From: "Walter Lippmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CubaNews summary - 9-27-2001 ========================= BIOLOGICAL SECURITY SYSTEM IN CUBA A national biological security system is functioning in Cuba, with four legislative texts on the theme, plus others in preparation, concerning technical inspection regulations, construction of installations that could endanger nature, and control of this type of organization. In the end, only the United States did not join the biodiversity convention. The U.S. representatives argued that there were too many trade restrictions on living organisms, making it inconvenient in a nation which grows the most commercially-used genetically modified crops. Likewise, the U.S. government has blocked the advancement of negotiations of the Verification Protocol in the framework of the International Convention on Biological and Toxic Weapons promoted by the United Nations disarmament department. The U.S. justification was that verifications are not possible. http://www.granma.cu/ingles/septiem4/39seguri-i.html ===================================== FRANCISCO ARUCA'S BABEL'S GUIDE PROGRAM Here is today's broadcast from Miami, including call-ins from the audience. Aruca presents a letter to President Bush which calls his attention to the continuing presence of terrorist activity in Miami, Florida. Text of Aruca's letter available at the website. http://www.rprogreso.com/Archives/bg092701.ram text of letter: http://www.rprogreso.com/ ==================================== MIAMI SCHOOL CHIEF ROGER CUEVAS FIRED The troubled administration of Roger C. Cuevas ended Wednesday as the Miami-Dade School Board, citing his continued ``lack of leadership,'' voted 6-3 to fire him as the superintendent of the nation's fourth-largest school district. Cuevas -- whose 58th birthday was Wednesday -- will remain in his job until after the next board meeting, on Oct. 24. At that time the board plans to name an interim superintendent and launch a national search for a permanent one. Cuevas, a 32-year school system veteran, has the option of accepting a buyout worth more than $600,000, or taking a demotion to deputy superintendent. http://www.miami.com/herald/content/news/local/dade/digdocs/082869.htm _________________________________________________ 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] __________________________________________________
