>Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2000 11:17:44 -0400 >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Radio Havana Cuba-29 September 2000 > > >Radio Havana Cuba-29 September 2000 > >Via NY Transfer News * All the News That Doesn't Fit > >Radio Havana Cuba - News Update - 29 September 2000 > > >*CUBAN DOCTORS AND NURSES ARRIVE IN ANTI-DENGUE CAMPAIGN > >*US REPUBLICAN LEADERS ACCEPT PLAN TO ALLOW SALE OF FOOD, MEDICINES TO CUBA > >*CUBA CELEBRATES 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF CDR > >*PRESIDENT OF FEDERATION OF CUBAN WOMEN AWARDED RESEARCH SCIENTIST MERIT > >*CUBAN POET DIES IN THE UNITED STATES > >*IBERO AMERICAN JUSTICE MINISTERS TO MEET IN HAVANA > >*STAMPS DEPICTING CUBAN MARINE LIFE ISSUED ON WORLD TOURISM DAY > >*WATER SHORTAGES: A GROWING CHALLENGE FOR CUBA AND THE WORLD > > >*CUBAN DOCTORS AND NURSES ARRIVE IN ANTI-DENGUE CAMPAIGN > >Havana, September 28 (RHC)-- 37 Cuban doctors and nurses have arrived >in El Salvador to cooperate in that Central American nation's >anti-dengue campaign. The Cubans will form part of the medical >brigades made up of doctors and specialists from Mexico, Guatemala, >the United States, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica and Panama -- who have >responded to a plea of regional solidarity issued recently by >Salvadoran President Francisco Flores. > >The dengue epidemic has claimed the lives fo 34 Salvadorans, 31 of >them children. 11 of those fatal victims have died in the past 10 >days. But according to one Mexican doctor offering services in El >Salvador, the population has begun to take consciousness of the >seriousness of the epidemic and is beginning to quickly seek medical >assistance when symptoms appear. > >Next weekend Salvadoran authorities nationwide are planning a massive >clean-up operation, with the help of army trucks, to eliminate garbage >like abandoned tires that serve as breeding grounds for the mosquito >that transmits the disease. Concerning the lack of diplomatic >relations between Cuba and El Salvador, President Flores said it's not >necessary to enter into the thorny issues concerning the relations >between governments when this is a question of people- to-people >solidarity. > >Meanwhile, Guatemala and the Dominican Republic are also warning of >dengue outbreaks in their countries. Guatemalan health authorities >have reported the death of another 4 children, bringing the total to 5 >this year. Dominican authorities have reported a total of more than >one thousand cases of dengue of the most deadly strain -- adding that >this strain was last seen in the country 20 years ago. > > >*US REPUBLICAN LEADERS ACCEPT PLAN TO ALLOW SALE OF FOOD, MEDICINES TO CUBA > >Havana, September 28 (RHC) -- Republican leaders in the U.S. Congress >have reportedly accepted a plan that would allow for the sale of food >and medicines to Cuba. Pressured by farm state Republicans and >humanitarian groups, Republicans in the House of Representatives >recently accepted an initiative overwhelmingly voted in the Senate >that would lift these restrictions in Washington's blockade of Cuba, >but not the restriction on public or private financing of the sales. > >Now, according to Missouri Repbulican Representative Roy Blunt, >Republican leaders have accepted a formula that would allow U.S. >institutions to serve as intermediaries for third countries willing to >finance the sales. Many farm state legislators, particularly in the >Senate, had complained that a prohibition on any type of financing >would in practice kill the measure. > >This new deal will now be considered in House-Senate negotiations on >an agricultural funding project that could be voted in the House next >week. Just hours before the announcement, Democratic Senator >Christopher Dodd had insisted that it's time to change the state of >relations between Cuba and the U.S. -- particularly at a moment when >President Bill Clinton is about to travel to Vietnma and permanently >normalized trade relations have been established with China. > >The announcement also coincided with a demand for a partial lifting of >the blockade against Cuba by 8 prominent Republican Senators. They >include John Block, former Secretary of Agriculture, and Frank >Carlucci and William Clark, former National Security Advisors. > > >*CUBA CELEBRATES 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF CDR > >Havana, September 28 (RHC)-The Cuban people celebrated Wednesday night >the 40th anniversary of the island's largest grass roots organization, >the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution, CDR. At midnight, on >Thursday, the 28th, neighbor's island-wide toasted the CDR's 40th >birthday. > >The Committees for the Defense of the Revolution, organize vaccination >campaigns, blood donations, neighborhood cleanups, neighborhood crime >watches, collect recycled materials and organize many other community >activities. > >Celebrations continue on Thursday night with an "Open Tribune" rally >in Havana's International Convention Center, in which participants >will, once again, condemn Washington's blockade against the island. > > >*PRESIDENT OF FEDERATION OF CUBAN WOMEN AWARDED RESEARCH SCIENTIST MERIT > >Havana, September 28 (RHC)-The President of the Federation of Cuban >Women, FMC, Vilma Espin, has been awarded the Research Scientist Merit >BY the Minister of Science, Technology and the Environment, Rosa Elena >Simeon. > >In a ceremony held at FMC headquarters in Havana, Deputy Minister of >Science, Technology and Environment, Lina Dominguez, pointed out that >Vilma Espin was one of the country's first two women graduates in >industrial chemical engineering. She praised Espin for her valuable >life-long contribution to women's rights in the areas of education and >health, and in encouraging women's full participation in the island's >political and economic life, in government leadership positions. >The Cuban official also underscored the work done by President of the >Federation of Cuban Women in education, her human sensibility and her >dedication to the Cuban Revolution. > > >*CUBAN POET DIES IN THE UNITED STATES > >Havana, September 28 (RHC)-Cuban poet, Heberto Padilla, died on Monday >in the United States. > >Padilla, who died of a heart attack, was among the renowned Cuban >poets of 50's generation, including Roberto Fernandez Retamar, Fayad >Jamis, Pablo Armando Fernandez and Cesar Lopez. > >Although his poetry is considered to be important, he achieved >international acclaim for his anti-Cuban Revolution declarations, >which were widely disseminated by the international press. > > >*IBERO AMERICAN JUSTICE MINISTERS TO MEET IN HAVANA > >Havana, September 28 (RHC)-The 12th Conference of Ibero American >Justice Ministers will be held in Havana beginning October 15th. >Participants will discuss prison sentences for drug trafficking >offenses, border cooperation, the modernization of justice management >and the fight against corruption among other topics. > >Cuban Justice Minister, Roberto Diaz Sotolongo, told journalists in >Havana, that the conference will serve as an opportunity for Cuba to >brief Ibero American justice ministers on the island's results in the >field and on Cuba's reality. > >The Cuban official said that although Cuba's court process is fast >compared to other countries, the island still needs to work hard to >improve its legal system. > >Sotolongo added that in Cuba there is little corruption, since >corruption is the consequence of capitalism, which cannot function >without it. > > >*STAMPS DEPICTING CUBAN MARINE LIFE ISSUED ON WORLD TOURISM DAY > >Havana, September 28 (RHC)-A special cancellation of five stamps >dedicated to Cuban Marine Life was issued on Wednesday at Havana's >Hemingway Marina on the occasion of World Tourism Day. > >Deputy Tourism Minister, Marta Maiz, praised the island's rapidly >growing tourism industry, which she said is capable of confronting the >policy of globalization governing today's world. > > >Viewpoint > >*WATER SHORTAGES: A GROWING CHALLENGE FOR CUBA AND THE WORLD > >Water shortage has become one of the world's greatest problems, >affecting mainly Third World nations. It is estimated that a billion >people living in underdeveloped countries live without access to >running water in their homes. > >Others dwell in regions chastised by protracted draughts, or are >affected by shrinking reservoirs or the absence of aqueduct water >delivery infrastructures. Water shortage has been among the main >causes of waves of migrations, like those currently reported in Africa >and other Third World regions. > >A small island, Cuba lacks large water resources; it has no big rivers >or natural reservoirs, and is often affected by draught. Those are the >principal reasons for the low output of various crops destined to feed >human beings and animals. > >At this time, national industry is suffering from the same phenomena. >In order to face the challenge, the Cuban Government launched a >program several year ago, to build a series of dams, which have not >only aided agricultural irrigation, but have also led to the >construction of aqueducts and mini aqueducts nationwide which bring >running water to the most remote areas, including mountainous regions. >Hundreds of communities that had no supply of water or electricity, >are now hooked up to new structures and are kept up to date on >national and international events through the availability of radio, >television and telephone services. > >Cuba has experienced hard times as a result of the so-called "special >period" economic crisis, thrust upon the island by the demise of >Socialism in Eastern Europe, and the reinforcement of Washington's >decades old blockade. The difficult situation,however, has not been an >obstacle to the government's fulfillment of its commitment to bring >fresh water to all corners of the island. > >Currently 95% of Cuba enjoys daily water supply. That could never have >been achieved without the political commitment of the island's >authorities to meet the needs of the people. The same can be said for >other primary services like healthcare, education and social security, >all of which have been maintained and even upgraded under the most >difficult circumstances. > >Everyone agrees that water shortage is an international problem . But >solving it requires much more than just acknowleging that it is so; it >requires political will combined with concrete actions. > >(c) 2000 Radio Habana Cuba, NY Transfer News. 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