>Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2000 09:27:08 -0500 >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Radio Havana Cuba-01 December 2000 >Radio Havana Cuba-01 December 2000 > >Via NY Transfer News * All the News That Doesn't Fit > >Radio Havana Cuba - News Update - 01 December 2000 > > . > >*FIDEL ATTENDS INAUGURATION OF MEXICAN PRESIDENT VICENTE FOX > >*DISCUSSION EXAMINES TERRORIST CAREERS OF POSADA CARRILES & OTHERS > >*CUBA COMMEMORATES INTERNATIONAL AIDS DAY > >*VENEZUELAN PATIENTS TO BEGIN TREATMENT UNDER RECENT PACT > >*BRAZILIAN OPPOSITION LEADER LEAVES CUBA > >*SPANISH POLITICIAN CRITICIZES PRESIDENT AZNAR > >*AFTER PANAMA: CHILL IN RELATION BETWEEN MADRID AND HAVANA > > . > >*FIDEL ATTENDS INAUGURATION OF MEXICAN PRESIDENT VICENTE FOX > >Mexico, December 1 (RHC)-- Cuban President Fidel Castro, upon his arrival in >Mexico City to attend the inauguration of President Vicente Fox, told >reporters that he was optimistic about future relations between the two >countries. The Cuban leader arrived in Mexico at 9:45 a.m., local time, >heading a delegation which includes Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez >Roque and Jose Miyar Barruecos, the Secretary of the Cuban Council of State. > >In other news, it was announced that Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque -- >following his stay in Mexico -- will begin an official visit to Brazil on >Monday, the 4th, and then continue on to Honduras, where he will attend a >ministerial meeting of the Association of Caribbean States. The ACS meeting >is scheduled for Thursday and Friday, December 7th and 8th, in Tegucigalpa, >the Honduran capital. > >*DISCUSSION EXAMINES TERRORIST CAREERS OF POSADA CARRILES & OTHERS > >Havana, December 1 (RHC)-- The terrorist careers of Luis Posada Carriles and >three other Cuban-born criminals were examined during a special roundtable >discussion Thursday evening on Cuban radio and television. Experts on >international affairs and leading Cuban journalists participated in the live >program, dissecting the numerous terrorist activities of the four-man >commando that was arrested two weeks ago. Posada Carriles and his >accomplices were taken into custody by Panamanian authorities on November >18th when it was revealed that they were planning an assassination attempt >against Cuban President Fidel Castro while he attended the 10th >Ibero-American Summit. > >Several panelists recalled that Luis Posada Carriles has been involved in >various plans to kill the leader of the Cuban Revolution over the past four >decades. Among his other terrorist exploits include running guns and drugs >in Central America, working directly with right-wing contra forces trying to >overthrow the Sandinistas in Nicaragua during the 1980s. > >Participants in the roundtable discussion revealed that Posada Carriles had >traveled to Nicaragua on at least two occasions this year and that he was, >and is, close friends with high government officials. It was also noted that >reactionary Nicaraguan President Arnoldo Aleman decided not to attend the >Ibero-American Summit in Panama, without any apparent reason. Recent >investigations point to evidence that the explosives smuggled into Panama to >kill the Cuban president were actually stored in Nicaragua and taken into >Costa Rica before being transferred to Panama City. Speculation has been >raised that Aleman knew about the bombing plans, which would have perhaps >killed hundreds of people within range of the Cuban leader -- and decided to >stay as far away as possible. > >Panelists pointed out that Cuba has now formally requested the extradition >of Luis Posada Carriles and the three other terrorists being held in Panama >-- reiterating that Havana does not want revenge, but simply demands >justice. > > >*CUBA COMMEMORATES INTERNATIONAL AIDS DAY > >Havana, 01 December (RHC)--International AIDS Day was commemorated here in >Havana today with a multi-cultural event in which a number of people living >with HIV/AIDS gave moving testimonials interspersed with poetry and music. > >The Ministry of Public Health held an information meeting in which the most >recent figures on the virus were made available to the public. Of some 3100 >Cubans diagnosed with HIV since 1986, 1100 have died. Health officials state >that most of these would have survived with the drugs that are readily >available in western nations but which the US blockade prevents from >importing into Cuba. The island, nevertheless, still has the 5th lowest >infection rate in the world. > >In the evening a song and dance event was scheduled in Old Havana in which >numerous well-known classical and contemporary artists will appear. The >funds raised will benefit the National Center for the Prevetion and >Education of Sexually Transmitted Diseases and AIDS. > > >*VENEZUELAN PATIENTS TO BEGIN TREATMENT UNDER RECENT PACT > >Havana, 01 December (RHC)--Fifty Venezuelan patients accompanied by the same >number of friends and family have arrived in Cuba, where they will be >treated for a number of ailments, in accordance with an agreement recently >signed in Caracas by Havana. The accord provides specialized health care and >sports training among other things in exchange for shipments of oil on a >reduced payment scheme. > >According to the Deputy Health Minister, Luis Cordoba, the cases relate to >neurological rehabilitation, orthopedic problems and leukemia. Health >authorities in Venezuela chose patients from extremely low-income families >to be sent to Cuba for treatment. > > >*BRAZILIAN OPPOSITION LEADER LEAVES CUBA > >Havana, 01 December (RHC)--The leader of the Brazilian Workers Party, Luis >Inacio da Silva, known around the world as Lula, stated in Havana today that >once more the resistance of the Cuban people proves a need for wider >international solidarity. > >The Brazilian opposition leader made the statement to the press at the end >of his visit to the island in which he met with Fidel Castro a number of >times to discuss issues relating to the free market globalization and the >necessary participation of the people in the political process. Da Silva >said they both agree upon all these points and many more. The two leaders >also discussed regional poverty with a focus on Brazil, the development of >national industry, the realities surrounding agrarian reform, and the >guarantee of schooling for all. > >Lula declared that he is a firm believer in regional integration and warned >that any Latin American nation that allies itself with the Free Trade Zone >of the Americas proposed by the United States will find their economies >effectively subordinated to and controlled by Washington. The Brazilian >opposition leader was accompanied in Cuba by 200 members of his Brazilian >Workers Party. > > >*SPANISH POLITICIAN CRITICIZES PRESIDENT AZNAR > >Havana, 01 December (RHC)--The parliamentary representative from the Spanish >region of Andalucia, Jose Antonio Barroso, declared in Havana today that the >attitude of Spanish President Jose Maria Aznar in his position on terrorisim >against Cuba was servile. > >In Cuba to attend the Second Congress of the Cuban Sugar Workers Union, >Barroso said that for the Spanish Cuba represented an example to the world >and that the majority of his people fully supported the Revolution and - >unlike its president - condemned the terrorism perpetrated against it. > >The government of Aznar, said the opposition Spanish politician, had >effectively pronounced itself in support of the anti-Cuban rightwing >supported by Washington - a position unfortunately adopted by the >misinformed mainstream press of his country. > >Viewpoint: > >*AFTER PANAMA: CHILL IN RELATION BETWEEN MADRID AND HAVANA > >Relations between Havana and Madrid have significantly chilled after an >incident at the 10th Iberoamerican summit. Cuba refused to sign an agreement >against terrorism because the peculiar resolution singled out only the >actions of the Basque Separatist Group, ETA, against the Spanish government. > >Spanish President Jose Maria Aznar, and his consul Josep Pique, have >publicly declared that Cuba's lack of agreement with the document condemning >the terrorist actions of the separatist group could strain Spain- Cuba >relations. At the 10th Iberoamerican Summit in Panama earlier this month, >Cuba abstained from signing this document because, as a victim of terrorist >actions for more than 40 years, Cuba recommended a broader condemnation of >all terrorist actions. > >If this new confrontation has negative consequences, it is not only Cuba >that will suffer. The Spanish government appears to be forgetting their aim >to develop an economic and political presence in Latin America and the part >that Cuba can play in this development. The last time relations were >strained between Spain and Cuba was the result of the ties between the >Spanish government and what Havana calls the Cuban American mafia in Miami. > >Mr. Jose Maria Aznar seems to be constantly on the look out for an >opportunity to disturb the relations between our two countries which are >strongly united by ancestral ties, perhaps the strongest that Spain has on >the continent. > >After the Triumph of the Cuban Revolution and the reestablishment of the >monarchy in Spain, economic and political relations were developed to >Spain's advantage - a country that needed to recuperate, in some way, its >political and economical presence in the South, dominated by the United >States. > >Cuba, because of its geographically strategic position, has always been the >ideal bridge between Europe and the Americas. If it is allowed that the most >reactionary and ultra right forces of Spain prove a threat to relations >between the two countries, the European nation could suffer in the long run. >Here in Cuba, we are getting tired of governments that attempt to impose >conditions on our right to express our sovereignty. > >(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-12.02.00-09:26:03-10889 > _______________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. 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