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Radio Havana Cuba-10 October 2001
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Radio Havana Cuba - News Update - 10 October 2001
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*PEACE ACTIVISTS TIE FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM TO STRUGGLE TO FREE MIAMI 5
*CONGRESS OF LATIN AMERICAN, CARIBBEAN JOURNALISTS CONTINUES IN HAVANA
*CUBANS MARK THE 133rd ANNIVERSARY OF CUBA'S INDEPENDENCE STRUGGLE
*CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTER RECEIVES BRAZILIAN PRESIDENTIAL SECRETARY
*BOLIVIANS MARK ANNIVERSARY OF ERNESTO CHE GUEVARA'S DEATH
*CUBAN DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER BEGINS VISIT TO CHINA
*WASHINGTON THREATENS BAGHDAD DURING MEETING BETWEEN US, IRAQI DIPLOMATS
*DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS SAYS US ATTACKS PUT AID WORKERS AT RISK
*INTERNATIONAL PROTESTS CONTINUE AGAINST US ATTACKS ON AFGHANISTAN
*US MAY BE RUNNING OUT OF TARGETS IN AFGHANISTAN
*Viewpoint: BOMBS AND FOOD PARCELS REIGN
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*PEACE ACTIVISTS TIE FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM TO STRUGGLE TO FREE MIAMI 5
Havana, October 10 (RHC)-- Anti-war activists in the United States
are making links to the fight against terrorism -- tying it with the
struggle to free five U.S.-held Cuban political prisoners. The five
Cubans are being held in a Miami prison, awaiting sentences on their
unjust convictions of allegedly endangering U.S. national security.
A leading organizer of the campaign to Free the Five in the United
States, Gloria la Riva, told Radio Havana Cuba that activists are
trying to educate the U.S. public about terrorism, pointing out that
Cuba has been a victim of terrorist attacks for more than 40 years.
Gloria la Riva said there is ample, documented proof that terrorist
actions against the island have been planned and carried out from
U.S. soil -- emphasizing that the five who are now in prison were
simply trying to prevent terrorist attacks from being carried out
against their people.
*CONGRESS OF LATIN AMERICAN, CARIBBEAN JOURNALISTS CONTINUES IN HAVANA
Havana, October 10 (RHC)- The Congress of Latin American and
Caribbean journalists entered its third day of sessions at Havana's
International Convention Center with the participation of Cuban
President Fidel Castro.
The event is being attended by 280 journalists from some 30 regional
nations.
Delegates are debating issues related to the professional training of
journalists, the need to further develop the use of alternative means
of communications and the current state of the so-called labor market
in the field.
A great deal of the debate has been dedicated to the current
international crisis, following the tragic events in the United
States in early September, as well as the role played by the
mainstream media, particularly in the U.S., in backing Washington's
war in the Middle East in retaliation for the terrorist attacks in
New York and Washington.
On Wednesday, the delegates to the Congress of Latin American and
Caribbean Journalists toured places of interest here in Havana, among
them the Latin American School of Medicine.
*CUBANS MARK THE 133rd ANNIVERSARY OF CUBA'S INDEPENDENCE STRUGGLE
Havana, October 10 (RHC)- Thousands of Cubans participated on
Wednesday in an activity to mark the 133rd anniversary of the start
of Cuba's struggle for independence against Spanish colonial rule.
The activity was held at the Demajagua Farm, located in the eastern
city of Manzanillo, the same place where on October 10th 1868, the
father of the Cuban homeland, Carlos Manuel de Cespedes freed his
slaves, urging them to join the independence movement against the
Spanish colonizers.
The activity also served to reaffirm the support of the Cuban people
for their Revolution and leaders, as well as to condemn all forms of
terrorism and demand an end to the U.S. attack against Afghanistan.
*CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTER RECEIVES BRAZILIAN PRESIDENTIAL SECRETARY
Havana, October 10 (RHC)- Brazil's Presidential Secretary Aloysio
N��ez was officially received by Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez
Roque on Wednesday, as part of a program of meetings with
high-ranking Cuban officials.
On Tuesday, the Brazilian Presidential secretary met with Cuban
Minister Ricardo Cabrisas, with whom he discussed the current state
of cooperation and prospects for strengthening bilateral ties.
The Cuban official pointed to sugar sales and the production of cane
derivatives as potential areas for increased cooperation between the
two nations.
*BOLIVIANS MARK ANNIVERSARY OF ERNESTO CHE GUEVARA'S DEATH
Havana, October 10 (RHC)- Activities in Bolivia to mark the 34th
anniversary of Ernesto Che Guevara's death concluded on Wednesday
with a pilgrimage in the municipality of La Higuera, where Che was
murdered on October 8th, 1976 and a conference at the San Andres
University.
On hand were relatives and friends of Bolivian guerrillas, who fought
and died alongside the legendary guerrilla leader.
Antonio Peredo, leader of the Che Guevara Foundation, referred to
activities in homage to Ernesto Che Guevara in other Bolivian cities,
including Sucre, La Paz and Santa Cruz.
*CUBAN DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER BEGINS VISIT TO CHINA
Havana, October 10 (RHC)- Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Jos� Guerra
Menchero, began an official visit to the People's Republic of China,
the second leg of a tour of Asian nations that has already taken him
to Mongolia.
While in China, the Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister will have a packed
agenda of meetings with government officials.
The Cuban diplomat's Asian tour also includes North Korea, Japan,
Myanmar, Oman and Bahrein.
*WASHINGTON THREATENS BAGHDAD DURING MEETING BETWEEN US, IRAQI DIPLOMATS
New York, October 10 (RHC)-- In what is being described by news
media outlets as an unusual encounter between U.S. and Iraqi
diplomats at the United Nations, Washington has warned Baghdad to
refrain from any military operations during the U.S. war against
Afghanistan. According to Washington's UN Ambassador, John
Negroponte, if Iraq steps out of line, they will "pay a very high
price."
Reports began to come in on Wednesday about the unusual diplomatic
exchange, which actually took place Sunday night and Monday morning.
According to Iraq's representatives at the United Nations, Negroponte
arrived at Baghdad's UN Mission unannounced and knocked on the front
door. He was received by Iraqi diplomats, who listened to him as he
read an official letter from the U.S. government.
Sources in Washington confirm that the letter was strongly-worded and
-- according to the Washington Post, quoting an unidentified U.S.
official -- the warning was written "in very clear language so that
they would get the message".The news daily added that Washington
threatened to launch a direct attack against Baghdad if they did not
comply with the warning. Negroponte reportedly told Iraqi officials
that there would be a military invasion "and you will be defeated".
The next day, Monday morning, Iraqi diplomats personally delivered a
letter to the U.S. Mission to the United Nations -- in response to
Sunday evening's threat. The letter stated that Iraq opposes the war
against Afghanistan, not because it is a war being carried out by the
United States, but because it is illegal and against international
law. The diplomatic note from Baghdad, read in front of U.S.
officials at the United Nations, pointed out that Iraqi policies are
always in direct opposition to those of the United States and,
therefore, a crisis is not needed to produce an excuse for anti-U.S.
hostility. The statement added that Baghdad has no intention to
attack its neighbors, which would only hand Washington a ready-made
pretext to launch massive military assaults against Iraq.
*DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS SAYS US ATTACKS PUT AID WORKERS AT RISK
Paris, October 10 (RHC)-- Washington's attacks against Afghanistan
will risk the lives of humanitarian aid workers, according to the
president of Doctors without Borders, Jean-Herve Bradol. Speaking
with reporters in Paris, the head of the humanitarian agency warned
that the U.S. military attacks are making every aspect of aid to that
Central Asian country extremely difficult.
In response to Washington's bombing missions, which include dropping
packages of food, the president of Doctors without Borders said that
mixing classic military operations with philanthropical activities
are nothing more than propaganda operations that only create
dangerous illusions for the Afghan people. Jean-Herve Bradol said
that such actions create confusion and place the lives of those who
work with non-governmental organizations in danger.
It was noted that four Afghan civilians, working with an NGO agency
attached to the United Nations, were killed by U.S. bombs on Tuesday.
Reporters stated that the building, hit by a missile, was nowhere
near any military objectives.
The head of the internationally-acclaimed humanitarian agency stated
that throwing food and medicine out of planes in the middle of the
night is designed to help public opinion and not the people of
Afghanistan -- adding that no one knows who is picking up the
packages and how the aid is being distributed.
*INTERNATIONAL PROTESTS CONTINUE AGAINST US ATTACKS ON AFGHANISTAN
Jakarta, October 10 (RHC)-- Hundreds of protesters in Jakarta and
several other Indonesian cities demonstrated against U.S. military
actions in Afghanistan. In the Indonesian capital, at least 300
students gathered in front of the U.S. embassy, which was protected
by heavily-armed riot police.
According to reports from the island of Java, more than 500 students
attacked two symbols of U.S. capitalism and neo-liberal globalization
-- McDonald's and Pizza Hut. Police fired tear-gas canisters into the
crowd of demonstrators and used high-powered water cannons to
disperse the protesters.
Organizers of the protests in Jakarta warned that they would try to
occupy Washington's embassy in Indonesia and attack other buildings
with U.S. businesses if the Indonesian government does not break
relations with the United States.
*US MAY BE RUNNING OUT OF TARGETS IN AFGHANISTAN
Washington, October 10 (RHC)-- U.S. officials admit that they may
already be running out of targets in Afghanistan. According to the
Associated Press, quoting officials on board the USS Enterprise in
the Arabian Sea, after the first two days of bombings, a number of
planes returned to the aircraft carrier without having fired all
their missiles.
Military analysts say these admissions by U.S. officials clearly
demonstrate that Afghanistan is not a place with abundant military
objectives. One expert commented that Afghanistan is an extremely
poor country and lacks the infrastructure that Washington would
normally target, as it did during the Gulf War against Iraq.
*Viewpoint: BOMBS AND FOOD PARCELS REIGN
Wars generate casualties, injuries, considerable material losses,
chaos and paradoxes like the ones shown by the military operation
that the United States initiated last Sunday in Afghanistan.
During the first three days of concentrated bombings, the Pentagon
and the White House ordered dozens of planes and near-by-anchored
battleships to continue bombing and shooting some thirty strategic
targets in Afghanistan.
Ironically enough, Washington's administration has also sent planes
to deliver food and medicine aid packages to civilians. A few tons of
canned food, instant soup and vitamin capsules fall on to Afghan
ground at the feet of shocked locals who have every reason to
distrust a 'humanitarian' contribution that comes with a shower of
bombs.
Even before the threat of war was imminent, the Afghan population had
started to migrate to neighboring Pakistan and Uzbekistan. Such
migration has increased since Washington's declaration of war last
Saturday. Not even U.S. food bombing managed to stop sixty percent of
the inhabitants of Jalalabad and thirty percent of people from Kabul
heading for the rural areas in order to escape death.
7.5 million Afghans have been victims of an endless drought for over
four years, a drought that has brought starvation and diseases. The
actual humanitarian aid that had so far been provided to them by the
Red Cross and various other international NGOs has been interrupted
since the U.S. opened fire last Sunday. Four U.N. international
activists working in Afghanistan on humanitarian missions died under
the rain of bombs in Kabul, not to mention another thirty civilians
who have been registered as the first victims of the conflict.
Bush's initiative of dropping food and medicines, and bombs at the
same time over Afghanistan is certainly mocking and humiliating.
While cruise and Tomahawk missiles rain down over airports,
communication centers, government offices and other military targets
in Kabul, Jalalabad, Kandajar and other provincial capitals, the
Afghan population tries to survive another day amidst the chaos.
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