>Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2000 23:14:26 -0500 >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Radio Havana Cuba-01 November 2000 (DELAYED) >: > >Radio Havana Cuba-01 November 2000 (DELAYED) > >Via NY Transfer News * All the News That Doesn't Fit > >Radio Havana Cuba - News Update - 01 November 2000 > >DELAYED: TRANSMITTED THURSDAY NOV 2, 2000 > > . > >*NEWS FROM FIHAV 2000 INTERNATIONAL TRADE FAIR > >*CUBA'S NON-TRADITIONAL EXPORTS ON THE RISE > >*PUERTO RICAN ACTIVISTS TO PARTICIPATE IN CUBAN SOLIDARITY MEETING > >*BULGARIA'S HEALTH MINISTER VISITS THE ISLAND > >*BIOTECHNOLOGY: CUBA RECOVERS LOST ORCHIDS > >*IGNACIO CERVANTES INTERNATIONAL PIANO CONTEST AND FESTIVAL BEGINS > >*WORKSHOP EXPLORES CHALLENGES OF SOCIAL COMMUNICATIONS > >*PEACE IN COLOMBIA REQUIRES A POLITICAL SOLUTION > > . > >*NEWS FROM FIHAV 2000 INTERNATIONAL TRADE FAIR > >Havana, November 1 (RHC)-- Havana's International Trade Fair continues >at Havana's PABEXPO Exhibition Hall. > >One of the events held on Wednesday included a lecture on investment >in Cuba by the island's Minister of Economic Cooperation and Foreign >Investment, Marta Lomas. Two companies from Brazil and Cuba signed a >letter of intent to further develop bilateral cooperation over the >Internet. > > >*CUBA'S NON-TRADITIONAL EXPORTS ON THE RISE > >Havana, November 1 (RHC)-- Cuban Deputy Foreign Trade Minister >Estrella Madrigal said on Wednesday that up until September Cuba's >non-traditional exports increased 15 percent in comparison with the >same period last year. > >In statements to reporters during a tour of the Havana International >Trade Fair, Madrigal pointed out that this year's fair emphasizes the >island's development in exports. > >Cuba's deputy foreign trade minister said that the island's economic >recovery and increase in tourism is made evident during this annual >event. > > >*PUERTO RICAN ACTIVISTS TO PARTICIPATE IN CUBAN SOLIDARITY MEETING > >Havana, November 1 (RHC)-- More than 100 Puerto Rican solidarity >activists will participate in the World Solidarity with Cuba Meeting >to be held November 10th through the 14th, according to Alejandro >Oduardo from Cuban Institute of Friendship Among the Peoples, ICAP. >The president of Puerto Rico's New Independence Movement, Edwin >Gonzalez, thanked Cuba for its solidarity and commented on the >excellent relations between his political organization and ICAP. > >ICAP is sponsoring the World Solidarity with Cuba conference and, >according to predictions, the U.S. delegation will be the largest -- >with some 500 delegates, among them members of the >solidarity/religious organization Pastors for Peace. > > >*BULGARIA'S HEALTH MINISTER VISITS THE ISLAND > >Havana, November 1 (RHC)-- Bulgarian Health Minister Ilko Semerdjiev >expressed his conviction that his visit to Cuba will contribute to a >strengthening of ties between both countries. > >In statements to reporters in the Cuban capital, the Bulgarian >official said that during his visit he would sign a cooperation accord >in the health sector. > >He added that the cooperation includes the production and sale of >vaccines, the exchange of specialists, information and expert advice >in the field of health organization and management. > > >*BIOTECHNOLOGY: CUBA RECOVERS LOST ORCHIDS > >Pinar del Rio, November 1 (RHC)--Cuban scientists have re-introduced >orchids in danger of extinction after successfully cultivating the >flower in vitro across the island. > >Specialists from the Orchid Botanic Gardens in Soroa, located in the >province of Pinar del Rio, told Prensa Latina News Agency that through >vegetable biotechnology, thousands of samples are obtained with only >one plant. > >The director of Soroa's Botanic Garden, Pedro Pablo Rivero, said that >the first studies on vitroplants dates back to the 1980's, but only at >the end of 1990's was its production stabilized. > >Rivero added that one-third of the orchid population in Cuba grows in >the western part of the island, mainly in the Sierra del Rosario >mountains and the Peninsula of Guanahacabibes, which are both >biosphere reserves. > > >*IGNACIO CERVANTES INTERNATIONAL PIANO CONTEST AND FESTIVAL BEGINS > >Havana, November 1 (RHC)-- The First Ignacio Cervantes International >Piano Contest and Festival got underway on Wednesday in Havana with >the participation of representatives from 12 countries, including >Italy, Venezuela and Mexico. > >The event, which runs until November 11th, will begin with a gala and >performance of Cuban pianist Frank Fernandez, accompanied by the >National Symphonic Orchestra. > >The last day's program will include six finalists, the first three of >whom will compete. The winner will be announced on November 10th. > > >*WORKSHOP EXPLORES CHALLENGES OF SOCIAL COMMUNICATIONS > >Havana, November 1 (RHC)-- The International Workshop "Challenges of >Social Communications on the Threshold of the 21st Century" is >underway in Havana with debates on the negative effects of >globalization in the area of communications. > >Other issues to be debated are communications as a whole and the >impact of new technologies on information. > >The event, which has the participation of communications experts from >various Latin American countries, is part of the 28th international >course entitled "Journalism and its Current Situation." > > >Viewpoint: > >*PEACE IN COLOMBIA REQUIRES A POLITICAL SOLUTION > >While Cuban President Fidel Castro was in Venezuela earlier this week, >he was asked about his position on the Colombian peace process. His >host, President Hugo Chavez, was also asked the question given that >Venezuela borders on Colombia. Both Latin American leaders have >actively cooperated with the Colombian government to try and maintain >a dialogue with the guerrillas and to find a solution that avoids, >among other things, another dangerous intervention by the United >States. > >Washington, on the other hand, has earmarked one billion dollars to >beef up the Colombian military and send U.S. weapons and advisors in >to supposedly eliminate the production and trafficking of drugs, which >Washington maintains is being hampered by the presence of guerrillas >throughout the country. > >The existence of powerful guerrilla groups in Colombia, fighting for >political power is a decades-old problem, in which neither the >government nor the insurgents have managed to gain the upper hand. >Much blood has been spilled in political struggles in Colombia and no >government has been able to exercise political authority over the >entire country. There are areas of Colombia that could be considered >separate republics, since the laws of the central government are >unenforceable there. That situation has been taken advantage of by >powerful, influential groups of drug traffickers, which also control >large areas in Colombia where they process and sell dugs made from >coca leaves, grown on huge plantations across the nation. > >"Plan Colombia," promoted by the U.S. government, is a way to >facilitate Washington's military intervention in the South American >country, using huge numbers of troops and advanced weapons which could >destroy a good part of the country's agriculture and natural >resources, not to mention human casualties. Colombia's neighbors >rightly fear that the violence could spill over regional borders, >endangering peace on the continent. > >The U.S. war of aggression against Vietnam was a humiliating defeat >for Washington, although they invested many more resources than are >called for in the Colombia plan. Washington's war in Southeast Asia >cost the lives of millions of Vietnamese and some 50,000 U.S. >soldiers. A similar operation launched in Colombia, a country much >larger than Vietnam, and a country in which well-armed groups of >guerillas already control wide areas, would spark a prolonged war of >attrition that could spread to rest of the continent. > >The reply of Cuban President Fidel Castro and his Venezuelan >counterpart, Hugo Chavez, rejects violence as a way to solve the >Colombian problem and reaffirms the two leader's support for a >peaceful and honorable solution to a historic problem. > > >(c) 2000 Radio Habana Cuba, NY Transfer News. 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