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Cuban Radar Newsbriefs - Sep 27, 2007
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Progreso Weekly - Sep 27, 2007
http://progreso-weekly.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=169&Itemid=1
Cuban Radar Newsbriefs - September 27, 2007
A service of Radio Progreso Alternativa Havana Bureau
* Unusual announcement on Cuban TV
* Slight improvement in Havanas public trans****tation
* New housing
* Renewal of municipal assemblies
* Cuba rejects speech by Bush
* Unusual announcement on Cuban TV
On Tuesday, September 25, Cuban TVs Cubavisin broadcast an unusual
spot. Just before the beginning of a highly rated Brazilian soap opera,
an upcoming debate sponsored by Temas magazine which is being held
every last Thursday of the month, was advertised.
The announcement mentioned that on Thursday, September 27, the subject
to be discussed would deal with the question: And What About China,
focusing on the present reality of the Far Eastern country, its
problems and perspectives, issues that are not frequently treated in
depth in Cuban media.
These public discussions that are held at the Cuban Institute of
Cinematographic Art and Industry (ICAIC) has been calling together
academics, scholars and the public in general in order to analyze
different aspects of the transit to socialism, including the Cuban
process.
It is noteworthy that the announcement has been broadcast by national
TV and just before one of the most popular programs. For some
observers, this could be a consequence of the insistence by acting
president Ral Castro that all citizens should debate matters of this
kind.
* Slight improvement in Havanas public trans****tation
Last year public trans****tation in the capital moved 487,580 passengers
daily. In 2007, the average number of passengers is 617,500 per day. It
certainly is an improvement, but not enough for a city of over 2
million people.
According to the official daily Granma of September 21, an integral
program is underway that contemplates the renovation and completion of
the omnibus fleet, renovation of lines and repair of roads, among
other measures.
The re****t says that new routes will not be created, but that there
will be reorganization from the existing 16 main lines that will join
points of large circulation.
New buses have been bought in Germany, Russia, Belarus and China.
* New housing
The housing deficit and the sorry state of a good number of existing
homes is one of Cubans most crucial problems. In order to improve the
situation, the national plan of construction set a goal of over 72,000
new homes.
The weekly Trabajadores in its Monday, September 24, edition published
that 40% of housing planned for 2007 has not begun in the five
easternmost provinces and in Villa Clara.
According to the publication, the official organ of the Cuban Workers
Central Union, the delays are caused because of difficulties in finding
the appropriate land and lack of coordination among institutions
involved in the construction.
* Renewal of municipal assemblies
According to the September 24 edition of Granma, Tom!s Amar!n Daz,
Secretary of the National Electoral Commission, declared that among
candidates already nominated for the elections to the Municipal
Assemblies of Popular Power, only 23.5 percent are in***bents.
The number is significant, for it indicates that 76.5 percent of the
candidates nominated in over 44,000 meetings held until now are new
proposals by voters, a clear tendency for renewal.
Elections for municipal assemblies will be held on October 21. If in an
electoral district no candidate receives more than half of the votes, a
runoff election will be held on October 28.
* Cuba rejects speech by Bush
National media re****ted that on September 25 the Cuban delegation to
the UNs General Assembly, headed by Foreign Minister Felipe P(c)rez
Roque, left the room when U.S. President George W. Bush lashed out
against Cuba, Iran, Zimbabwe and Myanmar for what he called the
situation of freedom in those countries.
The declaration of the islands delegation explained that the action
was a signal of the deepest rejection to President Bushs arrogant and
mediocre speech.
Cuba also holds Bush accountable for the murder of over 600,000
civilians in Iraq and of authorizing torture to prisoners in
Guant!namo U.S. Naval Base, as well as giving the green light to
kidnapping, clandestine flights and secret prisons.
*
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