Awsome news, keep up the good work Mark L.
CPUSA-CPRI >From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [CubaNews] RHC Weekend-03 November 2001 >Date: Sun, 04 Nov 2001 06:28:08 +0200 > > > > >From: NY Transfer News <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2001 22:07:09 -0500 (EST) >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [CubaNews] RHC Weekend-03 November 2001 > >Via NY Transfer News * All the News That Doesn't Fit > >Radio Havana Cuba - Weekend News Update - 03 November 2001 > > . > >*GLOBAL CAPITALISM IN CRISIS LONG BEFORE SEPTEMBER 11, SAYS FIDEL > >*HAVANA TRIAL OF GUATEMALANS ACCUSED OF TERRORISM CLOSED PENDING SENTENCE > >*CUBA PREPARES FOR HURRICANE MICHELLE > >*CUBA AND MOZAMBIQUE SIGN BILATERAL COOPERATION ACCORDS > >*PRESIDENT OF PRINCIPALITY OF ASTURIAS CONTINUES OFFICIAL VISIT TO CUBA > >*HAVANA'S INTERNATIONAL TRADE FAIR WINDS UP IN THE CUBAN CAPITAL > >*NATURAL TOURIST ATTRACTIONS IN CENTRAL CUBA > >*FAO: HUNGER ATROCIOUS REALITY IN A WORLD OF ABUNDANCE AND SQUANDER > >*GUNTER GRASS BLASTS GERMAN GOVERNMENT'S ATTEMPTS TO CENSOR > CRITICISM OF BOMBARDMENT OF AFGHANISTAN > > . > >*GLOBAL CAPITALISM IN CRISIS LONG BEFORE SEPTEMBER 11, SAYS FIDEL > >Havana, November 3 (RHC) - Cuban President Fidel Castro has asserted >that global capitalism was in crisis long before the September 11th >terrorist attacks. In a televised address to the nation Friday >evening, the Cuban leader noted that by the mid-1990s only an >insignificant portion of economic operations in capitalist societies >were related to world production and trade - pointing to the 3 >billion dollars daily involved in speculative operations in stock >markets which had no relation whatsoever to the actual profits and >income of business firms. > >As, in his words, this "virtual wealth" was created, it was >reinvested, spent and wasted as billions of human beings neither >participated in nor enjoyed these riches in any way whatsoever. >President Castro said these billions supplied raw materials and cheap >labor, but did not consume, could not be consumers and did not >constitute a market. > >An elementary analysis, affirmed the Cuban leader, was sufficient to >comprehend that this situation was unsustainable. He said the >architects, specialists and administrators of the new international >economic order, economists and politicians, now look on as their >fantasy falls to pieces, yet they barely understand that they have >lost control of events. > >In his Friday evening address to the nation, Fidel Castro pointed to >the 1997 crisis of the so-called Asian tigers, the 1998 crisis in >Russia, Brazil's 1999 crisis and the beginning of the crisis in the >United States in which a sustained decrease in the rate of industrial >production began half way into the year 2000. Using the statistics of >the most important financial agencies, numerous public statements by >the world's political and financial leaders and articles in some of >the world's leading economic journals, among other sources, President >Castro factually demonstrated how global capitalism worldwide has >been in steady decline for more than a year. > >Though the September 11 attacks and the war against Afghanistan >aggravated an already announced crisis, the facts, he continued, >demonstrate that the economic slump is not a consequence of those >events. Such claims, said the Cuban leader, can only be made out of >total ignorance or an attempt to hide the real cause. He said the >crisis is a consequence of the resounding and irreversible failure of >an economic and political conception imposed on the world: free >market neoliberalism and globalization. > >And, he said, the crisis also means the aggravation of major problems >that are far from being solved, including poverty, hunger, disease, >illiteracy, unemployment, the lack of education and the struggle for >environmentally sustainable development. The Cuban leader, speaking >on national TV and radio, detailed the consequences of this crisis >for the Cuban economy, but noted that Cuba's experience following the >collapse of the European socialist camp and the USSR - which led >many, he added, to predict that Cuba would suffer the same fate - >will allow the island to ride the waves. > >Recalling, among other feats, that in the 1990s the Cuban Revolution >was successful in bringing the exchange rate down from 150 Cuban >pesos per one US dollar to 20 per one, Fidel Castro said the foreign >currency exchange offices for the public will not be closed, all bank >deposits will be absolutely respected, farmers' markets will remain >open, state prices of goods and services, whether rationed or not, >will not go up a single cent, and the prices of the 700,000 Chinese >television sets that will be distributed and sold to the population >in national currency will be calculated at the exchange rate of 20 >pesos to the dollar, as was previously established. > >The Cuban leader, addressing the nation Friday evening, said some >future dreams will have to wait, but these will be fulfilled, noting >that the most important investments have already been made, that Cuba >has an immense human capital and is politically more united and >stronger than ever, and that the Cuban nation is much better prepared >to confront this situation. > >Finally, in reference to the dangers, the chaos and the devastation >unleashed by the US bombardment of Afghanistan - as, said the Cuban >leader, Cuba predicted - if the culprits of the horrendous and >unjustifiable terrorist attack against the United States are those >that the US government is trying to punish and remove, there is no >doubt that the way in which they are doing it will lead to the >creation of alters where the alleged murderers will be worshiped as >saints by millions of men and women. It would be better, said Fidel >Castro, to build an enormous altar to peace where humanity can pay >homage to all the innocent victims of blind terror and violence, be >it an American or an Afghan child. > >[The complete text of Fidel's speech in English and Spanish is available >on NY Transfer at http://www.blythe.org/nytransfer-subs/Caribbean ] > > >*HAVANA TRIAL OF GUATEMALANS ACCUSED OF TERRORISM CLOSED PENDING SENTENCE > >The trial in Havana against 3 Guatemalans accused of terrorism was >closed Friday pending sentence. The district attorney's office >reduced by more than half the petition for 20, 25 and 30 year prison >sentences against the defendants, charged with infiltrating into Cuba >432 grams of explosives to be used in terrorist attacks against >tourism installations. > >District attorney Luis Palenzuela said the reductions are due to the >cooperation offered by the Guatemalans in the investigation of the >case, as well as their guilty plea and their expressions of regret >for having participated in the plot. > >During the trial, Cuban authorities provided evidence, including >confessions of the defendants, of the existence of a Central American >terrorist network financed by Miami's Cuban-American National >Foundation to commit terrorist attacks in Cuba. > >Participating as an observer in the trial, Guatemalan ambassador in >Havana, Hugo Rene Gonzalez, expressed confidence that his compatriots >will receive fair sentences and that they'll be able to serve their >prison time in Guatemala. He said Cuba and Guatemala are already >negotiating an accord that will allow persons convicted of crimes in >both nations to serve their sentences in their country of origin. > > >*CUBA PREPARES FOR HURRICANE MICHELLE > >Havana, November 3 (RHC)-- Cubans are preparing for one of the most >dangerous storms to threaten the island in many years. Meteorological >forecasts over the next 24 to 48 hours put Hurricane Michelle on a >direct course toward Cuba. Civil defense authorities are already >evacuating low-lying areas of the Cuban capital and residents of >older, precarious buildings are being moved to more secure >structures. > >Communities are being mobilized throughout the island and local >Committees for the Defense of the Revolution (CDR) are busily tying >down anything that could be affected by the storm's accompanying high >winds. > >Hurricane alerts have been issued from western Pinar del Rio all the >way to the province of Ciego de Avila in the central part of the >island and people are preparing for what appears to be a very >powerful storm, with lots of rain and potentially devastating winds. > >During last night's special radio and television appearance here in >Havana, Cuban President Fidel Castro assured the nation that >authorities are doing everything possible to safeguard human >life.Stay tuned to Radio Havana Cuba... we'll give you updates on the >weather situation and the development of Hurricane Michelle as the >information becomes available. > > >*CUBA AND MOZAMBIQUE SIGN BILATERAL COOPERATION ACCORDS > >Havana, November 3 (RHC)-- Cuba and Mozambique signed bilateral >cooperation accords Friday night, at the conclusion of an official >visit to the island of Mozambican President Joaquim Chissano. The >agreements covered wide areas of cooperation, including the promotion >and protection of mutual investments, trade and tourism, as well as >health and education. > >Following the signing ceremony, held at Havana's International >Convention Center, the African leader affirmed that relations between >Mozambique and Cuba are truly exemplary. He told reporters that he >was impressed that two, underdeveloped countries have found so many >areas of mutual cooperation -- despite extremely difficult moments >internationally. > >During his six-day official visit to Cuba, the Mozambican president >toured numerous places of political and historic interest. Joaquim >Chissano visited Playa Gir�n -- also known as the Bay of Pigs -- site >of the CIA-sponsored mercenary invasion of the island in April 1961. >Speaking with reporters covering his visit, the Mozambican president >said the liberation struggles of the African continent were greatly >helped by Cuba's victory against the mercenary invaders. He noted >that the struggle against Portuguese colonialism was just beginning >in Mozambique when Cuba gained its independence, adding: "Had you not >won [the fight against the U.S.-backed invasion], our success would >have been impossible." > >At the beginning of his visit this week, the African leader toured >the Latin American School of Medicine and the International School of >Sports and Physical Education, both located on the outskirts of >Havana. He praised Cuba's gains in health and education, noting that >the Cuban Revolution has generously offered its help in these and >other areas to his country and the rest of the Third World. > >The Mozambican president ended his official visit to the island on >Saturday. > > >*PRESIDENT OF PRINCIPALITY OF ASTURIAS CONTINUES OFFICIAL VISIT TO CUBA > >Havana, November 3 (RHC)-- The President of the Principality of >Asturias, Vicente Alberto Alvarez Areces, toured areas of Old Havana >on Saturday -- the fourth day of his official visit to the island. > >Yesterday, Friday, he met with Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe P�rez >Roque and also toured the Salvador Allende Hospital in Havana, the >Latin American School of Medicine and the Museum of Fine Arts. > >President Alvarez Areces arrived in the Cuban capital Wednesday >evening and is accompanied by a large delegation of government >officials and business representatives from the Spanish autonomous >community. > >The Asturian delegation will end their visit to the island tomorrow, >Sunday. > > >*HAVANA'S INTERNATIONAL TRADE FAIR WINDS UP IN THE CUBAN CAPITAL > >Havana, November 3 (RHC)-- Havana's 19th International Trade Fair >came to a successful conclusion on Saturday. More than 1800 companies >from 60 countries took part in the Trade Fair, which ran through this >past week in the Cuban capital. > >An awards ceremony was held Friday night with the presentation of >gold medals to 40 of the best pavilions at the Fair. Cuba walked away >with 17 of the medals -- awarded for its pavilions, product quality >and representation. > >The President of the Organizing Committee of Havana's International >Trade Fair, Abraham Maciques, delivered the closing address of this >year's event. Maciques said that despite the difficult and complex >economic situation in the world, the increased number of foreign >participants at the Fair demonstrated growing business and commercial >confidence in Cuba. > > >*NATURAL TOURIST ATTRACTIONS IN CENTRAL CUBA > >Cienfuegos, November 3 (RHC)-- In the central Cuban city of >Cienfuegos, the Union Hotel will host the International Conference on >Nature Tourism, TURNAT 2001, scheduled for November 5 to 9. > >The event will include a theoretical workshop on the sustainable >development of nature tourism in Cuba and the Caribbean, in addition >to other related topics. The event's organizers said TURNAT 2001 >hopes to become the Caribbean market of nature tourism. > >Participants at the event will tour different nature tourist sites in >that south-central Cuba. Cienfuegos has a botanical garden, thermal >waterfalls and one of the country's largest bays.Last year, the event >was held at the Vi�ales Valley, located in western Pinar del Rio >province, an area famous for its plateaus and mountains. > > >*FAO: HUNGER ATROCIOUS REALITY IN A WORLD OF ABUNDANCE AND SQUANDER > >Rome, November 3 (RHC) -- The Food and Agriculture Organization has >charged that the drama of hunger continues to constitute an atrocious >reality in a world of abundance and wasteful squander. In the FAO's >Biannual Conference underway since Friday in Rome, the UN agency's >general director - Senegalese Jacques Diouf - termed as totally >insufficient the average yearly reduction of the number of >undernourished people. > >At the current rate, said Diouf, it will take 60 years to reach the >objective established for the year 2015 by the 1996 World Food >Summit. In an even more hard-hitting denunciation, former Chilean >President Patricio Aylwin charged that the deification of >neoliberalism and the all-powerful free market has led to a lack of >political commitment on the part of rich nations towards poor >countries. Aylwin said the free market vision, combined with >erroneous economic formulas, are behind some of the planet's most >excruciating problems. > >He affirmed that hunger is not merely a question of agricultural >production, but has to due with the unacceptably high levels of >poverty - which he called a fundamental characteristic of free market >globalization. The former Chilean President said that the reality of >such an extensive poverty constitutes a moral scandal and seriously >threatens social peace worldwide. > > >*GUNTER GRASS BLASTS GERMAN GOVERNMENT'S ATTEMPTS TO CENSOR > CRITICISM OF BOMBARDMENT OF AFGHANISTAN > >Bonn, November 3 (RHC) -- 1999 Nobel Literature laureate, German >Gunter Grass, has warned against efforts to silence intellectuals in >Europe criticizing the bombardment of Afghanistan. Denouncing that >they are unjustly being called anti-American, Grass said it is >particularly the task of US allies to raise questions about >Washington's actions. He said that if he's someone's friend he should >be able to contradict that friend when he commits a mistake, >asserting that otherwise what you have is blind solidarity that >limits the capacity to think. > >The Nobel laureate referred to German Interior Minister Otto Schily's >warning against criticism of US actions in Afghanistan, calling them >counterproductive in the war on terrorism. Grass said the effort to >limit fundamental democratic rights and gag criticism can be >considered a victory for the terrorists. He said the ambience since >the September 11 attacks reminds him of the red scare hysteria during >the McCarthy era. > >(c) 2001 Radio Habana Cuba, NY Transfer News. 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