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There are 17 messages in this issue.
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1. Bush: Kerry soft on Cuba
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2. President visits Miami, promises to push for democracy in Cuba
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3. Che Guevara: When the reality becomes myth
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4. Mets Sign Cuban Defector Alay Soler
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5. Venezuela pulls envoy from Panama
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6. Doctor fined $70,000 for buying Cuban dolphins
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7. FBI speaks to pardoned Cuban exiles
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8. Cuban who arrived in crate released
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9. Argentina y Cuba firman convenio de intercambio comercial
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10. Bush propone $2.000 mlns para Florida, critica a Kerry por Cuba
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11. Local doctor to take med supplies to Cuba
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12. Ante Castro s=F3lo cabe la firmeza
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13. M=E9xico se har=E1 cargo de intereses paname=F1os en Cuba
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14. Ruptura entre Panam=E1 y Cuba no afectar=EDa comercio
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15. Padres enviar=E1n 3.000 kilos de art=EDculos a becarios en Cuba
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16. Honduras tras Posada Carriles
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17. L'=E9pouse de Raul Rivero d=E9nonce les mauvais traitements =
inflig=E9s au journaliste
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Message: 1 =20
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2004 10:57:52 +0200
From: "PL" <pl@pandora.be>
Subject: Bush: Kerry soft on Cuba
Posted on Sat, Aug. 28, 2004
CAMPAIGN 2004 | VISIT TO MIAMI
Bush: Kerry soft on Cuba
BY LESLEY CLARK
Seeking to dispel any concerns that Cuban-American voters will =
stray
from his side, President Bush pledged to push for democracy in Cuba on
Friday before a Miami crowd champing at the bit for a mention of the =
island.
As Bush listed how his administration was working to create a =
''free
and peaceful'' Iraq and Afghanistan, a central theme of his reelection
campaign, the crowd at Miami Arena grew visibly -- and audibly -- =
restless.
''Cuba!'' one man shouted from the stands.
''Un momento,'' the president replied, as he turned back to his
prepared campaign speech.
But when he did turn to Cuba, Bush earned his biggest applause as =
he
opened a new line of attack on Democratic presidential nominee John =
Kerry,
accusing the Massachusetts senator of being soft on Fidel Castro.
''The people of Cuba should be free from the tyrant. And I believe
that enforcing the embargo is a necessary part of that strategy,'' Bush
said. ``My opponent has a different approach.''
The visit Friday, part of Bush's pre-convention campaign swing =
across
eight up-for-grabs states, was his first to Miami since he sought to =
bolster
his Cuban-American base by stiffening the U.S. line against Castro with
restrictions on travel and cash assistance amid complaints from some =
exiles
that he had failed to live up to his campaign promises.
It was Bush's second visit to Florida in two weeks, indicating how
close the race is likely to be in the state.
The president's toughened approach on Cuba has endeared the =
president
to hard-line exiles who had all but threatened to sit out his =
re-election,
but it has triggered a backlash from more moderate Cuban Americans who =
want
to be able to travel and support relatives in Cuba.
Democrats have sought to exploit the emerging division in the =
reliably
Republican voting bloc, but Bush sought to quash those hopes, portraying
Kerry as a waffler on Cuba who once derided the trade embargo as a =
function
of the ``politics of Florida.''
He also chided Kerry for criticizing a dissident movement on the
island and said the Democrat flipflopped on the Helms-Burton legislation
that in 1996 tightened sanctions against Castro.
Mocking Kerry in Spanish, Bush said, ``He voted yes, then he voted
no.''
KERRY'S RESPONSE
Kerry's campaign has said he supported Helms-Burton in its early
stages, but voted against it because he disagreed with some of the final
technical aspects.
And a campaign spokesman suggested Friday that Bush is lashing out
because he's nervous about eroding support within a key voting bloc in =
the
state that delivered him the presidency by just 537 votes in 2000.
''For 3 =BD years, he did nothing on Cuba, waiting until an =
election
year to enact a policy that will do nothing to bring down the Castro =
regime
but will hurt the Cuban people,'' said Kerry spokesman Phil Singer. =
``His
policy has backfired, his support among Cuban Americans has dropped, so =
now
he's launching negative attacks.''
Democrats cite a July poll as proof that Bush's support among =
Cuban
Americans has softened. The poll showed Bush's support dropping to 66
percent, from his generally stratospheric support that hovers in the =
80s.
But Republicans note the poll was sponsored by travel operators =
who
have been hit by the restrictions. They countered with a WLTV-Channel 23
poll conducted Aug. 20-22 that shows eight in 10 Cuban American voters =
in
Miami-Dade backing Bush.
The crowd at Friday's rally was adulatory, but nearly half of the
arena was empty, even after the Bush campaign went on Spanish radio to =
push
the free tickets.
A spokesman for the campaign pegged attendance at 8,000 and said
officials were not expecting a full house, given the Friday night timing =
of
the event and its proximity to the MTV Video Music Awards.
Outside, about 150 protesters, many of them Cuban Americans, =
rallied
against Bush.
One protester said the Bush administration has strained family =
ties
among Cubans in Cuba -- and here in South Florida.
Julio Torres, 26, waved a ''Cubans for Kerry'' sign while his =
father,
Daniel, was inside with the Bush supporters.
''He's like a lot of older Cubans who think the only way to bring
Castro down is by force. I'm into newer tactics,'' Torres said.
HURRICANE AID
Bush also sought to court another potentially massive voting bloc:
those affected by Hurricane Charley. He made his first Florid stop a =
visit
to a Miami firehouse, where, flanked by his brother, Gov. Jeb Bush, he =
got a
briefing and pledged to seek $2 billion in federal aid for the state.
Gov. Bush didn't accompany his brother to the rally, allowing the
president to boast: ``He's working. He's doing what the people of =
Florida
expect him to do, and that is to do his job.''
Herald staff writers Matthew I. Pinzur, Karl Ross and Michael =
Vasquez
contributed to this report.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/9519303.htm
Message: 2 =20
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2004 10:59:25 +0200
From: "PL" <pl@pandora.be>
Subject: President visits Miami, promises to push for democracy in Cuba
Posted on Fri, Aug. 27, 2004
President visits Miami, promises to push for democracy in Cuba
BY LESLEY CLARK
President Bush promised today to push for democracy in Cuba to a =
Miami
crowd champing at the bit for a mention of the island.
As Bush listed how his administration was working to create a =
``free
and peaceful`` Iraq and Afghanistan, a central theme of his re-election
campaign,-- the crowd at the Miami Arena grew visibly -- and audibly --=20
restless.
''Cuba!'' one man shouted from the stands.
''One moment,'' Bush replied, sticking to his standard campaign
speech.
When he did turn to Cuba, he earned his biggest applause.
''We will not rest until the Cuban people enjoy the same freedom =
in
Havana that they enjoy here,'' he said to thunderous applause.
The visit this afternoon, part of Bush's pre-convention campaign =
swing
across eight battleground states, was the first to Miami since Bush =
sought
to bolster his Cuban American base by stiffening the U.S. line against =
the
government of Fidel Castro with restrictions on travel and cash =
assistance.
The hard-line approach has endeared the president to exile groups =
that
had all but threatened to sit out his re-election, but triggered a =
backlash
from some moderate Cuban Americans, who support the U.S. trade embargo =
but
want to be able to travel and support relatives in Cuba.
Democrats have sought to exploit the emerging division in the once
reliably Republican voting bloc, but Bush sought to quash those hopes =
today,
portraying opponent John Kerry as a waffler on Cuba who voted to weaken =
the
travel ban.
Outside the arena, about 150 protesters carried pro-Kerry signs,
prompting a brief shouting match between the two groups as Bush =
supporters
filed out of the arena.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/9517306.htm
Message: 3 =20
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2004 11:09:13 +0200
From: "PL" <pl@pandora.be>
Subject: Che Guevara: When the reality becomes myth
Che Guevara: When the reality becomes myth
By Paul Vallely
28 August 2004
Even given its critical acclaim at the Cannes Film Festival, the movie =
The
Motorcycle Diaries, which opened across the country yesterday, has =
created
unusually large amounts of pre-publicity. Surprisingly, you might think, =
if
all you knew about it was that it is the story of a journey across Latin
America by two men on a Norton 500 who uncover, on the way, the deep =
poverty
of the continent in the early 1950s.
What changes everything is that one of the two men later went on to =
become
the archetype of the contemporary revolutionary, Che Guevara. At the end =
of
that motorbike journey he announced: "I want to link my destiny to that =
of
the poor of this world." But the real journey here is not one from =
Argentina
across a continent to Guatemala. It is not even Guevara's transition =
from
bourgeois complacency to fiery rebel. It is a voyage from reality into =
myth.
Such was Che Guevara's hold on the imagination of his time that =
Jean-Paul
Sartre called him "the most complete man in history", and Time magazine,
that embodiment of all the American values which Guevara so despised,
declared him to be "the icon of the 20th century". In 1968 - the great =
year
of political, cultural and social revolution that followed his death - =
the
slogan "Che lives" appeared on walls from Paris to Prague, Berkeley to
Belfast and anywhere else that the old order seemed under threat by what
felt like an unstoppable wave of youthful opposition. It was the era of
anti-Vietnam War protest and student barricades. The times they were
a-changing and the image of Che Guevara, dead but resurrected in a =
billion
bedsit posters, was the most potent symbol of this new generation of =
power.
It is not difficult to deconstruct the power of the man and his myth. He =
was
sultry and sexy: there is no myth around his revolutionary comrade Fidel
Castro, who also made the mistake of staying alive. Che Guevara, by
contrast, died young, as all the heroes of the age, from James Dean to =
Jimi
Hendrix, did and should. Hope I die before I get old was the maxim of =
the
moment.
He was, like so many of his devotees across the world, someone from a
middle-class background who had rejected the cosy cocoon of affluence. =
He
had attended medical school in Buenos Aires but, after the long exposure =
to
his continent's poverty in that celebrated 1952 motorbike epic, =
everything
changed. It was not just the urban and rural deprivation, the migrant
workers driven from their land and the degradation of the native Mayan
Indians. In Guatemala he witnessed the overthrow of its progressive =
leftist
government in a CIA-backed coup and became convinced him that social
progress was impossible without violent revolution. From there he went =
to
Mexico to join up with Fidel Castro, and in 1956 landed in Cuba to carry =
on
a guerrilla campaign against the US-backed dictator Batista.
He was physically brave. He carried on the invasion despite being =
wounded in
the neck, fatally he thought at the time, in an ambush.
He was the ultimate emblematic figure of the counterculture, who had =
made
real the aspiration that, against all the odds, things could actually be
changed. This was the man, after all, who had entered Cuban and then
worldwide revolutionary folklore in a battle where he and a few hundred
rebels defeated 10,000 Cuban government troops in the Sierra Maestra
mountains, and turned an impossible adventure into a real revolution.
Ordinary people could triumph over their masters, was his message, which
seemed so much more radical than the alternatives of anarchist hippies =
such
as Abbie Hoffman, whose ultimate rebellion was the instruction to =
bookstore
shoppers to "Steal This Book". Even as a member of Castro's elite after =
the
revolution, he refused the privilege and luxury granted to other Cuban
leaders, insisting on drawing only the average wage.
He had the gift of being able to encapsulate his idealism and his =
philosophy
in pithy and memorable phrases. "It is better to die standing than to =
live
on your knees." "I don't regard only Argentina as my native country but
whole of America." "We have a rendezvous with history, and we simply =
cannot
permit ourselves to be afraid!"
And like so many of his youthful devotees, he did not allow his idealism =
to
be sullied by the drudge of daily existence. He was briefly, and not =
very
successfully, made governor of the National Bank of Cuba - and got his
portrait on the three-peso note - and was then for a short time minister =
of
industry. But he soon got fed up with the quotidian dreary detail of =
trying
to make Marxism work and, after a period roaming the world as Cuba's
ambassador, sought once again the purity of political commitment in =
far-off
lands. In 1965 he led a covert and unsuccessful Cuban intervention in =
the
civil war in the former Belgian Congo and then, in the following year, =
went
to Bolivia to try to foment a Marxist revolution there. Failing to
understand the cultural differences there, his revolution was a dismal
failure and, dishevelled and defeated, he was captured by government =
troops
and handed over to the CIA for interrogation. Characteristically Guevara
refused to talk and was shot the next day.
Yet even in the banality of his execution the myth was fed. The =
executioner
bungled his first attempt. (He averted his eyes while he shot at =
Guevara,
who lay trussed on a slab.) The revolutionary hero told the man to get =
on
with it with the reported last words: "Shoot, coward! You are going to =
kill
a man." It was a romantic death, at least as it later entered the =
mythology,
a man who was not afraid to die for what he believed in.
Much of what has been written about Che Guevara in recent times has been =
an
attempt to explode this myth. Critics have shone the light on his dark =
side:
his direct responsibility for dozens of executions of defectors and =
Batista
loyalists; his devotion to the monstrous Soviet dictator Stalin; his
reported willingness to have unleashed nuclear weapons had the Cubans =
had
their fingers on the button of the Soviet missiles in the Bay of Pigs
crisis; even on the fact that he was contemptuous of homosexuals.
Much of this criticism is ignorant; by 1963 Che had realised that =
Russian
Stalinism was a shambles after a visit to Russia where he saw the =
conditions
of the majority of the people. More of it is historically unsound, since =
it
decontextualises him from the political perceptions and realities of his
time and expects him to have behaved as a 21st-century man ought, rather
than someone locked into a Cold War world dominated by two oppositional
worldviews in which the American CIA was as capable of bad behaviour as =
the
Soviets - violently overthrowing foreign regimes, supporting Latin =
American
death squads and allying itself with the Mafia in the fight against
communism.
But most of all such criticism misses the point. For there is more to =
Che
Guevara than historical fact. There is more to him even than myth, or
perhaps one should say there is less to him than myth. For now he is not
even a myth; he is an image.
It is no coincidence that the most famous picture of Che was taken by a
fashion photographer. The classic shot of Guevara - wild-haired, =
bearded,
wearing a single red star in his beret and a look of visionary =
detachment in
his eyes - was snapped by Alberto Korda as Guevara stood beside Castro =
on a
balcony in Havana on 5 March 1960. Korda said afterwards he was struck =
by
the man's "absolute look of steely defiance". So much so that the
photographer refused to collect royalties for the picture, which no =
doubt
assisted its repeated use. "In it, Che appears as the ultimate =
revolutionary
icon," writes Jon Lee Anderson, in Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life, =
"his
eyes staring boldly into the future, his expression a virile embodiment =
of
outrage at social injustice."
Soon the photograph became familiar all over the world. It soon spread =
from
political circles to rock bands seeking to advertise their subversive
credentials. But then the revolutionary became chic. Andy Warhol used it
alongside images of Marilyn Monroe and James Dean in the iconography of =
pop
art. By 1970 the defiant image had become, in the words of the British =
pop
artist Peter Blake, "one of the great icons of the 20th century", =
appearing
on posters, T-shirts, badges and postcards and, before long, appearing =
in
utterly debased forms to advertise jeans, china mugs, canned beer, skis,
holidays and even soap powder. Swatch released a watch with Che's image =
on
its face. Madonna used it on a CD cover. Smirnoff slapped it on their =
vodka
ads. (Korda sued over that.) The total inversion of everything Guevara =
stood
for was a recent newspaper photographing showing Liz Hurley club-hopping
across London in a Che T-shirt and clutching a $4,500 Louis Vuitton =
handbag.
But the final truth about Guevara is to be found in the slogan "Che =
lives".
It is a formula which is generally used only in a few cases: Jesus and =
Elvis
are among the other historical figures to whom it applies. Deconstruct =
the
semiotics and what it tells us is that our culture here is recognising =
the
truth that some things, and individuals, are greater than mere =
historical
reality can contain. Che Guevara is a kind of secular saint and his =
image is
the contemporary equivalent of what the icon and the relic were in =
medieval
times. Like all saints, Guevara's virtues have been upheld and his
weaknesses overlooked.
When they killed him they cut off his hands for identification. To leave =
the
world in no doubt of his identity, his captors instructed some local =
nuns to
wash his face, tidy his bedraggled hair and beard, then photographed his
corpse. But the image which circulated the world, almost as powerfully =
as
Korda's original one, was not what they had intended. There he lay, =
white
and irenic as the dead Christ taken down from the cross in so many of =
the
great piet=E0 images of the paintings and statues of 2,000 years of =
church
history. "It's as if the dead Guevara," wrote Jorge Casta=F1eda in his =
book on
Che called Compa=F1ero, "looks on his killers and forgives them, and =
upon the
world, proclaiming that he who dies for an idea is beyond suffering." If
only he had he lived the myth would have died. Or never come to pass.
A LIFE IN BRIEF
Born: 14 June 1928 in Rosario, Argentina, the first of five children to =
an
upper-middle-class family. Father a construction engineer; mother an
aristocrat.
Family: First wife: Hilda Gadea, a Peruvian Marxist; one daughter. =
Second
wife: Aleida March de la Torre, of Castro's army; four children.
Education: Buenos Aries University. Qualified as a doctor in 1953,
specialising in dermatology.
Career: After Cuban revolution, commander of La Cabana Fortress =
(1959-1963).
Also governor of the National Bank 1959 and then minister of industry =
1961.
Worldwide ambassador for Cuba 1961 to 1965. Moved to Bolivia to foment
revolution, executed on 9 October 1967.
He said...: "Always be capable of feeling deep inside any injustice
committed against anyone anywhere in the world. It is the finest quality =
of
a revolutionary."
They said...: "The most complete human being of our age." - Jean-Paul =
Sartre
"One of the most oversold figures of the past half century." - Daniel =
Wolf,
journalist and broadcaster
http://news.independent.co.uk/people/profiles/story.jsp?story=3D555910
Message: 4 =20
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2004 11:09:49 +0200
From: "PL" <pl@pandora.be>
Subject: Mets Sign Cuban Defector Alay Soler
Mets Sign Cuban Defector Alay Soler
Fri Aug 27,10:36 PM ET
NEW YORK - The New York Mets (news) signed Cuban defector Alay Soler on
Friday, giving the pitcher a three-year deal worth $2.8 million.
Soler, 24, was an ace for the Cuban national team last year, going 10-4 =
with
a 2.01 ERA in 18 games. He defected last November with three other =
players.
Soler had been working out at the Mets' complex in the Dominican =
Republic
while paperwork was completed on his contract. When he gets his visa, he
will travel to the United States and join the Mets' instructional league
Sept. 19 in Port St. Lucie, Fla.
"Soler is a big, strong right-hander with a power arm," Mets general =
manager
Jim Duquette said. "He has command of all of his pitches - fastball,
curveball, changeup and a slider. We are happy to add a pitcher with =
Alay's
international experience."
While in Cuba, Soler pitched on a team with Chicago White Sox (news)
right-hander Jose Contreras.
"We played on the same team for about eight years. He throws 95-96 mph =
and
he is a good pitcher," Contreras said in Cleveland through a translator.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=3Dstory&ncid=3D1362&e=3D2&u=3D/ap/2=
0040828/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bbn_mets_soler
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Message: 5 =20
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2004 11:10:52 +0200
From: "PL" <pl@pandora.be>
Subject: Venezuela pulls envoy from Panama
Venezuela pulls envoy from Panama
Associated Press
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA - Venezuela withdrew its ambassador from Panama on
Friday to protest outgoing President Mireya Moscoso's argument that she
pardoned four Cuban =E9migr=E9s for fear they might be sent to Venezuela =
and
executed.
The Cubans are accused in their home country of plotting to assassinate
leader Fidel Castro - a close ally of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. =
They
were serving sentences in Panama for lesser charges.
Venezuela's move came one day after Havana severed diplomatic ties with
Panama over the pardons, saying they violated international law.
Moscoso said she pardoned the four for "humanitarian reasons" to prevent =
a
future government from extraditing them. "We know that if they stay (in
Panama), they might be extradited to Venezuela or Cuba, where I am sure =
they
would have killed them," she said.
Venezuelan Ambassador Flavio Granados said he was being withdrawn =
"because
of (Moscoso's) offensive statements." He also said Chavez canceled a =
planned
Sept. 1 trip to Panama.
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/world/2765162
Message: 6 =20
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2004 11:11:56 +0200
From: "PL" <pl@pandora.be>
Subject: Doctor fined $70,000 for buying Cuban dolphins
Posted on Sat, Aug. 28, 2004
CUBA | TRADE EMBARGO
Doctor fined $70,000 for buying Cuban dolphins
An American physician is facing a $70,000 fine after buying =
dolphins
from Cuba for exhibition in aquatic parks in the Caribbean.
BY CHARLES D. SHERMAN
Special to the Herald
An American physician who bought wild dolphins from Cuba for =
aquatic
parks in the Caribbean is facing a $70,000 fine by the U.S. Treasury
Department for violating the trade embargo against the communist nation.
''I've admitted the thing to the government and am paying a
settlement.'' Dr. Graham Simpson, now living in Reno, Nev., said this =
week.
He said he was ''negotiating a fine of up to $70,000'' but declined to
comment further.
The Herald first reported in February 2002 that Simpson, a =
naturalized
U.S. citizen from South Africa, was under federal investigation for =
buying
six Cuban dolphins for water parks he owned in the Caribbean islands of
Anguilla and Antigua.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
In an interview at the time, Simpson said he paid a broker in the
Dominican Republic for the animals but acknowledged they had come from =
Cuba
and that he had visited officials at Havana's national aquarium.
He said he traveled to Cuba on a British passport and paid $45,000
each for the dolphins.
The Treasury's Office of Foreign Asset Control, which enforces the
embargo, refused comment on the case, citing privacy concerns.
Simpson, 53, has long been the target of a campaign by animal =
rights
activists in the United States and Canada. Cuba is the world's largest
exporter of wild dolphins, according to the United Nations, and the =
animal
rights activists have grasped the U.S. embargo as a tool to crimp the =
trade.
The dolphins that Simpson bought were put to work in high-end =
resort
destinations in the Leeward islands east of Puerto Rico.
Two years ago, when asked about having possibly violated the trade
embargo, Simpson said: ``I thought of myself as a British citizen living =
for
the last three years in Anguilla, which has no law against buying from =
Cuba.
It really didn't occur to me this might be a problem.''
Dolphin defenders have focused on the Simpson case to highlight =
the
dangers they see in the exploitation of the marine mammals. One of the
leaders in the effort to bring Simpson to account is Gwen McKenna, a
50-year-old Toronto housewife.
''This substantial fine handed down to Simpson brings to an end =
years
of hard work, gathering information and providing it to the Office of
Foreign Assets Control, and pressuring them directly and through the =
media
to prosecute Americans purchasing Cuban dolphins,'' McKenna said.
``But Simpson is just the tip of the iceberg. There are a number =
of
other Americans hiding behind foreign corporate veils who have purchased
large numbers of Cuban dolphins.''
`FINE IS A GOOD THING'
Ric O'Barry of Miami, a former Miami Seaquarium Flipper trainer =
who
several years ago began trying to find ways to return dolphins to the =
wild,
is now a consultant for One Voice, an animal protection society based in
France.
He, McKenna and several activists on Anguilla and Antigua have =
worked
closely together in the campaign against Simpson. ''The fine is a good
thing,'' O'Barry said.
''The real value is that it will send a message to the other U.S.
citizens that are doing business with Cuba,'' he said.
A number of aspects of the dolphin business anger animal rights
activists. They say dolphin hunters chase the creatures to the point of
exhaustion before using nets in violent captures that can severely =
injure or
even drown the animal.
Beyond what they see as the immorality in the removal of =
individual
dolphins from their pods, or families, the activists say the animals =
face
food deprivation during their training and confinement sometimes in =
tanks
not much larger than a public swimming pool.
Simpson and other aquatic park owners counter these arguments by
saying they provide a valuable service for customers who want to play =
with
the animals and learn more about them.
At many dolphin encounter parks, including Miami's Seaquarium,
customers can pay upwards of $150 for a half hour in a pool with =
dolphins.
Park owners say they include educational information about dolphins as =
part
of the experience.
Cuba and Russia, according to U.N. studies, are the world's =
leading
exporters of dolphins.
The countries are immune to publicity campaigns against the trade, =
and
a healthy, young dolphin can fetch between $40,000 and $70,000 on the
international market.
MAJOR SUPPLIER
In the past decade, Cuba has supplied more than 100 dolphins to
burgeoning swim parks in the Caribbean, Mexico and Latin America, =
according
to U.N. figures.
Earlier this year, Simpson and his wife sold their business on
Anguilla to Dolphin Discovery of Cancun, a company run by several =
Americans
with six bases of operation across the Caribbean.
According to the latest U.N. figures, Cuba has supplied 33 of the
animals to Dolphin Discovery. Animal rights activists have raised the =
case
with the Treasury.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/2004/08/28/news/world/americas/95193=
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Message: 7 =20
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2004 11:12:31 +0200
From: "PL" <pl@pandora.be>
Subject: FBI speaks to pardoned Cuban exiles
Posted on Sat, Aug. 28, 2004
MIAMI
FBI speaks to pardoned Cuban exiles
The FBI interrogated three of four Cuban exiles pardoned in Panama
after being convicted of plotting to kill Fidel Castro. The fourth man's
whereabouts remain a mystery.
BY ELAINE DE VALLE AND JAY WEAVER
FBI agents questioned three Cuban exiles shortly after they =
arrived at
Opa-locka Airport following their pardon by Panama's president in an =
alleged
plot to kill Fidel Castro.
The information could be used for an investigation into whether =
the
three -- all naturalized U.S. citizens -- violated federal law. The U.S.
Neutrality Act bars Americans from trying to overthrow foreign =
governments
not at war with this country.
On Thursday, FBI agents interrogated the three to find out more =
about
the Castro claim that they planned to kill him during a 2000 visit to
Panama, according to law enforcement sources. Immigration officials also
questioned them.
Meanwhile, the mystery of the whereabouts of a fourth exile and
alleged plot mastermind, Luis Posada Carriles, continued Friday with =
reports
that he was in El Salvador or Honduras.
A Miami developer helped arrange for Posada's flight to an =
undisclosed
country and for the charter Lear jet that brought the three men home to
Miami. Santiago Alv=E1rez confirmed Friday that the three were =
interviewed by
the FBI at the airport.
''Everybody who comes into this country has conversations with =
federal
officials as they come in,'' he said. ``The FBI interrogated them =
also.''
FBI spokeswoman Judy Orihuela and U.S. attorney's spokesman Carlos =
B.
Castillo declined to comment.
KEEPING LOW PROFILES
Alv=E1rez said he did not know what the conversations between the =
FBI
and the exiles were about. Asked whether the men had legal counsel at =
the
time, he said: ``Why do they need lawyers if they haven't committed any
crimes in this country?''
He also said the three decided not to make any public appearances =
or
press interviews for the next few days: ``They have retired to the bosom =
of
their homes to spend time with their families.''
Gaspar Jim=E9nez, Pedro Rem=F3n and Guillermo Novo flew home to =
Miami
aboard the jet chartered by Alv=E1rez, who spearheaded a campaign that =
raised
about $400,000 for their legal defense in Panama.
The four men were arrested in Panama in 2000 when Castro went =
there
for an Ibero-American Summit. Castro claimed that the group was there to
attempt to kill him.
The four said they were in Panama to assist a Cuban army general =
who
planned to defect during the Castro visit.
Panama's courts ruled there was insufficient evidence to charge =
them
with attempted murder or possession of explosives. But in April they =
were
sentenced to up to eight years in prison after being convicted of
endangering public safety.
Panamanian President Mireya Moscoso Moscoso pardoned the men
Wednesday, less than a week before she is to leave office. She told The
Herald she did so for ''humanitarian reasons'' and because she feared =
that
her successor would extradite the men to Cuba, where they could face a
firing squad.
SEPARATE DEPARTURE
Since the release of the four, there has been no confirmation on =
the
whereabouts of Posada, a CIA-trained explosives expert with a long =
history
of anti-Castro violence, including a dozen terror bombings of Havana =
tourist
spots in 1997.
Unlike the other three men, Posada is not a U.S. citizen and is
believed not to have lived in this country since the early 1960s.
One top Panamanian government official hinted to The Herald that
Posada left Panama for the Dominican Republic aboard a separate plane. A
Panamanian pilot said the plane, which he described as =
Panama-registered,
filed a flight plan to El Salvador.
But Ram=F3n Romero, director of Honduras' immigration agency, was =
quoted
by the Spanish news agency EFE Friday as saying that Posada was aboard =
the
same airplane as the other three when it made a stopover Thursday in the
northern city of San Pedro Zula.
Honduran authorities are investigating whether Posada remained in =
the
country when the jet took off for Miami with the other three exiles, =
Romero
told EFE.
Alv=E1rez confirmed to The Herald that he chartered two planes, =
one for
Posada and another the other three men.
The confusion over Posada clearly pleased Alv=E1rez, who said in a =
phone
interview Friday that Posada's current location is being kept secret =
because
of fears of assassination attempts by Cuban agents.
''Yesterday, they were certain that he was in El Salvador. I heard
that he was in the Dominican Republic, too. The more places they say the
better, because the more confused they are going to be,'' Alv=E1rez =
said.
He declined comment on whether the jet that brought home the three
Miami Cubans had made a stopover in Honduras. The Coral Gables company =
that
owns the chartered jet could not be reached for comment.
Several leftist groups in Panama and around Latin America charged
Friday that the U.S. government had pushed Moscoso to approve the pardon =
--=20
a charge heatedly denied by a a half-dozen U.S. and Panamanian =
officials.
''The United States had absolutely nothing to do with this at any
moment,'' Panamanian Foreign Minister Harmodio Arias told The Herald.
Said State Department spokesman Adam Ereli: ``We never lobbied the
Panamanian government to pardon anyone involved in this case.''
Herald staff writer Juan O. Tamayo and Nancy San Martin =
contributed to
this report.
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Message: 8 =20
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2004 11:13:15 +0200
From: "PL" <pl@pandora.be>
Subject: Cuban who arrived in crate released
Posted on Sat, Aug. 28, 2004
MIAMI
Cuban who arrived in crate released
A Cuban national who survived a perilous trip in a tiny crate =
shipped
to the United States begins the next journey of her life.
BY NIKKI WALLER
Her slender arms dotted with circular bandages covering new
inoculations, the Cuban woman who shipped herself to Miami in a plywood
crate was released from federal custody Friday evening.
Lifting a nearly child-sized hand to obscure her face, the petite
woman would only say her first name is Sandra and that she doesn't have
family here.
This latest leg of Sandra's amazing journey into the United States
began about 3 p.m. Friday in a crammed Calle Ocho mini-mall, where she
underwent a medical exam and received immunization shots at the =
Miami-Dade
County Health Department's Refugee Health Assessment Program.
Outside the clinic, a horde of television cameras and reporters =
waited
for a glimpse of the new Cuban arrival.
Also in the crowd: Roberto Martinez, who lingered at the health =
clinic
after his own immunizations.
''It's a unique case of crossing, unique in the history of
immigration,'' Martinez said.
When the dark-skinned 21-year-old with frizzy black hair emerged =
after
4 p.m., a maelstrom of media converged upon her, the teeming cameramen =
and
reporters dwarfing her tiny frame.
Then Sandra, wearing clean blue jeans and a light blue shirt made =
of
puckered fabric, was escorted by an employee of the U.S. Conference of
Catholic Bishops Migration and Refugee Services into a maroon Honda =
minivan
waiting at the curb.
She was taken to the group's intake center in Doral. Frightened by =
the
media swarm, Sandra asked workers at the intake center to keep her
appearance there a secret.
Sandra was quickly given a voucher for a hotel room and smuggled =
out a
back door. She took with her the mystery of her crossing: How long she =
spent
in the crate that was about the size of a small filing cabinet; how she =
was
able to breathe in the unpressurized cabin of the plane during the
Nassau-to-Miami flight; how she originally got to Nassau; how much it =
cost
to have herself shipped via DHL.
She will live in the unidentified hotel until her intake =
interview,
likely to be scheduled for early next week, said assistant director Raul
Hernandez.
That interview will determine the next phase of her new life -- if
someone comes forward claiming her as a friend or family member, she'll =
be
permitted to stay in the area. If not, she will be sent to one of nine =
other
refugee programs in the country.
''She has been through a lot,'' Hernandez said. ``She's scared.''
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Message: 9 =20
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2004 11:14:43 +0200
From: "PL" <pl@pandora.be>
Subject: Argentina y Cuba firman convenio de intercambio comercial
Argentina y Cuba firman convenio de intercambio comercial
Hora: 02:31 Fuente : EFE
Buenos Aires, 27 ago (EFECOM)
Los gobiernos de Argentina y Cuba firmaron hoy un convenio por 200
millones de d=F3lares que contempla el intercambio comercial de =
medicamentos
cubanos por alimentos argentinos, aseguraron fuentes oficiales.
"Es un convenio por 200 millones de d=F3lares por el que Argentina
compra medicamentos a Cuba y le vende productos alimentarios, algunos =
con
valor agregado", dijo a EFE un portavoz de la Canciller=EDa argentina, =
donde
se firm=F3 el acuerdo.
Cuba exportar=E1 a Argentina vacunas, medicamentos gen=E9ricos y
equipamientos m=E9dicos, en tanto que comprar=E1 productos agr=EDcolas, =
ganaderos
y l=E1cteos, legumbres, frutas frescas y otros alimentos b=E1sicos.
El acuerdo fue suscrito por el canciller argentino, Rafael Bielsa; =
el
embajador cubano en este pa=EDs, Alejandro Gonz=E1lez Galiano; el =
ministro de
Salud argentino, Gin=E9s Gonz=E1lez Garc=EDa; y el presidente del grupo =
empresario
cubano Alimport, Pedro Alvarez Borrego.
Seg=FAn el convenio, al que tuvo acceso EFE, Cuba enviar=E1 =
vacunas contra
la meningitis, la hepatitis, el t=E9tanos, la difteria y la fiebre =
tifoidea,
entre otros.
Tambi=E9n exportar=E1 antibi=F3ticos de amplio espectro, =
antiretrovirales
para el tratamiento del sida, hemoderivados, antihipertensivos, =
anest=E9sicos
y relajantes musculares, antiinflamatorios no esteroideos, antiulcerosos =
y
equipos m=E9dicos.
Por su parte, Argentina enviar=E1 a Cuba trigo, ma=EDz, avena, =
cebada,
arroz, leche en polvo, mantequilla, queso, suero de leche, pollo =
congelado,
carne fresca y en conserva, pescado fresco y en conserva, frutas frescas =
y
en conserva, pastas alimenticias, aceite de girasol y de soja, harina de
trigo y harina de soja, entre otros.
El convenio establece que "dichos bienes deber=E1n cumplir =
est=E1ndares de
calidad y de precios competitivos a nivel internacional" y fija la =
creaci=F3n
de una comisi=F3n administradora que se reunir=E1 alternativamente cada =
a=F1o en
La Habana y Buenos Aires.
El acuerdo tendr=E1 validez por tres a=F1os y se prorrogar=E1
autom=E1ticamente por per=EDodos anuales. EFECOM
ls/cw/ap
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Message: 10 =20
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2004 11:21:27 +0200
From: "PL" <pl@pandora.be>
Subject: Bush propone $2.000 mlns para Florida, critica a Kerry por Cuba
Zonas - Latinoam=E9rica - Colombia
Bush propone $2.000 mlns para Florida, critica a Kerry por Cuba
Hora: 03:07 Fuente : Reuters
Por Steve Holland
MIAMI, ago 27 (Reuters) - El presidente George W. Bush anunci=F3 =
el
viernes una propuesta de 2.000 millones de d=F3lares para ayudar al =
estado de
Florida a recuperarse de la devastaci=F3n causada por el hurac=E1n =
Charley y
acus=F3 al candidato presidencial del Partido Dem=F3crata, John Kerry, =
de ser
muy suave con Cuba.
Bush hizo su tercera visita a Florida en las tres =FAltimas =
semanas,
subrayando la importancia de los 27 votos electorales del estado --el =
cuarto
con mayor n=FAmero de votos en la naci=F3n--, en el inicio de una amplia =
gira
que concluir=E1 la noche del jueves en Nueva York con su discurso de
aceptaci=F3n de la nominaci=F3n presidencial del Partido Republicano.
Junto a Bush en su gira de campa=F1a viaja el ex senador del =
estado de
Georgia Zell Miller, del Partido Dem=F3crata, quien present=F3 al =
presidente en
un acto pol=EDtico realizado en el coliseo deportivo Miami Arena, =
diciendo:
"Ustedes saben que yo sol=EDa ser un (pol=EDtico) dem=F3crata =
conservador, pero no
soy el =FAnico que apoya a este buen hombre".
En el acto, al que asistieron muchos cubano-estadounidenses, Bush
abri=F3 un nuevo frente contra Kerry, acus=E1ndolo de haber dicho que =
vot=F3 a
favor de la ley que expandi=F3 el embargo econ=F3mico contra Cuba, =
cuando en
realidad vot=F3 conta ella.
La Ley Helms-Burton de 1996 expandi=F3 el embargo econ=F3mico =
contra la
isla caribe=F1a de gobierno comunista mediante una serie de medidas =
dirigidas
a penalizar a los pa=EDses, empresas e individuos que comercian con
propiedades de estadounidenses confiscadas por Cuba.
Bush expres=F3 que Kerry vino a Florida en su gira electoral y =
dijo que
hab=EDa votado a favor de la Ley Helms-Burton, pero su propia campa=F1a =
explic=F3
que el senador de Massachusetts hab=EDa votado por una primera versi=F3n =
de la
ley, pero no lo hizo por la versi=F3n final de la legislaci=F3n.
"En otras palabras: (Kerry) vot=F3 a favor de la ley =
(Helms-Burton)
antes de que votara contra ella", dijo Bush, usando un juego de palabras
similar al que utiliza para criticar a Kerry por votar a favor de una
partida de 87.000 millones de d=F3lares para las fuerzas armadas
estadounidenses y la reconstrucci=F3n de Irak y despu=E9s votar en su =
contra.
"LIBERTAD PARA CUBA"
Bush expres=F3: "Cuando digo algo, lo sostengo. No descansaremos =
hasta
que los cubanos disfruten en La Habana las mismas libertades que tienen =
en
Estados Unidos".
El portavoz de la campa=F1a de Kerry, Phil Singer, dijo que el =
senador
de Massachusetts hab=EDa votado "dos veces" a favor de la Ley =
Helms-Burton,
pero admiti=F3 que se opuso a la versi=F3n final porque "conten=EDa =
lenguaje que
cambiaba (el texto por) el que originalmente hab=EDa votado.
En Miami, Bush explic=F3 que solicitar=E1 al Congreso de Estados =
Unidos
2.000 millones de d=F3lares en fondos de emergencia para ayudar a la
reconstrucci=F3n de Florida y conceder pr=E9stamos a los negocios =
peque=F1os.
Estos fondos ser=E1n adicionales a los 1.000 millones de d=F3lares =
en
ayuda de emergencia que ya fueron asignados al estado como parte de lo =
que
el mandatario estadounidense calific=F3 de "plena atenci=F3n del =
gobierno
federal para ayudar a la reconstrucci=F3n (de las zonas afectadas) en
Florida".
Con la comitiva de Bush viaj=F3 el presidente de la Comisi=F3n de
Asignaciones de la C=E1mara de Representantes de Estados Unidos, el =
legislador
republicano Bill Young.
El presidente dijo que Young le hab=EDa asegurado que los fondos =
ser=E1n
solicitados al Congreso cuando reinicie sus sesiones en septiembre, =
despu=E9s
del receso de verano.
El hurac=E1n Charley, que azot=F3 una extensa regi=F3n de Florida =
hace dos
semanas tras penetrar por la costa oeste del estado sure=F1o, dej=F3 =
m=E1s de
7.400 millones de d=F3lares en da=F1os, seg=FAn analistas. ((Reportaje =
adicional
de Caren Bohan)) ((Reuters Messaging: =
steve.holland.reuters.com@reuters.net;
1 +202 898-8300, fax 1 +202 898-8383. Mesa de edici=F3n en espa=F1ol: 1 =
+305
810-2625)) REUTERS JRP/
http://www.invertia.com/noticias/noticia.asp?subclasid=3D&clasid=3D&idNot=
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Message: 11 =20
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2004 11:24:29 +0200
From: "PL" <pl@pandora.be>
Subject: Local doctor to take med supplies to Cuba
Local doctor to take med supplies to Cuba
By Aaron Nathans
August 28, 2004
Getting to Cuba these days is even harder than it was just a year ago.
The Madison-Camaguey Sister City Association can no longer send several
dozen Madisonians to Cuba, like the group did in recent years. That's
because last autumn, President Bush tightened rules governing travel to =
and
from Fidel Castro's communist island.
One exception to the embargo is humanitarian missions. Dr. Bernard =
Micke, a
family doctor on Madison's west side, is working with a small group of =
area
residents to bring medical relief to the country.
Micke, along with representatives of the group, Sharing Resources =
Worldwide,
is collecting a trailer full of medical supplies, including wheelchairs,
crutches and medical books. On Sept. 24, Micke and six others will =
depart
from Miami, and an hour later, they will touch down in Camaguey. They =
will
deliver the supplies and tour hospitals and clinics. They will return a =
week
later.
"We had to find a way to still send the medical things we wanted to =
send, in
a legal way," Micke said.
To do so, Micke established the Wisconsin Medical Project six months =
ago.
The group recently received a two-year export license from the U.S.
Department of Commerce.
Sharing Resources Worldwide is part of the Dean Foundation and performs
medical missions around the globe. The group is warehousing the supplies =
on
Madison's east side, said Lisa Fernandez, a nurse at UW Hospital. She is
joined in the effort by Mary Dowling, a nurse at St. Marys.
"Our hope is over the life of this license, this will be one of many
shipments we can send," Micke said. He hopes to send shipments of =
medicine
in the future.
Cuba has an excellent health care system that stresses prevention, Micke
said. But "they don't have the supplies we'd expect in a hospital or =
clinic
in the United States." The people of Cuba struggle with nutrition, he =
said.
"It's a hardship for them economically, nutritionally, socially," he =
said.
Robert Kimbrough, a member of the delegation, said he wishes Americans =
had
more latitude in traveling to Cuba.
"I'm very excited we were able to continue our connection with =
Camaguey,"
said Kimbrough, who has been traveling to the island for 10 years. "I =
wish
everybody could just break out their passport and go to Cuba."
If people are willing to help, the group would be happy to accept money =
and
supplies to send to Cuba, Micke said.
He can be reached at or at his office, =
274-1100.
http://www.madison.com/tct/news/index.php?ntid=3D9087&ntpid=3D1
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Message: 12 =20
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2004 11:26:33 +0200
From: "PL" <pl@pandora.be>
Subject: Ante Castro s=F3lo cabe la firmeza
27/08/2004
Ante Castro s=F3lo cabe la firmeza
EDITORIAL
m=E1s que un indulto se trata de un certificado de supervivencia =
porque,
con Torrijos como presidente, todo apuntaba a que el destino final de =
los
cuatro desdichados iba a ser un billete de ida a La Habana, es decir, un
pasaje directo al pared=F3n
Una de las t=E1cticas recurrentes con las que juega el dictador cubano =
es la
de agitar el espantajo del enemigo exterior para ganar popularidad en la
isla. Y lo peor es que le funciona. La mayor=EDa de gobiernos =
occidentales
terminan rindi=E9ndose ante las campa=F1as que, conforme pasan los =
a=F1os, se han
demostrado de una eficacia a prueba de idiotas, de los idiotas que =
pueblan
las canciller=EDas de medio mundo convencidos de la =EDntima bondad del =
tirano
habanero.
La de los indultos ha sido la =FAltima crisis transformada en arma de
propaganda por el gobierno cubano. Y todo por un soberano acto de =
gobierno
de la Rep=FAblica de Panam=E1. En noviembre de 2000 un grupo de =
opositores al
r=E9gimen fue detenido en el pa=EDs centroamericano bajo la acusaci=F3n =
de planear
el asesinato del d=E9spota cubano. La justicia paname=F1a, propia de un =
pa=EDs
libre, proces=F3 a los sospechosos que fueron condenados a ocho a=F1os =
de
prisi=F3n. El pasado d=EDa 25 la presidenta Moscoso emiti=F3, a modo de =
despedida
del cargo, su =FAltimo decreto de indulto en el que, en una lista de 164
presos, figuraban los cuatro anticastristas condenados hace tres a=F1os.
Desde d=EDas antes de concederse el indulto los ambientes diplom=E1ticos =
ven=EDan
calde=E1ndose sobremanera entre los dos pa=EDses hispanoamericanos. El =
funesto
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores cubano (MINREX), amenaz=F3 =
formalmente al
gobierno paname=F1o con romper relaciones inmediatamente si a la =
presidenta se
le ocurr=EDa indultar a los anticastristas. Muy en la l=EDnea de Fidel =
Castro,
el cl=E1sico ladrido que dictadura profiere cada vez que considera que =
sus
intereses est=E1n en solfa. Por lo general funciona a las mil =
maravillas.
Todav=EDa est=E1 fresco el caso Eli=E1n, y a fanfarronadas de este =
estilo nos
tiene tristemente acostumbrados el carcelero de Bir=E1n.
Sin embargo Moscoso, en un acto que la honra como presidenta de una =
naci=F3n
democr=E1tica y como ser humano, no se arrug=F3 y decret=F3 al poco el =
indulto de
los cuatro reclusos cubanos. En rigor, m=E1s que un indulto se trata de =
un
certificado de supervivencia porque, con Torrijos como presidente, todo
apuntaba a que el destino final de los cuatro desdichados iba a ser un
billete de ida a La Habana, es decir, un pasaje directo al pared=F3n en =
alguna
de las centenares de c=E1rceles con que el r=E9gimen comunista ha =
aderezado la
geograf=EDa cubana.
Frente a las amenazas, firmeza, frente al chuleo de una cuadrilla de
mangantes, decisi=F3n. Una democracia no puede plegarse a los deseos de =
un
aut=F3crata sin escr=FApulos. Los tent=E1culos de Castro han conseguido =
sin
embargo montar una mini campa=F1a de agitaci=F3n en Panam=E1. A lo largo =
del d=EDa
de ayer un pu=F1ado de estudiantes de izquierdas cortaron la v=EDa =
Trans=EDstmica,
una importante arteria de tr=E1fico en la capital. Poco antes, el =
gobernador
de la provincia de Col=F3n, Gaspar Salama, present=F3 la dimisi=F3n en =
protesta
por el indulto. Casualmente Salama, pr=F3spero empresario, hace boyantes
negocios con el r=E9gimen cubano.
Y es que, gracias a personajes como Gaspar Salama, las relaciones =
econ=F3micas
entre Cuba y Panam=E1 son relativamente fluidas. En 2003 Panam=E1 =
export=F3 a Cuba
bienes por valor de 684 mil d=F3lares que Castro paga a trancas y =
barrancas. A
d=EDa de hoy La Habana debe 200 millones de d=F3lares a sus proveedores =
en
Panam=E1, dinero que muchos de ellos pueden dar por volatilizado tras la
concesi=F3n del indulto. Despu=E9s de todo al tirano la jugada no le ha =
salido
del todo mal. Hasta de sus intentos de asesinato saca jugo el dictador. =
Por
un lado no se ver=E1 en la obligaci=F3n de saldar la deuda, cosa que, =
por otro
lado, nunca le ha quitado el sue=F1o. Es habitual que desde La Habana se
lancen consignas regularmente para incitar la morosidad de los pa=EDses =
del
Tercer Mundo. Y por otro tiene un nuevo leit motiv propagand=EDstico de
consumo interno.
La l=E1stima es que Mireya Moscoso se despida de la presidencia la =
semana
pr=F3xima. No es frecuente encontrar entre los gobernantes =
hispanoamericanos
actos de entereza como el que acaba de protagonizar la todav=EDa =
presidenta de
esa naci=F3n hermana que es Panam=E1.
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Message: 13 =20
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2004 11:27:28 +0200
From: "PL" <pl@pandora.be>
Subject: M=E9xico se har=E1 cargo de intereses paname=F1os en Cuba
27 de agosto de 2004, 06:53 PM
M=E9xico se har=E1 cargo de intereses paname=F1os en Cuba
BOGOTA (AP) - El Secretario de Exterior de M=E9xico, Luis Ernesto =
Derb=E9z,
declar=F3 el viernes que Panam=E1 solicit=F3 a su pa=EDs que se hiciera =
cargo de los
negocios de ciudadanos del istmo ante el gobierno de Cuba.
"Mi respuesta ha sido que por supuesto, siempre y cuando el gobierno =
cubano
est=E9 de acuerdo", dijo Derb=E9z a reporteros en una rueda de prensa al
referirse a la petici=F3n paname=F1a.
Cuba rompi=F3 sus relaciones diplom=E1ticas con Panam=E1 el jueves, =
luego que la
presidenta Mireya Moscoso indult=F3 a cuatro anticastristas que fueron
acusados por el gobierno de Fidel Castro de planear su asesinato durante =
la
Cumbre Iberoamericana en Panam=E1 en noviembre de 2000.
Derb=E9z record=F3 que su pa=EDs tambi=E9n tuvo un "desencuentro" con =
Cuba que se
resolvi=F3 luego de un "trabajo muy claro con el gobierno cubano con el =
cual
nos une una gran amistad de largo plazo".
El diplom=E1tico colombiano realiz=F3 una visita de dos d=EDas a =
Colombia, donde
sostuvo reuniones con varios funcionarios colombianos incluido el =
presidente
Alvaro Uribe.
http://espanol.news.yahoo.com/040828/1/u3fv.html
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Message: 14 =20
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2004 11:29:03 +0200
From: "PL" <pl@pandora.be>
Subject: Ruptura entre Panam=E1 y Cuba no afectar=EDa comercio
27 de agosto de 2004, 02:23 PM PST
Ruptura entre Panam=E1 y Cuba no afectar=EDa comercio
LA HABANA (Reuters) - La ruptura de relaciones diplom=E1ticas entre Cuba =
y
Panam=E1 ser=E1 temporal y no afectar=E1 la fuerte relaci=F3n comercial =
entre ambos
pa=EDses, que ha permitido a la isla evadir parte del embargo =
econ=F3mico
impuesto por Estados Unidos contra el gobierno de Fidel Castro, dijeron
empresarios.
Cuba realiza en la zona franca paname=F1a de Col=F3n cerca de un 7 por =
ciento de
su intercambio y compra principalmente bienes de consumo, como =
autom=F3viles,
equipos electr=F3nicos y ropa. Varios importadores que tienen sucursales =
en la
naci=F3n antillana se abastecen precisamente en Panam=E1.
"El tema de la ruptura de relaciones diplom=E1ticas va a durar algunos =
d=EDas
solamente. Es una situaci=F3n coyuntural, grave, pero coyuntural. Desde =
el
punto de vista comercial no va a ser algo que repercuta ni que tenga
consecuencias mayores," coment=F3 un empresario chileno que opera en =
Cuba.
Cuba rompi=F3 el jueves sus relaciones diplom=E1ticas con Panam=E1, =
despu=E9s de que
la presidenta saliente de ese pa=EDs, Mireya Moscoso, indult=F3 a cuatro
activistas anticastristas condenados por conspirar para asesinar al
presidente de la isla caribe=F1a de gobierno comunista en el 2000.
Sin embargo, la propia Moscoso asegur=F3 que el rompimiento de las =
relaciones
no tendr=E1 grandes implicaciones en materia econ=F3mica.
"De ninguna manera las relaciones comerciales con Cuba se van a afectar,
porque una cosa son las relaciones diplom=E1ticas y otras las =
comerciales,"
dijo la presidenta a los periodistas en la Ciudad de Panam=E1.
La ruptura podr=EDa ser breve, ya que a partir de septiembre asume como
presidente del pa=EDs centroamericano Mart=EDn Torrijos, hijo de Omar =
Torrijos,
el "hombre fuerte" de Panam=E1 durante la d=E9cada de 1970 y cercano al =
gobierno
de Castro.
"Este rompimiento ser=E1 muy corto porque estoy segura que pronto =
ser=E1n
restablecidas porque el presidente Torrijos y el presidente Castro son
buenos amigos," asegur=F3 Moscoso.
Panam=E1 ha servido tradicionalmente a Cuba para recibir productos =
originarios
de Estados Unidos o de marcas de ese pa=EDs, eludiendo el bloqueo =
comercial de
m=E1s de 40 a=F1os.
"Por d=E9cadas, el gobierno de Cuba ha usado compa=F1=EDas en Panam=E1 =
como agentes
para adquirir productos de distintas partes del mundo," dijo John S.
Kavulich, presidente del Consejo de Econom=EDa y Comercio Estados =
Unidos-Cuba,
con sede en Nueva York.
El intercambio entre Cuba y Panam=E1 bordea los 200 millones de =
d=F3lares
anuales, pero la cifra se ha reducido debido a la aguda carencia de =
divisas
que enfrenta Cuba y que dificulta los pagos a sus proveedores.
Ambos pa=EDses incluso mantuvieron una controversia comercial en el 2002 =
y
2003 por una deuda de 80 millones de d=F3lares del gobierno cubano con =
varias
empresas paname=F1as.
Fuentes de la Zona Libre de Col=F3n dijeron que empresas importadoras =
cubanas
les adeudan actualmente unos 200 millones de d=F3lares.
"Panam=E1 se mantiene como una importante fuente de recursos financieros =
para
las empresas del gobierno cubano," dijo Kavulich.
Incluso, el a=F1o pasado una misi=F3n comercial paname=F1a visit=F3 La =
Habana con el
fin de intensificar el comercio entre los dos pa=EDses, una situaci=F3n =
que
podr=EDa verse favorecida por la llegada del nuevo gobierno al pa=EDs =
istme=F1o.
"En los pr=F3ximos d=EDas asumir=E1 Torrijos y, con eso, las relaciones =
en todo
=E1mbito evidentemente van a mejorar," coment=F3 el empresario basado en =
Cuba.
(Con colaboraci=F3n de Anthony Boadle en La Habana y Elida Moreno en =
Ciudad de
Panam=E1)
http://espanol.news.yahoo.com/040827/2/u37t.html
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Message: 15 =20
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2004 11:30:37 +0200
From: "PL" <pl@pandora.be>
Subject: Padres enviar=E1n 3.000 kilos de art=EDculos a becarios en Cuba
Padres enviar=E1n 3.000 kilos de art=EDculos a becarios en Cuba
El avi=F3n presidencial llevar=E1 el lunes m=E1s de 3.000 kilos de =
art=EDculos a los
estudiantes becados en Cuba. Los padres de los becarios enviar=E1n desde
comidas enlatadas, chipas, art=EDculos de limpieza hasta camisetas =
albirrojas
y fotograf=EDas familiares.
La gesti=F3n de recepcionar y luego entregar las encomiendas a los =
j=F3venes
becados en la isla de Fidel corre por cuenta de la Coordinadora de =
Padres de
Becados en Cuba.
"Las cosas llegan de todo el pa=EDs, porque hay much=EDsimos paraguayos
estudiando en Cuba", manifest=F3 Mirian de Segovia, miembro de la
coordinadora.
"Al llegar a Cuba, los chicos que est=E1n cursando el =FAltimo a=F1o de =
sus
respectivas carreras se encargan de clasificar y entregar personalmente
todos los paquetes", explic=F3.
Ayer, varios padres acompa=F1aron a Mirian de Segovia hasta el =
aeropuerto
militar de Luque para cargar el avi=F3n presidencial que volar=E1 en la
madrugada del lunes con destino a la isla caribe=F1a.
Resalt=F3 que entre la gran cantidad de encomiendas a ser enviadas se
encuentra una bicicleta. Agreg=F3 que las fotos familiares, las comidas
enlatadas y elementos de limpieza personal son los art=EDculos m=E1s =
requeridos.
Especific=F3 que la coordinadora est=E1 organizando para octubre otro =
env=EDo de
mercader=EDas a Cuba, por lo cual insta a todos los padres, cuyos hijos =
se
encuentran becados, que no pudieron enviar esta vez sus encomiendas a
ponerse en comunicaci=F3n al tel=E9fono 021 370.260 para una mejor =
organizaci=F3n.
Los 123 j=F3venes becados que se encuentran de vacaciones en nuestro =
pa=EDs
regresar=E1n en el avi=F3n presidencial que partir=E1 el pr=F3ximo lunes =
con destino
a Cuba.
Segovia agradeci=F3 la predisposici=F3n del Gobierno de ceder el avi=F3n =
y del
gobierno venezolano que don=F3 el combustible para el traslado de los
estudiantes y las mercader=EDas.
http://www.lanacion.com.py/noticias.php?not=3D84360&fecha=3D2004/08/28
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Message: 16 =20
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2004 11:32:24 +0200
From: "PL" <pl@pandora.be>
Subject: Honduras tras Posada Carriles
Posted on Sat, Aug. 28, 2004
Honduras tras Posada Carriles
Agence France Presse
TEGUCIGALPA
Las autoridades hondure=F1as aseguraron ayer que buscan a Luis =
Posada
Carriles, un cubanoamericano anticastrista que d=E9cadas atr=E1s fue =
protegido
por militares en este pa=EDs centroamericano, adonde habr=EDa ingresado =
el
jueves tras recibir el indulto en Panam=E1.
''Estamos con una unidad especial que el se=F1or ministro de =
Seguridad
(Oscar Alvarez) ha instruido para que le demos seguimiento. Nuestra
responsabilidad es resolver esto lo antes posible'', asever=F3 el =
viceministro
de Seguridad, Armando Calidonio en entrevista a radios locales.
La presidenta de Panam=E1, Mireya Moscoso, indult=F3 el jueves a =
Posada
Carriles, y a otros tres anticastristas cubanos condenados por delitos
contra la seguridad p=FAblica y falsificaci=F3n de documentos =
p=FAblicos.
En respuesta al indulto, La Habana, que considera a Posada =
Carriles un
terrorista, rompi=F3 relaciones con Panam=E1. Advirti=F3 tambi=E9n que =
el pa=EDs que
proteja a los anticastristas ser=E1 considerado c=F3mplice de ellos.
Posada Carriles, de 76 a=F1os, es acusado por La Habana de varios
cr=EDmenes en los =FAltimos 40 a=F1os, entre ellos la voladura de un =
avi=F3n de
Cubana de Aviaci=F3n en 1976 con 73 pasajeros a bordo. Durante los =
a=F1os
1980-90 mantuvo estrecha relaci=F3n con los altos mandos militares =
hondure=F1os,
a los que visitaba con frecuencia.
El ministro de Seguridad de Honduras advirti=F3 el jueves que =
Honduras
no permitir=EDa el ingreso de Posada Carriles.
''En ning=FAn momento vamos a dejar que nuestro pa=EDs sea sede ni =
tampoco
sea santuario para terroristas de cualquier tipo, ya sea que atenten en
contra de Cuba o que atenten en contra de otros pa=EDses de la =
regi=F3n'',
se=F1al=F3.
El director de Migraci=F3n, Ram=F3n Romero, inform=F3 la noche del =
jueves
que esa oficina recibi=F3 informaci=F3n de que Posada Carriles =
``ingres=F3 a
nuestro pa=EDs y no hizo el chequeo migratorio, estamos por ver si es =
cierto y
ver=EDdico que esta persona se encuentra en nuestro pa=EDs''.
Seg=FAn explic=F3 Romero, el avi=F3n en que salieron los cuatro =
indultados
de Panam=E1 aterriz=F3 en San Pedro Sula, 240 kms al norte de la capital
hondure=F1a, pero s=F3lo tres de los ocupantes de la aeronave se =
registraron en
inmigraci=F3n.
http://www.miami.com/mld/elnuevo/news/world/cuba/9518380.htm
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Message: 17 =20
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2004 11:36:51 +0200
From: "PL" <pl@pandora.be>
Subject: L'=E9pouse de Raul Rivero d=E9nonce les mauvais traitements =
inflig=E9s au journaliste
L'=E9pouse de Raul Rivero d=E9nonce les mauvais traitements =
inflig=E9s au
journaliste
27/08
21:54 Blanca Reyes, =E9pouse du journaliste et po=E8te cubain =
Raul
Rivero, condamn=E9 =E0 20 ans de prison pour ses =E9crits, a d=E9nonc=E9 =
vendredi dans
un entretien t=E9l=E9phonique avec Reporters sans Fronti=E8res (RSF) les =
mauvais
traitements subis par son mari en prison.
Selon l'organisation de d=E9fense de la libert=E9 de la presse, =
Raul
Rivero, l'un des 26 journalistes incarc=E9r=E9s =E0 Cuba, est priv=E9 de =
m=E9dicaments
alors qu'il souffre de probl=E8mes de circulation et d'emphys=E8me et ne =
pourra
pas recevoir la visite de sa femme pr=E9vue pour le 11 septembre =
prochain.
"Ils tentent de l'humilier pour le casser. Je ne comprends pas. =
Raul
est un homme de paix. Je ne veux pas croire que le gouvernement est =
derri=E8re
tout cela" a d=E9clar=E9 Blanca Reyes de La Havane, selon un =
communiqu=E9 de RSF.
D'autres journalistes et intellectuels emprisonn=E9s ont =
d=E9nonc=E9 les
mauvais traitements dont ils sont l'objet de la part des autorit=E9s
carc=E9rales.
Raul Rivero a =E9t=E9 condamn=E9 pour sa violation de l'article 91 =
du Code
p=E9nal cubain qui sanctionne les "actes contre l'ind=E9pendance et =
l'int=E9grit=E9
territoriale de l'Etat". Il se trouve =E0 la prison de Canaleta, =E0 430 =
km de
La Havane.
Raul Rivero a re=E7u cette ann=E9e le Prix Guillermo Cano de la =
libert=E9
d'expression d=E9cern=E9 par l'UNESCO. Il n'a pu, du fait de son =
incarc=E9ration,
recevoir son Prix en mains propres.
"A Cuba les journalistes vivent une double injustice: celle =
d'=EAtre
incarc=E9r=E9s pour avoir exerc=E9 leur m=E9tier et celle d'=EAtre =
d=E9tenus dans des
conditions d=E9plorables, soumis =E0 un harc=E8lement constant," =
d=E9nonce RSF qui
demande depuis des mois la lib=E9ration des prisonniers de conscience =
=E0 Cuba.
75 opposants au r=E9gime de Fidel Castro, dont Raul Rivero, ont =
=E9t=E9
arr=EAt=E9s et incarc=E9r=E9s en mars 2003 au cours de la plus brutale =
des vagues
d'arrestations contre la dissidence interne, provoquant une condamnation
internationale unanime du r=E9gime cubain.
http://actu.voila.fr/Depeche/depeche_media_040827195457.4beuetxf.html
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