>Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2000 04:47:15 -0500 >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Radio Havana Cuba-03 November 2000 > >Radio Havana Cuba-03 November 2000 > >Via NY Transfer News * All the News That Doesn't Fit > >Radio Havana Cuba - News Update - 03 November 2000 > > . > >*MORE THAN 600 US CITIZENS TO ATTEND UPCOMING SOLIDARITY CONFERENCE > >*WINNERS OF HAVANA INTERNATIONAL TRADE FAIR TO BE ANNOUNCED > >*CUBAN MINISTER MEETS TRADE DELEGATION FROM JAPAN > >*CUBA-ETHIOPIA COMMISSION FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION OPENS IN HAVANA > >*CUBAN CULTURAL INSTITUTION TO SPONSOR ART AUCTION > >*CUBA'S LEADING EDGE TREATMENT OF RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA > >*IGNACIO CERVANTES INTERNATIONAL PIANO CONTEST BEGINS IN HANAVA > >*SPANISH AND ENGLISH TV COURSES PART OF CUBA'S "UNIVERSITY FOR ALL" > >*IBERO-AMERICAN SUMMIT DOCUMENT WILL DEMAND RESPECT AND NON-INTERVENTION > >*WORLD SOLIDARITY WITH CUBA: "GLOBALIZATION" WITH A HUMAN FACE > > . > >*MORE THAN 600 US CITIZENS TO ATTEND UPCOMING SOLIDARITY CONFERENCE > >Havana, November 3 (RHC)-- More than 600 U.S. citizens will attend the >upcoming Second World Solidarity With Cuba Conference -- the largest of >numerous delegations. Sergio Corrieri, the president of the Cuban Institute >of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP) -- which is sponsoring the event -- >said the solidarity with Cuba movement is broad, varied, and heterogeneous. > >To date, a little more than 3,500 participants from 98 countries have >confirmed their presence at the gathering, to be held in the Cuban capital >from November 10th to the 14th. The first solidarity conference was held in >1994, with the presence of 3,069 from 108 countries. > >The second encounter was called by 72 Cuban social, religious and >non-governmental organizations, among them the Cuban Council of Churches and >the Martin Luther King Center -- both evangelical denominations. > >Sergio Corrieri pointed out that the international solidarity with Cuba >movement currently publishes 400 magazines, newspapers and brochures. He >said solidarity with Cuba continues on the rise, noting that in 1989, 500 >foreign organizations maintained ties with the Cuban Institute of Friendship >with the Peoples, up to 1,200 in 1994, and currently stands at 1,685. > > >*WINNERS OF HAVANA INTERNATIONAL TRADE FAIR TO BE ANNOUNCED > >Havana, November 3 (RHC)-- The winners of the 10th Havana International >Trade Fair will be announced late Friday night at Havana's International >Convention Center, in which business executives from 64 countries are >participating. > >Cuba will sign an association agreement between the island's Transcargo >firm, the Brazilian Sulnar firm and Agencargo S.A. for the creation of a >direct transportation route from Brazil to Cuba. > >The establishment of this route will permit Cuba to save 30 percent on the >cost of freight and will open the way for a stable option for Cuba to export >its products to Brazil. > >On Thursday, Cuba signed with Grenada and the German-Swiss firm Kuehne and >Nagel diverse agreements which will favor the Cuban economy. > > >*CUBAN MINISTER MEETS TRADE DELEGATION FROM JAPAN > >Havana, November 3 (RHC)-- Cuba's Minister without Portfolio and President >of the Cuba-Japan Economic Conference, Ricardo Cabrisas, met on Thursday in >Havana with a delegation of Japan's Trade and Economic Investments >Sub-Commission, Takeshi Odagiri. Both officials spent analyzed ways to >reactivate trade between both countries. > >The Japanese delegation will also meet with representatives from different >areas of the island's economy as well as with other business executives. > >This meeting was a preview of the 11th meeting of Cuba-Japan Economic >Conference to be held next January in Tokyo. > > >*CUBA-ETHIOPIA COMMISSION FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION OPENS IN HAVANA > >Havana, November 3 (RHC)-- The first session of the Cuba-Ethiopia Joint >Commission for Economic Cooperation got underway on Thursday with the >objective of increasing bilateral relations in different sectors. > >Presiding over the delegations are Cuba's Minister for Foreign Investment >and Economic Cooperation, Marta Lomas and Ethiopia's Trade and Industries >Minister, Kassahun Ayele. During their meeting, the Cuban and Ethiopian >delegations discussed setting up a three year economic and technical >cooperation program in the sectors of health, education and sports. > >The Ethiopian representative pointed out that his country supports Cuba at >the United Nations and other international forums condemning Washington's >blockade against the island. > > >*CUBAN CULTURAL INSTITUTION TO SPONSOR ART AUCTION > >Havana, November 3 (RHC)-- Cuba's Casa de las Americas cultural institution >will sponsor an auction of over 60 art pieces on November 18th. Proceeds >will be used to purchase medicines for children suffering from cancer. > >The auction will involve works representative of all of Cuba's art >generations. Among the artists who will participate in the auction is >photographer Alberto Diaz Korda, who photographed the world famous picture >of Ernesto Che Guevara. > >Renowned paintings by Roberto Favelo, Eduardo Roca, Zayda del Rio, Alfredo >Sosabravo and Tomas Sanchez will be auctioned at the cultural center. > > >*CUBA'S LEADING EDGE TREATMENT OF RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA > >Havana, November 3 (RHC)-- Cuba is still leading other countries in the >treatment of retinosis pigmentosa, with over 10 years of surgical experience >in the field, according to Dr. Orfilio Pelaez. > >In statements to the Prensa Latina News Agency, Dr. Peleaz pointed out that >while other countries continue conducting research on retinosis pigmentosa, >Cuba is well known for its effective free treatment among the population and >for its research in identifying carriers, as well as an action plan for its >prevention. He indicated that to stop the advance of retinosis pigmentosa in >the majority of patients that have undergone surgery is one of the most >significant achievements of Cuban medicine since 1987. > >Over 10,000 operations have been performed on the island up until now, many >of them on foreigners who can testify to the effectiveness of the Cuban >method. > > >*IGNACIO CERVANTES INTERNATIONAL PIANO CONTEST BEGINS IN HANAVA > >Havana, November 3 (RHC)-- The Ignacio Cervantes International Piano Contest >got underway on Thursday with the participation of 33 outstanding musicians >from 14 countries -- among them, Germany, Mexico, Japan, Guatemala and Cuba. > >Some of the members of the jury are: Cuban pianists Frank Fernandez and >Victor Rodriguez, Salomon Mikousky from the United States and from Spain, >Jesus Rodriguez. > >The prizes will be awarded by Cuba's Writers and Artists Association, UNEAC, >and the General Authors Society, while special prizes will be awarded by >Spain's Cultural Center. > > >*SPANISH AND ENGLISH TV COURSES PART OF CUBA'S "UNIVERSITY FOR ALL" > >Havana, November 3 (RHC)-- Cuban television will begin broadcasting English >and Spanish courses next week. The courses are the continuation of what is >being called "The University for All," which began in early October with a >course on Narrative Techniques followed by Literary Appreciation. > >The televised courses form part of a government program in its effort to >develop education and culture among the Cuban people. > > >*IBERO-AMERICAN SUMMIT DOCUMENT WILL DEMAND RESPECT AND NON-INTERVENTION > >Havana, November 3 (RHC)-- Cuban First Deputy Foreign Minister Jorge Bolanos >said that the heads of state and government at the upcoming Ibero-American >Summit in Panama will call for self-determination and an end to foreign >intervention. > >Commenting on the preparations on the Summit's final declaration, which will >be held in Panama on November 16th and 17th, the Cuban official stressed >that it is important for the document to reflect a respect of international >law and sovereignty at a time when globalization and neo-liberalism attacks >those principles. > >According to the first deputy foreign minister, the document will analyze >the issue of children and adolescence in the region, particularly in Latin >America -where 50 percent of its people live in poverty. > > >*Viewpoint: WORLD SOLIDARITY WITH CUBA - "GLOBALIZATION" WITH A HUMAN FACE > >The most important aspect of Cuba's foreign policy has always been >solidarity with the peoples of the Third World. In response, Cuba solidarity >groups have sprung up around the world, supporting the Cuban people in their >struggle over the past 40 years to remain sovereign and independent. > >The United States, just 90 miles from Cuba, has maintained a hostile policy >against the island including an economic blockade that has lasted some four >decades. Washington continues trying to destabilize the country by >destroying its economy. U.S. policy has also been to internationalize the >blockade, which has caused massive shortages of necessities, from food to >life-saving medicine. The U.S. measures have failed to garner any >international support and, in fact, have been roundly condemned as violating >the principals of sovereignty and independence. > >Cuba's solidarity with other peoples of the Third World has been widely >demonstrated, sometimes at the cost of human lives, since the beginning of >the Cuban Revolution. Cuba supported the Vietnamese people during >Washington's war of aggression against that nation; Cuba has been in >solidarity with the peoples of Africa, the victims of colonialism and >apartheid; hundreds of thousands of Cuban soldiers fought in difficult >conditions in Angola and other African nations, helping them in their war of >liberation against foreign aggression; many thousands of Cuban doctors and >other medical personnel have completed or are now volunteering their >services in dozens of African and Latin American countries. Cuba has >extended full scholarships to thousands of low-income Third World youth, >allowing them to study medicine, engineering and other skills necessary for >development. > >>From November 10th through the 14th, Havana will host representatives from >hundreds of Cuba solidarity groups from dozens of countries, including the >United States, who will ratify their willingness to support the Cuban >Revolution. > >The Second World Solidarity Meeting will demonstrate the vitality that the >Cuba solidarity movement has acquired on the world's five continents -- a >fine example of the globalization of solidarity among the peoples of the >world on the threshold of a new millennium. > >(c) 2000 Radio Habana Cuba, NY Transfer News. 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