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Radio Havana Cuba - News Update - 08 November 2000
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*CUBA ASKS SPAIN NOT TO MISTREAT BASQUES REFUSED ASYLUM BY CUBAN EMBASSY
*PASTORS FOR PEACE GROUP VISITS WESTERN PINAR DEL RIO
*ANTONIO MACEO BRIGADE TAKES PART IN WORLD SOLIDARITY MEETING
*GENERAL SECRETARY OF SOUTH AFRICA'S COMMUNIST PARTY DEMANDS US END BLOCKADE
*COMMERCIAL DELEGATION FROM THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF KOREA ARRIVES IN CUBA
*CUBA PLANS TO DRILL 4 MILLION TONS OF OIL IN 2001
*SECOND WORLD SOLIDARITY MEETING BEGINS FRIDAY IN HAVANA
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*CUBA ASKS SPAIN NOT TO MISTREAT BASQUES REFUSED ASYLUM BY CUBAN EMBASSY
Havana, November 8 (RHC)-- Cuba's Foreign Ministry has called on the
government of Spain to respect the physical well being of two Basque
separatists who requested political asylum at Cuba's embassy in Madrid. A
Foreign Ministry note, published Wednesday in Granma newspaper, explained
that on Monday two women jumped over the fence of the Cuban embassy, stating
they were being persecuted.
Cuban diplomatic officials explained that Cuba does not have asylum
agreements with any European nation, persuading the two women to desist
from their intention. They were later arrested by Spanish police who now
accuse them of planning terrorist attacks as members of the Basque
separatist group ETA.
The Cuban Foreign Ministry note recalled that Cuba has respected the
physical well being and legal rights of Cuban citizens who have entered
Spain's embassy in Havana, oftentimes remaining on embassy grounds for weeks
at a time.
** [NY Transfer News Editor's Note: To our knowledge, no nation in the world
has such a thing as an "asylum agreement" with any other nation. The very
idea is utterly absurd. We wonder whether the Basque delegation to the World
Solidarity Conference will even attend the meeting, after this dismaying and
inexplicable event. Since the Cuban government usually has very good reasons
for its actions, we hope they will reveal what REALLY prompted this decision.
More news about this event is available on the NY Transfer News
website at http://www.blythe.org/nytransfer-subs, in the Caribbean and
Radical Politics newsfeeds.] **
*PASTORS FOR PEACE GROUP VISITS WESTERN PINAR DEL RIO
Pinar del Rio, November 8 (RHC)-- Some 70 members of the U.S.
solidarity/religious organization Pastors for Peace are visiting the western
Cuban province of Pinar del Rio. The main objective of the visit is to
assess the use of alternative energy and its positive impact on the
environment.
Twenty-four tons of medical supplies and materials useful for alternative
energy collected by the U.S.-Cuba Friendshipment Caravan will soon arrive by
ship in Havana.
The members of the Pastors for Peace caravan will be part of the U.S.
delegation that will attend the Second World Solidarity with Cuba meeting,
which gets underway on Friday.
*ANTONIO MACEO BRIGADE TAKES PART IN WORLD SOLIDARITY MEETING
Havana, November 8 (RHC)-- The Miami-based, Cuban-American solidarity with
Cuba group, the Antonio Maceo Brigade, has announced that their members will
take part in the upcoming international solidarity conference in the Cuban
capital.
The coordinator of the Antonio Maceo Brigade, Andres Gomez, told reporters
in Miami that the members of his group will demonstrate their admiration and
support for the Cuban people and their right to self-determination.
During the conference, participants will discuss Washington's blockade
against Cuba, as well as information and misinformation about the Cuban
Revolution. Delegates will also have the opportunity to exchange experiences
in the solidarity movements of their countries.
*GENERAL SECRETARY OF SOUTH AFRICA'S COMMUNIST PARTY DEMANDS US END BLOCKADE
Havana, November 8 (RHC)-- The General Secretary of South Africa's Communist
Party, Bleid Enzimande, has affirmed that the U.S. economic blockade --
imposed on Cuba for nearly 40 years -- must end.
In a meeting with the president of the Cuban Parliament, Ricardo Alarcon,
the South African leader pointed out his country's determination to expand
the solidarity movement with Cuba.
In this regard, he expressed that a friendship group with Cuba has been
organized in South Africa, which includes members of the Communist Party,
Labor Unionists, as well as members of the African National Congress. The
South African leader, who is leading his country's delegation to the Second
World Solidarity with Cuba meeting, stressed his government's decision to
continue denouncing Washington's hypocrisy with regard to the passing of
those laws that instead of easing the U.S. blockade, have tightened it even
more.
*COMMERCIAL DELEGATION FROM THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF KOREA ARRIVES IN CUBA
Havana, November 8 (RHC)-- A commercial delegation from the Democratic
Republic of Korea, headed by the Minister of Foreign Trade, Gang Zong Jo,
arrived in Havana on Wednesday to participate in the 20th Bilateral Session
of Economic, Scientific and Technical Commission.
Korea's Minister of Foreign Trade emphasized the excellent political
relations between the two countries. Composed of experts from many economic
sectors, the delegation will be in Cuba until Sunday, meeting with Cuban
specialists in important areas including agriculture, sugar industry,
foreign trade and investment and economic cooperation.
*CUBA PLANS TO DRILL 4 MILLION TONS OF OIL IN 2001
Havana, November 8 (RHC)-- Cuba is committed to reach some four million tons
of oil for the year 2001 as part of government efforts in achieving
self-sufficiency in the field of energy, according to the Ministry of Basic
Industry.
Cuba's oil industry is planning to extract a record of three million tons
this year and will take the necessary steps for exploration and extraction
in the deep waters of what is called the Exclusive Economic Zone in the Gulf
of Mexico.
In addition to the exploration and extraction of the oil, nickel and cobalt
production offer the island's economy excellent perspectives for growth.
*SECOND WORLD SOLIDARITY MEETING BEGINS FRIDAY IN HAVANA
More than 3500 delegates from 98 countries will be in Havana for the Second
World Solidarity with Cuba Meeting.
Solidarity and friendship with Cuba has been demonstrated since the first
moments when this country experienced the hostility of the United States.
Today, over 1600 solidarity organizations in 127 countries maintain regular
ties with the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP),
compared to some 500 in 1989. Those organizations publish 400 newspapers,
magazines and bulletins, aimed at spreading the truth about Cuba, about the
Cuban people and their determination to defend their sovereignty and
legitimate right to self-determination.
The world solidarity with Cuba movement is very heterogeneous, grouping
NGOs, religious, professional and labor associations, as well as Nobel Peace
Prize winners, renowned intellectuals, scientists and even political leaders
who have played a key role in the governments of their respective countries
-- people from all walks of life, united in the conviction that the U.S.
blockade against Cuba is genocidal and unacceptable from all points of view,
and that all people have a legitimate right to determine their own destiny
without foreign interference.
The world solidarity movement has also contributed to Cuba's efforts to
maintain the island's free education and health systems -- two major
achievements of the Revolution -- as well as to extend Cuba's expertise,
particularly in these two key sectors, to other Third World peoples.
The largest foreign delegation to participate in the international
solidarity meeting that gets underway on Friday is a delegation from the
United States -- with nearly 600 solidarity activists -- further evidence of
the growing sentiment among the U.S. people against the blockade and in
support of the Cuban people.
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