tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89700781432823327192023-11-17T00:56:31.815+10:30Australia Cuba Friendship Society (SA)Welcome to our blog. Check out our downloads box for frequently updated material. You can subscribe for free to this blog by filling in the Blogarithm form on the right of the page.ACFS Adelaide & Perthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07913713922625189338noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8970078143282332719.post-22944808083504639252010-01-06T11:02:00.006+10:302010-01-06T11:09:22.365+10:30Cuba not terrorist country says Washington PostThe Washington Post, the most important and oldest newspaper of the US’s capital city, published an article today criticizing the inclusion of Cuba in the US list of terrorist countries.<br /><br />The article, written by 2009 Pulitzer Prize winner Eugene Robinson, refers to Washington’s rigorous airport security rules put into effect last Sunday under which passengers flying to the United States from Cuba and another 13 so-called terrorist countries will be submitted to extra screening.<br /><br />The text says Cuba represents a threat of terrorism equal to zero. “Cuba is not a failed state where swaths of territory lie beyond government control; rather, it is one of the most tightly locked-down societies in the world,” the author wrote and adds<br />“a place where the idea of private citizens getting their hands on plastic explosives, or terrorist weapons of any kind, is simply laughable.” <br /><br />“There is no history of radical Islam in Cuba. In fact, there is hardly any history of Islam at all…the island nation would have to be among the last places on Earth where al-Qaeda would try to establish a cell, let alone plan and launch an attack,” the article reads.<br /><br />“Yet Cuba is on the list because the State Department still considers it - along with Iran, Sudan and Syria - to be a state sponsor of terrorism.”<br /><br />In addition, the text notes: “Despite the fact that the U.S. Interests Section in Havana was one of the few American diplomatic posts in the world to remain open for normal business, with no apparent increased security, in the days after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks?” <br /> <br />Further in his writing Robinson says Barack Obama’s administration’s policy towards Cuba has been tentative and halting and he criticizes the fact that the blockade against the island nation remains undisturbed as well as the ban that keeps American citizens from traveling to Cuba.ACFS Adelaide & Perthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07913713922625189338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8970078143282332719.post-20941913169326726272009-04-16T08:43:00.007+09:302009-04-16T08:53:16.688+09:30National Consultation issues Perth Declaration<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEvp9hAI4OaOYNlxEpP6APU6p1cWZ0ba-ogiwrcKtFGw3LRMmBQUR5b_FHi3HoxxeOBuywWb2K5kR3vrEIi07oDIw61oxrSuPMNZQRHq4AHsuLX8o6ZllvOLW6asl6fZBrT7a10WsMp6M/s1600-h/y1pvDyZy8c0AybNU-g925yx3Li4OVILKkIIFtQDpmKJDK8k2th87j_mWqvav3kSKko0i0fRZKCUPLw.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEvp9hAI4OaOYNlxEpP6APU6p1cWZ0ba-ogiwrcKtFGw3LRMmBQUR5b_FHi3HoxxeOBuywWb2K5kR3vrEIi07oDIw61oxrSuPMNZQRHq4AHsuLX8o6ZllvOLW6asl6fZBrT7a10WsMp6M/s200/y1pvDyZy8c0AybNU-g925yx3Li4OVILKkIIFtQDpmKJDK8k2th87j_mWqvav3kSKko0i0fRZKCUPLw.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325060854321823906" /></a><br />The 15th National Consultation of Australia/New Zealand Cuba friendship societies ended its deliberations in Perth recently. With the participation of guest speakers, his Excellency Abelardo Curbelo, the first Cuban Ambassador resident in Australia; Ms Nelida Hernandez, consul-general Ifrahim Miranda, consul; Maria Esther Garcia, Cuban Charge d'Cultural Affairs and<br />Rigoberto Zarza, Asia-Pacific representative of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples, ICAP.<br /> <br />The consultation was officially opened by Greens Senator the Hon. Rachel Siewert. Delegates from Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Albury Wodonga, Newcastle, Brisbane, Perth and NZ discussed the best ways to strengthen the friendship between the peoples of Australia and Cuba.<br /> <br />Concerns were raised on the lack of changes by the Obama Administration in relation to the US policies on Cuba.<br /> <br />It was recognized that even if Obama has the heart and the will it would be difficult to undo the mess that 10 hostile administrations have enacted in law.<br /> <br />Obama's changes to the US blockade on Cuba basically remained in place while the only change was to reduced the right of the Cubans living in the US to visit their relatives once a year in contrast with the previous once every three year condition imposed by the Bush Administration.<br /> <br />In relation to the Cuban Five the right of the wives to visit their husbands continue to be denied. In a recent letter to Obama by more that 170 personalities and Amnesty International they request the freedom of the Five and the right to visit. The punishment to the Five is also a punishment to their families and the dignity of the entire people of Cuba.<br /> <br />The consultation passed unanimously the Perth Declaration which includes the demand to end of the US blockade on Cuba as directed by the UN general Assembly and the Freedom of the Cuban Five.victorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03740143990454758735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8970078143282332719.post-46964233333290575862009-01-22T18:51:00.001+10:302009-01-22T18:56:49.515+10:30<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi550yfleGFqJGobE5BIgyOA_kMvi351_2gJ54CzlA-IWq5kUXW9tztisqEnbou4E-UU7OiRQdE6KsWY48PQ3M9_yOYxeNozUMQsisoAFo_hW1PMempXxdVR_zYDnwSGov9f8QCvhccr1Q/s1600-h/invitations.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 282px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi550yfleGFqJGobE5BIgyOA_kMvi351_2gJ54CzlA-IWq5kUXW9tztisqEnbou4E-UU7OiRQdE6KsWY48PQ3M9_yOYxeNozUMQsisoAFo_hW1PMempXxdVR_zYDnwSGov9f8QCvhccr1Q/s400/invitations.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294030469717734658" /></a>victorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03740143990454758735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8970078143282332719.post-10720740125071181772008-11-20T08:16:00.000+10:302008-11-20T08:18:46.111+10:30<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1_hyphenhyphenmMnsDibBqBGlfTHeHVYQ32n7_jR65wNcq5PNGWbmAowlgXZzmOjCN0qHuMMOIOsfolPSpm312ELHUoz9kaM78tuXTLfI860iJUTcb-NbVwakXDzf4pBpJeZ3ThDPt3_UijlayW2k/s1600-h/Shake+your+Maracas+for+Cuba.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 283px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1_hyphenhyphenmMnsDibBqBGlfTHeHVYQ32n7_jR65wNcq5PNGWbmAowlgXZzmOjCN0qHuMMOIOsfolPSpm312ELHUoz9kaM78tuXTLfI860iJUTcb-NbVwakXDzf4pBpJeZ3ThDPt3_UijlayW2k/s400/Shake+your+Maracas+for+Cuba.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270488764932948818" /></a>victorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03740143990454758735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8970078143282332719.post-26328312621630984712008-07-28T10:25:00.006+09:302008-07-28T10:45:10.730+09:30Cuban Revelry Day in Perth<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDEMbx_ug2jwH3qPwyFjOvASCJhs5pORx6oFptuUznNey3rqegHIfyjLSGSjc9XEgv3B779gu5DIc9Xi8L_3mSONyWdkMpbEyhxLQnL3Wz4huXGwMIL8F7d5N12n1ZuljxtAlVQWewwEs/s1600-h/ACFS+for+Guardian.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDEMbx_ug2jwH3qPwyFjOvASCJhs5pORx6oFptuUznNey3rqegHIfyjLSGSjc9XEgv3B779gu5DIc9Xi8L_3mSONyWdkMpbEyhxLQnL3Wz4huXGwMIL8F7d5N12n1ZuljxtAlVQWewwEs/s200/ACFS+for+Guardian.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227865946318312066" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span><span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Tahoma;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The ACFS Perth faithful to its commitment to the Cuban people and the revolution<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia;"> </span>celebrated last Saturday 26th July the national "Cuban revelry day" with Cuban music and traditional food and drinks.</span></span></div><span><span style="font-family:Tahoma, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> <br />More than 200 people attended the celebration "Santiago de Cuba Carnival" held in Kulcha in Fremantle which was a sold out function and many people unfortunately were turned away at the door as the venue reached full capacity.<br /> <br />The highlight of the evening apart from the speeches was the draw of the ACFS raffle which gave the following results:<br /> <br />The winners were:<br /> <br />First Prize - Trip to Cuba, Tony Lakis (WA)<br />Second Prize - $1000 cash, Oliver Villar (NSW)<br />Third Prize - Set of Cuban DVD's, Paul Ferreira (WA)<br /> <br />Thanks to Loretta Martella, Kulcha's General Manager for leaving another engagement to be there on the evening to do the draw.<br /> <br />People interested to visit Cuba as a brigadista in the upcoming 26th Southern Cross Brigade should contact: </span><span style="color:#0000FF;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">acfsperth@gmail.com</span></u></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> or visit www.cubabrigade.org.au </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">for more detailed information.<br /> <br />All the proceeds raised on the night will go to fund a community agricultural project in Cuba.<br /> <br />NB: Photo shows Elizabeth Hulm, ACFS branch secretary looking after the stall. Photo taken by acfs.</span></span></span></span> <!--EndFragment-->victorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03740143990454758735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8970078143282332719.post-54052082395464948832008-07-21T22:50:00.003+09:302008-07-21T22:59:02.561+09:30ACFS Presents: Rumba & Cafe and Liliana Sputore<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWL2q5IdSURDGg0N6NtWyHygezfxphySk9Yg0dBP-yG3T6khca6_ChuZn5PfPFqow_7b37UisY6OFhgxCF4RLlB6kz3Uzl1GdsbaqYe8Dfj1ZNOtnbm6Ed3zfkYh9qRdZI-me94dsqn5Q/s1600-h/santiago%5B1%5D.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWL2q5IdSURDGg0N6NtWyHygezfxphySk9Yg0dBP-yG3T6khca6_ChuZn5PfPFqow_7b37UisY6OFhgxCF4RLlB6kz3Uzl1GdsbaqYe8Dfj1ZNOtnbm6Ed3zfkYh9qRdZI-me94dsqn5Q/s400/santiago%5B1%5D.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5225457680210542594" /></a><br /><br />This event is being held on Saturday 26th July from 7.30 pm. At Kulcha, South Terrace Fremantle (above DOME cafe). Tickets $22/$25. Book at www.Kulcha.com.au, 0419812872 or acfsperth@gmail.com.<br /><br />Hope to see you there!ACFS Adelaide & Perthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07913713922625189338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8970078143282332719.post-5257436851807416582008-07-04T09:36:00.008+09:302008-07-04T10:12:21.077+09:30Pastors for Peace Caravan stopped at U.S.-Mexico border<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx6RVH-7MvxkNb9WjIQNdX8poM0r45yvFHGLNZvUY4rGBq17ZHBP1q5AncVX9Xc5BC6FLF9uM66-sF8_4FazVxS3pq4HlPNazp60h2UUWGUBaRA3GY9K71vDs4ll9sMEn8HDB9xwS3w-0/s1600-h/610x.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx6RVH-7MvxkNb9WjIQNdX8poM0r45yvFHGLNZvUY4rGBq17ZHBP1q5AncVX9Xc5BC6FLF9uM66-sF8_4FazVxS3pq4HlPNazp60h2UUWGUBaRA3GY9K71vDs4ll9sMEn8HDB9xwS3w-0/s200/610x.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5218952675896741730" /></a><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: italic;font-family:Verdana;"> <!--StartFragment--> </span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: italic;font-family:Verdana;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi- mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Pastors for Peace Caravans have been taking supplies and solidarity to Cuba since 1992. This year's Caravan is dedicated to the freedom of the Cuban Five. We urge supporters to read the alert below and take action immediately!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:13.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana;mso-bidi-mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">We have just received word that the Pastors for Peace Caravan, which challenges the U.S. blockade of Cuba on an annual basis, has been stopped at the U.S.-Mexico border. As always, the Pastors for Peace buses are carrying medicines and other materials to show their solidarity with the people of Cuba.</span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:13.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana;mso-bidi-mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Rev. Thomas Smith, President of the Board of Directors for the Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization/Pastors for Peace, told ANSWER, "</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">We've had 31 computers seized by the Customs and Border Patrol at the U.S.-Mexico border. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">These computers were destined for classrooms, clinic and hospitals in Cuba. These are 31 classrooms, clinics and hospitals that now will not have the opportunity to have computers." Smith vowed to "maintain a demonstration until we get the computers back" and called upon all opponents of the U.S. blockade to </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">take a moment to protest this outrageous and cruel confiscation of humanitarian materials by contacting the following:</span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:11.0pt 36.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi- mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-font-weight:boldfont-family:Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Border Patrol,</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> which under the Department of Homeland Security, which can be reached at 877-227-5511</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:11.0pt 36.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi- mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-font-weight:boldfont-family:Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Office of Foreign Assets Control</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Verdana; mso-bidi-mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, which regulates the U.S. blockade of Cuba, which can be reached at 1-800-540-6322 or </span><a href="mailto:ofac_feedback@do.treas.gov"><span style="color:#002FD7;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">ofac_feedback@do.treas.gov</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:11.0pt 36.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi- mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-font-weight:boldfont-family:Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Your House representative</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, who can be reached at the Congressional switchboard at 202-225-3121.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Verdana; mso-bidi-mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-font-weight:boldfont-family:Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">In your phone calls and emails demand the immediate release of all items belonging to the Pastors for Peace Caravan</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style=" font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, which have been seized at the U.S.-Mexico border. Let them know that you stand with the Caravan members who are currently protesting at the border, that you oppose the blockade of Cuba. </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Take action right now!</span></span></span></p> <!--EndFragment--> </span><p></p> <!--EndFragment-->victorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03740143990454758735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8970078143282332719.post-5825014981821395192008-01-20T09:24:00.000+10:302008-01-20T09:31:11.253+10:30Democratic Election System in Cuba<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijSvSY7FVaYk-C1W9R3QUfpneV1Q-X4iwkhuEZN9e5xgrzQmI3UvNHtm7GmfTLA6uzgjqC8oMw6KIUNUSXbiEa-nWLBy0xa8fdUC5A8mdiHHC6m-kABwjDvDj8tRtcqVtMXJ1CAewFjx26/s1600-h/eleccionescuba4.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5157326423233755586" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijSvSY7FVaYk-C1W9R3QUfpneV1Q-X4iwkhuEZN9e5xgrzQmI3UvNHtm7GmfTLA6uzgjqC8oMw6KIUNUSXbiEa-nWLBy0xa8fdUC5A8mdiHHC6m-kABwjDvDj8tRtcqVtMXJ1CAewFjx26/s320/eleccionescuba4.jpg" border="0" /></a><strong>General Elections 2007-2008</strong><br /><div></div><br /><div>On 20 January 2008, the Cuban people will cast their vote to elect the members (Deputies) of the National Assembly of People’s Power (Parliament) and the delegates to the 14 Provincial Assemblies of the People’s Power. The National Assembly of People’s Power is the supreme body of the State’s power and the Provincial and Municipal Assemblies are the local higher bodies of the State’s power. More than 41 000 candidate nomination assemblies will be held during the current election process, in more than 15 000 constituencies of the country’s 169 municipalities. The present election process started with last 21 October’s election of the delegates to the 169 People’s Power Municipal Assemblies. 8 176 085 electors voted at those elections, for a 96% of register voters. In Cuba, Deputies to the National Assembly and Delegates to the Provincial Assemblies are elected by the population’s direct and secret vote for a five (5) years term and elections take place on the same day in all the national territory. The newly elected Deputies elect the Council of State, as well as the President, First Vice-President and Vice-Presidents of this body, which is the State’s top representative between Parliament sessions. Elections in Cuba are characterized by all the people’s participation, thus its democratic character is guaranteed. The vote is free, equal and secret, and each voter has the right to cast only one vote. For each Cuban, the exercise of the right to vote is an opportunity to uphold the Homeland’s sovereignty and independence and to contribute to the people’s unity to consolidate the Revolution against the imperialist blockade and threats. As an ethic standard, the Cuban election process is rid of expensive and boisterous campaigns. There is no corporatization or a race to raise funds or privilege public relations firms. None of the candidates nominated in Cuba run campaigns in their favor or need financial support to be made known. There are no rallies on squares or streets in favor of any candidate, nor manifestations, nor cars equipped with loudspeakers or posters with their picture, nor electoral promises, nor television or newspaper propaganda for any candidate. Cuban men and women elect their candidates on the basis of their personal values, merits, prestige and their capacity to serve the people, at resident’s assemblies in neighborhoods, districts or urban or rural areas. The only propaganda is in the hands of the election authorities, and consists in displaying the biography and picture of each candidate at public places in the voters’ areas of residence, so that they can have information on the candidates’ personal facts, prestige and capacity to serve the people and freely cast their vote for the best. The Communist Party of Cuba is not an organization with election purposes. It does not propose, nominate, promote or support any candidate. Nor it elects or revokes any of the thousands of men and women who hold representative posts of the Cuban State. The registry of voters is automatic, free and public. All the people have access to it through its publication in easy-to-access places. Voting is not compulsory in Cuba. Nobody has to fear not attending the ballots on election days or if they choose to slip a blank or void ballot into the box. Polling stations are not guarded by the armed forces, but by school-age children. Elections take place in a peaceful and quiet atmosphere. The vote and counting are public. Vote counting in Cuban elections can be watched at each polling station by any citizen that so wishes, even by the national or foreign press. In order to be elected Delegate to a Municipal or Provincial Assembly of the People’s Power, or Deputy to the National Assembly, the candidate must get more than half of the validly cast votes. Those elected are the representatives of their electors, that is, of the people in general, of which they are also part. The democratic exercise of the people does not end in the election process. It is the people who control their representatives’ work, for the latter have a systematic accountability for their work. The people participate with their representatives in the People’s Power bodies’ decision-making process and in the activities carried out by NGOs that make up the civil society. In this regard, all those elected can be revoked by their electors at any time of the term. Cuba does not purport to lecture or suggest models, yet it proudly upholds its system of genuinely participative democracy. </div>angela24http://www.blogger.com/profile/09140723634575683893noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8970078143282332719.post-48370323632817141212008-01-19T11:29:00.000+10:302008-01-19T11:48:33.027+10:30Perth event in honour of Martí<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2FLJtV5M3WIyI4jJllwms6SIB7Z_VuuA93VB40NE3g5ns1uEKutNPzUc7u-zrFou5D5wt4ZtD1ZmFHijk9jDNtKrX_2BkShUjS1jQZgdbQ9laRet_zFiPPuu11xQjeMfoFJcJbqatUdM/s1600-h/Jose_mart_0001.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5156990377099428434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2FLJtV5M3WIyI4jJllwms6SIB7Z_VuuA93VB40NE3g5ns1uEKutNPzUc7u-zrFou5D5wt4ZtD1ZmFHijk9jDNtKrX_2BkShUjS1jQZgdbQ9laRet_zFiPPuu11xQjeMfoFJcJbqatUdM/s400/Jose_mart_0001.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div>victorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03740143990454758735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8970078143282332719.post-4243753282149280352008-01-17T12:15:00.000+10:302008-01-17T12:21:15.840+10:30Cuban Electoral Tools Up and RunningHavana, Jan 13 (Prensa Latina) Cuba has activated all the mechanisms of its electoral system, one week from the general elections on January 20.<br />· <a href="http://www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7b70D729F0-3059-4E7A-8BE2-BC89E1DBC54B%7d)&language=EN">Integrity of Cuba Election System Extolled</a><br />On election day, Cubans will vote for 1,201 delegates to the 14 provincial assemblies, renewable every 2.5 years, and 614 parliamentary deputies, who will assume their posts for five years.<br />Authorities from the National Electoral Commission pointed out a dynamic exercise is being held today, with nearly 39,000 polling stations checking their conditions, the communications system, and electoral rolls.<br />Of the over 8.3 million Cubans ready to vote nationwide, more than one million will do so for the first time in this kind of election.<br />The over 190,000 Cubans supporting the elections watch over the compliance of the Electoral law precepts, and complementary regulations.<br />Officials from the National Candidature Commission recently said that nearly 1.7 million Cubans have attended meetings with candidates in communities, schools, and workplaces.<br />The idea, they explained, is to take advantage of each space to spread information on the men and women to be elected at the polls, and thus facilitate the full exercise of that right.angela24http://www.blogger.com/profile/09140723634575683893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8970078143282332719.post-28536417556720937262007-10-17T09:20:00.000+09:302007-10-17T15:56:06.541+09:30Forum Debate<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwN2oOmjfCJrjKYzOhI5X0wsvKTpW1kFY0N4dkHCZKWmPbti9ef1X5LQs9nalz8hzNr79LWLBgssTVgs3YhUnKcpkN_p52O1xrIJZO8NjAxwl_PS2R10u2sFnCSQdKmWX1fMeeoPqxe-EJ/s1600-h/embargo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwN2oOmjfCJrjKYzOhI5X0wsvKTpW1kFY0N4dkHCZKWmPbti9ef1X5LQs9nalz8hzNr79LWLBgssTVgs3YhUnKcpkN_p52O1xrIJZO8NjAxwl_PS2R10u2sFnCSQdKmWX1fMeeoPqxe-EJ/s320/embargo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5122087543027554402" border="0" /></a>ACFS invites you to join a forum debate on Wednesday 17 October regarding the US blockade on Cuba. Please download the forum debate file from the box widget located to the right for more information.angela24http://www.blogger.com/profile/09140723634575683893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8970078143282332719.post-82576366117284243022007-10-17T09:06:00.000+09:302007-10-17T09:09:50.319+09:30Memorable Day Between Friends<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3aRiZM9qm0EqRxe-faDeUqVrGGx6h6q9ODc5s6BfirTCHN2elv2MUFWtuMVhSoptzeW3TPyKp0pWcujZ5AXaQB7Z28bgE2IkNRWbPmEBkwjZdu-pIZKVEi4rHm9X8fZDp8JN4MvpgDtnF/s1600-h/chavezwithstatue.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3aRiZM9qm0EqRxe-faDeUqVrGGx6h6q9ODc5s6BfirTCHN2elv2MUFWtuMVhSoptzeW3TPyKp0pWcujZ5AXaQB7Z28bgE2IkNRWbPmEBkwjZdu-pIZKVEi4rHm9X8fZDp8JN4MvpgDtnF/s320/chavezwithstatue.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5122083020426991698" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Georgia;" lang="EN-US">Hugo Chávez Frías, president of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, spoke live by telephone this Sunday with President Fidel Castro during the <b>Aló Presidente</b> program broadcast from the Ernesto Che Guevara Plaza de la Revolución in Santa Clara. Please <a href="http://www.granma.cu/ingles/2007/octubre/lun15/memorable-day-between-friends.html">click here</a> to read the full article.</span>angela24http://www.blogger.com/profile/09140723634575683893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8970078143282332719.post-61832820190820425442007-10-09T19:22:00.000+09:302007-10-09T19:34:40.055+09:30Reflections by the Commander in Chief<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpk1pSmQfdGfnBzCAJvaPNy5zgz5lq6xRT_wmA-x17ZXhlzmt8TztgubFjpIcQjAQoAvNYbL4HDaQyEWgS_JG2kxtcNOwWhbY3p72gpjn68Mz1EX55uWI_g0FJ4Fd6ZK292MixAu3oPdMT/s1600-h/Che40anniversary.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpk1pSmQfdGfnBzCAJvaPNy5zgz5lq6xRT_wmA-x17ZXhlzmt8TztgubFjpIcQjAQoAvNYbL4HDaQyEWgS_JG2kxtcNOwWhbY3p72gpjn68Mz1EX55uWI_g0FJ4Fd6ZK292MixAu3oPdMT/s320/Che40anniversary.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119275219916970050" border="0" /></a><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">CHE</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p>I make a halt in my daily struggle to bow my head in respect and gratitude to the exceptional combatant who fell in combat on October 8<sup>th</sup>, forty years ago; for the example he passed on to us as leader of his Rebel Army Column, crossing the swampy grounds of the former provinces of Oriente and Camagüey, while being chased by enemy troops.<span style=""> </span>He was the liberator of the city of </span><st1:city><span style="font-family:Arial;">Santa Clara</span></st1:city><span style="font-family:Arial;"> and the mastermind of voluntary work; he accomplished honorable political missions abroad and served as messenger of militant internationalism in East Congo and </span><st1:place><st1:country-region><span style="font-family:Arial;">Bolivia</span></st1:country-region></st1:place><span style="font-family:Arial;">.<span style=""> </span>He built a new awareness in our </span><st1:place><st1:country-region><span style="font-family:Arial;">America</span></st1:country-region></st1:place> and the world.<br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p><br />I thank him for what he tried and failed to do in his home country, because he was like a flower prematurely severed from its stem.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p>He left to us his unmistakable literary style. He was elegant, swift and true to every detail of whatever happened to cross his mind.<span style=""> </span>He was a predestinate, but he didn’t know it.<span style=""> </span>He still fights with us and for us.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p>Yesterday, we commemorated the 31<sup>st</sup> anniversary of the killing of all passengers and the crew of a Cubana airliner blown in mid-air, and we are on the threshold of the tenth anniversary of the cruel and unjust imprisonment of the five Cuban anti-terrorist heroes.<span style=""> </span>We likewise bow our heads in respect to them all.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p>It was with great emotion that I watched and heard the commemoration ceremony on TV.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p>Fidel Castro Ruz<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><st1:date year="2007" day="7" month="10"><span style="font-family:Arial;">October 7, 2007</span></st1:date><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><st1:time minute="17" hour="15"><span style="font-family:Arial;">3:17 pm</span></st1:time><span style="font-family:Arial;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>angela24http://www.blogger.com/profile/09140723634575683893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8970078143282332719.post-4668458879750575612007-10-09T08:26:00.000+09:302007-10-09T08:32:27.743+09:3040 Years On: Che LivesGo to our box widget on the right to download flyer for our Che Guevara commemorative event on October 27th.ACFS Adelaide & Perthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07913713922625189338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8970078143282332719.post-41171069610962984672007-09-07T20:48:00.000+09:302007-09-07T20:57:52.461+09:30Upcoming ACFS Functions<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixzEVl32Q9uGYu75lh1MwX60gBtdkc9zvtBf0TC1m7GG6aL66Gqre2MDmSgE6tSfCc4UAFpbRQ4QVmPk2TcBL_1-BLvYbg5IB4cngAKMwcvTceoc-bfIsJyU7TmzuWhK5bZTrR_GdI6c03/s1600-h/che_200.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixzEVl32Q9uGYu75lh1MwX60gBtdkc9zvtBf0TC1m7GG6aL66Gqre2MDmSgE6tSfCc4UAFpbRQ4QVmPk2TcBL_1-BLvYbg5IB4cngAKMwcvTceoc-bfIsJyU7TmzuWhK5bZTrR_GdI6c03/s320/che_200.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107422412175393090" border="0" /></a>Functions coming up in September and October include ACFS organised events and two cultural events organised by the Colo-Colo Soccer Club and the Friends of Mexico. Please download the forms from the widget box to the right for more information. Forms include: ACFS Functions Coming Up, Invitation Che 40th Anniversary and Posada Carriles DVD at the MUA. We hope to see you at these events. <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:14;"><br /></span></span></span>angela24http://www.blogger.com/profile/09140723634575683893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8970078143282332719.post-19697630457708942012007-08-24T19:31:00.000+09:302007-08-24T19:37:53.055+09:30Cuban Revolution Anniversary Celebrated in Perth<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiag7OQD-PlKKM-Drjh5zmRvP54Zu2DD40SzgKNFwllaqvXBUVAoAk-mGC3s-1XpaiVFc4CE7ky7hZCyLGWRjqy-ncQDr_bUcbjq-vqLjG5qavqNOOM1EPGw70p8B2s_AwmXSwom-vr2BSG/s1600-h/cubflag.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiag7OQD-PlKKM-Drjh5zmRvP54Zu2DD40SzgKNFwllaqvXBUVAoAk-mGC3s-1XpaiVFc4CE7ky7hZCyLGWRjqy-ncQDr_bUcbjq-vqLjG5qavqNOOM1EPGw70p8B2s_AwmXSwom-vr2BSG/s320/cubflag.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5102206548056555810" border="0" /></a><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:14;">A full- house of more than 200 people celebrated the 54<sup>th</sup> anniversary of the Rebel storming of the Moncada Barracks. Over 40 people had to be turned away at the door after the venue reached capacity before the event had even got going. The </span><st1:city><st1:place><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:14;">Santiago de Cuba</span></st1:place></st1:city><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:14;"> Carnival is the annual fundraiser organised by the ACFS in </span><st1:city><st1:place><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:14;">Perth</span></st1:place></st1:city><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:14;">. Please download full story from widget box to the right of the page.<o:p></o:p></span>angela24http://www.blogger.com/profile/09140723634575683893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8970078143282332719.post-55940952131526013232007-07-22T20:27:00.000+09:302007-07-22T20:44:12.154+09:30Two Great Films in Two Weeks..<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0x9__2o8uuwmXSMDS_RsyBJNjtXzO5lpMJ6HAL9Peadvp3lzrJbRBkSfqFN1XcyDVtH1w5MbYRBtsVWHwF4YWBau1-syUwDtSDjQoscHnVqFAXLFAfXrkxEZ5TaGJ0mhYd9R8Rk4pkpk/s1600-h/SiCKO.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0x9__2o8uuwmXSMDS_RsyBJNjtXzO5lpMJ6HAL9Peadvp3lzrJbRBkSfqFN1XcyDVtH1w5MbYRBtsVWHwF4YWBau1-syUwDtSDjQoscHnVqFAXLFAfXrkxEZ5TaGJ0mhYd9R8Rk4pkpk/s400/SiCKO.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089975551734543906" /></a>The Australia Cuba Friendship Society brings you two great movies in early August. Academy Award winner Michael Moore has received rave reviews for his latest film SiCKO, shocking expose on the state of health care in the United States. Whilst the film raises very serious issues and is at times very moving, Moore manages to entertain with his trademark antics and a good injection of humour. For more information on the film go to <a href="http://www.michaelmoore.com/sicko/index.html">Michael Moore's Website</a>.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9OyRuB4x0D65XQAthM_U-t_1LBow0MDbu_MLFbu8447iWT1mTAkgKBAcH9AbL94E8CvjfLxMl20YMx2vty8P8THgqO8ashbnNlqdWUiz93N0E3YRZL4g4tJ7zi9CwJCK6D3io2eOgKvw/s1600-h/Habana-Blues.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9OyRuB4x0D65XQAthM_U-t_1LBow0MDbu_MLFbu8447iWT1mTAkgKBAcH9AbL94E8CvjfLxMl20YMx2vty8P8THgqO8ashbnNlqdWUiz93N0E3YRZL4g4tJ7zi9CwJCK6D3io2eOgKvw/s400/Habana-Blues.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089976642656237122" /></a>Habana Blues is an enjoyable love letter to the never-say-die spirit of Cuba and to music as a way of life. The film is a vibrant portrayal of a group of musicians struggling to make the big time. Habana Blues has received great reviews around the world and is a must see for anyone with an interest in Cuba, it's people and it's music. For more information go to the film's <a href="http://wwws.warnerbros.es/movies/habanablues/">website.</a>ACFS Adelaide & Perthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07913713922625189338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8970078143282332719.post-76834538288495400312007-07-14T21:20:00.000+09:302007-07-14T21:24:53.229+09:30ACFS Perth Annual ReportPlease refer to the box widget for the ACFS Perth 2007 Annual Report. Details of the new committee include:- <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="PT">President: Vinicio Molina, Email <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:vinniemolin@hotmail.com">vinniemolin@hotmail.com</a> <o:p></O:P><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="PT">Secretary:<o:p></O:P> Elizabeth Hulm, Email <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:elizabethhulm@yahoo.com.au">elizabethhulm@yahoo.com.au</a><o:p></O:P></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="PT"><span></span></span>Treasurers: Len Howle, Email <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:lenhowle@hotmail.com">lenhowle@hotmail.com</a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="PT">Vinicio Molina <o:p></O:P></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Public relations and contact with the Latin American community: Nancy Herrera, Email <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:perthnumber1@hotmail.com">perthnumber1@hotmail.com</a></p>angela24http://www.blogger.com/profile/09140723634575683893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8970078143282332719.post-73074519003196984882007-07-14T20:01:00.000+09:302007-07-14T20:15:16.658+09:30US Will Never Have Cuba!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3hr1ejS5S1qPKOO6cUR01fEiUcMQS7hmMId3WNvN_U0V9UI1mPMyR0Ygr0f7mWYON1XcZ1kO_2bL3vzgC2wvjafjQQ1BGNZFHuj43a8n6alh6TN0R_S1TBnulF0b0Mp7FkCjwpL822hR2/s1600-h/castro.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3hr1ejS5S1qPKOO6cUR01fEiUcMQS7hmMId3WNvN_U0V9UI1mPMyR0Ygr0f7mWYON1XcZ1kO_2bL3vzgC2wvjafjQQ1BGNZFHuj43a8n6alh6TN0R_S1TBnulF0b0Mp7FkCjwpL822hR2/s320/castro.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087001314611945778" border="0" /></a>Robert Woodward is an American journalist and writer who became famous for the series of articles published by <i>The Washington Post</i>, written by him and Carl Bernstein, and which eventually led to the investigation and resignation of Nixon. He is author and co-author of ten best-sellers. With his fearsome style he manages to wrench confessions from his interviewees. In his book, <i>State of Denial</i>, he says that on June 18, 2003, three months after the Iraq war had begun, as he was on the way out of his White House office following an important meeting, Bush slapped Jay Garner on the back and said to him... <a href="http://www.cpa.org.au/garchve07/1326castro.html">Click here</a> to read the full story.angela24http://www.blogger.com/profile/09140723634575683893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8970078143282332719.post-19938809565832056742007-07-09T19:43:00.000+09:302007-07-09T19:50:09.838+09:30US Solidarity Heads for Cuba<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCGuWIHZu98qyWYTxfY8fUcqI6bEG91GbzvAAE45ADF8owur1DPpIlHiqCIJNT4ckTq5cxniio5FgmTicj_cxXwXgVEsOT_iK5xEiDoC8kofObypOVaMqSfmXXO5IZSOYLZaE9uac-F1Y8/s1600-h/bus-pastores22.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCGuWIHZu98qyWYTxfY8fUcqI6bEG91GbzvAAE45ADF8owur1DPpIlHiqCIJNT4ckTq5cxniio5FgmTicj_cxXwXgVEsOT_iK5xEiDoC8kofObypOVaMqSfmXXO5IZSOYLZaE9uac-F1Y8/s320/bus-pastores22.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085139088403025682" border="0" /></a><span>Washington, Jul 3 (Prensa Latina) A solidarity with Cuba campaign will make 120 stops in the United States and Canada to collect medical supplies before continuing to Havana, the Seattle Times reported. Source: <span style="font-style: italic;">Prensa Latina</span>. <a href="http://www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7b5A20F7C0-6A89-41AD-B755-C84736BFB0B3%7d%29&language=EN">Click here</a> for full story.<br /></span>angela24http://www.blogger.com/profile/09140723634575683893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8970078143282332719.post-72464993197606174842007-07-01T22:26:00.000+09:302007-07-01T22:27:49.182+09:30Register for JulyPlease note that you can register for the ACFS-AVSN seminar by downloading the form from the widget box to the right of the page.angela24http://www.blogger.com/profile/09140723634575683893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8970078143282332719.post-14472261416067462872007-06-30T19:27:00.000+09:302007-06-30T19:36:05.048+09:30Book Now for Santiago De Cuba...Tickets Selling Fast!Tickets for the Santiago De Cuba concert at KULCHA Multicultural Arts Centre are selling really well and we advise anyone interested to book now to avoid disappointment. Click <a href="http://www.kulcha.com.au/0707/index.html#SANTIAGO%20DE%20CUBA28">here</a> and scroll down the page to July 28th to book in advance online. To find out more about this exciting event download the flyer from our box widget on the right of this page.ACFS Adelaide & Perthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07913713922625189338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8970078143282332719.post-65243345300100606412007-06-29T16:32:00.000+09:302007-06-29T16:38:32.418+09:30Habana Comes to Perth<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihbeaH37E8YlWUMQV_prIt8UkGhh02kNE9jnxdA-z1nIk5TxCCYaiZg52kNu4bjhv_5uFt80d8C3scGGyEoqNky8G_-FVYyrxE-EDvAhWmP4YJE_XmYAIvHNzTbeEPB61InFIDu00UtaE/s1600-h/osthabana.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihbeaH37E8YlWUMQV_prIt8UkGhh02kNE9jnxdA-z1nIk5TxCCYaiZg52kNu4bjhv_5uFt80d8C3scGGyEoqNky8G_-FVYyrxE-EDvAhWmP4YJE_XmYAIvHNzTbeEPB61InFIDu00UtaE/s200/osthabana.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5081379539357713490" /></a>On the Sunday June 17 over 100 people laughed and cried their way through the latest Australia-Cuba Friendship Society function. There was an overwhelming response to the showing of the Cuban film Habana Blues at the fundraiser held on Sunday at the Fremantle Film and Television Institute, FTI.<br /> <br />In the week prior to the function the phone rang hot as people reserved a seat. By the time the doors opened at 3.30pm the function was sold out.<br /> <br />Habana Blues is a film that explores youth music culture in Cuba, a marriage in crisis and the decisions made by those who leave Cuba and those who stay. It also shows that Cubans risk their lives at sea to reach the United States as the US makes it difficult or delays the issue of visas for people to travel safely.<br /> <br />The featured band, after being discovered by a Spanish agency scouting for new talent is offered an exploitative contract which effectively enslaves them to the company for three years during which time they must compromise both their talent and values. It is obvious in the film that the US interests controlling the music industry would do whatever it took to force Cuban musicians to betray their homeland by making false statements against Cuba in return for fame.<br />True to the style of Cuban filmmaking, the strongest message was perhaps the most subtle. Ultimately the viewer was invited to think through the politics and make their own decision. The film should be out there in the main stream as its quality and story is second to none.<br /> <br />The money raised in the event will go to finance the construction of a shade house for the production of vegetables at the International Camp Julio Antonio Mella, host of the Southern Cross brigade which travels to Cuba every December.ACFS Adelaide & Perthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07913713922625189338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8970078143282332719.post-7748867542313437152007-06-28T20:26:00.000+09:302007-06-30T19:36:35.305+09:30Santiago de Cuba Carnival<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizclA5RZLUmMI8Wao7sfiWtOLtEfuNjI6l6DMuz0Yf9F82YUWDl8xqCqYuCTre-48bAPTP2VbC7B-gOjWJCBcSarrw76KD86Ji5uvxq2qQy5Oh3jXZiawe8OirSDlvSKDQWe5KoLz5oVTr/s1600-h/Santiago-de-Cuba.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizclA5RZLUmMI8Wao7sfiWtOLtEfuNjI6l6DMuz0Yf9F82YUWDl8xqCqYuCTre-48bAPTP2VbC7B-gOjWJCBcSarrw76KD86Ji5uvxq2qQy5Oh3jXZiawe8OirSDlvSKDQWe5KoLz5oVTr/s320/Santiago-de-Cuba.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5081069907537776386" border="0" /></a>Santiago de Cuba Carnival presented by Australia Cuba Friendship Society. 28th July @ Kulcha, South Tce, Freemantle above DOME. 8 pm until late. Please refer to widget box to the right of the page for more details.angela24http://www.blogger.com/profile/09140723634575683893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8970078143282332719.post-82021673652023817342007-06-27T23:52:00.000+09:302007-06-28T00:07:29.014+09:30Watch the Dateline Report on Posada Carriles Here..<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5B-uDQBz7nU074hDh756eADoZ1sGZEp8lrugemXs-UdzMFbqF-phWz7i8_aj6XqbBJFxrGSG2FJQgfu3BKJ2gbpZKcY_XC8RkIIXMMMTWzkIkVyCFVbXeLkYwUNw3OtGf2fEpBmRZ7H8/s1600-h/knSBS_narrowweb__300x383,0.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5B-uDQBz7nU074hDh756eADoZ1sGZEp8lrugemXs-UdzMFbqF-phWz7i8_aj6XqbBJFxrGSG2FJQgfu3BKJ2gbpZKcY_XC8RkIIXMMMTWzkIkVyCFVbXeLkYwUNw3OtGf2fEpBmRZ7H8/s200/knSBS_narrowweb__300x383,0.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5080753122672559170" /></a>Click <a href="http://news.sbs.com.au/dateline/#">here</a> to watch Dateline's report on the U.S based terrorist Luis Posada Carriles.ACFS Adelaide & Perthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07913713922625189338noreply@blogger.com0