>Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2000 00:54:01 -0400 >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Radio Havana Cuba-28 October 2000 > >Via NY Transfer News * All the News That Doesn't Fit > >Radio Havana Cuba Weekend - News Update - 28 October 2000 > > . > >*CUBAN PRESIDENT FIDEL CASTRO CONTINUES VISIT TO VENEZUELA > >*CUBANS HONOR CAMILO CIENFUEGOS ON 41st ANNIVERSARY OF HIS DEATH > >*SOUTH AFRICAN VICE PRESIDENT CALLS CUBA VISIT A SUCCESS > >*PRESIDENT OF CUBAN PARLIAMENT MEETS WITH GOVERNOR OF ST. PETERSBURG > >*INTERNATIONAL BALLET FESTIVAL WINDS UP SATURDAY NIGHT > >*HUNDREDS OF DOCUMENTS ON CHE GUEVARA DONATED TO CHE MEMORIAL > >*PORTUGUESE FIRMS TO PARTICIPATE IN HAVANA INTERNATIONAL TRADE FAIR > >*LAOTIAN GOVERNMENT CONDEMNS ECONOMIC, COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL BLOCKADES > >*Viewpoint: NEW ERA OF SOLIDARITY IN LATIN AMERICA BEGINS IN VENEZUELA > > . > >*CUBAN PRESIDENT FIDEL CASTRO CONTINUES VISIT TO VENEZUELA > >Havana, October 28 (RHC)-In his continuing official visit of Venezuela, >President Fidel Castrotoday visited the area where his counterpart President >Hugo Chavez was born. > >Arriving in the state of Barinas to a warm welcome by Chavez who had >preceeded him, the Cuban leader took time to shake some of the hands of the >crowd that had turned up to shout "Fidel, our friend, we are with you!" In >the afternoon, the two leaders then visited the state of Lara where they >joined Venezuelan farmers to discuss the merits of Cuba's offer to assist >with the local development of the sugar cane industry. > >This evening, the two will pair off against each other in a friendly >baseball match where Chavez - who will pitch - will attempt to beat the >Cuban team under the management of Castro. In a similar match played in Cuba >last November, Venezuela lost by one run in a game that was played with >great vigor by the two leaders who frequently attempted to outdo and fool >each other. > >Yesterday, Fidel Castro addressed Venezuela's National Assembly in which he >thanked the South American nation for helping Cuba with its oil facilities >in the region. In Venezuela you have a man who's untimely death >-- >either intentional or accidental -- would bring chaos to his nation, added >the Cuban leader. He continued to say that without doubt Latin America had >an exceptional leader in Cesar Chavez, and that those who criticised the >Venezuelan leader's generous and intelligent act in providing low cost oil >to Cuba were myopic and selfish. The oil nations of the world, he said, need >the help of the Third World to provide the First World with the enormous >fuel amounts it needs to survive. > > >*CUBANS HONOR CAMILO CIENFUEGOS ON 41st ANNIVERSARY OF HIS DEATH > >Havana, October 28 (RHC)--Cubans paid homage on Saturday to revolutionary >leader, Comandante Camilo Cienfuegos, on the 41st anniversary of his death. > >Cubans from all walks of life tossed the traditional flowers in the island's >rivers, lakes and the sea in remembrance of one of the island's most popular >guerrilla commanders. > >Early Saturday morning thousands of Havana residents cold be seen walking >towards the Malecon Seaside Drive where they dropped flowers into the sea. > >A commander in the Rebel Army, Camilo Cienfuegos disappeared October 28, >1959, when the small plane in which he was traveling from the eastern >province of Camaguey towards Havana, crashed into the sea. > > >*SOUTH AFRICAN VICE PRESIDENT CALLS CUBA VISIT A SUCCESS > >Havana, October 28 (RHC)-- South African Vice President, Jacob Zuma, has >characterized his official visit to Cuba as a success. > >Cuban Communist Party officials signed an agreement with the African >National Congress under which the two sides will increase bilateral >cooperation. > >Zuma, who is also vice president of the African National Congress, thanked >Cuba for its medical cooperation in South Africa's most remote areas. > >Jacob Zuma expressed concern over the US Congress' recent approval of new >legislation, which allegedly eases Washington's blockade against Cuba >through an agricultural bill, which supposedly permits the sale of food and >medicine to the island. > >He promised that South Africa would reiterate its rejection where it >considers necessary to urge Washington to reconsider its anti-Cuba >positions. > > >*PRESIDENT OF CUBAN PARLIAMENT MEETS WITH GOVERNOR OF ST. PETERSBURG > >Havana, October 28 (RHC)-- The President of the Cuban Parliament, Ricardo >Alarcon, met with on Friday in Havana with the Governor of the Russian city >of St. Petersburg, Vladimir Yakovlev. They two lawmakers discussed ways to >increase exchanges between the two cities. > >After the meeting, the Russian official told the press that the President of >the Cuban Parliament will visit St. Petersburg next month. > >The Governor of St. Petersburg had previously met with Cuba's Vice President >Carlos Lage who discussed the island's current situation in the economic, >tourism and culture sectors. > > >*INTERNATIONAL BALLET FESTIVAL WINDS UP SATURDAY NIGHT > >Havana, October 28 (RHC)-- With a world debut of "Dialogo 4," choreographed >by the Director of Cuba's National Ballet Company, Alicia Alonso, Havana's >International Ballet Festival winds up on Saturday night. > >After 7 intense days of performances and innumerable activities with the >participation of renowned international ballet figures, the closing Gala >will be held in Havana's Garcia Lorca Theater. > >With Cuban President Fidel Castro in the audience, the International Ballet >Festival was inaugurated last October 20th, Cuban Culture Day. > > >*HUNDREDS OF DOCUMENTS ON CHE GUEVARA DONATED TO CHE MEMORIAL > >Havana, October 28 (RHC)-- Over one thousand documents were donated on >Friday to the Ernesto "Che" Guevara Memorial in the central city of Santa >Clara. > >The donation was made by Cuban researchers, Froilan Gonzalez and Adys >Cupull, both experts on the legendary hero and authors of various books on >the life of "Che" Guevara. > >The donation consists of a hundred cassettes and tapes of interviews with >Guevara, international newspapers, and magazines containing articles about >the legendary guerrilla and photographs and letters. > > >*PORTUGUESE FIRMS TO PARTICIPATE IN HAVANA INTERNATIONAL TRADE FAIR > >Havana, October 28 (RHC)--Cuba's Chamber of Commerce met on Friday in Havana >with representatives of some 50 Portuguese firms that will participate in >the Havana International Trade Fair which gets started on Sunday in the >PABEXPO exhibition pavilion. > >The business executives expressed an interest in the tourism sector as well >as natural medicine. Portugal will participate for the first time in the >Havana International Trade Fair where some two thousand firms from 64 >countries will exhibit their products. > > >*LAOTIAN GOVERNMENT CONDEMNS ECONOMIC, COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL BLOCKADES > >Havana, October 28 (RHC)-- The government of Laos has reiterated its >solidarity with Cuba by condemning any type of economic, commercial and >financial blockades, according to an official note issued on Saturday in >Vientiane. > >Vice President of the Laotian National Assembly, Khambou Sounisay, made the >announcement while welcoming Cuban business attach�, Aricel Hernandez. > >Khambou, who also presides over the Laos-Cuba Friendship Association, >expressed his solidarity with the Cuban people and their resistance to >Washington's almost 40-year blockade against the island. > > >Viewpoint: > >*NEW ERA OF SOLIDARITY IN LATIN AMERICA BEGINS IN VENEZUELA > >The visit of the Cuban delegation to Venezuela, led by President Fidel >Castro, has been of singular importance for the beginning of this century. >The visit will result in an extension of relations and common action between >the Latin American people. > >Taking place a few weeks before the celebration of the 10th Iberoamerican >Summit in the city of Panama, the visit holds extra significance for the two >countries, which have profound historical links. The best part of last >century passed without any real diplomatic and commercial relations between >the nations of Latin America. > >Any previous development has always been within the confines of the giant >USA which act as the supreme arbiter of everything that happens in this >hemisphere and whose politics are based on the Machiavellian principle of >divide and conquer. The big Latin American family has always felt in its >heart the tendency and necessity of extending relations of every kind, to >unite and struggle together for national and international ideals. > >The government in Washington has attempted to isolate Cuba from the very >beginning of the triumph of the Revolution, since its first maneuvers at the >Organization of American States meeting in Punte del Este, Uruguay, in 1961. >At that meeting they influenced nearly every Latin American country to break >relations with Cuba. Only Mexico and Canada maintained their traditional >links with Cuba. > >But Cuba has always understood the fundamental cause of this situation and >never accepted the isolation of the peoples of Latin America. And now, the >groundswell of new politics and morals which has greeted the movement first >inspired the liberator, Simon Bolivar, headed by President Chavez of >Venezuela, has opened the doors of true Latin American solidarity. > >This new direction, independent and sovereign, which is happening in >Venezuela, has been received enthusiastically by its people and government. >President Fidel Castro, who spoke this week before the Venezuelan government >and the world greeted this new era for Latin America. > >(c) 2000 Radio Habana Cuba, NY Transfer News. 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