>Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 05:18:34 -0500 >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Radio Havana Cuba-11 December 2000 > >Radio Havana Cuba-11 December 2000 > >Via NY Transfer News * All the News That Doesn't Fit > >Radio Havana Cuba - News Update - 11 December 2000 > > . > >*CUBA AND U.S. HOLD ANOTHER ROUND OF MIGRATORY TALKS > >*RUSSIAN PRESIDENT SAYS RELATIONS WITH CUBA ARE EXCELLENT > >*PANAMA RECEIVES BOMB THREATS REGARDING POSADA CARRILES > >*SEARCHING FOR CHE'S MISSING COMRADES IN BOLIVIA > >*CHAVEZ SPEAKS BY PHONE WITH VENEZUELAN PATIENTS IN CUBA > >*VENEZUELAN SPORTS INSTITUTE PRESIDENT IN HAVANA. > >*CUBA AND CHINA JOIN IN 13th ECONOMIC & SCIENTIFIC COMMISION > >*CUBA RECEIVES SUPPORT FROM C.E.C.L.A.T.E. > >*JAZZ PLAZA IN HAVANA > >*HALF OF LATIN AMERICA'S CHILDREN SUFFER POVERTY, VIOLENCE, ILLITERACY > > . > >*CUBA AND U.S. HOLD ANOTHER ROUND OF MIGRATORY TALKS > >Havana, December 11 (RHC)-- Representatives of Cuba and the United States >began meeting this morning in the Cuban capital to review bilateral >migratory agreements. The review normally takes place every six months and >rotates between Havana and New York. > >Monday morning in Havana, Ricardo Alarcon -- President of the Cuban >Parliament and head of the island's delegation to the talks -- arrived at >the International Convention Center at 10 a.m. The U.S. delegation is headed >by William Brownfield, Under Secretary of State for Hemispheric Affairs. >Brownfield had these comments to make: "From our perspective, these talks -- >which we hold two times a year, off and on since 1994 -- have on the table >any issue relating to migration. We [the United States] have a number of >issues which we wish to raise with them [Cuba] and we have no doubt that >they have some issues that they want to raise with us. And we are unable to >give you a sense of what is discussed until the conclusion of today's >talks." > >This is the 12th round of talks to examine the August 1994 and May 1995 >accords signed between the two countries. In previous meetings, Cuba has >raised the issue of the Cuban Adjustment Act -- legislation that has been on >the books since 1966 and serves to encourage illegal immigration from Cuba >to the United States. The legislation offers special treatment to Cuban >immigrants by granting residency and work permits to those who touch U.S. >soil. Undocumented immigrants captured on the open sea by U.S. Coast Guard >authorities are supposed to be repatriated back to Cuba. > >The current round of talks comes just days after Havana announced that >direct telephone communication between the island and the United States will >be cut this coming Friday, the 15th for non-payment of a tax levied to >recoup Cuban telephone company money frozen by the US government. U.S. phone >companies have claimed that they are unable to pay Cuba due to Washington's >policy toward the island -- and Havana states that if back bills are not >paid, service will be terminated. > > >*RUSSIAN PRESIDENT SAYS RELATIONS WITH CUBA ARE EXCELLENT > >Moscow, December 11 (RHC)-- Russian President Vladimir Putin says that >Moscow's relations with Havana are excellent and will be even better with >his upcoming visit to the island this week. > >Speaking with reporters in the Russian capital, President Putin said that he >always thought the deterioration of relations some ten years ago between >Russia and Cuba was a mistake and called for a renewal of those traditional >relations. The Russian leader also called for an immediate end to the U.S. >economic blockade of Cuba. Putin stated that Washington's blockade cannot be >rationalized from any point of view -- emphasizing that U.S. sanctions are >illegal according to international law. > >The Russian president is slated to begin an official visit to Havana on >Wednesday, the 13th. He told reporters that Cuba is Moscow's principle >trading partner in Latin America and that he has intentions of re-enforcing >those ties during his upcoming visit to Havana. Vladimir Putin said that >while a number of economic areas were replaced by other countries over the >past several years, he is confident that those areas will be strengthened >during his stay this week. > > >*PANAMA RECEIVES BOMB THREATS REGARDING POSADA CARRILES > >Panama City, December 11 (RHC)-- Panamanian authorities have received bomb >threats -- warning that if international terrorist Luis Posada Carriles and >his accomplices are not released from jail, a number of public buildings >will be blown up. > >The head of Panamanian intelligence, Pablo Quintero Luna, told reporters on >Monday that police received several anonymous phone calls over the past >several days, threatening to blow up government offices if the four >terrorists are not immediately released. Authorities said the bomb threats >were apparently made from a cellular phone and could not be traced. > >The intelligence official told reporters that police are taking the phone >calls seriously, but since they could not be traced, there wasn't much else >that could be done at this time. Quintero Luna said that Posada Carriles and >his accomplices are still being held in jail on charges of plotting the >assassination of Cuban President Fidel Castro last month during the 10th >Ibero-American Summit. > > >*SEARCHING FOR CHE'S MISSING COMRADES IN BOLIVIA > >Havana, December 11(RHC)-- The search to find the remains of five of Ernesto >"Che" Guevara's comrades in arms in Bolivia, is moving forward despite the >complexities of the work. The multidisciplinary team is led by Doctor Jorge >Gonzalez, who is the director of Cuba's Coroner's Office. The team of >experts has already found and identified 31 of Che's comrades who died with >him in Bolivia. > >Among the missing five is Cuban Jesus Suarez Gayol, who died on April 10th, >1967 in Nancahuazu, where he is thought to be buried according to Che's >diary, as well as other members of the group. The other six still missing >were all from Bolivia. The location of their remains is still unknown making >recovery extremely difficult since three were not even buried. > >Lorgio Vaca Marchetti (Carlos) was swept away in the stong currents of the >Nancahuazu River and drowned before entering into combat as did Benjamin >Coronado Cordovawho who drowned in Bolivia's Rio Grande. Jorge Vazquez Viana >was murdered by the Army and his body was thrown into the jungle from a >helicopter. The only thing that experts know about Raul Quispaya Choque, is >that he died in an ambush near the Moroco river and that his enemies buried >him somewhere in Santa Cruz de la Sierra. > > >*CHAVEZ SPEAKS BY PHONE WITH VENEZUELAN PATIENTS IN CUBA > >Havana, December 11(RHC)-- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, thanked Cuban >medical personel on Sunday for the medical care they are giving to the first >group of patients from Venezuela to be treated in Cuba under a new accord >between both nations. Chavez had received a call from the island from >patient Carolina Carballo, during his weekly "Alo, Presidente" radio >program, during which the Venezuelan leader converses with the people of >Venezuela. > >Carballo, the mother of twin girls, highlighted the good care that her >daughters and other patients are receiving at "La Pradera" International >Health Care Center in Havana. She said that some of the patients had already >been operated on, others are already in rehabilitation and some have even >finished their treatment. President Chavez sent his regards to President >Fidel Castro as well as to the health center director Pedro Francisco >Llerena and to all the workers. > > >*VENEZUELAN SPORTS INSTITUTE PRESIDENT IN HAVANA. > >Havana, December 11 (RHC)-- Professor Francis Teran, president of >Venezuela's National Sports Institute, arrived Sunday in the Cuban capital. > >Upon her arrival she explained that her visit is aimed at strenghtening >bilateral relations between the two nations in the area of sports. > >The signing of an agreement between the Cuban and Venezuelan Sports >Institutes will allow Venezuelans to study physical education in Cuba. >During her stay, the Venezuelan Sports president will meet with the >president of Cuba's Sport Institute, Humberto Rodriguez and will visit >sports institutions in Havana and Pinar del Rio. > > >*CUBA AND CHINA JOIN IN 13th ECONOMIC & SCIENTIFIC COMMISION > >Havana, December 11 (RHC)--The 13th Joint Commission for economic, >scientific and technical cooperation between Cuba and China will be held in >Havana on December 12th and 13th. The Chinese minister of Foreign Trade and >Economic Cooperation, Shi Guangsheng, arrived in the Cuban capital on >Monday, his country's delegation to the meeting. > >The Cuban delegation is headed by Minister without Portfolio, Ricardo >Cabrisas. The representatives of both countries will analyse perspectives >for mutual trade, joint investments and economic cooperation in the sugar >industry, tourism and education. > > >*CUBA RECEIVES SUPPORT FROM C.E.C.L.A.T.E. > >Havana, December 11(RHC)-- The Executive Committee of the Latin American >Confederation of State Workers, has reaffirmed its solidarity with Cuban >workers and people. > >During a meeting held in Havana, some 24 representatives of eleven trade >union organizations called on other nations from the region to withdraw >support for the so-called "Plan Colombia," which they said would support an >intervention by the United States in the internal affairs of another nation. > >The General Secretary of the Cuban Union of Public Administrators, Diana >Garcia, declared that one of the most important achievements of the Latin >American Trade Union meeting is that participating counties could confirm >that the neoliberal economic model is affecting the entire region, so unity >is of the utmost importance. Participants also had the opportunity to >corroborate that Cuba offers a viable alternative to fight neoliberalism. >Other issues discussed during the meeting were union freedoms in the region, >the firing of workers in the Dominican Republic and opposition to the U.S. >military occupation of the Puerto Rican island of Vieques. > > >*JAZZ PLAZA IN HAVANA > >Havana, December 11(RHC)-- The 19th International Jazz Festival, "Jazz Plaza >2000" begins in Havana on December 13th. The Cuban capital will host >concerts, jams and photo and painting exhibitions for five exciting days. > >Participants will be musicians, experts and jazz lovers from around the >world. The places sending the most musicians are the United States, Spain, >Latin America and Cuba. > >The event is sponsored by Cuba's Music Institute. Opening night takes place >at the Amadeo Roldan Theatre in Havana with a concert of Cuban Chucho Valdes >and Spanish Chano Dominguez, both renowned jazz pianists. > > >Viewpoint: > >*HALF OF LATIN AMERICA'S CHILDREN SUFFER POVERTY, VIOLENCE, ILLITERACY > >More than half of the children of Latin America suffer from poverty, >violence, malnutrition and illiteracy. This cruel reality is affecting the >very people that represent the future of the region. > >Twenty two percent of the population of Latin America - representing some >100 million people - are children involved in murder, robbery, war, >prostitution and drug-trafficking. Millions of children pass every day of >their lives abused at home, sexually exploited, taken advantage of in the >work place, forgoing their education and discriminated against by reason of >their age, race, color, sex, ethnic group, religion or culture. > >The director of the United Nations Children's Fund or UNICEF, Carol Belamy, >has stated that such treatment of the region's children leads to low >self-esteem, a profound deterioration of their personalities ending in >widespread drug addiction, sexual promiscuity, abortion and suicide. > >In Honduras alone, says UNICEF, 120,000 minors are required to work full >time to help support the miserable income of their families. Sometimes a >child as young as 10 is the only source of income for an entire family. Some >70% of the population of Honduras live in poverty in desperate conditions >exacerbated by the tragedy of Hurricane Mitch and a government that espouses >neoliberal free market policies. > >Every day 1,200 children under 5 years of age die of preventable diseases in >Latin America. Diseases that are relatively cheap to prevent and treat and >which in most cases result from the dreadful environment in which these >children live. > >With the notable exception of Cuba, education for all in Latin America >continues to be seen as an unattainable utopia. Access to the classroom is >effectively forbidden to those millions of children that must seek survival >on the streets or perish. What possible hope can there be for their >generation? > >(c) 2000 Radio Habana Cuba, NY Transfer News. 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