>Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2000 23:54:53 -0400 >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Radio Havana Cuba-09 October 2000 >Radio Havana Cuba-09 October 2000 > >Via NY Transfer News * All the News That Doesn't Fit > >Radio Havana Cuba - News Update - 09 October 2000 > > . > >*PRESIDENT FIDEL CASTRO RECEIVES KHADDAFI HUMAN RIGHTS AWARD > >*HUGO CHAVEZ INVITES FIDEL CASTRO TO VENEZUELA TO SIGN OIL AGREEMENT > >*SOME US LEGISLATORS BLAST AGREEMENT SUPPOSEDLY EASING BLOCKADE > >*CUBANS MARK 33RD ANNIVERSARY OF CHE'S DEATH IN COMBAT > >*ERNESTO CHE GUEVARA REMEMBERED AROUND THE WORLD > >*CONGRESS ON CARDIAC REHAB, SECONDARY PREVENTION BEGINS ON MONDAY > >*FIRST SECRETARY OF CUBA'S YOUNG COMMUNIST LEAGUE ARRIVES IN MEXICO > >*8th IBERO-AMERICAN CULTURE FESTIVAL TO BE HELD IN HOLGUIN > >*FIDEL CASTRO PLANS VISIT TO VENEZUELA AS HAVANA-CARACAS TIES STRENGTHEN > > . > >*PRESIDENT FIDEL CASTRO RECEIVES KHADDAFI HUMAN RIGHTS AWARD > >Havana, October 9 (RHC) -- Cuban President Fidel Castro received the >Khaddafi Human Rights Award in a ceremony held Sunday evening with the >participation of Libya's permanent United Nations Ambassador, Abuzeid Omar >Dorda. The Libyan diplomat said the award, which was officially granted to >the Cuban leader in 1998, is "in recognition of Fidel's heroic role in the >defense of the Cuban people, his resistance to imperialism during more than >three decades and the Cuban leader's consolidation of the traditions of >struggle in favor of truth, justice, peace and human rights." > >The leader of the Cuban Revolution, upon receiving the distinction, said the >Cuban peoples' appreciation for this gesture should come as no surprise in >light of so many demagogic accusations regarding Cuba's human rights record. >He recalled that imperialism trained and sponsored the bloody dictatorships >in Latin America that committed so many crimes against humanity -- complete >with manuals on how to torture prisoners. Added to this, said the Cuban >leader, are the indirect forms of aggression with the spreading of poverty, >hunger and ignorance. Fidel Castro called Libyan leader Muammer Khaddafi >"one of the great rebels of our epoch, a man with courage, a spirit of >independence and honesty." > > >*HUGO CHAVEZ INVITES FIDEL CASTRO TO VENEZUELA TO SIGN OIL AGREEMENT > >Caracas, October 9 (RHC)-- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has reiterated >his invitation to Cuban President Fidel Castro for the signing of a >bilateral oil agreement. In his weekly radio program "Alo Presidente" - >"Hello President" -- Chavez also reiterated that Cuba will be able to foot >part of the bill by offering medical assistance to Venezuela, insisting that >the Caribbean island has achieved the greatest social advances in this >region. > >The Venezuelan president rejected statements by the head of the Venezuelan >Medical Federation, Jesus Mendez Quijada, who recently asserted that it >would be illegal to bring Cuban doctors to the country. He termed as >irresponsible Mendez Quijada's threat to protest the presence of Cuban >health professionals in Venezuela. President Chavez said there are many >communities in Venezuela that lack medical assistance because some >Venezuelan doctors prefer to work for high salaries in private clinics with >air-conditioning instead of travelling to the mountains on a mule. > >In another part of his radio program, the Venezuelan president paid homage >to the memory of Che Guevara, saying that the Argentinean-Cuban >revolutionary formed part of the continental army whose members died for >dignity. > > >*SOME US LEGISLATORS BLAST AGREEMENT SUPPOSEDLY EASING BLOCKADE > >Washington, October 9 (RHC)-- U.S. legislators supporting a change in >Washington's Cuba policy have lashed out at a recent congressional agreement >supposedly easing restrictions in the blockade of Cuba. According to >Sunday's edition of The Washington Post, those who seemed happiest about the >deal were those who had fought hardest against any easing of the embargo. > >Post staff writer Karen DeYoung quoted South Carolina Republican >Representative Mark Sanford, who said he was dumbfounded. Connecticut >Democratic Senator Christopher Dodd said the GOP leadership had acted >shamefully, calling the deal "a real setback." > >According to The Washington Post, critics of the agreement say it's no >agreement at all, but rather a heavy-handed imposition by a dictatorial GOP >leadership that will not only leave sanctions largely in place, but will >also tighten them in the crucial area of restricting American travel to the >island. The news daily said that in declaring the deal done, critics are >arguing that the Republican leadership overrode the will of both houses of >Congress, expressed by a series of overwhelming anti-sanctions votes this >year and last. > >For the second year in a row, the Senate voted last summer to end the food >and medicine bans. The House, in its first-ever floor votes on the issue, >voted 301 to 116 to lift the sanctions and 232 to 186 to end enforcement of >restrictions on American travel to Cuba. As announced, the agreement ends >all unilateral U.S. food and medicine embargoes currently in effect against >Cuba, Iran, Libya, Sudan and North Korea, but Cuba alone is prohibited from >using U.S. government or commercial credits to purchase food or medicine. > >At the same time, the agreement also removes the president's ability to ease >or tighten restrictions on American travel, freezing current bans into law >despite the overwhelming House vote to do the opposite. According to >Representative Sanford, the Republican Party has shamefully shown no >consistency in their Cuba policy versus their China policy. > >The Washington Post article asserted that Senator Dodd said this is all >about rhetoric and elections, that American farmers who want to do business >with Cuba are in for a rude awakening, while the Cuban-American family that >wants to go to Havana to see a dying father or mother will find that there >are now no exceptions to trip-limiting rules. > > >*CUBANS MARK 33RD ANNIVERSARY OF CHE'S DEATH IN COMBAT > >Havana, October 9 (RHC)-- Cubans remembered the 33rd anniversary of the >death in combat of legendary guerrilla fighter, Ernesto Che Guevara. >Thousands participated in voluntary work and other activities during which >146,000 first- graders officially became members of the Pioneers children's >organization, and received their signature blue scarves. > >Cuban President Fidel Castro attended the main ceremony, which was held at >Havana's Jose Marti Anti-Imperialist Tribune -- located on the Malecon, >facing the U.S. Interests Section. During the ceremony, 3000 first-graders >became members of the Jose Marti Children's Pioneer Organization. > >The president of the children's organization, Marian Yanet Martin, stressed >the noble ideals that Ernesto Che Guevara defended, and urged the youngsters >to follow his example in defending the Cuban Revolution and socialism. > >Meanwhile, thousands of Havana residents paid homage to the beloved >Argentine/Cuban hero by cleaning up work places, parks and neighborhoods, >and collecting recyclable materials. > > >*ERNESTO CHE GUEVARA REMEMBERED AROUND THE WORLD > >Havana, October 9 (RHC)-- Nicaraguans held a mass and a concert, and laid >floral wreaths in public places to commemorate the 33rd anniversary of the >death in combat of legendary guerrilla fighter, Ernesto Che Guevara. The >Merced Church located in Managua's Larreynaga neighborhood, offered a mass >dedicated to the legendary guerrilla, which more than 300 people attended. > >In La Paz, Bolivia, cultural groups and social organizations on Sunday >commemorated the 33rd anniversary of the death in combat of the >Argentinean-Cuban guerrilla, Ernesto Che Guevara -- killed in Bolivia on >October 8, 1967. > >The most significant homage was the three minutes of silence worldwide >organized in Vallegrande, Bolivia, as a salute to memory of Che. > >Oswaldo "Chato" Peredo, doctor and former Bolivian guerrilla, who presides >over the Che Foundation, told journalists that each year pilmagrages are >made to Vallegrande. The town Vallegrande is near the school where Che was >killed by the Bolivian army 33 years ago. > >The whereabouts of Che Guevaras's remains were unknown until the end of June >of 1997, when, after months of searching, they were discovered in a common >grave near Vallegrande. The remains were later taken to Cuba where they were >buried in the Ernesto Che Guevara Memorial located in the central city of >Santa Clara. > >And in Quito, Ecuador, solidarity with Cuba organizations remembered Ernesto >Che Guevara in various activities throughout the country. Among the >activities was one held at the Jose Marti Memorial in the Ecuadorian >capital. > > >*CONGRESS ON CARDIAC REHAB, SECONDARY PREVENTION BEGINS ON MONDAY > >Havana, October 9 (RHC)-- The First Ibero-American Congress on Cardiac >Rehabilitation and Secondary Prevention began Monday in Havana with the >participation of 800 specialists from some 20 countries. > >The 9th Congress of the International Association of Friends of the Heart >will simultaneously take place in the Cuban capital. > >Both forums are promoting the prevention and rehabilitation of >cardiovascular diseases, the first cause of death in Cuba and in the >majority of developed countries. > > >*FIRST SECRETARY OF CUBA'S YOUNG COMMUNIST LEAGUE ARRIVES IN MEXICO > >Mexico City, October 9 (RHC)-- The First Secretary of Cuba's Young Communist >League, Otto Rivero, is participating in a meeting of the Steering Committee >of the Ibero-American Youth Organization which got underway on Monday in >Mexico City. > >Rivero said that the event will be an excellent opportunity to exchange >experiences on the needs of children and teenagers in the region. > >The Cuban youth leader pointed out that his participation in the event is an >important opportunity to learn about the work plan of the Ibero-American >Youth Organization for the next two years. > >After the meeting in Mexico City, the UJC Secretary will travel to Guatemala >where he will meet with Cuban medical personnel who are offering their >services free-of-charge in that Central American nation. > > >*8th IBERO-AMERICAN CULTURE FESTIVAL TO BE HELD IN HOLGUIN > >Havana, October 9 (RHC)-- The 8th Ibero-American Culture Festival will be >held from October 24th to the 30th in the eastern province of Holguin. The >festival is dedicated to Brazil, Portugal and Spain, especially the city of >Tenerife in the Canary Islands. > >The weeklong cultural festival will promote the life and work of renowned >cultural personalities from the countries to which the festival is >dedicated. > > >Viewpoint: > >*FIDEL CASTRO PLANS VISIT TO VENEZUELA AS HAVANA-CARACAS TIES STRENGTHEN > >Since Hugo Chavez assumed the presidency of Venezuela, after being swept >into office on the merits of his deeply rooted popular program and his Third >World-based foreign policy, relations with Cuba have been steadily growing. >Each country has its own ideology, its own aspirations and methods -- and >there is no interference in each other's internal affairs. > >President Chavez was in Cuba recently, where he made a favorable impression >with his affable manner and his disposition to cooperate on the development >of the two countries. > >An example of that spirit of cooperation has been Venezuela's willingness to >facilitate agreements with Central American and Caribbean countries, >including Cuba, to supply them with oil at reasonable prices. If we >considered the developing countries' soaring foreign debts, it is clear that >most of the Third World is no condition to pay the high oil prices currently >being charged on the world market. > >That is why the countries of Central America and the Caribbean are so >grateful for the gesture of solidarity extended by Venezuela. Cuban >President Fidel Castro has been invited to visit Venezuela later this month. >The relationship between Havana and Caracas takes on even more significance >since it underscores the sovereign will of the two nations to conduct their >foreign relations without the interference by third countries. > >There are even rumors of a second, friendly baseball encounter between Cuba >and Venezuela, in which the two presidents will coach their own national >teams. Relations between Cuba and Venezuela are an example of how bilateral >ties should be conducted between two neighboring countries. 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