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ElSalvador dengue >Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2000 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Radio Havana Cuba-01 September 2000 23:45 > >Radio Havana Cuba-01 September 2000 23:45 > >Via NY Transfer News * All the News That Doesn't Fit > >Radio Havana Cuba - News Update - 01 September 2000 23:45 > > >*FIDEL CASTRO WILL HEAD CUBAA'S DELEGATION TO THE UN MILLENMIUM >SUMMIT > >*ALARCON'S SPEECH TO THE INTER-PARLIAMENTARY UNION DELIVERED IN HIS >ABSENCE > >*CUBAN PRESIDENT MEETS WITH TEACHERS AND STUDENTS ON FIRST DAY OF >CLASSES > >*RUSSIA DENOUNCES WASHINGTON'S REFUSAL OF VISAS TO CUBAN, YUGOSLAVIAN >DELEGATIONS > >*MOTHER OF TANIA THE GUERRILLA VISITS DAUGHTER'S TOMB IN THE CHE >GUEVARA MEMORIAL > >*VIETNAMESE AMBASSADOR THANKS CUBA FOR SOLIDARITY > >*UN AGENCY GIVES CUBA HIGH MARKS IN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION > >*OLYMPIC COMMITTEE CONFIRMS MORE THAN 80 NEW CHANGES OF NATIONALITY >FOR THE SYDNEY GAMES > >*CUBAN TRAINERS ARE IN SYDNEY WITH FOREIGN TEAMS > >*CUBA SENDS MEDICAL PERSONNEL TO CONTAIN OUTBREAK OF DENGUE IN EL >SALVADOR > > >*FIDEL CASTRO WILL HEAD CUBAA'S DELEGATION TO THE UN MILLENNIUM >SUMMIT > >Havana, September 1 (RHC)-- Cuban President Fidel Castro will head >the island's delegation to the United Nations Summit of the >Millennium, slated to take place next week in New York. > >According to a statement released by the Cuban Foreign Ministry, >entry visas to attend the UN event were requested Friday morning in >Havana for the leader of the Cuban Revolution, as well as Parliament >President Ricardo Alarcon, Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque and >other members of the delegation. At the same time, it was announced >that the Cuban government has requested authorization to fly over and >into U.S. territorial airspace, clearance at the international >airport and permission for two Cubana airliners to land in New York >City > > *ALARCON'S SPEECH TO THE INTER-PARLIAMENTARY UNION DELIVERED IN HIS >ABSENCE > >Havana, September 1 (RHC)-- Cuban Parliament President Ricardo >Alarcon would have delivered his speech to the Inter-Parliamentary >Union Conference in New York City on Friday -- but U.S. officials >earlier this week denied granting him a visa. This morning at the >United Nations, the text of the speech was delivered to all of the >delegations present at the meeting. > >The speech by the president of Cuba's parliament addressed the issues >of world poverty and a continued arms race, despite the so-called end >of the Cold War. Alarcon asked what the future will bring for the >billions of people who are poor and hungry, lacking education and >health care. Cuba's representative to the Inter-Parliamentary Union >questioned why military interventions and attacks against sovereign >nations continue to take place in today's world -- calling for an end >to the plunder of underdeveloped nations by the one superpower that >thinks it owns the planet. > >The speech that would have been delivered today by Parliament >President Ricardo Alarcon ends by issuing a call for all >parlimentarians to work for a world where liberty, justice and >democracy are not just empty words -- concluding that working for a >better world is their duty before the people they represent. > > *CUBAN PRESIDENT MEETS WITH TEACHERS AND STUDENTS ON FIRST DAY OF >CLASSES > >Havana, September 1 (RHC)-Cuban President Fidel Castro met on Friday >morning in Havana with primary and secondary school principals, >representatives from provincial universities as well as with students >and officials from the Ministry of Education. The meeting, which was >held in the capital's International Convention Center, was to analyze >the upcoming school year. > >Meanwhile, two million 400 thousand students started their 2000-2001 >school year with 47 new text books and a reduction in the number of >students per classroom with the incorporation of new teachers this >year. > >The number of polytechnic institutes specialized in computer sciences >was increased from 8 to 14; nearly all of the island's 12 thousand >446 schools were refurbished and a series of new subjects were >introduced into the curriculum. > > *RUSSIA DENOUNCES WASHINGTON'S REFUSAL OF VISAS TO CUBAN, >YUGOSLAVIAN DELEGATIONS > >Moscow, September 1 (RHC)-Russia has denounced Washington's refusal >to issue visas to the Cuban and Yugoslavian delegations that were to >attend the Inter-Parliamentary Union meeting at UN headquarters in >New York. > >According to a Russian Foreign Ministry note, the world's >legislative leaders passed a joint declaration condemning >Washington's decision. > >The Russian Foreign Ministry document charges that Washington failed >to comply with a UN accord signed in June of 1947, which states that >the US government promises to issue visas to foreign government >officials regardless of the state of Washington's relations with the >country. > >The president of the Cuban Parliament, Ricardo Alarcon, was to >have participated in the Inter-Parliamentary Union meeting, which >began on Wednesday in New York. However, Washington refused to issue >him a visa claiming that the meeting was unrelated to the United >Nations. > >Cuba denounced the move as US arrogance, calling it another of >Washington's aggressions against the island. > > *MOTHER OF TAMARA BUNKE VISITS DAUGHTER'S TOMB IN CHE GUEVARA >MEMORIAL > >Santa Clara, September 1 (RHC)-Residents of the central city of Santa >Clara on Thursday welcomed Nadia Bunke, the mother of Tamara Bunke >known as "Tania the Guerrilla", who fought with Che Guevara's >internationalist guerrillas in Bolivia. The 88 year-old Bunke visited >the memorial where the remains of her daughter are laid to rest. > >German Nadia Bunke, told the press that she is grateful to Cuban >President Fidel Castro for his support in transferring her daughter's >remains from Bolivia to Cuba. The remains of Tania, Ernesto "Che" >Guevara and other guerrilla fighters were discovered over the last >two years in Bolivia where they had fallen in battle more than 30 >years ago. > >After laying a floral wreath at the tomb of her daughter, Nadia Bunke >toured historical sites in the province and was presented with >portraits of her daughter made by a young Cuban artist. > >Tamara Bunke or Tania the Guerrilla was the only women combatant in >the rebel group in Bolivia led by legendary guerrilla fighter, >Ernesto Che Guevara. > >Tania was killed in combat on August 31st, 1967 in Bolivia. > > *VIETNAMESE AMBASSADOR THANKS CUBA FOR SOLIDARITY > >Havana, September 2 (RHC)-The Vietnamese ambassador in Havana, Thai >Van Lun and the Vice President of the Cuban Parliament, Jaime Crombet >have underscored the heroism of the Vietnamese people on the 55th >anniversary of the Asian country's independence. > >The Vietnamese ambassador thanked the Cuban people for the solidarity >they offered Vietnam during the 1960s and '70s. > >The Cuban official stressed the qualities of legendary Vietnamese >leader, Ho Chi Minh, as well as the intelligence of his people. > > *UN AGENCY GIVES CUBA HIGH MARKS IN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION > >Havana, September 1 (RHC)--The UN'S Multilateral Fund for the >Montreal Protocol on the Protection of the Ozone Layer has praised >Cuba's efforts in protecting the ozone layer. > >The president of the Fund's executive board and secretary of >India's Ministry of the Environment and Forests, Viswanath Anand, >said Thursday in Havana, that the island's positive results are seen >in the implementation of projects to reduce substances that destroy >the ozone layer. > >The UN official, who is on the island with various co-workers, met >with high-ranking Cuban officials and specialists, among them, the >Minister of Science, Technology and the Environment, Dr. Rosa Elena >SimeonThe Cuban government is committed to eliminating all noxious >gas emissions and substances damaging to the ozone layer by the year >2010. > >Cuba is a signatory of the Vienna Convention and the Montreal >Protocol. > > *OLYMPIC COMMITTEE CONFIRMS MORE THAN 80 NEW CHANGES OF NATIONALITY >FOR THE SYDNEY GAMES > >As of August 25th, a total of 81 new cases of athletes who changed >their nationalities had been approved for the Olympic Games, >according to a high ranking International Olympic Committee official. >Cuban daily Granma journalist Miguel Hernandez contacted Pere Miro, >Head of the IOC's Foreign Relations Department with National Olympic >Committees. Miro told Hernandez that England is the country that has >presented the largest number of changes in its delegation with 10. >The US follows with 9, Azerbaidjan 7, Germany 6 and France 6. > >According to the IOC official, the sports reporting more nationality >changes in light of the Sydney games are track and field with 17; >boxing, wrestling and weight-lifting with five and canoeing, also >with five. > >Before 1992, the IOC eligibility commission processed 47 >controversial citizenships, but the tendency has been on the rise. >And according to Pere Miro, monetary reasons are Number One, even >over romance or other personal reasons for the change. > >The latest developments in which Cuba has demanded respect for the >Olympic Charter regarding the drain of sports talents by rich >countries has forced IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch to get >involved. Samaranch has reiterated his support for Article 46, and >says he will study the current situation -- urging all international >federations to unify their position regarding the implementation of >the Olympic Charter. > >At the Atlanta 1996 games, at least 90 athletes competed under a >different nationality. Regarding the Olympics, the list is long, but >maybe the first and most noted case was that of Bulgarian >weightlifter Naim Suleymanoglu, who left his country and went to >Turkey in 1986. At that time, a wave of diplomatic protests followed. >In the end, the Bulgarian who became Turkish had to pay one million >dollars in compensation to Bulgaria. > > *CUBAN TRAINERS ARE IN SYDNEY WITH FOREIGN TEAMS > >A total of 28 Cuban trainers will be competing at the upcoming games >with teams from other countries, according to the president of the >Cuban Olympic Committee, Jose Ramon Fernandez. Trainers work with >Dignity, said Fernandes, and their aim is to prepare their pupils to >win. If they beat a Cuban athlete in any competition, added >Fernandez, then we have to strive to be better. Cuba sends good >trainers to other countries and their work is to prepare local >athletes to take first prize. > >Currently, some 500 specialists offer their services in 46 countries >while more than 9000 of them have rendered their services in 100 >countries since 1970, when Cuba began this solidarity drive. > >According to statistics, Honduras will be counting on three Cuban >Judo trainers while Nicaragua has two in that same discipline and one >in weightlifting. Ecuador has one trainer in shooting and a >therapist. El Salavador has a track and field trainer, a sports >advisor and a sports psychologist. Uruguay, Ghana, Cape Verde, Iran, >Thailand and India have one trainer each in different sports while >others on the list are from South Africa, Italy, Colombia and >Algeria. > > > >*Viewpoint: > >*CUBA SENDS MEDICAL PERSONNEL TO CONTAIN OUTBREAK OF DENGUE IN EL >SALVADOR > >As usual, in the case of natural disasters or epidemics affecting >Latin America, Cuba has sent medical aid to El Salvador to help >contain an outbreak of dengueAlthough Salvadoran authorities have not >yet officially declared a state of emergency, the number of infected >persons continues to rise, exceeding bed capacities in the country's >hospitals. Salvadoran health authorities have reported some 784 cases >of dengue and the figure is likely to increase, given the existing >breeding grounds of aedes aegyptis -- carrier of the lethal disease. > >Dengue has already claimed 15 lives in El Salvador, compared to 5 >during a previous outbreak of the disease in 1995; reason enough to >declare a state of emergency. > >The fragile Salvadoran economy is also suffering the impact of >dengue, due to growing absenteeism in the work place. The >proliferation of the disease has once again brought to the surfice >the country's inadequate health system, incapable of solving the >current situation. As a poor Third World nation, El Salvador lacks >the infrastructure as well as the material resources to treat dengue >patients--each one requiring between 300 and 700 dollars a day worth >of medical treatment. > >In Cuba, dengue has been under control for some 18 years now after >the disease claimed 158 lives back in 1981. Cuban health cooperation >in El Salvador takes place amid the opposition of some ultra-right >wing politicians in the Central American nation who, placing personal >interests above the well-being of their constituencies, have tried >hard to obstruct efforts by the mayor of San Salvador, Hector Silva, >to speed up the arrival of medical teams from the Caribbean island. > >Despite the absence of a formal bilateral agreement, Cuba has >repeatedly expressed its willingness to put the expertese of its >health professionals at the service of Salvadorians or any other >people in need. > > (c) 2000 Radio Habana Cuba, NY Transfer News. 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