>Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2000 06:09:08 -0500 >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Radio Havana Cuba Weekend-12 November 2000 >Radio Havana Cuba Weekend-12 November 2000 > >Via NY Transfer News * All the News That Doesn't Fit > >Radio Havana Cuba - Weekend News Update - 12 November 2000 > > . > >*LAS TUNAS PROVINCE CALLS FOR OVERTURNING US ANTI-CUBAN LEGISLATION > >*UNIVERSITY FOR ALL LANGUAGE CLASSES TO EXTEND HOURS FOR TEACHERS > >*NATURE TOURISM PROJECT PROMOTED AT MEETING IN VINALES VALLEY > >*Viewpoint: US STANDS ALONE IN ITS AGGRESSIVE ANTI-CUBA POLICY > > . > >*LAS TUNAS PROVINCE CALLS FOR OVERTURNING US ANTI-CUBAN LEGISLATION > >Havana, November 11th (RHC)-- The municipality of Colombia, located in the >Cuban eastern province of Las Tunas, was, on Saturday, the location of an >open tribune, where about 20 thousand Cubans from this, and other Cuban >municipalities and provinces, demanded the repeal of all U.S anti-Cuba >legislation, including the Cuban Adjustment Act and the Helms Burton Law. >They also called for an end of the U.S economic blockade imposed against >Cuba more than 40 years ago. > > >*UNIVERSITY FOR ALL LANGUAGE CLASSES TO EXTEND HOURS FOR TEACHERS > >Havana, November 11th (RHC)--As part of their traditional winter week off, >Cuban primary school teachers will have the opportunity to participate in >the " University for All" television educational program which is currently >broadcasting Spanish and English language classes. > >During the primary school vacations which run from the 13th to 18th of >November, the "University for All" will expand its broadcasting hours, and >will re-air the seminar after its regularly televised live classes. In that >way, more than 200,000 educators will have the opportunity to attend classes >without having to leave home. The seminar, which has been prepared >especially for teachers, educators, pedagogy assistants, librarians, and >speech therapists, will also be of interest to Cuban families. > >This new course is part of efforts by the Cuban government to increase the >level of education and culture on a grassroots level. Hundreds of thousands >of Cubans have already completed two-week televised courses in literature >and in writing, given by well-known professors and authors. The current >English and Spanish classes are filmed live from 7:00 am to 8:00 am, Monday >through Friday and are repeated from 11:00 pm to midnight. > > >*NATURE TOURISM PROJECT PROMOTED AT MEETING IN VINALES VALLEY > >Havana, November 11th (RHC)-- Cuba can count on 50 available areas to >promote nature tourism. These locations daily receive more than seven >thousand tourists, without causing any damage to the enviroment. The project >was announced during the closure of Turnat 2000, a meeting that took place >at the Vinales Valley, located in the Cuban western province of Pinar del >Rio. Some 140 delegates participated, including 40 foreign specialists in >tourism. > >During the meeting specialists promoted eco-tourism as an option that >complements the main attraction of the island, which are the sun and the >beach. The Flora and Fauna Business Group presented this option as the first >tourist venture of its kind in the Caribbean. > > >*Viewpoint: US STANDS ALONE IN ITS AGGRESSIVE ANTI-CUBA POLICY > >The United States continues to apply an aggressively anti-Cuba policy aimed >at undermining the Caribbean nation's government. For nearly 40 years, >Washington has waged an economic, commercial and financial war against Cuba, >which, though it has caused great harm to the Cuban people, has been unable >to derail the Cuban Revolution. Nine successive U.S. governments have >attempted to internationalize their anti-Cuba policy, pressuring other >countries to adopt the same hostile stance. > >Over the past nine years of economic and diplomatic attacks on Cuba, the >United States stands virtually alone in its hostility, which has been >demonstrated by increasingly large votes against Washington's policy in the >United Nations General Assembly. A resolution presented by the Cuban >government on the necessity of ending the economic blockade against the >island, has been passed since l992 by a significantly growing number of >votes. > >This year, 167 countries voted in favor of Cuba's resolution, three voted >against and four abstained. None of Washington's traditional allies >abstained or voted against the resolution save Israel which was joined this >year by the Marshall Islands. The two votes are understandable considering >the strategic role Israel plays for the United States in the oil producing >Arab world. Tel Aviv could not exist without the United States and so cannot >bite the hand that feeds it. The Israeli people are not responsible for the >situation - something which Cuba understands. > >Regarding the Marshall Islands, it is a small archipelago in the Pacific, >made up of 32 islands with less than a hundred thousand inhabitants. The >tiny U.S. protectorate, which has served as a nuclear testing ground, is >unable to disobey Washington's instructions to vote against Cuba. The Cuban >people don't hold the people of the Marshall Islands responsible for that >country's vote either, which they understand to be a ludicrous maneuver by >Washington to avoid standing almost completely alone in the United Nations' >vote. > >This is the situation in which the world's most powerful nation finds itself >after allowing its foreign policy to be manipulated by right-wing extremists >in Florida. > >(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-11.12.00-06:08:43-25608 > _______________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. 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