[NYTr] Cuban Radar Newsbriefs - Aug 30, 2007 Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 05:19:22 -0500 (CDT) Via NY Transfer News Collective * All the News that Doesn't Fit Progreso Weekly - Aug 30, 2007 http://progreso-weekly.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=126&Itemid=1 Cuban Radar Newsbriefs - Aug 30, 2007 A service of Radio Progreso Alternativabs Havana Bureau * Castro Still Writes after Dying * Elevator nuisance * Will Cuba buy U.S. wheat? * Renewable energy in the Sierra Maestra * Castro Still Writes after Dying On Sunday, August 26, the Juventud Rebelde daily published an article by Fidel Castro on the centennial of Eduardo ChibC!s, a charismatic political leader and founding chairman of the Party of the Cuban People (Orthodox Party), the same party which Castro was a member of and from which he recruited most of the assailants of Santiago de Cubabs Moncada Barracks in 1953. Previously, on August 24, Miami press media had created great expectations when they printed the rumor that Fidel Castro had died. Other media mentioned that Venezuelan President Hugo ChC!vez had traveled to Havana to honor the deceased Cuban leader. ChC!vez vehemently denied the version of Castrobs demise. For his part, Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe PC)rez Roque assured the French AFP news agency from Brazil that Castro was recovering well and that he was up to date on the most important issues. He even said that he had received bguidelines from him for this meeting.b PC)rez Roque attended a meeting of Latin American and Asian countries that ended August 23 in Brasilia. Meanwhile, and as culmination of his alleged demise, Castro published an article related to Eduardo ChibC!s and on Tuesday, August 28, published another one, under the title bThe Submission to the Imperial Policy, which can be read in Spanish at http://www.granma.cubaweb.cu/secciones/reflexiones/esp-045.html. and in English here: https://blythe-systems.com/pipermail/nytr/Week-of-Mon-20070827/067286.html * Elevator nuisance In its Sunday, August 26 edition, Juventud Rebelde printed an article on the situation of elevators in many apartment buildings. According to the newspaper, most of the 562 elevators which are active in the capitalbs buildings have some type of problem. The article blames it on the equipmentsb advanced age, which is the cause of constant breakdowns and malfunctions. For those who live in high rise buildings, the situation is almost a tragedy, even more so for the elderly, who, according to the newspaper, could suffer the Diseased Building Syndrome. * Will Cuba buy U.S. wheat? Among foreign correspondents in Havana, there is the rumor that Cuba will buy as much as 100,000 tons of wheat from U.S. exporters. Although the Cuban governmentbs importing food agency ALIMPORT has not denied the rumor, the same correspondents speculate that the silence confirms that. at least. there are negotiations taking place. Recently the independent organization International Trade Commission (ITC) claimed that if restrictions to trade were lifted, the U.S. could cover as much as 70% of Cuban imports. * Renewable energy in the Sierra Maestra In its Thursday August 23 edition, Granma reported of the increasing use of renewable energy in the mountain areas of eastern Cuba. At different municipalities of the famous Sierra Maestra Mountain Range, there are 17 mini hydroelectric power plants that generate 800 kilowatts, and service 17,500 people who live in areas not reached by the National Electro-energetic System. Mountain areas also have photovoltaic energy which uses solar panels that power schools and social centers. * ================================================================= .NY Transfer News Collective * A Service of Blythe Systems . Since 1985 - Information for the Rest of Us . .339 Lafayette St., New York, NY 10012 http://www.blythe.org . List Archives: https://blythe-systems.com/pipermail/nytr/ . Subscribe: https://blythe-systems.com/mailman/listinfo/nytr =================================================================