From: "Walter Lippmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2001 13:37:50 -0700 To: "CubaNews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [CubaNews] World Youth Festival in Algeria THE MILITANT Vol.65/No.28 July 23, 2001 World Youth Festival in Algeria is full steam ahead (front page) BY MART�N KOPPEL "Several thousand young people from all five continents have already signed up to take part in the festival," reported Juan Carlos Fr�meta, a leader of Cuba's Union of Young Communists, in a July 17 phone interview from Algiers, the capital of Algeria. He was referring to the 15th World Festival of Youth and Students, which will take place August 8-16 in Algiers. "The television and newspapers here in Algeria continue to publish daily reports on preparations for the festival, which are going full steam ahead," said Fr�meta, a member of the International Organizing Committee for the youth gathering. Special steps have been taken to facilitate transportation to the festival, given the long distances many young people will be traveling. "For example, arrangements have been made with one airline to offer a sharply discounted $125 round-trip fare between Barcelona, Spain, and Algeria, for festival participants," he reported. Many people traveling from Europe and the Americas are expected to take advantage of this fare. Fr�meta said that at least 1,000 youth are coming from the Americas. Cuba will have a delegation of 600, the largest from the region. "This includes 250 international students who are currently going to school in Cuba, especially from Latin America, the Caribbean, and Africa. The other 350 will be Cuban students, young workers, professionals, and others." Hundreds more will come from Venezuela, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and other parts of the continent, including the United States. "There will be delegates from Puerto Rico," Fr�meta noted. "And I should point out that one day of the festival will be devoted to solidarity with the people of Puerto Rico, especially the fight to get the U.S. Navy out of Vieques." Because of its location in North Africa, the festival will have an especially large participation from the Middle East and sub-Saharan Africa. "The National Preparatory Committee from Algeria reports that there will be 1,100 delegates from their country, including from every single region. And another 1,500 Algerian youth have volunteered to work at the festival as guides and helping organize the event." http://www.themilitant.com/2001/6528/652804.html _________________________________________________ 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] __________________________________________________
