>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2000 23:03:29 -0500 >s: > >Radio Havana Cuba-23 November 2000 > >Via NY Transfer News * All the News That Doesn't Fit > >Radio Havana Cuba - News Update - 23 November 2000 > > . > >*CUBA WILL RESOLVE CASE OF US CHILD THROUGH LEGAL CHANNELS > >*FATHER OF TERRORIST ATTACK VICTIM DEMANDS JUSTICE > >*SALVADORAN DEPUTY SAYS LUIS POSADA CARRILES AN EXPERT IN SABOTAGE > >*VIETNAMESE MEDIA ECHOS CUBA'S EXTRADITION REQUEST IN POSADA CASE > >*CONGRESS ON BIO-ENERGETICS AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE GETS UNDERWAY > >*PEDIATRICIANS FROM US AND CUBA MEET IN HAVANA > >*ROUNDTABLE SUMMARY FOR WEDNESDAY, 22 NOVEMBER 2000 > >*Viewpoint: WHERE WAS CONDEMNATION AT SUMMIT OF TERRORISM AGAINST CUBA? > > . > >*CUBA WILL RESOLVE CASE OF US CHILD THROUGH LEGAL CHANNELS > >Havana, November 23 (RHC)-- Cuba has expressed its willingness to open all >necessary legal channels to resolve the case of an American child brought to >Cuba illegally. An official note in Cuba's Granma newspaper today pointed to >reports in U.S. media outlets of a denunciation made by U.S. citizen John >Colombini, who charged that his son was spirited out of the United States >and taken to Cuba by the child's Cuban mother without his consent. > >Cuban authorities have confirmed the arrival in Pinar del Rio Province last >November 12th of two men and a woman, accompanied by two minors - one of >whom is the child in dispute, Jonathon Loren Colombini. Agustin Lemus Arzola >and his wife Arletis Blanco Perez, both natives of Cuba and residents in >Florida, said they had arrived illegally in a speed boat with their daughter >and the wife's son, along with 21-year-old Yuriel Leon Lemus, also >Cuban-born. > >The 29-year-old mother presented Cuban authorities with legal papers >regarding her divorce from her son's father and stating that the father's >custody of the child had been withdrawn due to his problems with alcoholism. >Her husband told Cuban authorities that the decision to travel to Cuba came >following death threats against his wife by the owner of a firm where she >works, named Juan Emilio Suarez. > >The child's mother said Suarez found her recording conversations at a >meeting discussing the sale of oil to a vessel belonging to the Miami-based >counterrevolutionary organization Democracy Movement, adding that the money >obtained would be used to buy weapons in Nicaragua for terrorist activities >in Cuba and to finance the Miami-based terrorist organization Alpha 66. > >The child's mother stated that a recent audit of the firm found that 150,000 >dollars was missing, and that she tried to record the conversation because >she thought she would be investigated. According to the Miami Herald, the >child's mother fled to Cuba because she was accused of stealing the money. > >Cuban authorities said that Cuban citizens Lemus Arzola and Leon Lemus are >currently detained, while Arletis Blanco and her two children are residing >with family members in Pinar Del Rio. Cuban authorities also reiterated >their willingness to open all the necessary legal channels to resolve the >situation as quickly as possible and with absolute impartiality and a spirit >of justice. > > >*FATHER OF TERRORIST ATTACK VICTIM DEMANDS JUSTICE > >Havana, November 23 (RHC)-- Justino Di Celmo, the father of Italian tourist >Fabio Di Celmo -- killed three years ago in a terrorist attack against >tourist facilities and hotels here in the Cuban capital -- said that all he >demands is that those responsible face a just, impartial trial. > >Di Celmo gave a news conference on Wednesday at the Copacabana Hotel, the >spot where his 32-year-old son was murdered on September 4th, 1997. > >Cuban authorities arrested Salvadoran mercenary Raul Ernesto Cruz Leon, who >confessed to having planted the bomb. During the trial that followed, >sufficient evidence was presented to prove that the mastermind of the wave >of bombings was well-known international terrorist Luis Posada Carriles. It >was also proven that Posada Carriles was in the pay of the U.S. Central >Intelligence Agency and the Miami-based Cuban-American National Foundation. >The aim of these terrorist attacks was to spread terror among foreign >visitors and damage the tourist sector -- the driving force of the Cuban >economy. > >Posada Carriles and several accomplices were arrested last Friday in Panama, >after Cuba denounced a terrorist plot to assassinate Cuban President Fidel >Castro during his participation in the 10th Ibero-American Summit of Heads >of State and Government. Panamanian authorities found 20 kilos of C-4 >plastic explosives and a detailed diagram of the University of Panama campus >in the residence of one of Carriles' accomplices. > >During the news conference, the father of the murdered Italian tourist >called on Panamanian President Mireya Moscoso to hold the captured >terrorists in jail until they are brought to justice for their crimes. > > >*SALVADORAN DEPUTY SAYS LUIS POSADA CARRILES AN EXPERT IN SABOTAGE > >Havana, November 23 (RHC)-- Salvadoran representative of the Farabundo Marti >National Liberation Front, Shafik Handal, has denounced Luis Posada Carriles >as an expert in sabotage. He also affirmed that he was trained by the CIA to >carry out terrorist attacks against Cuba. > >In an interview given to Salvadoran TV Channel 33 -- which was re-broadcast >on Cuban television Wednesday evening, Handal affirmed that Carriles was >part of the operation involved in the Iran-Contra Scandal. Luis Posada >Carriles was also an aide to Salvadoran President Jose Napoleon Duarte and >Guatemalan President Vinicio Cerezo. > >The Salvadoran member of parliament strongly criticized his country's >authorities for not having conducted a thorough investigation into the >presence in El Salvador of such a well-known terrorist and his criminal >activities. He stated that Carriles, using El Salvador as his center of >operations, recruited Salvadorans and other Central American mercenaries to >execute his terrorist plans. > >Handal said that the position of Salvadoran President Francisco Flores >during the recently held 10th Ibero-American Summit was intolerable. During >the meeting, Flores referred to the war in El Salvador during the 1980s, >blaming Cuba for the conflict. > >Schafik Handal said that Flores had knowledge about that crucial page in the >history of his country, since it was a war of the Salvadoran people against >the prevailing economic and social system of injustice. He added that the >war was to put an end to the continued violations of human rights in the >Central American nation, where human beings were hunted like animals and >murdered for their political beliefs. > >Regarding international solidarity with the Salvadoran insurgency during the >war, the FMLN official said that it wasn't just Cuba, but other countries >that were involved as well, including several non-governmental U.S.-based >organizations. > >Deputy Shafik Handal said that the U.S. administrations of Presidents Ronald >Reagan and George Bush were heavily involved in the conflict -- on the side >of the military dictatorships. He said it is common knowledge that both U.S. >administrations provided the Salvadoran repressive regime with money, arms >and military experts. > > >*VIETNAMESE MEDIA ECHOS CUBA'S EXTRADITION REQUEST IN POSADA CASE > >Hanoi, November 23 (RHC)-- Thursday's edition of Vietnam's daily Nhan Dan >published a detailed article on Cuba's extradition request against Luis >Posada Carriles and his accomplices. > >The newspaper reproduced the extradition request presented by Cuban Foreign >Minister Felipe Perez Roque to the government of Panama, where those >involved in the assassination attempt on the life of the Cuban leader were >arrested last Friday. > >The article also referred to other failed terrorist attempts on the life of >Fidel Castro, which were unscrupulously planned by Carriles. Many of the >assassination plots were organized to take place during international trips >by the Cuban leader. > >The Vietnamese daily Nhan Dan also offered its readers detailed information >on the terrorist activities of Posada Carriles, who was the mastermind of >the bombing attack against a Cubana Airlines flight in 1976, killing all 73 >people on board. > >The Cuban extradition request, currently under consideration by Panamanian >authorities, was also the headline story in other Vietnamese newspapers, >including the daily Quan Doi Nhan Dan. > > >*CONGRESS ON BIO-ENERGETICS AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE GETS UNDERWAY > >Havana, November 23 (RHC)-- The First Congress of the Cuban Society of >Bio-Energetics and Alternative Medicine opened its doors Wednesday at >Havana's ORTOP Convention Center. > >Chiropractic, acupuncture, chaconne and other methods of alternative >medicine for alleviating diseases and pain are some of the themes at this >congress on alternative medicines, which is being attended by over 300 >delegates from 10 countries. > >After two days of pre-congress courses offered by Cuban and foreign experts, >delegates are participating in conferences and roundtables, dealing with a >variety of themes regarding alternative and bio-energetic medicine; all of >them with a special emphasis on the need for human beings to be in balance >with the universe. > > >*PEDIATRICIANS FROM US AND CUBA MEET IN HAVANA > >Havana, November 23 (RHC)-- Pediatricians from the United States and Cuba >will meet from November 26th through the 28th at several hospitals in the >Cuban capital. > >Steve Berman, President of the American Pediatrics Society, told reporters >here in Havana that the aim of the encounter is to learn about Cuba's >experience on health disciplines such as attention to the newborn and >pediatric intensive care. > >This is the first time that experts from the American Pediatrics Society, >with some 75,000 members, will meet with their Cuban counterparts. > >During their stay in Cuba, the U.S. experts will visit places of interest, >including the Latin American School of Medicine, located on the outskirts of >Havana. > > >*ROUNDTABLE SUMMARY FOR WEDNESDAY, 22 NOVEMBER 2000 > >International terrorist Luis Posada Carriles was arrested last week in >Panama after Cuban authorities revealed he was in that Central American >country in order to assassinate President Fidel Castro who was attending the >10th Ibero-American Summit. > >During the roundtable discussion, the panel of Cuban experts painstakingly >went over Posada Carriles' activities during the l990's. It soon became >clear that the international criminal had not been picked up earlier due to >the lack of desire to do so on the part of Washington and El Salvador -- >where Posada Carriles has been living. Cuba had passed on detailed >information to the appropriate authorities as to where Posada Carriles was >operating. > >Experts also revealed the ties Posada Carriles maintains with the >ultra-right wing Cuban-American National Foundation, based in Miami. > >The evidence also supported Cuba's claims that Havana is not looking for >vengeance, but rather desires justice. If Cuba wanted vengeance, would have >been easy to eliminate Posada Carriles by simply training a rifle sight on >the terrorist rather than the telegraphic lens with which Cuban officials >had filmed his every move in Panama and El Salvador. > >Wednesday evening's roundtable discussion included an update on the case, >quoting the international press. The Panamanian newspaper "El Universal" >reported that Posada Carriles and his accomplices were being processed by >Panamanian authorities, which are considering the petition for extradition >filed by Cuba. > >Salvador Interior Minister Mario Acosta now says that the terrorist could be >extradited to El Salvador, if it is proven that he used a false Salvadoran >passport to enter Panama. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Public Safety and >Justice claims that El Salvador never received information requesting the >capture of Posada. > >Other press outlets speculate about the reactions sparked by the terrorists' >arrest in Panama after Cuba charged that they were plotting an assassination >attempt against Cuban President Fidel Castro during the 10th Ibero-American >Summit. Some press agencies claim Panamanian authorities want to send Posada >Carriles to Cuba, while others claim that they want to free him. > >Panamanian lawmaker Hector Aleman believes that the magnitude of the >assassination plot demonstrates that the terrorists were not acting alone. >"Those individuals operate in Latin America, with their base in Miami. They >are financed in some way and are connected to U.S. intelligence >organizations, especially the CIA. I believe that everyone in our country is >hoping that these people will be made an example of and we are watching very >closely what the government is doing regarding Cuba's extradition request >and other such possible such requests from other countries," he said. > >Cuban journalist Reynaldo Taladrid listed the times that the Cuban >government informed U.S. authorities of the anti-Cuba activities of Posada >Carriles and other terrorists. He also revealed that in l997, former U.S. >Democratic Senator Gary Hart received in Havana from Cuban president Fidel >Castro himself, a document that describes a series of terrorist actions >committed from l992 to that time -- with the idea that Hart would turn the >information over to U.S. President Bill Clinton, who was a personal friend >of Hart's. > >Cuba used a variety of ways to keep the U.S. government informed of the >movements of the infamous terrorist. On June 16th and 17th in l998, a >meeting took place in Havana between Cuban Interior Ministry officials and a >U.S. delegation made up of three FBI agents, two criminal experts and a U.S. >federal official --all specialists in terrorism -- and two officials from >the U.S. Interests Section in Havana. > >Reynaldo Taladrid said, "During the meeting, Cuban officials gave them a >detailed analysis of information on terrorist plans and activities aimed >against Cuba which originated in the United States, giving a detailed, >chronological account beginning in l990, including clandestine activities >and attempts to infiltrate weapons and people into Cuba, pirate attacks >against economic objectives on our coasts and the placing of explosive >devices in heavily populated areas in our capital and in other provinces. >They also turned over to the Americans four folders containing 220 pages of >information, five video cassettes and eight audio cassettes, also containing >important information." > >Having run down most of the terrorist acts to the U.S. delegation, they >explained the inter-connection between organizations and people residing in >Miami and New Jersey, under the sponsorship of the Cuban-American National >Foundation which, given its greater economic and logistic possibilities, was >frequently creating phantom organizations both inside and outside of the >United States, as a way of covering up its role in terrorist actions. > >The Cuban delegation provided ample evidence of those ties and maneuvers. >The Cubans provided the U.S. specialists with information on the plans that >Posada Carriles organized, which were facilitated by the Cuban-American >National Foundation, to assassinate Fidel Castro in Chile, on Venezuela's >Margarita Island and in the Dominican Republic. They also provided the >American anti-terrorist experts with a video containing images of Posada's >daily activities in El Salvador along with other evidence and information. > >Reynaldo Taladrid continued, "No responsible government would minimize the >importance of the information that our authorities have systematically >turned over on the activities organized and financed by the anti-Cuba mafia >and in particular, the Cuban-American National Foundation, which place in >danger so many innocent people in the entire hemisphere and in the United >States itself. The abominable plan of Luis Posada Carriles during the Panama >Summit was only stopped by the denunciation of our president, and would not >have occurred at all if the U.S. government would live up to its >responsibilities." > >These have been excerpts from Wednesday's televised Round Table which >revealed new information on the case of Cuban-born terrorist Luis Posada >Carriles, who is currently under arrest in Panama and waiting for a ruling on >an official extradition request made by Cuba. > > >Viewpoint: > >*WHERE WAS CONDEMNATION AT SUMMIT OF TERRORISM AGAINST CUBA? > >Since l959, when Cuba became a truly independent and sovereign nation, the >island has been the object of innumerable acts of terrorism planned and >directed from abroad under the auspices of nine successive U.S. governments. >These types of actions, which include economic sabotage to attempts to kill >Cuban leaders, have been internationally condemned, but not with the same >spirit of indignation as when the terrorist acts are carried out by victims >of oppression around the world. For example, the Israelis accuse the >Palestinians of practicing terrorism, but they forget the cases of massacres >in the occupied territories, under Zionist control, like those of Shabra and >Shatila. > >In Africa, there is much talk of terrorism committed by warring tribes and >ethnic groups, but one never hears of the innumerable acts of terrorism, >mass murders and the violation of the human rights of Africans, committed >first by European colonists and later by agents paid by those same interests >in order to divide the popular African forces. > >In Latin America, the bloody face of terrorism was seen in the crimes >committed by military regimes in Chile, Argentina and Uruguay -- just to >mention a few. Tens of thousands of innocent people of all ages were killed >or forcibly disappeared; detained without charges, placed in secret jails, >tortured and murdered. All of that happened with little outcry from most of >the international organizations. The infamous "Operation Condor" -- which >savagely internationalized political repression -- was an unforgettable >example. Wasn't it terrorism to brutally murder Chilean Carlos Prats and his >wife by detonating explosives planted under their care in the streets of >Buenos Aires? Or that of former Chilean foreign minister Orlando Letelier -- >who was blown up in the U.S. Capital along with his American assistant. Were >these crimes denounced publicly? NO. What was done was to protect >international terrorists and continue protecting the interests of those >ultimately responsible. That is what should have been roundly condemned as a >question of honor during the 10th Ibero-American Summit in Panama. Cuba >condemns terrorism and has never hidden it, but we demand justice. > >(c) 2000 Radio Habana Cuba, NY Transfer News. 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