ARMANDO HART COMMENTS ON CHILEAN, PANAMANIAN CULTURES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP06T01849R000100030091-2
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 27, 2012
• Sequence Number: 91
• Publication Date: January 17, 1978
• Content Type: MISC

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VI. 17 Jan 78 Q 3
ARMANDO HART COMMENTS ON CHILEAN, PANAMANIAN CULTURES
PA142350Y Havana International Service in Spanish 1600 GMT 14 Jan 78 PA
[Text] The delegates of the Fourth Intergovernment Conference on Cultural Policies in
Latin America, which is taking place in Bogota, have begun the study of the cultural
dimensions of development. The meeting, attended by 26 delegations, is sponsored by
UNESCO.
In the previous session UNESCO Director General Ahmadou M'bow said economic growth
cannot be considered an end but a means to assist in the great effort of complete
development whose essential component is culture. He also emphasized the necessary
responsibility of the state in establishing cultural policies, explaining that UNESCO
does not seek to have these imposed. Culture, he stressed, cannot be encouraged either
through decrees or laws but comes spontaneously from people.
In the meantime, Cuban Culture Minister Armando Hart, who heads the Cuban delegation
to the conference, reaffirmed in Bogota that in discussing cultural identity in Latin
America, the colonial case of Puerto Rico must be broached.
In an interview with PRENSA LATINA, Armando Hart said that the Chilean fascist military
Junta headed by Augusto Pinochet, in trampling upon Chile's democratic tradition, has
'quashed' an essential aspect of the Chilean people's culture. He added that the
presence of U.S. military forces in the Canal Zone prevents the development of the
Panamanian people's cultural identity.
Hart concluded by emphasizing the need to assist the development of a greater process of
democratization in all cultural fields of Latin America.
GRANMA COMMENTS ON NICARAGUAN GOVERNMENT SITUATION
PA142323Y Havana International Service in Spanish 1800 GMT 14 Jan 78 PA
[Text] The Cuban newspaper GRANMA says that the murder of Nicraguan newsman Pedro
Joaquin Chamorro is a despicable crime which has served to make more evident the desperate
situation of the Somoza regime in view of the offensive carried out by the democratic
forces and the revolutionary vanguard--the Sandinist National Liberation Front.
The Cuban Communist Party publication notes in its latest issue that the violent popular
demonstrations in Managua following the funeral of the murdered opposition leader merely
reflect the political and economic crisis existing in that Central American country
subjected to a long and bloody pro-imperialist dictatorship.
FL131420Y Havana Domestic Service in Spanish 1342 GMT 13 Jan 78 FL
[Text] A farewell ceremony has been held in Havana for the jet pilot candidates,
who will be studying in the USSR, hosted by the Union of Young Communists, UJC, and
the Federation of Intermediate Level Students. Attending were Education Minister Jose
R. Fernandez and UJC First Secretary Luis Orlando Dominguez, both PCC Central Committee
members; Brig Gen Francisco Cabrera, Revolutionary Armed Forces vice minister; PCC
Central Committee department of organization chief Jorge Valdes, and other leaders.
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@ 4 CUBA
In the name of the candidates, Wilfredo Perez, son of the pilot of the plane sabotaged
by counterrevolutionary agents near Barbados, read the group's pledge and stated that
they will fully complete the mission they lave been assigned.
In his closing remarks, the education minister expressed confidence that they will be
true to the lofty mission which the party leadership and the revolution have assigned
them.
FL141835Y Havana Domestic Television Service in Spanish 1800 GMT 14 Jan 78 FL
[Text] The young emigres who made up the first contingent of the Antonio Maceo
Brigade, which paid a visit lasting several days to Cuba, departed this morning for
different cities in the United States and Puerto Rico. In a communique, read at the
Jose Marti International Airport, the brigade members pointed out: Our commitment is
to rescue for the fatherland the children of those who left. Our presence here, which
lasted 3 weeks, and that commitment morally constitute a colossal victory of the Cuban
revolution's principles.
At the air terminal, the young emigres were seen off by Culture Vice Minister Alfredo
Guevara and Rene Rodriguez, president of the National Institute of Friendship With
Peoples [ICAP], as well as other officials of the institution. The ICAP president bade
farewell to the Antonio Maceo Brigade members by saying: On behalf of the fatherland,
we will see you soon.
CAMAGUEY PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLY SENDS LETTER TO KIEL CASTRO
FL161910Y Havana Domestic Service in Spanish 1145 GMT 16 Jan 78 FL
[Text] Commander in Chief Fidel Castro, first secretary of the PCC Central Committee
and president of the Councils of State and Ministers, has received a letter from the
delegates to the first extraordinary session of Camaguey's People's Government Provincial
Assembly.
In the letter, the delegates point out that in the extraordinary session the plan for
the economy and state budget for the year 1978 has been examined in the light of the
magnificent speech made by the commander in chief last 24 December during the second
ordinary session of the People's Government National Assembly. It is also stressed
that Camaguey's Provincial Assembly, interpreting the feelings of the people of Camaguey
and on behalf of the province's working masses, has agreed to give unanimous support
to his orientations and to outline a work direction which would lead the people to
successfully fulfill the objectives called for by the 1978 plan.
After announcing the commitment of the residents of Camaguey for 1978, the letter
stresses that the assembly has acknowledged Fidel's proposals and, on behalf of all
the people, wishes to affirm that they will work tirelessly to attain those objectives
and they are ready to fulfill the missions that the commander in chief and the party
assigns.
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