U.S.'s announcement to launch >onto the market a considerable amount of its oil reserves so that the >heating of homes and institutions is not affected now that the winter is >approaching. > >OPEC leaders, responsible for 40% of the world's oil exports, have rejected >accusations against them, and claim that the real cause of the high prices >of crude is the high taxes on oil that exist in the developed countries. >They also blame them on increasing speculation in the stock markets, >particularly after the U.S.'s decision to stop backing its currency with >gold years ago. > >Suffering most from this situation, is the Third World, with soaring foreign >debts and no possibility of paying skyrocketing oil prices. Most of those >nations' national budgets are earmarked for yearly payments of the interest >on their foreign debts. > >Only the current Venezuelan government, headed by President Hugo Chavez, has >adopted a truly just and progressive policy of cooperation and solidarity >with the peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean. The South American >nation has set special prices and easy payment terms. Venezuela has also >urged other OPEC members to increase their investments in the Third World to >give new momentum to those nations' economies. However, it remains to be >seen if the other oil exporting countries will follow Venezuela's lead or if >they will simply step aside and leave the poor majority to its fate. > >(c) 2000 Radio Habana Cuba, NY Transfer News. 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