>Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 03:14:53 -0500 >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] : > >Radio Havana Cuba-30 October 2000 > >Via NY Transfer News * All the News That Doesn't Fit > >Radio Havana Cuba - News Update - 30 October 2000 > > . > >*CUBA AND VENEZUELA SIGN IMPORTANT BILATERAL ACCORDS > >*SOUTH AFRICAN VICE PRESIDENT CONCLUDES VISIT TO CUBA > >*CUBA AND ST. PETERSBURG SIGN COOPERATION AGREEMENT > >*U.S. TRADE UNION PASSES RESOLUTION AGAINST WASHINGTON'S BLOCKADE > >*CUBAN CAPITAL MARKS ITS 481st ANNIVERSARY > >*SOLIDARITY WITH CUBA ACTIVITIES IN FULL SWING IN ECUADOR > >*VENEZUELA'S REGIONAL ASSISTANCE AN EXAMPLE OF LATIN AMERICAN UNITY > > . > > >*CUBA AND VENEZUELA SIGN IMPORTANT BILATERAL ACCORDS > >Caracas, October 30 (RHC)-- Visiting Cuban President Fidel Castro attended a >solemn ceremony in Caracas on Monday, signing agreements that grant Havana >preferential treatment and long-term credit in the sale of Venezuelan oil to >the island. > >Fidel Castro and his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chavez also agreed that >Cuba would contribute material aid to Caracas in the fields of education and >agriculture. > >A commission was created that will meet every year to reexamine the accords >signed today and seek further areas of cooperation between both countries. >The house in which Cuban National Hero Jose Marti lived while in Caracas >will also be converted into a cultural center to promote study in the >teachings and ideas of Simon Bolivar. President Hugo Chavez used the >occasion to award Fidel Castro with the Order of Simon Bolivar. > >During a joint news conference in Caracas Monday afternoon -- transmitted >live by satellite and over the Internet -- the leader of the Cuban >Revolution stated that he had come to Venezuela to seek cooperation, >friendship and to enrich his experiences. Fidel told reporters that he had >learned a great deal over the past four days, calling his official visit one >of the most emotional of his life. Referring to the revolutionary process >underway in Venezuela and the importance of its leader, Hugo Chavez, the >Cuban president stated "we both need each other in our struggle to bring >about our dream of a unified Latin America." > > >*SOUTH AFRICAN VICE PRESIDENT CONCLUDES VISIT TO CUBA > >Havana, October 30 (RHC)-- South African Vice President Jacob Zuma concluded >a six-day official visit to Cuba over the weekend. Cuban Communist Party >Political Bureau members Juan Almeida Bosque and Jose Ramon Balaguer saw off >the South African Vice President at Jose Marti International Airport. > >Jacob Zuma, who is also the Vice President of the African National Congress >(ANC), signed an agreement with the Cuban Communist Party, highlighting the >determination "to continue working towards strengthened bilateral >solidarity, friendship and cooperation between South Africa and Cuba." > >During his stay, the South African leader and his delegation visited centers >of historical and social interest, as well as oil plants and tourism >facilities in central Matanzas province. The vice president of the African >National Congress thanked Cuba for its medical cooperation in South Africa's >most remote areas. He also reiterated his country's strong rejection of the >U.S. blockade against Cuba and promised to continue to urge Washington to >re-consider its anti-Cuba positions. > > >*CUBA AND ST. PETERSBURG SIGN COOPERATION AGREEMENT > >Havana, October 30 (RHC)-- Cuba and the Russian city of St. Petersburg have >signed a cooperation agreement in areas such as the economy, health, >education, culture and tourism. The agreement is in the result of a visit to >Cuba of the governor of St. Petersburg, Vladimir Yakovlev. > >The aim of the visit is to analyze, with Cuban authorities, the possibility >of increasing bilateral exchange between Cuba and St. Petersburg, given that >the Russian city has the largest maritime and commercial port in the >Federation. The Russian official termed the accord as truly historical, >aimed at boosting exchange and cooperation between Havana and St. >Petersburg. > > >*U.S. TRADE UNION PASSES RESOLUTION AGAINST WASHINGTON'S BLOCKADE > >Washington, October 30 (RHC)-- The Union of Radio, Electronics and >Electricity Workers of the United States has passed a resolution condemning >Washington's blockade of Cuba. > >The resolution, which was on the agenda of the union's 65th Annual >Convention, also urges members to work for an end to the blockade. In the >resolution, the union activists call on their government to respect the >legitimate right of the Cuban people to self-determination, to put an end to >all interventionist policies, as well as to stop U.S. political and military >harassment, "which have so badly damaged Washington's relations with Latin >America." > >The document also calls on Washington to move towards normalizing bilateral >relations with Havana. The U.S. trade union considers that the blockade runs >against the interests of workers, both in Cuba and the United States. > >The document also notes that both Democrats and Republicans continue to >promote free trade with governments that allow starvation wages and that >those same politicians refuse to trade with Cuba, a potential market for >U.S. exports. > >The resolution points out that such a punitive, old-fashioned policy damages >the U.S. and other Latin American countries that have trade relations with >Cuba and obstructs the economic development of nations in the Caribbean >Basin. > >Finally, the resolution approved by the Union of Radio, Electricity and >Electronics Workers in the U.S. states that the labor organization would >continue fighting "for dignified, truly democratic relations between nations >of this hemisphere, based on peace and mutual respect." > > >*CUBAN CAPITAL MARKS ITS 481st ANNIVERSARY > >Havana, October 30 (RHC)-- The Cuban capital is marking its 481st >anniversary next November 16th with a series of international events, >highlighting the ever-growing world solidarity movement with Havana. >Celebration activities include the 8th Ibero-American Seminar on Urban >Management and Planning, scheduled from November 6th through the 9th, with >the participation of representatives and experts from some dozen countries >and the 10th Ibero-American Symposium on Tourism, set for November 8th >through the 10th at the Neptuno-Triton Hotel Complex, also here in the Cuban >capital. > >Participants at the conference will address issues such as the inclusion of >cultural values and heritage in tourist packages, local information systems >and strategies for city and local development and the environment. > >During this time, Havana will also be the location of the 8th Solidarity and >Cooperation Encounter between City Councils and Havana, set for November >13th through the 15th. Mayors, deputies and other high-ranking officials >from some 20 nations will tour a variety of municipalities here in the Cuban >capital, as well as centers of historical interest to learn about the Cuban >government's efforts to maintain sustainable development for the benefit of >city residents. > > >*SOLIDARITY WITH CUBA ACTIVITIES IN FULL SWING IN ECUADOR > >Quito, October 30 (RHC)-- Preparatory activities for the Second World >Meeting of Solidarity with Cuba are in full swing in Ecuador. Over the >weekend, a solidarity activity was held in Quito with the participation of >Ecuadorian delegates who will attend the conference in Havana, slated for >November 10th through the 14th. > >Also on hand were deputies, political leaders and other personalities from >both nations, including the Business Attach� of the Cuban Embassy, Raul >Rojas. > >Organized by Ecuador's Coordinating Committee in Solidarity with Cuba >(CESC), the activity closed a session of the CESC's National Council, which >analyzed three documents related to themes that will be discussed by work >commissions during the Havana encounter. > >The President of the Ecuadorian Coordinating Committee in Solidarity with >Cuba, Gustavo Rodriguez, called on participants to strengthen solidarity >with the Caribbean island. He stated that such solidarity is important at >this time, when Washington is now plotting new aggressions against the noble >and heroic people of Jose Marti, Fidel Castro and Che Guevara. > > >Viewpoint: > >*VENEZUELA'S REGIONAL ASSISTANCE AN EXAMPLE OF LATIN AMERICAN UNITY > >Venezuela is currently the president of the Organization of Petroleum >Exporting Countries, OPEC. The South American nation has assumed the role at >a difficult time, when the prices of crude have soared to the highest in >years -- sparking serious problems in the Third World. On the other hand, >for the industrialized nations, which derive tremendous profits from >speculating on oil and its derivatives, the high prices -- rather than >causing difficulties -- are a source of profits, which are obtained without >having to extract a single barrel of oil themselves. > >It is in sales and speculation on the stock market where the huge oil >transnationals make most of their money. But the members of the OPEC, as >Venezuela has demonstrated, are able to help alleviate the great burden >being borne by the undeveloped nations in their struggle to obtain fuel. >With special prices and deferred payments, or exchanges for other products >or services, many Third World nations will be able to more easily meet their >fuel needs. > >Beginning on Monday, Cuba -- without having asked -- becomes one of the >countries that receive special terms for the acquisition of petroleum. The >agreement will be a great help to Cuba, which has been economically >blockaded for nearly 40 years by successive U.S. administrations, bent on >destroying its social-political system. For a number of years now, Cuba has >been developing its own oil industry and is already producing half of the >country's electricity needs by using domestic oil and natural gas. > >Cuba's enemies are fuming over the island's agreement with Venezuela and the >visit to that country by a large Cuban delegation headed by President Fidel >Castro. The Cuban leader made it clear while speaking to the Venezuelan >Parliament and at other times during the visit: although the Cuban >Revolution and the Venezuelan government of Hugo Chavez have chosen separate >paths in order to achieve their objectives, Cuba's 40 years of experience >could be of value to Venezuela. That type of relationship between Latin >American countries has been inspired by the unifying thought of Simon >Bolivar and Jose Marti; the idea of forging a single force capable of saving >Latin America from the neo-liberal economic globalization -- Washington's >latest instrument of international domination. > > >(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-10.31.00-03:14:23-11921 > _______________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. 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