>Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2000 23:58:23 -0500 >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Radio Havana Cuba-02 November 2000 > >Via NY Transfer News * All the News That Doesn't Fit > >Radio Havana Cuba - News Update - 02 November 2000 > > . > >*WORLD SOLIDARITY CONFERENCE: US, PUERTO RICO HAVE LARGEST DELEGATIONS > >*SCOTTISH MINISTER PRAISES HAVANA INTERNATIONAL TRADE FAIR > >*CUBA, POPULAR REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO SIGN PACTS > >*CONFERENCE ON BOTANICAL GARDENS AND 21st CENTURY CHALLENGES UNDERWAY > >*CUBAN, CYPRIOT YOUTH COUNCIL ANNOUNCE COOPERATION AGREEMENT > >*CUBA'S NATIONAL BALLET COMPANY PLANS SPANISH TOUR > >*Viewpoint: PLUS CA CHANGE... > > . > >*WORLD SOLIDARITY CONFERENCE: US, PUERTO RICO HAVE LARGEST DELEGATIONS > >Havana, November 2 (RHC)-- The United States and Puerto Rico will have the >largest delegations at the 2nd World Solidarity with Cuba Meeting, slated >for Havana from November 10th to the 14th. > >The Puerto Rican delegation will be made up of 100 people, while the United >States will be represented by more than 500 solidarity activists. Among the >U.S. delegation will be 50 members of the solidarity/religious organization >Pastors for Peace, headed by the Reverend Lucius Walker. > >More than 3000 delegates from Latin America, Europe, Asia and Africa will >participate in the international solidarity meeting. > > >*SCOTTISH MINISTER PRAISES HAVANA INTERNATIONAL TRADE FAIR > >Havana, November 2 (RHC)--The Scottish Minister without Portfolio, Brian >Wilson, had words of praise for the Havana International Trade Fair. Wilson, >speaking with reporters in the Cuban capital, described the event as >"excellent." > >In statements to the Prensa Latina News Agency, Wilson said the trade fair >is an ideal place to establish business contacts. And the Scottish official >went on to say that his visit to Cuba was very productive. He met with Cuban >government officials and visited a number of places of interest. > > >*CUBA, POPULAR REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO SIGN PACT > >Havana, November 2 (RHC)-- Cuba and the Popular Republic of the Congo have >signed an agreement for the creation of joint ventures and increased >cooperation in the fields of pharmaceutical industry, biotechnology, food >and construction materials. > >The agreement was signed in the context of the Havana International Trade >Fair, currently underway at the PABEXPO Exhibition Hall. > >In related news, the Cuban CIMATEL Company and the Brazilian CSL firm signed >an accord that will facilitate information via Internet to Brazilian >business executives. And Venezuela's Pirelli Company and Cuba's ENSUNA >signed an accord to increase the supply of tires to the island. > > >*CONFERENCE ON BOTANICAL GARDENS AND 21st CENTURY CHALLENGES UNDERWAY > >Cienfuegos, November 2 (RHC)-- An international event entitled "Botanical >Gardens and Challenges in the 21st Century" got underway on Thursday in the >central city of Cienfuegos. > >Over 20 Cuban and foreign institutions will be on hand to analyze 60 >workshops related to environmental education, ecology and biodiversity >conservation. > >The Botanical Gardens in Cienfuegos, which was declared a national monument >over ten years ago, will work to contribute to environmental education as >part of its activities for the 100th anniversary of the gardens. > > >*CUBAN, CYPRIOT YOUTH COUNCIL ANNOUNCE COOPERATION AGREEMENT > >Havana, November 2 (RHC)-- The Cuban Young Communist League and Cypriot >Youth Council will sign a cooperation accord on Friday in Havana. The accord >is aimed at strengthening relations between both organizations. > >The Cypriot youth organization will present a coordination project to the >UJC that would permit both groups to maintain direct communications with >other parts of the world, according to the head of the Cypriot group, George >Louklioles, who is currently visit Havana. > >The Cypriot youth group's visit was in response to last year's visit of Otto >Rivero, First Secretary of Cuba's Young Communist League. > > >*CUBA'S NATIONAL BALLET COMPANY PLANS SPANISH TOUR > >Havana, November 2 (RHC)-- Cuba's National Ballet Company will leave for >Spain on Saturday, having participated in the recently concluded 17th >International Ballet Festival in Havana. The tour will include visits to >Zaragoza, Santurce, Salamanca, Toledo and Valencia with the performance of >"Swan Lake," directed by the General Director of the Cuban National Ballet >Company, Alicia Alonso. > >After the tour, the Cuban ballet group will return to Cuba and perform at >Havana's Garcia Lorca's Gran Theatre. > > >Viewpoint: > >*PLUS CA CHANGE... > >Less than a week away from the U.S. presidential elections and neither of >the two principal candidates have said anything or really done anything that >makes them different from each other. No one wants to rock the boat of >corporate prosperity. In fact, Ralph Nader, the consumer advocate who is an >independent candidate in the presidential race, commented recently that "the >only distinction between George W. Bush and Al Gore is the velocity with >which their knees hit the floor when big corporations come knocking at the >door." > >In spite of extra last minute efforts to court the Hispanic vote, with both >candidates firing off ready-learnt Berlitz school phrases in Spanish at the >slightest photo-op, there is no indication that the expected high >absenteeism will be affected. The Hispanic vote is important, but the >Hispanic population is not fooled anymore than any other voter. > >Quite frankly, the people of the United States are bored. Both candidates >have the charisma of a Merv Griffin re-run and neither offer any hope >whatsoever to the nation's tired, poor, huddled masses yearning to breathe >free. No alternatives to soaring rents, lack of affordable health care, >inequitable taxation, dropping educational standards and massive layoffs are >forthcoming from either Bush or Gore. They both seek to maintain the >economic bonanza that has made them and their corporate friends immensely >rich at the expense of the nation's workers. Ten of the original 13 >candidates for the presidency are millionaires. A full one-third of the >Senate rolls in immense wealth. Everyone knows that to make money you have >to spend money, so the total amount spent on this particular election by >both candidates has exceeded $3 billion -- a record that outstrips the last >election by almost double. > >The total mediocre and mundane nature of all this would be a joke if it >didn't affect so many people in such a negative way. The alienation that >some 40 percent of the people in the U.S. now feel, will be reflected in >their disinclination to vote, their increased turn to drugs and the rise of >racial tension and violence in a dangerously polarized society. As Cuba's >president said a few weeks ago, it would probably be best for voters to >simply plan a day at the beach next Tuesday. > >(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-11.02.00-23:57:58-802 > _______________________________________________________ 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. 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