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From: nyt@nyxfer.UUCP
Newsgroups: soc.culture.caribbean
Date: 22 Dec 92 14:20 PST
Subject: Puerto Rico newsbriefs 12/21 ed=lp
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Subject: Puerto Rico newsbriefs 12/21 ed=lp
From: nyxfer!nyt (NY Transfer News)


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From el diario/La Prensa 12/21/92

Translated and edited by Toby Mailman. "el diario/La Prensa" is 
a Spanish language newspaper published in New York City.


Puerto Rican Appointed Local Deputy FBI Head

For the first time in its history the United States Federal
Bureau of Investigation (FBI) will have a Puerto Rican deputy 
director. Hector M. Pesquera is the first Puerto Rican to be 
appointed to such a position. He will serve in the local FBI 
office in San Juan, Puerto Rico. FBI agent Pedro Toledo is being 
considered by Puerto rico's governor elect Pedro Rossello to be 
the Superintendent of Police in that country. He would be the 
first federal agent to be appointed to such a position. (edlp 
12/21/92; byline Claudio Alvarez Dunn)


Puerto Rican Energy Agency Fined

The Electric Energy Authority of Puerto Rico (AEE) has been 
given a $30 million fine by the Environmental Protection Agency 
(EPA) after an investigation revealed serious violations of 
environmental laws. Journalistic sources say the EPA and the AEE 
are in negotiation to resolve the situation. (edlp 12/21 92;
byline Claudio Alverez Dunn) [The violations were not specified 
in the story.]


Director of ICP Challenges Rossello

In an open challenge to Governor-elect Pedro Rossello the 
Instituto de Cultura Puertorriquena [Puerto Rican Cultural 
Institute] (ICP) named Carmelo Delgado Cintron as its executive 
director. Cintron promised to defend the Spanish language and 
culture against attacks by pro-statehooders in Puerto Rico. 
Cintron, 52 years old, is replacing Agustin Echeverria, who 
resigned, and will serve until June, 1993. He said in an 
Associated Press report that he will continue to be 
pro-independence for Puerto Rico and that his commitment will be 
directed toward defending the right of the Puerto Rican people to
have only one language - Spanish. Governor-elect Rossello intends
to introduce a law to the Puerto Rican legislature in January 
which would reinstate English as an official second language in 
Puerto Rico. It is anticipated that such a law would lead to 
attacks against Puerto Rican culture and result in conflict with 
current programs. (edlp 12/21/92; byline Claudio Alvarez Dunn)


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From: andy-w@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Andrew webster)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.caribbean
Subject: Re: MiG Inursion into Cuba:No Family Af
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 92 11:02:59 MST
Organization: Edmonton Remote Systems #1, Edmonton, AB, Canada

ww@nyxfer.UUCP writes:

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- Subject: MiG Inursion into Cuba:No Family Affair
- From: nyxfer!ww (Workers World Service)
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- 
- MiG incursion into Cuba was no family affair
- 
- By Lyn Neeley
- 
- The U.S. government has committed new aggression against Cuba. 
- This time Washington acted through Cuban defector Orestes Lorenzo
- Perez, a former Cuban Air Force major who deserted in 1991 when 
- he flew his MiG-23 fighter into the U.S.
- 
- Lorenzo flew back into Cuba Dec. 19 to pick up his wife and two 
- children. Thinly disguised as a family affair, the event was 
- actually another rightist attack on the Cuban people.
- 
- A reactionary anti-Castro organization, the Valladares 
- Foundation, reportedly donated the $30,000 plane Lorenzo used in 
- the flight.
- 
- To underline its role, the Bush administration gave Lorenzo a 
- hero's welcome upon his return from what the U.S. media called a 
- "rescue mission." Bush even invited Lorenzo and his family to the
- White House on Dec. 23. Movie producers are already competing for
- rights to his story.
- 
- The Cuban newspaper Juventud Rebelde pointed out the seriousness 
- of the incursion, and criticized the U.S. for assisting Lorenzo 
- Perez. Juventud Rebelde called Lorenzo's flight a Hollywood 
- stunt: "He did not hesitate to risk the lives of two children to 
- create the juicy image of a Hollywood star."
- 
- The newspaper wrote: "If the approach of a light plane is capable
- of provoking an emotional response from Cuban authorities and 
- they give orders to fire against any plane that penetrates 
- national territory, traffic in the region would become extremely 
- dangerous.
- 
- "The crew of this airplane could have been an innocent and 
- off-course tourist, a top executive of a U.S. company or an 
- airplane in trouble."
- 
- Officials from the Immigration and Naturalization Service--who 
- have denied entry to thousands of Haitians fleeing terror in 
- their country--said U.S. law grants special status to Cubans who 
- desert their homeland and its efforts to build socialism.
- 
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Andrew webster              andy-w@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca
From: nyt@nyxfer.UUCP
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Date: 23 Dec 92 17:38 PST
Subject: Dom.Rep.Frees Mega-Pimp Gang
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Subject: Dom.Rep.Frees Mega-Pimp Gang
From: nyxfer!nyt (NY Transfer News)



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Dom.Rep Frees Mega-Pimps

From el diario/La Prensa 12/22/92

Translated and edited by Toby Mailman. "el Diario/La Prensa" is 
a Spanish language newspaper published in New York City.


Prostitution Ring Released in Dominican Republic

A group of foreigners who traffic in Dominican women, selling them
as prostitutes in Europe, were set free on Dec. 21 before charges
could be brought against them, according to the Dominican
Republic's Director General of Immigration, Vice Admiral Victor
Garcia Alecont. The group is headed by Belgian Andres Delvaux and
his wife, Luz Marina Marchete, owners of a travel agency used for
the woman-trafficking. 

Some 800 Dominican passports and sets of travel papers were found
in the residence of Pierre Luc Marecl, another member of the
group. Allan Ayan Berlinder and Yan Berlinder are in charge of
recruiting the women, at $30,000 a head.  

First news of the group having been set free came form Despradel
Guerrero, Commander of the Police Department of Falsifications.
His department was not involved, he said, because "immigration had
control of the case." The group was released into the custody of
the Belgian consulate.  However, Belgian diplomat Periche Vidal
did not set up any surveillance of the accused in his custody.
(edlp 12/22/92 byline Isabel Butten)
 

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From: nicanet@nyxfer.UUCP
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Subject: Puerto Rico Update 12/20/92
Date: 21 Dec 92 22:22:00 GMT
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Nf-From: nyxfer.uucp!nicanet    Dec 21 14:22:00 1992


Subject: Puerto Rico Update 12/20/92
From: nyxfer!nicanet (NicaNet NY)


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            Weekly News Update #151, December 20, 1992


PUERTO RICAN ELECTION RECOUNT: ENVIRONMENTALIST GAINS VOTES

According to the Movimiento Amplio de Pueblo ("Broad People's
Movement"), a recount shows that environmentalist candidate
Neftali Garcia won 70,189 votes in Puerto Rico's Nov. 3 elections
(3.8% of the total), some 12,000 more than in the first
tabulation, while the Puerto Rican Independence Party, one of the
country's three registered parties, came in behind with 3.3%. The
group, which expects Garcia's vote to go up further when three
more districts are recounted, says the error shows the State
Election Commission's bias in favor of the registered parties.
[ED-LP 12/15/92] Meanwhile, the New York Times waited until Dec.
18 to give full coverage to the elections. The story was run in
the US "National Report" section. 
 
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From: lashlepi@newton.ccs.tuns.ca (Phillip Lashley)
Subject: Anansi et al...
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 05:44:05 GMT
Organization: Technical University of Nova Scotia, Halifax, N.S.
From: lashlepi@newton.ccs.tuns.ca (Phillip Lashley)
Subject: Re: wpa on elections 1992 in guyana
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 16:03:24 GMT
Organization: Technical University of Nova Scotia, Halifax, N.S.

In article <BzoDqH.Hn0@zoo.toronto.edu> tony@zoo.toronto.edu (Anthony L. Lang) writes:
>In article: <BzMGCL.32r@ccu.umanitoba.ca>
> umbacchu@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Emran Ally Bacchus) writes:
>
>(lots of interesting stuff deleted)
>
>>NOTE BY OVERSEAS EDITOR: This can be regarded as Guyana's shame for
>>allowing its self to be conned into tribal politics; which is what
>>the P.N.C wanted. The former rulers are out of office but not
>>
>>
>The blame for this can be laid solely at the feet of Burnham
>and his band of thieves, murderers, frauds, cheats, and
>racists (a.k.a. the PNC).  It was their race politics and
>acceptance of CIA money to finance the strikes that turned
>into race riots in 1964 that changed racial ignorance into hatred.
>Hamilton Greene, Viola Burnham, and
>the other criminals should be tried for crimes against humanity.
>
>-- 
>
>Anthony Lang
>Dept. of Zoology, 
>University of Toronto
From: nicanet@nyxfer.UUCP
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Date: 28 Dec 92 14:22 PST
Subject: Haiti Embargo update 12/27
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Nf-From: nyxfer.uucp!nicanet    Dec 28 14:22:00 1992


Subject: Haiti Embargo update 12/27
From: nyxfer!nicanet (NicaNet NY)


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            Weekly News Update #152, December 27, 1992


US VIOLATES HAITI EMBARGO, CANADA WANTS TO GET TOUGH

Despite the unilateral embargo imposed last year on Haiti,
commercial trade between the US and Haiti surpassed $140 million
in the first seven months of 1992, according to statistics from
the US Trade Department released in Miami on Dec. 22. In this
period of time, the US sent some $96 million in exports to Haiti
and received $43 million in imports. "The failure of the embargo
is a shame for the White House, but it didn't work because there
was no support from the United Nations," said Robert Geldberg, an
official from the State Department's office for Inter-American
Affairs. In a press conference in southern Florida, Geldberg
explained that the embargo isn't supported by industrialized
nations like France, and that it was violated by some members of
the Organization of American States (OAS). [ED-LP 12/23/92 from
Notimex] 
 
Canada's Prime Minister Brian Mulroney has called for an
international naval blockade around Haiti to bring down the
military dictatorship that overthrew the democratically-elected
government of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide on Sept. 30, 1991.
"There should be a naval blockade, by Canada, the United States,
France and Venezuela to name but four to bring that Government
down," said Mulroney in a CTV television network interview
scheduled for broadcast on Dec. 27, the transcripts of which were
released Dec. 24. Mulroney spokesperson Mark Entwistle said
Mulroney has become increasingly frustrated with a lack of effort
to help restore a democratic government in Haiti, and with the
failure of a limited economic blockade to be effective. "If you
really want to shut these guys down, you have to put a
stranglehold on them, said Entwistle. Mulroney plans to try to
persuade US President-elect Bill Clinton to support a more
effective blockade. [NYT 12/25/92 from Reuters]


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Xref: sparky soc.culture.caribbean:1994 rec.food.cooking:24205
From: Steve Frampton <frampton@vicuna.ocunix.on.ca>
Newsgroups: soc.culture.caribbean,rec.food.cooking
Subject: Recipe for Curry Goat.
Summary: When morass ketch fire, land-turtle look fe mangrove tree.
Keywords: caribbean meat spicy delicious
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 93 21:30:38 EST
Reply-To: frampton@vicuna.ocunix.on.ca
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Organization: Vicuna Systems, Kingston, Ontario, CANADA
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Here, without permission, is a recipe for Curry Goat, taken from the
"Traditional Jamaican Cookery" book by Norma Benghiat, (c) 1985 by
Penguin Books.  ISBN 0-14-046598-7

There are many other *fantastic* Caribbean recipes in this book, I
highly recommend it.

Curry Goat
----------

Proverb: Goat in a too much grass him bawl,
         you tek him put a kitchin corner him climb pon stone.
         (One is never satisfied with what one has)

2 lb goat meat                  2 stalks escallion (*), chopped
salt                            1-2 hot peppers, chopped, with or
black pepper                        without seeds
3 tablespoons curry powder      2 tablespoons butter
1 clove garlic, crushed         1/4 cup oil
2 tomatoes, chopped             about 3 cups water
2 onions, sliced

(*) NB: Escallion is a type of onion, most resembling the spring onion.
As a substitute, use spring onion or onions.

Cut the goat meat into small pieces, place them in a bowl, and season
with the salt, black pepper, curry powder, garlic, tomatoes, onions,
escallion and hot peppers (remove the seeds from the peppers *only* if
you do not want the curry to be too hot).  Allow the meat to marinate
for at least 30 minutes.

When you are ready to proceed, separate the seasonings from the meat
and fry the meat in the butter and oil until it is lightly browned.
Add enough water to cover the meat and bring to the boil.  Reduce the
heat, cover the pan, and simmer until the meat is tender, adding more
water if necessary.  Stir in the seasonings in which the meat was
marinated, taste, cover the pan again, and allow it to simmer for a
further 10 minutes or until the seasonings are absorbed into the juice,
which should now have more body without being too thick.  The dish should
not be at all dry.

Some cooks prefer either to boil the meat first then add the seasonings
when the meat is tender, or to boil the meat and seasonings together
from the start.  The choice is yours.  Serve this splendid dish with
white rice, mango chutney, grated coconut, fried plantains, boiled
green bananas or whatever else you like.

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From: nyt@nyxfer.UUCP
Newsgroups: soc.culture.caribbean
Date: 23 Dec 92 17:39 PST
Subject: Cuba:Election news 12/23 ed-lp
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Subject: Cuba:Election news 12/23 ed-lp
From: nyxfer!nyt (NY Transfer News)



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From el diario/La Prensa 12/23/92

Translated and edited by Toby Mailman. "el Diario/La Prensa" is 
a Spanish language newspaper published in New York City.


Ninety-Seven Per Cent Turnout in Cuban Elections

Some 97.2 per cent of registered voters cast votes in Cuban
elections on Dec. 20, according to the president of the Election
Commission, Carlos Amat. Fidel Castro said this demonstrated the
people's confidence in the government and that Cuba will survive
the worst economic difficulties the island has experienced in over
thirty yeras. Regional elections resulted in 13,600 new municipal
councils. All the candidates belong to the Communist Party or were
aproved by the Party. Over 200,000 registered voters did not vote.
However, Juan Aizperua, vice president of the Election Commission
said, "This is nothing." One voter, who said to call him Roberto
Hernandez, said he cast an invalid vote as a protest. National and
legislative elections will take place in February of 1993. (edlp
12/22/92 from AFP)


 

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From: ewalker@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Evelyn Walker)
Subject: FLORIDA NO PARIDISE FOR HAITIANS
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 15:33:54 GMT

On Haitian policies and the Bush administration.  I think that it is apalling,
to turn back the refugees.  I think that something should be done on the island
of Haiti to ensure better living conditions for its people. A mass exodus
of over several thousands of people to the United States headed to Florida can
also be hell to that area.  What about these peoples education, health care,
housing, jobs, their every day needs are they going to be on welfare for the
rest of their lives.? They are unskilled and do not speak English. Life in the
United States is no bed of roses for people who have migrated here without work
skills. On my last visit to Miami there were so many homeless people and people
living in very poor conditions. There may be some hope here but I doubt that it
will be a paradise. I do hope the Clinton administration have some kind of
solutions to work with the Haitian government to prevent the demise of the 
Haitian people.
From: nyt@nyxfer.UUCP
Newsgroups: soc.culture.caribbean
Date: 22 Dec 92 14:18 PST
Subject: Cuba Newsbriefs 12/21 ed-lp
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Subject: Cuba Newsbriefs 12/21 ed-lp
From: nyxfer!nyt (NY Transfer News)


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From el diario/La Prensa 12/21/92

Translated and edited by Toby Mailman. "el diario/La Prensa" is 
a Spanish language newspaper published in New York City.


Cuba Elects Provincial Representatives

The National Electoral Commission said on Dec. 20 that at 
least 75% of the 7 million people of voting age in Cuba voted in 
the regional elections for delegates to the municipal assemblies.
Nearly 14,000 delegates were elected from among 28,000 aspirants.
They will represent 169 municipalities. Fidel Castro said he was 
satisified with the way the elections were carried out. According
to Castro the new elections kindled the interest and attraction 
of the population even in the difficult times the country is 
experiencing. (edlp 12/21/92 from NOTIMEX-EFE)


Former Cuban Major Removes Family from Cuba

A Cuban Air Force Commander who left Cuba two years ago in 
his Mig-23 jet and took up residence in Florida returned to Cuba 
on Dec. 19 to retrieve his wife and children. Orestes Lorenzo 
Perez landed a small private Cessna 310 on a highway near 
Varadero in Havana, where his wife and children awaited him, then
took them to Miami. (edlp 12/21/92 from AFP) Lorenzo said he had 
to get them in this manner because numerous legal efforts to have
them join him in the US were unsuccessful. The airplane was 
loaned to Lorenzo by the Valladares Foundation*. (edlp 12/21/92 
from EFE)

[*We have no futher information as yet on the Valladares
Foundation.  -- NY Transfer]
 
 

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From: vogelm@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Michael Vogel)
Subject: Weights and Measures
Originator: vogelm@hphalle6h.informatik.tu-muenchen.de
Organization: Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Germany
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 16:18:28 GMT


I would like to get some information about weights and measures.
Who knows anything about this subject?
Are there still non-metric weights and measures in (official/unoffical) use 
in your country?
If yes, which ones?
   For which purposes and in which branches are they used?
   How are they defined?
   How do you convert them to metric or US/English measures?
Information about the metrological history of your country and the historical
development of these weights and measures is also appreciated.

  Thanks for your efforts
  
  Michael Vogel, Munich, Germany

  e-mailaddress: vogelm@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE
From: nyt@nyxfer.UUCP
Newsgroups: soc.culture.caribbean
Date: 23 Dec 92 17:39 PST
Subject: NEWS:Vieques Protest Vs US Military
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Subject: NEWS:Vieques Protest Vs US Military
From: nyxfer!nyt (NY Transfer News)


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From el diario/La Prensa 12/22/92

Translated and edited by Toby Mailman. "el Diario/La Prensa" is 
a Spanish language newspaper published in New York City.


Vieques Residents Protest Military Presence on Puerto Rican Island

Some 50 people marched in front of the gates of Camp Garcia
carrying posters expressing opposition to the presence of a US
military base on the island of Vieques. The US Marines have had a
training camp on the island fort he past 50 years. The
demonstration was peaceful, according to Vieques police. Only one
sargeant and three policemen were sent to watch the demonstration.
Various organization opposed to the military presence in Vieques
expressed their support for the demonstration. Opposition has
gained strength since the report of the testing of Napalm bombs on
the island. The bombing has continued during the past few weeks
and strange movements of the earth of been felt. (edlp 12/22/92
byline Claudio Alvarez Dunn)


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