From: John Clancy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 16:05:42 -0800
an.Nuclear. Brecht Report
© Copyright. 1996-2001. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. GRANMA INTERNATIONAL/ ONLINE
EDITION - January 8, 2001
ZOOM - CUBA AND THE CARIBBEAN
* During the 6th Ministerial Meeting of the Association of Caribbean States
(ACS), Cuba was elected as rapporteur for the Council of Ministers,
president of the Transportation Committee and deputy head of the regional
organization's Special Fund. Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Pedro Núñez
affirmed at the meeting in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, that it was an honor
and recognition for his country to have been elected to such important
posts. EXEMPLARY CARE FOR CHILDREN * UNICEF has
described Cuban pediatric care as exemplary, in its report entitled The
State of the World's Children 2001, published in Paris. It notes that the
island, with only seven deaths per 1000 births, is at the same level as the
industrialized countries, and highlights the medical care established in
1959 for children from birth to six years, 98.3% of whom are now covered.
ITAR-TASS EDITOR IN HAVANA * The editor of the Russian news agency
ITAR-TASS, Vitali Ignatenko, visited Granma daily in Havana, where
editor-in-chief Frank Agüero offered him a detailed explanation of
the newspaper's character-istics, print run and objectives. Ignatenko
responded with similar information on his agency, which has correspondents
in 70 countries. GRADUATION AT THE DEFENSE
ACADEMY * The National Defense Academy, based at the General Máximo Gómez
Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR) Academy in east Havana, held its 10th
graduation ceremony in the presence of members of the Political Bureau José
Ramón Balaguer and Division General Julio Casas
Regueiro. Fernando Vecino Alegret, minister of higher education,
highlighted the significance of this institution in the training of cadres,
the scientific level of the courses given, quality in the
classroom and constant improvements in the study program offered.
UNDP REPORT * The Human Development 2001 report, published by the United
Nations Development Program (UNDP), was launched at the Center for Research
on the World Economy by its director, Oswaldo Martínez, and Luis Gómez
Echeverri, UNDP resident representative in Havana, who affirmed that the
document enriches the concept of human rights by incorporating the
dimension of the right to economic, social and cultural development, so as
to create an inclusive democracy. ENVIRONMENTAL
DICTIONARY * Acuario Publications, affiliated with the Félix Varela
Center, has completed a Diccionario de Términos Ambientales (Dictionary of
Environmental Terms), including 415 terms and expressions divided into
sections such as "Contamination and Waste," "Ecosystems,"
"Environmental Policy," "Natural Resources" and "Environment and
Development." The dictionary also contains a full bibliography.
NUÑEZ JIMENEZ FOUNDATION * Professor Pablo Guadarrama gave a lecture on
Enrique José Varona's anti-metaphysical philosophy as part of the series
entitled Science and Culture at the Antonio Núñez Jiménez Nature and
Humankind Foundation. DIPLOMATIC ROUNDUP *
Juan Almeida, vice president of the Council of State, formally received
Rafael Antonio Báez and Pak Dong Chun, new ambassadors of the Dominican
Republic and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, respectively, both
of whom presented their letters of accreditation. * NEWS *
INTERNATIONAL * SPORTS * CULTURE * This WEEK * FROM OUR MAILBAG * OUR
AMERICA * ARTS IN THE WORLD * MORE INFORMATION ON THE SOUTH SUMMIT
Javier Sotomayor | Documentos | Revistas | Correo-E | Inglés | Francés |
Portugués | Alemán
© Copyright. 1996-2001. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. GRANMA INTERNATIONAL/ ONLINE
EDITION " JC
***********
from: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
subject: Granma: From our Mailbag
© Copyright. 1996-2001. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. GRANMA INTERNATIONAL/ ONLINE
EDITION - January 5, 2001
FROM OUR MAILBAG
BY MARELYS VALENCIA
THE PALESTINIAN-ISRAELI CONFLICT
"In the U.S. they used to play a game called Cowboys and Indians. The
powerful and well-armed cowboys would provoke the Indians, who would throw
stones and use stone weapons, thus allowing the cowboys to kill, slaughter
and push back the Indians, thus taking their land and resources. Today the
Indians have no land, no country, only a thing called a reservation. Just
like the townships of South Africa. This can all be witnessed again
in Palestine. The powerful provoking the weak, who throw stones, are
killed, pushed back, land taken, etc. "The Palestinian problem must be
documented, filmed so all the world can see, so the truth can be revealed
to everyone." That is the opinion of a reader from the United States
who didn't give their name. THANKS FROM
ITALY Paride Cerri from Italy sent us the following message: "All of the
mediocrity and gringo madness suffocating and polluting our beloved earth
makes a huge contradiction to the unexpected but very important acts
carried out by two madmen called Camilo and Che, and a third who, luckily,
is still with us, to make the world understand that there is another way
of living, that it is not necessary to be rich and selfish, that a hospital
and a school are more important than any telephone* that it is better to
live with little money and a great deal of dignity than vice versa. For all
that and much more besides, thanks, brother Fidel."
RECEIVED WITH THANKS Christopher Mitchell sent a note to say thank you for
Granma International on the Internet. "I am a member of the Communist Party
USA and enjoy any and all information I can get on and about Cuba. Please
keep it up." Helen Yaffe from the United Kingdom, a journalist with a
specialized telecommunications magazine, asks for permission and
information to write about Cuba's development in this sphere. You should
get in touch with the head of public relations at the Ministry
of Communication. Her name is Maricarmen González and her e-mail address
is [EMAIL PROTECTED] Marco Nerolini from Italy asks about the identity
of the composer of the song "Hasta siempre, Comandante." It was written by
Carlos Puebla, whose popularity grew after the triumph of the Revolution in
1959. Puebla is considered a musical chronicler of the Revolution's first
decades; this together with his musical quality made his songs famous
around the world. This song, dedicated to Che Guevara, is one of his most
famous. The chorus says: "Here remains/ the clear, deep transparency/ of
your dearly beloved presence, Comandante Che Guevara." Puebla died in the
early 1990s. Valérie Gillioz from France wants to know when
singer-songwriter Luis Eduardo Auté will be making another tour of Spain.
We recommend that you ask a Spanish publication, since Auté does not live
in Cuba. He was born in the Philippines and moved to Spain with his
family when he was a child and has lived there ever since. Perhaps you
relate him to Cuba because in 1993 he recorded a disk with Silvio Rodríguez
entitled Mano a mano (Hand in Hand) and the pair made a joint tour of
Spain.
Javier Sotomayor | Documentos | Revistas | Correo-E | Inglés | Francés |
Portugués | Alemán
***********
from: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
subject: NYT: Cuba shelves Juragua Nuclear plant
© Copyright. 1996-2000. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. GRANMA INTERNATIONAL/ ONLINE
EDITION
Cuba Finally Shelves Juragua Nuke, Officially
Via NY Transfer News * All the News That Doesn't Fit
Tuesday December 19,
[The only news here is that Cuba finally made it official; no one
who understands Cuba's increasingly environmentalist policies ever expected
the plant -- nearby a wildlife preserve in Cienfuegos -- to be completed,
but the bellicose attitude of the USA toward the plant made it very
difficult politically for the government to declare the misguided project
dead. At last, they have, and Bravo for them. --NY Transfer ] Cuba shelves
controversial Juragua nuclear plant HAVANA, Dec 19 (Reuters)--Cuba has
abandoned plans to complete an unfinished Soviet-designed nuclear power
plant on the Caribbean island that U.S. critics had seen as a potential
security risk on their doorstep, state media said on Tuesday. Cuban
officials were quoted as saying that President Fidel Castro's government
had given up on the idea of resuscitating the Juragua plant, in the central
province of Cienfuegos, because it was not economically viable. "There is
no sense in finishing the electro-nuclear plant," said Osvaldo Martinez, a
senior official who heads the National Assembly's
economic commission. Despite speculation Russian President Vladimir
Putin's visit last week would help revive the nuclear plant in a joint
venture, local officials told the Moscow delegation they were not
interested. Work on the first of two planned Soviet-designed pressurized
water reactors at Juragua started in the early 1980s, but was halted by
Havana in 1992 because Moscow could no longer immediately support the
project following the break-up of the Soviet Union. The first reactor was
only partially complete. Havana's decision to abandon the Juragua project
will please critics in the U.S., including conservative legislators,
nuclear experts and Washington officials, who had voiced fears over the
plant's safety if it were completed. Moscow and Havana had previously
announced several times intentions to revive the project, which is
estimated to need at least $600 million of additional investment. But in a
weekend speech Castro emphasized Cuba was now looking at non-nuclear energy
initiatives, such as a natural gas-powered electricity generating joint
venture established with Canada's Sherritt International Corp. He said this
venture, which has been operating for a year and uses gas from domestic
Cuban oil wells, was more efficient and less expensive than the Juragua
nuclear project.
===================================================
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]
===================================================
nytenv-12.22.00-05:11:49-506
**********
from: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
subject: NYT: CUBA: Accidental Internationalist - Jan 5, NYC
Via NY Transfer News Collective * All the News That Doesn't Fit
Please forward or repost
The Brecht Forum and NY Transfer News present
Accidental Internationalist
REFLECTIONS OF AN AMERICAN WORKER IN THE CUBAN REVOLUTION: WORK, LIFE AND
GARDENS IN HAVANA
A Talk by Mike Fuller
Friday, January 5, 2001 - 7:30 p.m.
Brecht Forum - 122 West 27 Street, 10th Floor
between 6th and 7th Avenues, New York City
Mike Fuller is a United States citizen who has been living and working
in Cuba since 1994, despite the U.S. government's blockade of and
restrictions on travel to that island. Fuller will offer some insights on
living and working in Cuba and being a full-fledged participant in the
day-to-day social and economic life of the island. This translator, editor,
interpreter and English teacher will reflect upon his jobs, family life and
peak experiences over the last six years of massive transformations in
Cuba. Tracing his personal history in U.S. and international progressive
movements, he will discuss recent activities on that island and search for
common spaces with participants. Fuller's talk is not meant to be a highly
theoretical analysis, but rather an easy-going conversation about one
person's life as a modest melody of resistance and an invitation for others
to sing along. In addition to discussing his personal experiences in the
Revolution, Fuller will also speak about the new Urban Garden Movement
presently taking form in Havana. Since the collapse a decade ago of the
Soviet Union, and the subsequent shortages of fuel, fertilizers and
pesticides, the Cuban government has gradually made a shift from
conventional growing of food crops to organic farming. Cuba is the only
country in the world where the use of organic methods is national
agricultural policy. As part of this policy, the government has also
encouraged the development of a widespread urban gardening movement, to
help provide Cuba's city dwellers with a reliable supply of fresh organic
produce. Mr. Fuller will speak about this popular activity and will give a
slide presentation showing the work being done in some of Havana's varied
community gardens. Mike Fuller currently collaborates in Havana with
Prensa Latina, a Cuban news agency; the Jose Marti International Journalism
Institute; Infomed, the Ministry of Public Health telecommunications
system; the National Translation and Interpretation Team; and
Cubalinda.com, a travel agency set up by former CIA officer Philip Agee,
designed to encourage Americans to resist the blockade and travel to
Cuba. Suggested admission to this talk is on a sliding scale of $6-$10.
Proceeds will benefit the new Urban Gardening Project at the Jose Marti
Journalism Institute in Havana. A wine-and-cheese reception will follow the
talk. Learn more about Cuba's Gardens at http://www.blythe.org and click
on the Accidental Internationalist link. For more information, call the
Brecht Forum: 212-242-4201 or send e-mail to NY Transfer News:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
=================================================== 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]
===================================================
nytenv-12.26.00-08:24:54-306 " JC
_________________________________________________
KOMINFORM
P.O. Box 66
00841 Helsinki
Phone +358-40-7177941
Fax +358-9-7591081
http://www.kominf.pp.fi
General class struggle news:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
subscribe mails to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Geopolitical news:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
__________________________________________________
