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Radio Havana Cuba - Weekend News Update - 29 September 2001
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*PEACEFUL SOLUTION TO ERADICATING TERRORISM IS STILL POSSIBLE - FIDEL
*FATAL ATTACK ON JOURNALIST IN NORTHERN IRELAND
*PALESTINIANS CONTINUE TO DIE IN OCCUPIED TERRITORIES
*VENEZUELAN UN AMBASSADOR URGES US TO AVOID VENGEANCE
*NICARAGUAN FOOD CRISIS IS GETTING WORSE, SAYS UNICEF
*30,000 TAKE PART IN TRIBUTE TO CHILEAN VICTOR JARA
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*PEACEFUL SOLUTION TO ERADICATING TERRORISM IS STILL POSSIBLE - FIDEL
Havana, 29th September (RHC)--Cuban President Fidel Castro said
Saturday that a peaceful solution is still possible to the threatened
military reprisal that the United States is planning in retaliation
for the attacks on New York City and Washington DC over two weeks
ago.
Fidel Castro was speaking to a gathering of 100,000 in the Cuban city
of Ciego de Avila who were calling for the release of the five Cubans
imprisoned in the US for protecting the island against acts of
terrorism perpetrated by right-wing groups in Florida. He said that
the United Nations was the place to settle issues of international
terrorism and these days some people talk of the use of nuclear
weapons as lightly as if one were going to drink a glass of water.
Others speak in truly biblical terms, added the Cuban leader, without
any consideration of the possible further loss of US lives.
"We are and always will be against terrorism and against war," said
the President, adding that there is currently an international air of
confusion and panic in response to Washington's war preparations. He
said that it was a grave error of the United States and its rich
allies in NATO to believe that the strong nationalism and profound
religious sentiments of Muslim peoples could be neutralized with
money and promises. Such beliefs create feelings of xenophobia,
hatred and disdain of Muslim countries.
Reminding those present that Cuba was one of the first to respond to
the attack against the United States by calling for a concerted
international campaign against terrorism, Fidel Castro added that he
had no doubt that the Third World would join forces to fight against
such terrorism. He said that the exploitation and humiliation of
these countries over centuries had taught them the importance of
peace and justice.
*FATAL ATTACK ON JOURNALIST IN NORTHERN IRELAND
London, Sept 29 (RHC)--Irish journalist Martin O'Hagan was attacked
and killed last night outside his home in Lurgan, Co. Armagh,
Northern Ireland. A columnist with the Dublin newspaper 'The Sunday
World', O'Hagan was returning home after spending the evening with
his wife.
According to television sources, the journalist had previously
received several threats on his life from unionist paramilitary
groups. O'Hagan recently revealed alleged secret links between the
security forces in Northern Ireland and extreme unionist paramilitary
groups.
Soon after the assassination, the B.B.C. received a phone call from a
member of the "Red Hand Defenders" or RHD claiming responsibility for
the death of O'Hagan.
According to sources in London, the initials RHD have been used in
the past as a cover for the actions of other paramilitary groups that
defend unionism.
*PALESTINIANS CONTINUE TO DIE IN OCCUPIED TERRITORIES
Havana, September 29 (RHC)--Hundreds of young Palestinians in the
Occupied Territories on Saturday commemorated the first anniversary
of their "Intifada" or people's uprising against Israeli occupation.
A 17 year-old youth was killed and 82 wounded when Israeli soldiers
opened fire on a crowd of stone-throwing youngsters. At least ten of
the many wounded were in critical condition.
In the West Bank city of Hebron, Palestinians and Israelis exchanged
gunfire. A 52 year-old Palestinian bystander was killed and 15 people
were injured. The clashes place in danger the fragile truce that went
into effect just last week.
In the City of Gaza, more than 10,000 Palestinians marched through
the streets in commemoration their second Intifada. Masked gunmen
fired assault rifles into the air promising to fight until victory.
A year ago now Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon violated the
sanctity of one of Islam's holiest sites, al Aqsa, by visiting it in
the company of a large body of soldiers. Since that date almost 700
Palestinians have been killed, 130 of whom were children under 15
years of age. Sharon has called a meeting of his Defence Council
claiming that Palestinians have violated the truce.
On Friday the Palestinian cabinet issued a call to the Palestinian
people to avoid violence, warning that they must not give the Israeli
occupiers an excuse to launch a military operation against them.
*VENEZUELAN UN AMBASSADOR URGES US TO AVOID VENGEANCE
Bogot�, September 29 (RHC)--The Venezuelan ambassador to the United
Nations, Milos Alcalay, on Saturday urged the international community
to avoid what he called the "thirst for vengeance" in the fight
against terrorism led by the United States.
The Venezuelan diplomat warned that the situation is critical and he
said that the world must chose whether to fight terrorism using
international law or resorting to vengeance.
The 189 UN member nations unanimously approved a resolution
condemning the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington D.C. last
September 11th.
The government of U.S. President George W. Bush is leading an
international campaign against terrorism whose first task is to
capture Osama Bin Laden, "dead or alive." Washington considers Bin
Laden to be the principal suspect in the terrorist attacks on the
United States.
Venezuela's UN ambassador warned of the dangers of persecuting the
terrorists with a series of indiscriminate attacks which, he said,
could spiral out of control.
Alcalay added that there is a group of hawks in the United States who
want to fight terrorism with terrorism; to respond to the deaths of
innocent people in the United States with the deaths of other
civilians in other countries.
Venezuela's ambassador to the United Nations concluded by saying that
the world supports U.S. President George W. Bush in his fight against
terrorism, but that fight must be waged with intelligence.
*NICARAGUAN FOOD CRISIS IS GETTING WORSE, SAYS UNICEF
Managua, September 29 (RHC)--The Nicaraguan representative to the
United Nations Children's Fund or UNICEF, Juan Aguilar, has warned
that if this year's crop harvest fails due to drought there will be a
large number of undernourished children in his country next year.
In comments to the Nicaraguan daily, La Prensa, Juan Aguilar said
that 31 people in every 100 are suffering from malnutrition in the
Central American nation. These figures have little changed since
1998.
According to the United Nations Development Program or UNDP, 12% of
all Nicaraguan children are underweight and one in four under the
normal stature for their age. Many children and pregnant women suffer
from an iron deficiency and require dietary supplements.
Aguilar said that the World Food Program is taking measures to
prevent hunger by distributing food in the areas of the country most
affected by the recent drought.
A few weeks ago, Nicaragua's president, Arnoldo Alem�n, was severely
criticized both at home and abroad for saying that there was no
hunger in his country.
*30,000 TAKE PART IN TRIBUTE TO CHILEAN VICTOR JARA
Santiago de Chile, September 29 (RHC)--More than 30,000 people
protesting against ex-dictator Augusto Pinochet and carrying world
peace placards participated last night in a tribute concert to honor
the Chilean singer Victor Jara, arrested and assassinated after the
military coup in Chile in 1973.
The concert, called 'Always with Victor Jara' took place in the
National Stadium in Santiago de Chile with the particiaption of
Chilean popular singers and bands, including Illapu, Inti Illimani,
Godwana and the singer Joe Vasconcellos.
Victor Jara was detained and tortured as a result of his opposition
to the military coup headed by Pinochet and died in the Chilean
stadium, which had been converted into an open-air prison for those
opposing the regime. Since then Victor Jara has had special
significance for Chilean artists.
The concert, which lasted four hours had a very emotional opening
when 40 singers interpreted the theme 'La Partida'; written by Victor
Jara, the song which was the background music of the Chilean
television network during the government of Salvador Allende.
Each musical act played for an hour and the tribute to Victor Jara
ended when all the groups came up on the stage to sing a new version
of 'El derecho de vivir en Paz' - the right to live in peace.
This song was composed by the assassinated folklorist as a protest
against Vietnam and was particularly appropriate last night because
of world tension after the attacks on New York and Washington on
September 11th.
The tribute to Jara commemorated his 69th birthday. It also served as
a fundraiser for the creation of an Arts and Cultural Center to
promote popular Chilean artists.
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