>Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2000 03:08:46 -0500 >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Radio Havana Cuba-22 November 2000 > >Via NY Transfer News * All the News That Doesn't Fit > >Radio Havana Cuba - News Update - 22 November 2000 > > . > >*SUCCESSIVE SALVADORAN GOVERNMENTS COMPLICIT WITH POSADA'S TERRORISM > >*CUBAN PRESIDENT FIDEL CASTRO RECEIVES PARAGUAY'S FIRST LADY > >*PARAGUAYAN FOREIGN MINISTER CONCLUDES VISIT TO CUBA > >*SOLIDARITY GROUPS SUPPORT EXTRADITION OF POSADA TO CUBA > >*THIRD REGIONAL SEMMINAR ON WOMEN GETS UNDERWAY > >*THE POSADA CASE AND TERRORISM AGAINST CUBA > >*Viewpoint: MEXICO LIKELY TO EXTRADITE ARGENTINEAN RICARDO CAVALLO > > . > >*SUCCESSIVE SALVADORAN GOVERNMENTS COMPLICIT WITH POSADA'S TERRORISM > >Havana, November 22 (RHC)-- Cuba has accused successive Salvadoran >administrations of complicity with terrorist Luis Posada Carriles. In Cuba's >televised round table discussion Tuesday evening, journalist Rogelio Polanco >stated that current Salvadoran President Francisco Flores and former >President Armando Calderon have both known of Posada Carriles' presence and >terrorist activities in that Central American nation. > >Noting that Flores and Calderon are members of the Salvadoran oligarchy's >ARENA Party -- a symbol of repression, death squads, massacres and >exploitation -- panelists recalled that in April 1999, following the 3rd >Summit of the Association of Caribbean States, Cuban President Fidel Castro >personally gave then-President Calderon a long list of Posada Carriles' >principle accomplices. > >They included Salvadoran Interior Minister Mario Acosta and his wife Ana >Maria Rodriguez Llerena -- the cousin of terrorist Otto Rene Rodriguez >Llerena, currently in prison in Cuba for his role in the wave of bomb >attacks against Havana hotels in 1997. The list also included Hugo Barrera, >Public Security Minister and Guillermo Sol, National Police Chief. > >Cuban journalists at the round table discussion stated that Calderon didn't >even respond to the information, which was sent to Flores when he assumed >the presidency - and Flores did not respond either. The interior minister >and other high-ranking members of the Salvadoran government have remained on >the job during the Flores administration. > >Panelists recalled that Cuba sent additional information concerning possible >plans by Posada Carriles to blow up a Cuban civilian airliner in Central >America, as well as other aircraft with regular or charter flights to Cuba >-- information that was passed on to Honduras, Guatemala and Costa Rica. >That information, added the panelists, was not shared with Nicaraguan >President Arnoldo Aleman due to his close ties with Miami's terrorist >Cuban-American National Foundation. > > >*CUBAN PRESIDENT FIDEL CASTRO RECEIVES PARAGUAY'S FIRST LADY > >Havana, November 22 (RHC)-- Cuban President Fidel Castro met with Paraguayan >First Lady Susana Galli on Wednesday morning. In statements to reporters, >Galli said her conversation with Fidel was very interesting. She pointed to >the Cuban leader's interest in cooperating with Paraguay. > >Shortly after her meeting with Fidel Castro, the wife of Paraguayan >President Luis Gonzalez Macchi concluded a three-day official visit, aimed >at signing bilateral cooperation agreements with the island in areas such as >education and health. > >While on the island, the Paraguayan first lady had a packed agenda, >including meetings with other Cuban officials and visits to various places >of interest, among them the Havana-based Latin American School of Medicine. >There are currently 142 students from the South American nation studying at >the school. > >The wife of President Macchi praised the excellent training that students >are receiving at the medical institution, especially the solidarity values >that they are being taught. She stated that such values cannot be found in >most academies around the world. She added that with the creation of the >Latin American School of Medicine, Cuba has taught regional countries many >lessons, as human beings as well as separate nations. > >The Paraguayan first lady also took the opportunity to thank Cuba for the >excellent work the island's doctors are carrying out in her country. She >noted that the Cuban medical teams are carrying out a very important social >task, since the Cuban doctors are offering their services in remotes areas >-- in some places where there had never been a doctor before. She stressed >that thanks to Cuba, those Paraguayan communities have now access to highly >qualified health professionals. > > >*PARAGUAYAN FOREIGN MINISTER CONCLUDES VISIT TO CUBA > >Havana, November 22 (RHC)-- Paraguayan Foreign Minister Juan Esteban Aguirre >concluded an official visit to Cuba on Wednesday. During his stay, Aguirre >signed with Cuban authorities an agreement for investment promotion and >protection. > >The accord was signed by Cuban Foreign Investment and Economic Cooperation >Minister Marta Lomas, with whom the top Paraguayan diplomat also discussed >ways to expand bilateral economic and trade relations between Havana and >Asuncion. > >While on the island, Foreign Minister Aguirre signed an agreement with Cuban >Minister without Portfolio Ricardo Cabrisas to promote bilateral trade in >the framework of the Latin American Integration Association (ALADI). The >Paraguayan foreign minister also held official talks with other Cuban >officials, including his Cuban counterpart Felipe Perez Roque and Trade >Minister Raul de la Nuez. > > >*SOLIDARITY GROUPS SUPPORT EXTRADITION OF POSADA TO CUBA > >Havana, November 22 (RHC)-- Over 150 solidarity with Cuba associations have >sent a message to Panamanian President Mireya Moscoso, demanding the >extradition of well-known terrorist Luis Posada Carriles to be judged in >Cuba for his terrorist crimes. > >Posada Carriles and five accomplices were arrested in Panama last Friday, >after Cuba denounced a terrorist plot to kill President Fidel Castro during >his participation in the 10th Ibero-American Summit of Heads of State and >Government in the Central American nation. > >In a joint statement, the solidarity activists also thanked Panamanian >authorities for the efficient and quick capture of Carriles and his >accomplices, once they were informed of the terrorist plot. > >During an event at the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples >(ICAP), representatives from solidarity associations who are still in Cuba >following their participation in the II World Solidarity with Cuba >Conference, called on President Moscoso to do the right thing. > >ICAP President Sergio Corrieri offered the solidarity activists detailed >information on this latest assassination attempt against the Cuban leader, >as well as information about those involved in the terrorist plans. He also >listed many of the terrorist actions carried out by Carriles against Cuba, >causing the deaths of many innocent people and human suffering. > >The solidarity activists agreed to disseminate all the information they now >have surrounding this case to other solidarity with Cuba and human rights >groups in their respective countries. They plan to mobilize and promote new >initiatives aimed at securing the extradition of the arrested terrorists to >Cuba. > >Posada Carriles was the mastermind of a 1976 terrorist attack on a Cuban >Airlines flight that killed all 73 people on board, including Cuba's Junior >Fencing Team. The team was returning home from Venezuela, after winning gold >medals during an international competition in the South American nation. > >>From his official residence in El Salvador, Carriles has plotted and carried >out numerous terrorist actions against Cuba and many other Latin American >countries in the pay of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the >Miami-based Cuban-American National Foundation. > > >*THIRD REGIONAL SEMMINAR ON WOMEN GETS UNDERWAY > >Havana, November 22 (RHC)-- The Third Latin American Seminar on Women got >underway on Wednesday at Havana's Copacabana Hotel. Delegates from eight >regional countries, including Guatemala, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, >and Panama are taking part in the event. > >Addressing participants at the inaugural session, Yolanda Ferrer, General >Secretary of the Federation of Cuban Women (FMC), stated that Latin American >women can contribute a great deal to regional integration. > >The seminar, the first of its type to take place here in Cuba, was the >initiative of Chile's National Women's Service (SERNAM) and the country's >Cooperation Agency, as part of a technical cooperation program with Central >America, the Dominican Republic and Cuba. > >The seminar, which runs through Friday, is an opportunity for Latin American >women to exchange experiences and work on projects that benefit women >throughout the region. > > >*THE POSADA CASE AND TERRORISM AGAINST CUBA > >Participants on Tuesday's televised round table centered their discussion on >international terrorist Luis Posada Carriles, arrested along with four >others by Panamanian authorities. The arrest took place following a news >conference given by Cuban President Fidel Castro upon his arrival at the >Ibero-American Summit. The Cuban leader exposed yet another attempt on his >life during that news conference. Posada Carriles was traveling under a >Salvadoran passport and is known to receive protection from San Salvador. > >One of the participants in Tuesday's round table was a member of Cuba's >Interior Ministry, Lt. Colonel Adalberto Salaber Fuste. He explained the >type of explosives found by the Panamanian police in the residence of Jose >Hurtado, the Panamanian driver of terrorist Luis Posada Carriles. Hurtado >was arrested along with Posada Carriles and two other accomplices in the >plan to assassinate the Cuban president during the Ibero-American Summit. > >Lt. Colonel Adalberto Salaber Fuste: "The explosives were of the C-4 type >which is for military use. Terrorists use this type of explosive for >sabotage and assassination attempts. The 20 kilogram explosive that was >found is capable of destroying installations and would have inflicted >catastrophic damage not only to the Cuban delegation at the solidarity >activity given for the Cuban president, but also to the Panamanian people >present at the event." > >During the televised round table, Cuban journalists spoke by phone to Dr. >Aristides Royo, a former Panamanian president and attorney, who explained >the current situation in that Central American nation: "First of all, the >news about the international terrorist Luis Posada Carriles has had >tremendous impact among the Panamanian people. They never imagined that our >country could ever have been used for an assassination attempt against >President Fidel Castro. As an attorney I can say that these people are >currently detained and that what should happen now is that the Cuban >government has a period of 60 days, according to law, to formally request >the extradition of terrorist Luis Posada Carriles." > >In Tuesday's second of a series of round tables on the situation of >Cuban-born terrorist Luis Posada Carriles, the participants also discussed >the true causes of the internal armed conflict that hit El Salvador. The >Salvadoran president had accused Cuba of sponsoring terrorism in El Salvador >during the civil war. However, the rest of the world now recognizes that the >Salvadoran government soldiers were the principal violators of human rights. > >At Tuesday's round table, Cuban journalists spoke to Salvadoran lawyer Nidia >Diaz, who represents the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN) in >the Salvadoran Parliament. She explained the real causes of the recent >conflicts in her country: "First of all, as a Salvadoran, I would like to >apologize to the Cuban people and President Fidel Castro for the arrogant >attitude of Salvadoran President Francisco Flores. I believe that he was >disrespectful in his accusations against the Cuban leader. He also showed a >lack of responsibility and ignorance of history. The causes that started the >conflict in El Salvador are due to insensibility, a lack of vision and >humanism on the part the oligarchic and military power that was governing >our country during many years. Generations of Salvadorans lived under >military dictatorships that defended the interests of the rich minority. >These were the causes of the struggle in El Salvador which one day made the >people take up arms and fight the tremendous social, and economic injustice >and lack of civic and political liberties and serious violations of human >rights." > >Salvadoran Parliamentarian Nidia Diaz also referred to the duty of the >Salvadoran government to resolve the situation that was created due to the >residency of terrorist Luis Posada Carriles in that Central American >country. "What the Salvadoran government should do is to recover the >Salvadoran peoples' dignity by beginning to take concrete measures to >dismantle all its ties with the Cuban right wing elements and examine those >government officials that have close ties with the terrorists that have >attempted to assassinate the Cuban President and have also used our country >to attack Cuba. As Salvadoran citizens we should demand our government to >take concrete measures to avoid this type of situation and put these >terrorists in jail. We should also demand the establishment of diplomatic >relations with Cuba." > >El Salvador's opposition party, the FMLN, announced it would carry out its >own investigation into the case of terrorist Luis Posada Carriles and how he >was traveling with a Salvadoran passport. It appears that Posada Carriles >has used the passport under an assumed name 59 times for trips to and from >the United States from El Salvador, which backs up Cuba's accusation that >the Miami-based Cuban American National Foundation was funding his >activities. > > >Viewpoint: > >*MEXICO LIKELY TO EXTRADITE ARGENTINEAN RICARDO CAVALLO > >In the next few days, Mexican judge Guadalupe Luna is expected to rule on >the extradition to Spain of former Argentinean military officer Ricardo >Miguel Cavallo. The request for extradition was made by Spain, on charges of >crimes against humanity. > >International public opinion is closely watching the case, especially the >families of the tens of thousands of victims of the Argentinean >dictatorship, whose pleas for justice over the years have fallen on deaf >ears. The arrest in Mexico last August 24th of known Argentinean torturer >Ricardo Miguel Cavallo revealed that he was far from being a respectable >businessman, the role he has played for the past years. > >Records show that Cavallo traveled 28 times to El Salvador, where he is >connected with a transportation company with close ties to the Salvadoran >government. > >In Mexico, Cavallo headed a similar enterprise, which deals with vehicle >registration and which, according to the Permanent Congressional Commission, >is privy to confidential information. > >Cavallo's arrest in Mexico sparked a political crisis there when opposition >parties demanded the resignation Commerce Secretary Herminio Blanco, who had >authorized the Argentinean to head an enterprise that deals with classified >information. > >According to the Argentinean daily newspaper Pagina Doce, up until shortly >before his arrest, Cavallo maintained close relations with Bolivian >politicians who were facilitating the licensing for him of an agency to >administer the expedition of identification cards. > >The man who was able to move like a fish in water in Mexico, El Salvador and >Bolivia obviously was more than just an inoffensive businessman. > >Cavallo was identified in Spain as one of the torturers of the Argentinean >Navy's notorious Mechanics School. The case highlights the freedom of >movement throughout Latin America enjoyed by former military torturers of >the Southern Cone, thanks to the laws of impunity and the protection of >corrupt officials. One must wonder how many of Cavallo's colleagues are >comfortably installed in key economic and political positions in Latin >America? > >Cavallo's case, as well as the arrests in Argentina for the murder of >Chilean General Carlos Prats and his wife, and the arrest of international >terrorist Luis Posada Carriles in Panama, demonstrate that the chickens are >coming home to roost -- at least for a few of the region's most vicious >political assassins. > >(c) 2000 Radio Habana Cuba, NY Transfer News. 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