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Upcoming Events
Below are some activities you’re invited to, along with contact information for a range of local organizations (many of them NNOC members, though not all). Use the list to the right to jump to your location in North America or just scroll down. (Africa, Asia, Europe, Oceania, and South America contact information is in the 'International Solidarity' category of the links section.)

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updated Tuesday 20 February 2007

NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL

Cuban First VP Machado Ventura
Monday September 22nd from 7-9pm
550 W. 155th St (at Broadway), New York

Message from Cuba Solidarity New York: We are excited to announce that the Cuban delegation that will attend the Fall opening sessions of the United Nations will be headed up by Jose Ramon Machado Ventura. The delegation, the highest level one since the visit of Fidel Castro in 2000, will also include Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque and Cuban Communist Party head of International Relations Fernando Remirez.

Machado Ventura will be the featured speaker at the special public event on Monday, September 22 from 7-9 PM at the Church of the Intercession at 550 W. 155th Street @ Broadway. Companero Machado Ventura is a long-time Cuban revolutionary fighter and leader and was recently elected as First Vice President of the Cuban Council of State, succeeding Raul Castro in that position. A trained medical doctor, Machado Ventura was an early fighter in the July 26th Movement as a medical student and fought under the commands of Che Guevara and Fidel Castro in the Sierra Maestra. He was promoted to the rank of Captain in 1958 where he went to Oriente Province to establish a second guerrilla front under the command of Raul Castro. There he was placed in charge of the revolutionary movement’s medical services, establishing a network of hospitals and dispensaries. Machado Ventura was promoted to the rank of Major Comandante, the highest rank in the Rebel Army.

Since the triumph of the Revolution on January 1, 1959 Companero Machado Ventura was national Minister of Health from 1960-1967 playing the central role in the establishment of Cuba’s world-class medical system and has carried out many revolutionary and government assignments in agriculture, transportation, and education. Since 2006 he has been responsible for Cuba’s amazing international education programs that benefit working people around the globe and are a shining example of solidarity and internationalism. He is a long-time elected member of the National Assembly of People’s Power and was elected First Vice President of the Cuban Council of State following the election of Raul Castro as President when Fidel Castro chose not to seek re-election as president for reasons of health.

Many of you have responded to previous emails, have obtained tickets, and are on the list. The deadline to get on the list to attend this important event will be Friday, September 19 at 4pm. Because of the need for enhanced security, this event will be ticketed. The $5 cost of a ticket will be collected at the Church. Doors will open at 5:30 PM and we expect to start the program at 7:00 PM sharp. You will need a picture ID to enter the Church. It is important to respond to this email ASAP with your name (and those of friends and family) that want to attend the September 22 event.

From a political point of view the September 22 special event takes place as Cuba begins to mobilize and organize to recover from the devastations of Hurricanes Gustav and Ike and as pressure mounts of the US government to lift its economic war so that Cuba can purchase needed materials. Initially Washington offered a consciously-insulting $100,000 and the sending of a “damage assessment team” (as if the Cubans are not capable of assessing what has happened)! Furthermore in recent days US subversion against Bolivia and Venezuela has stepped up and Washington’s ambassadors to both countries are being expelled. This registering the growing class polarizations and confrontations within Latin America as Washington tried to regain the initiative from the past decade of anti-imperialist resistance and popular mobilizations in the struggle for the interests of working people.

Fifth Cuba/Venezuela/Mexico/North America Labor Conference
December 5, 6 and 7
Hotel Palacio Azteca
Blvd Cuauhtemoc Sur #213, Colonia Davila
22400 Tijuana, Mexico

U.S.-Cuba-Latin America-International Relations • FTAA/NAFTA: the ALBA Alternative • Immigration between US/Latin America • Free the Cuban Five from U.S. prisons – Family visits now!

Cuban leaders of the Confederation of Cuban Workers (CTC) will visit Tijuana, Mexico, a city 15 minutes from the San Diego, U.S./Mexico border. This conference will give people from North America (the United States, Canada and Mexico) the opportunity to hear first hand from the Cubans about Cuba’s workers and their unions. Also, you will hear from leaders of the Venezuelan union, UNT, about the present situation of the Venezuelan revolution and the issues facing Venezuelan workers, representatives of Mexico, United States, Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, Haiti, the Philippines and Nicaragua discussing the social and labor movements in the Americas.
The cost to attend is $55 per person to cover the expenses of the conference.

Invited Panelists/Invitados (partial):
Cuba: Ernesto Freire Cazanas, Head Officer, Foreign Relations of the CTC; Carmen Godinez, CTC; Venezuela: Representantes de Venezuela; Ecuador: Confederacion de Trabajadores del Ecuador; Bolivia: Representante Internacional de C.O.B.; Nicaragua: Representante de Nicaragua; Colombia: Edgar Paez, SINALTRAINAL; Haiti: Representative; Philipines: Elmer LaBog, Chairperson, Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU); Mexico/Estados Unidos: Elvira Arellano, La Familia Latina Unida; Mexico: Sindicato Mexicano de Electricistas (SME); United States: Cristina Vasquez, UNITE-HERE

To register, contact: US/Cuba Labor Exchange, PO Box 39188, Redford MI 48239
Phone/Fax: (313) 587 9285; Email: laborexchange@aol.com

Reservations can be made at: Hotel Palacio Azteca
Blvd Cuauhtemoc Sur #213, Colonia Davila
22400 Tijuana, Mexico

Toll Free from USA 1 888 901 3720
Toll Free From Mexico 01 8000266660
Single/Sencilla Room $98 U.S. Dollars • Double/Doble Room $141 U.S. Dollars
(This will include two breakfasts and one dinner)
(Este precio incluye dos desayunos y una cena)

Please mention the/Favor de mencionar para un descueanto al:
Cuba Labor Conference to get the discounted price.
Reservations should be made as soon as possible/Realice su reservación lo antes possible.