Havana, Sep 10 (Prensa Latina) Cubans awoke today engaged in a gigantic battle to overcome damages caused by hurricane Ike, which left the island yesterday.The storm took a heavy toll on services and the economy in a dangerous trail that started last Sunday in the eastern city of Holguin and finished in western Pinar del Rio.Strong rains and wind caused flooding and collapsed buildings in a horrific path that first grounded in the northeast, strafed the land to the southwest then dipped into the Atlantic and bordered the southern coast.On Tuesday Ike finally sliced up through Cuba again to the Gulf of Mexico, through western Pinar del Rio.That area was still recovering from hurricane Gustav, which had hit eight days earlier.President Raul Castro and other governmental leaders directed measures to save lives and property, and multiple recovery operations are underway.The westernmost city of Cuba, Baracoa, started receiving resources only 24 hours after the hurricane left.The Revolutionary Armed Forces, social, political and governmental organizations play an integral role in quickly returning Cuba to normality.
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-Cuenta Nº 033473, "Huracanes, restauración de daños".
Lesson from Ike: Nobody does evacuations like Cuba
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jmSQr1vje6Z4LBCZAkEcNvN9WUKgD9346UHO0,
Carta del compañero Fidel a Randy Alonso, director del programa informativo “Mesa Redonda” http://www.granma.cubaweb.cu/secciones/ref-fidel/art45.html,
Chávez convocó a toda Venezuela a cooperar con Cuba
El Jefe de Estado venezolano hizo la exhortación este miércoles durante la inauguración de nuevas obras de Barrio Adentro
http://www.juventudrebelde.cu/internacionales/2008-09-11/chavez-convoco-a-toda-venezuela-a-cooperar-con-cuba/,
Las palabras de orden son trabajo, entusiasmo, echar para alante...
http://www.juventudrebelde.cu/cuba/2008-09-10/carta-del-companero-fidel-a-randy-alonso-director-del-programa-informativo-mesa-redonda/,
Stop the government politics and help those in Haiti and Cuba
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/opinion/sfl-gmcol11sbsep11,0,7291927.column,
Cuba's flat on its back — it's time to lend it a hand
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/outlook/5994560.html,
Más de 320 000 casas dañadas
http://www.granma.cubaweb.cu/2008/09/11/nacional/index.html,
DECLARACIÓN DEL MINREX ( 10 sept 2008 )
Cuba saldrá adelante. Ni huracanes, ni bloqueos, ni agresiones podrán impedirlo
http://www.granma.cubaweb.cu/2008/09/11/nacional/artic15.html,
Cuba counts up damage from Hurricane Ike
http://uk.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idUKN1042494620080910,
More than two and half million people were evacuated
http://www.granma.cu/ingles/2008/septiembre/mier10/37millonn.html,
NO AIN ON WEB FOR THE MOMENT
Power Service Gradually Restored Across Cuba
HAVANA, Cuba, Sept 10 (acn) After hurricane Ike left Cuba under a total blackout, the electrical system is being gradually re-established on the island as the weather conditions improve.National Electricity Union official Ricardo Gonzalez explained thatexcept for the eastern provinces of Santiago de Cuba, Granma, and part ofGuantanamo, electric services have been gradually restored in themunicipalities of the rest of the country, reported the Granma newspaper.With the use of power generators for emergency situations, and thecreation of electrical micro-systems relying on gas and dieselgenerators, service has been restored in several local circuits. Gonzaleznoted that these are temporary alternatives until repairs to the nationalelectric system are completed. Seventy micro-systems were set up across the country, twenty-two of themin Pinar del Río Province and four on the Isla de La Juventud. Both ofthese areas were severely damaged just 10 days ago by Hurricane Gustav,explained Gonzalez. He noted that the 200 electric crews that had beensent from the eastern region to Pinar and Isla de la Juventud after thepassing of Gustav will remain there, while repair work in the east willbe undertaken by the remaining forces in each affected province.
At least 200,000 Houses Damaged By Hurricane Ike in Cuba
SANTA CLARA, Cuba, Sept 10 (acn) Hurricane Ike left more than 200,000houses damaged in Cuba, of them 30,000 totally destroyed, reported thePresident of the National Housing Institute, Victor Ramirez. The Cuban official told ACN that this number could increase with the rainand wind still hitting the western region of Cuba. In total more than 320,000 houses were affected by both Ike and HurricaneGustav, which hit western Cuba only eight days earlier, said Ramirez. Henoted that most of the homes had their roofs damaged and explained thatthey were not designed to support winds as strong as those generated bythe two hurricanes.As new strategies to prevent such destruction, Ramirez said analysis inunderway on the use of more resistant materials for the roofs of houseslocated in sites that are more vulnerable to hurricanes. In addition, the National Housing Institute will design a control andconsultancy system to assist the people in building of their houses,since 70 percent of the population oversees the construction of their ownhomes. The housing official said nobody will be left unprotected and thatsolutions will be implemented according to the characteristics of eachplace.
Ayuda de ONU para Cuba aceptada
Otras: España 16 toneladas, Timor Oriental 500,000 dólares, China 300,000 dólares.
http://lta.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idLTAN1040643720080911,
En Cuba, ninguna familia quedará desamparada
"En esta situación de extrema gravedad hace mucha falta esa solidaridad que apreciamos entre las personas, pero también se necesita gran participación popular" expresó Machado Ventura
-Equipo de corresponsales y AIN
http://www.kaosenlared.net/noticia/cuba-ninguna-familia-quedara-desamparada,
Suspendida temporalmente producción de níquel en Cuba
http://www.abn.info.ve/go_news5.php?articulo=148626&lee=18,
Huracanes, capitalismo y revolución
-Ángel Guerra Cabrera
http://www.cubadebate.cu/index.php?tpl=design/opiniones.tpl.html&newsid_obj_id=12462,
"Ike" causa muerte y destrucción pero no apaga el buen humor de algunos cubanos
http://ecodiario.eleconomista.es/desastres-naturales/noticias/743978/09/08/Ike-causa-muerte-y-destruccion-pero-no-apaga-el-buen-humor-de-algunos-cubanos.html,
Brasil envía alimentos a Cuba y Haití
http://lta.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idLTAN1044090020080910?sp=true,
Santiago de Cuba se restablece de los daños causados por IKE
http://www.cmkc.co.cu/provinciales/ike255.html,
Cuba: tras la tormenta no viene la calma
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/spanish/latin_america/newsid_7607000/7607818.stm,
The U.S. is the Worst Kind of Neighbor
"Cuba told Washington to keep its pocket change."
http://www.blackagendareport.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=779&Itemid=1,
La mentira cazada...
-Luis Barrios, Ph.D., BCFE
http://www.kaosenlared.net/noticia/la-mentira-cazada,
Cuba Slams World Famine Response
Geneva, Sep 10 (Prensa Latina) Cuba on Wednesday slammed as hypocritical the position certain countries have adopted regarding the challenge posed by current food crisis and world famine.Addressing the ninth session of the UN Human Rights Council, Cuban Ambassador to the Geneva-based UN bodies, Juan Antonio Fernandez, said such issues are of the utmost importance for tens of million people.Fernandez called a paradox the fact that countries dooming other nations to starvation are now responsible for offering real solutions to the problem.Political will is needed to contribute 0.7 percent of the rich-country GNP to development aid, and to turn the current one-billion dollar world war budget into a world food budget, he said.According to the Cuban diplomat, political will is also needed to invest in agriculture and resources, and stop food price speculation, which is the same, he noted, as speculating with the lives of million of people.Fernandez claimed that the world food crisis and its impact on the right to food were timely discussed at the UN Human Rights Council. He also praised efforts developed by Olivier De Schutter, United Nations´ special rapporteur on the right to food.It is just bold hypocrisy trying to justify the current food crisis with an alleged demography increase in certain countries, the Cuban diplomat said.In his opinion, the unfair and unequal distribution of wealth and the unsustainable neoliberal economic model are responsible for the current food crisis and world famine.
civil disobedience at the White House will all demand: Free the Cuban Five Now!
Howard Zinn, Alice Walker, Ramsey Clark, Noam Chomsky send letter to George W. Bush
Press conference followed by civil disobedience at the White House Fri., Sept. 12, 11:00 am (Lafayette Park) Organizer: National Committee to Free the Cuban Five
On Friday, Sept. 12, the 10th anniversary of the Cuban Five's unjust arrest, the National Committee to Free the Cuban Five will present petitions with 100,000 signatures from 78 countries to George W. Bush at the White House. At 11:00 am, we will hold a Press Conference in front of the White House, across from Lafayette Park. Featured speaker will be Wayne Smith, former chief of the U.S. Interests Section in Havana. Also speaking will be Brian Becker, National Coordinator, A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism); Gloria La Riva, Coordinator, National Committee to Free the Cuban Five; and Banbose Shango, Regional Coordinator of the Venezuelan Solidarity Network, Co-chair of the National Network on Cuba, and with the AAPRP-GC. U.S. activists will then engage in a peaceful act of civil disobedience at the White House, to demand that the Bush administration: 1.) Free the Cuban Five immediately; 2.) Grant entry visas to Adriana Perez and Olga Salanueva, and 3.) Extradite Luis Posada Carriles to Venezuela. Simultaneous events are being organized all over the world in solidarity with the Cuban 5 on this important date.
Una década de terror institucionalizado contra los Cinco
http://www.ain.cu/2008/septiembre/10edterror.htm,
Evo ordena expulsión de embajador norteamericano en Bolivia
http://www.granma.cubaweb.cu/2008/09/11/interna/artic01.html,
Bolivian Poor Reject Santa Cruz Violence
http://www.plenglish.com/Article.asp?ID={B092D3F9-3F3D-482C-AD34-B51D53D43DF9}&language=EN,
Desclasificada en EEUU nueva información en la víspera del 35 aniversario del golpe militar en Chile
Nuevas pruebas de la conspiración de la Casa Blanca contra Allende
http://www.rebelion.org/noticia.php?id=72494,
The other side of Cuba by car
The brochure image is of cigars, Castro and Havana. Find a whole new Cuba by hiring a car and heading off
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/travel/destinations/caribbean/article4724203.ece,
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