>from: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Cuba Press release Oct 2, 4 >PRESS REALEASE N0. 204 FOR ALL DIPLIMATIC MISSIONS >HAVANA, MONDAY 2, OCTOBER 2000 RPM > >HAVANA.- Cuban President Fidel Castro yesterday bid farewell Iranian >President Seyed Mohammad Khatami at Jose Marti International >Airport, in Havana. The Cuban President was accompanied by Cuban >Foreign Affairs Minister Felipe Perez Roque and other top >representatives from the Cuban Government and State. The Iranian >President was on an official visit to Cuba, where he received the >highest distinction granted by this country to foreigners. The order >was granted for his outstanding role in the solution of regional >conflicts, as the President of the Islamic Conference Organization. >Khatami, first Persian President visiting Cuba, held official talks >with his Cuban counterpart about themes of mutual interest and the >world's current situation. The Cuban press widely highlighted the >top Iranian leader's trip, which "reaffirms the wish of >strengthening and widening the historic friendship ties between both >peoples and governments". The visitor, travelled accompanied by the >Iranian Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Agriculture, Oil, Economy and >Finance. > >CARACAS.- Cuban Minister for the Basic Industry Marcos Portal >arrived in Caracas to attend a meeting amongst Central American and >the Caribbean Ministers to analyze Caracas Oil Agreement. According >to the protocol, Venezuela will supply oil and other fuel products >to these countries in favorable conditions, according to official >information. The Central American and the Caribbean Ministers will >analyze in Caracas a project of agreement and they will pave the way >for the later meeting of Heads of State of the favored nations which >Venezuela wants to carry out this month. The preferential treatment >comprised in the rough copy of the agreement includes a year of >grace for the payment of fuels supplied and payments with a minor >interest to the existent in the world market. It also includes the >possibility that the receiving States of the fuel supply might pay >it throughout services. > >MOSCOW.- Cuban Foreign Trade Minister Raul de la Nuez Ramirez >yesterday began a three day official visit to Bielorus and he will >meet Bielorus' President Alexander Lukashenko. The visit's program >includes talks with Bielorus' Vice Prime Minister and Foreign >Affairs Minister Ural Latipov plus other government top officials of >that former Soviet republic. Lukashenko carried out an official >visit to Cuba in September and during his stay in the Island, he held >talks with his Cuban counterpart Fidel Castro and signed various >agreements on bilateral cooperation. After his stay in Cuba, the >Bielorus President urged to increase economic links, and diversify >trade exchange with Cuba. > >HAVANA.- The aim of strengthening cooperation in legal issues to >fight international drug trafficking will gather in Havana today >over 140 representatives from 21 countries at the Ibero American >Ministers of Justice Conference. Themes such as modernization of the >legal administration, the fight against corruption and drug >trafficking will be discussed in the event. Cuban Justice Minister >Roberto Diaz Sotolongo was recently optimistic on the celebration of >the event, which will reinforce the exchange of experiences and the >deepening of knowledge on the fight against the organized crime. Diaz >Sotolongo assured the support of his country to an project of >agreement to create a register of sentenced on drug trafficking at >international level, which will make possible the transmission of >criminal records from one country to the other. > >MANAGUA.- Even the intense rains affecting this country some days >ago stop over 500 Nicaraguan people expressed its friendship and >affection to Cuba at the 4th Solidarity Meeting carried out here. >Men, women and children including Nicaragua former President Daniel >Ortega, Nicaraguan Human Rights Center director Vilma Nunez met at >the Dance School in this capital to ratify the links between both >countries. The father of sons studying in Cuba, Nicaraguan students >graduated in the Island, Cuba's Solidarity Committees from different >Nicaragua's departments and regions thanked the aid received from >Cuban government and people. U.S. got special condemn for its >hostile policy against Cuba by criminal Helms-Burton and Cuban >Adjustment Laws. The attendants approved a Declaration in this 4th >Meeting highlighting Nicaraguan solidarity with Cuba and its >rejection to U.S. > >QUITO.- Solidarity with Cuba in Ecuador will be deepened during >October with the World Forum to be held in Havana on November, it >was reported here. Over 20 groups made statements during the meeting >to relaunch the 2th Friendship and Solidarity with Cuba Preparatory >Organizer Committee November 10-14 in Havana. Ecuador's National >Solidarity Coordinator with Cuba (CNESC) president Gustavo Rodriguez >stated this Andean country will send to Havana a big representation >not only in number but in quality. Tens of friendship and solidarity >with Cuba group members proposed to take no less than 150 delegates >to the World Forum from which there are already 80 registered. > >SANTA CRUZ, BOLIVIA.- Cuba had a outstanding attending at Fexpo >2000 International Fair ending yesterday in this Bolivian city by >medical and scientific achievements, highlighted Jose Padilla >responsible of the small, but visited Cuban stand at the fair and >Chambers of Commerce Association official. Padilla considered as >positive the 7th Cuban participation at Fexpo and the increasing >interest for the Island offer. Labiofam, known for having provided >the famous Biorat anti-rat insecticide biodegradable, was >highlighted among Cuban enterprises presents in the exposition and >said there are perspectives of new Bolivian adquisitions of the >product. The firm, develops and manufactures products for human and >veterinary medicine, also presented other achievements to improve >cattle reproduction and animal husbandry in general. > >HAVANA.- The trajectory of two atmospheric phenomena at Caribbean >Sea keeps Cuban meteorologists expecting the arrival in October of >the greatest hurricanes. The Meteorology Institute's Weather >Forecast Center said "Keith" Category 4 to keep at West Caribbean >with maximum winds near 215 kmh. Meteorologists underline the >center of Joyce storm, next to the south of West Indias, is 30 km >east-southeast of Tobago Island. "Joyce" by the moment is not >dangerous for Cuba and has sustainable winds near 63 kmh and heading >west-northwest with a speed of 28 kmh. > >HAVANA.- Some 350 Cuban companies are controlled to opt for the ISO >9000 certificate, to which most of the world's firms aspire so >that their productions or services be more liable. After confirming >an increase of this activity in the Island, Macnor S.A. Consultancy >general manager Javier Acosta admitted there are still entities not >paying the necessary attention to these international standards. >According to Acosta, the Ministries of the Iron and Steel Industry, >Transport -particularly the port sector-, and Fishing Industry are >the most active in the ISO 9000 introduction process. He also >mentioned the Sugar Cane Ministry which is recovering the quality >structure, in spite of the critical situation it has been going >through for some years. It counts with some 50 firms involved in >the process, such as stations for sugar cane exports. > >HAVANA.- The total tax increased a 10 per cent until August the >current year in Cuba due to -in a great extent- the country economic >recovery, pointed out an expert >from the sector in Havana. >According to the National Tax Collection Office (ONAT) Vice Chief >Luis Francisco Suero, the figure represents 970 million Cuban pesos >(the same amount in U.S. dollar at the official exchange) more than >the figure achieved in a similar period in 1999. The total amount >collected until August was 10,203.1 million Cuban pesos out of >13,525 million foreseen by the end of the year. Suero also confirmed >an increase of 18 per cent of state income the transport and profit >tax by sales during the first six month period. The official >remarked that advances already mentioned in the tax collection are >achieved because of the increase of the Cuba's consumption and >trade sales fond, among others. > >DPTO.INFORMACI�N/MINREX > > ************** > >from:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >subject: Cuba Press Release Oct 4 >PRESS RELEASE NO. 206 FOR ALL DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS >HAVANA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2000 RPM > >HAVANA.- Cuban President Fidel Castro yesterday returned to Cuba >after attending the funerals of Canadian former Prime Minister Pierre >Elliot Trudeau, who died on September 28. "Members of the Cuban >official delegation accompanying Fidel Castro to the funerals of this >political figure also arrived in Cuba", indicates an official release >published here. The Cuban President arrived in Montreal on Monday to >express "the deepest condolence" of the Cuban people and Government >to the family of Trudeau, to whom he called "a straight and brave >man". "I share in this moments the pain and the suffering of Pierre >Trudeau's relatives and the all Canadian citizens", he manifested. I >have come in this moment of deep pain for the Canadian people to >honor the indestructible memory of a leader of world importance to >whom I was bond with ties of personal friendship, explained Fidel >Castro. He also highlighted that the memory of Trudeau's work and his >condition of outstanding and noble leader will remain unforgettable >in all the good will men in any part of the world, he stated. > >TOKYO.- Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori and Cuban Vice President >Carlos Lage yesterday analyzed the continuance of bilateral relations >and prospects of widening of trade exchange and economic >collaboration. During a meeting held at his official Tokyo based >residence, a smiling Mori welcomed the Cuban official delegation also >formed by Minister of Government Ricardo Cabrisas, officials Rogelio >Sanchez and Raul del Pozo, plus Cuban Ambassador to Japan Ernesto >Melendez. Sources from the delegation asked by Prensa Latina stated >that Mori thanked for a greeting letter from Cuban President Fidel >Castro delivered by Lage. Mori recalled his recent meeting with >the Cuban leader in New York, during the Millennium Summit >celebration. Lage referred to the agreements between both countries >for the payment of the Cuban debt with Japan. The Vice President also >said that now is the appropriate moment to widen trade and economic >cooperation between both states. > >HAVANA.- Cuban Foreign Affairs Ministry (MINREX) yesterday published >a statement condemning the repression unleashed by Israel against >the Palestinian demonstrators and the civil population over the last >six days. "Cuba demands the immediate end of the brutal and criminal >actions of the Israeli police and military forces, whose continuity >can only lead to an increase of extremely dangerous violence", adds >the official release. The MINREX recalls that the facts taking place >when everything seemed to indicate that negotiations between Israel >and the Palestinian national Authority would be reinitiated. The >negotiations began at Camp David, U.S. July, 2000. According to the >Cuban government, "the ferocious repression" constitutes a new >obstacle for the just and definite solution able to lead to the >establishment of a Palestinian State which has the Eastern >Jerusalem as its capital. The release reaffirms the Cuban solidarity >with the Palestinian people and exhorts the international community >to condemn those crimes. > >HAVANA.- The Ibero American Ministers of Justice yesterday voted in >favor of the elaboration of a reference document to jointly fight >corruption in the region. After referring to the national >legislations to fight the traffic of power, the fraud and other >illegal things, the participants at the 12th Ibero American Ministers >of Justice Conference recommended the creation of anti corruption >project to examine it within two years. The experts exchanged >opinions about the fight against the illegal enrichment of >public officials and private companies executives and other >corruptive behaviours. They also urged for a more rational use of the >right for political asylum to avoid propitiating impunity to corrupt >fugitive officials from their countries of origin. National >legislations, ethic commissions and prevention and education >measures, plus the establishment of a mechanism for the >Ibero American cooperation in the topic are not enough to preserve >the political, social and economic interests of the states, the >experts concluded. To achieve this goal, the specialists recommended >to integrate the most universal aspects of the current anti >corruption norms in Latin America and Europe. > >HAVANA.- Contests, researches, books and international events are >some of the activities to celebrate Cuban National Hero Jose Marti's >150th birth anniversary, local press reported. The National 150th >Anniversary Commemoration Committee foresees more than a thousand >activities from now until the main event takes place on January 28, >2004. Publications planned for the homage include a first-time >edition containing Marti's wedding album and a new edition of his >Selected Works. Among the international activities are the >organization of two new foundations to do research work about >the National Hero's presence in Venezuela and Spain. There is also a >documentary film project about the Apostle, as he is also known in >Cuba, in the US cities of Tampa and Key West. Restoration of all >monuments to Marti on the Island and construction of a memorial in a >small town in neighboring Matanzas Province, where Marti learned the >horrors of slavery as a child, are other tasks scheduled by the >National Committee. > >HAVANA.- Regional integration, the globalization process and >extension of the European Union are some of the topics to be debated >by international experts in the 8th International Conference on >European Studies that began Tuesday here. The participants will >analyze capitalism's transformations, political trends and >alternatives and the external projection of the Old Continent. Russia >and the groups of nations that formerly were part of the socialist >camp are other important points in the agenda of the >conference organized by the European Studies Center. Specialists >invited are from twenty countries in Europe and America and from >important local institutions. Cuba's Vice Foreign Affairs Minister >Angel Dalmau, Hungarian minister Imre Boros and President of Cuban >Parliament's Economic Affairs Permanent Committee, Osvaldo Martinez, >will give lectures during the event to conclude October 6. > >ROME.- Cuba considers positive the Italian approach on the >cooperation with the Caribbean, declared Cuban Foreign Affairs First >Vice Minister Jorge Bola�os on the occasion of a ministerial >advisory meeting dedicated to the theme in Rome. After knowing the >Italian position to strengthen links and cooperation with Caribbean >countries -announced by Italian Foreign Affairs Minister Lamberto >Dini and other top officials from that ministry, Bola�os stated that >this position proves sensibility for the problems in the Caribbean >and interest in carrying out sound projects. Dini, Italian Foreign >Affairs Secretary General Umberto Vattini and State >Assistant Secretary of this ministry Franco Danielli underlined in >their statements the Rome's purpose to increase cooperation with >Caribbean countries with the objective to effectively contribute with >their development plans. > >HAVANA.- Researchers, experts and historians from more than 20 >countries will participate in the 2nd International Symposium "Arab >Presence in America", that will be held in Havana from October 10-14, >reported the event organizers. Arab Union of Cuba President Alfredo >Deriche pointed out that until the moment 22 delegates from Brazil, >Spain, Argentine, El Salvador, Panama, Morocco, Syria, Libya, >Venezuela, Mexico and other countries confirmed their participation. >Deriche, also Arab Institutions Federation of America Vice President, >highlighted that this event will be the biggest and most important, >due to the representation level as the quantity and quality of >reports. The event will include besides traditional themes as >the Arab immigration, Islam study and research because of its >presence and influence in today's world, underlined Deriche, who was >also accompanied by organizing committee members Mario Gonzalez, >Maria Deriche and Oscar Godynez. >DPTO. INFORMACION/ MINREX " 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 _______________________________________________________ Kominform list for general information. Subscribe/unsubscribe messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Anti-Imperialism list for anti-imperialist news. Subscribe/unsubscribe messages: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________________
