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4 September 1981
LATIN AMERICA REPORT
(FOUO 20/81)
CONTENTS ~
ENERGY ECONOMICS .
BRAZIL
' January-July 1981 Oil Production Figures
(LATIN AMERICA DAILY POST, 20 Aug 81) 1
CdUNTRY SECTION
CUBA
Czechoslovak Visitors Discuss Various Sub~ects
(Magda Martinez; BOHEMIA, 19 Jul 81) 2
Role of Pri~tes in Trade, Price Reforms Noted
(Rosario Fernandez; BOHEI~iIA, 10 Jul 81) 5
Consumption Standards for Raw Materials Disclosed
(Alexis Codina; BOHEMIA, 10 Jul 81) 7
Result~ of Sugarcane Planting Activities Noted
(~ndres Rodriguez;`BOHEMIA, 10 Jul 81) 8
Development of 60-5 Cane Variety Ea:plained
(BOfIF.xiIA, 10 Jul 81) 11
GRENADA
International Airport Construction Continues
(BOHEMIA, 5 Jun 81) 14
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MEXICO
United Leftist Parties Announce New Organization
(Various sources, 16, 18 Aug ~1) 16
Merger of Five Leftist Parties, by Jorge Timossi
Leftist Bloc To Be Led by PCM
VENEZUELA
Minister Views Cuban Presence, ~-16 Program
(PRELA, 21 Aug 81) 19
Honduran President's Visit Termed 'Undesirable'
(PRELA, 2~ Aug 81) 24
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ENERGY ECONUMICS BRAZIL
JANUARY-JULY 1981 OIL PRODUCTYON FIGURES
PY~10201 Rio de Janeiro LATIN AMERICA DAILY POS~ in English 20 Aug 81 p 7
[Texl:] Rio de Jaaeiro (DAILY POST)--Brazil's state uil company, Petrobras, reported
this week oa production of petroleum and l.iquid natural gaa for the first s~ven
- months of the years. The figures were as follows:
Jul/80 Jul/81 Jan-Jul/80 Jan-Jul/81
Land welle 3,401,241 2,682,602 23,676,908 25,222,161
Bahia 2,284,984 2,1418,16k1 16,320,401 15,048,372
Sergige 887,3~a0 1,039,597 6,053,895 6,671,751
Alagoas 105,807 77,327 685,223 601,751
Rio de Janeiro - - - -
Espirito Saato 121,745 453,Si0 610,589 2,885,892
Rio Grande do Norte 1,340 3,277 6,680 11,567
Ceara 25 717 120 3,032
Sea 2,798,401 3,114,445 16,834,147 20,326,099
Bahia 261,310 256,511 2,052,915 1,875,373
Sergipe 536,960 449,$46 3,949,586 3,210,125
Alagoas - - - -
R~I.o de Janeiro 1,445,717 1,703,278 6,980,905 10,732,6b9
Espirito Santo 78;3U8 46,4$2 599,670 412,359
Rio Grande do ~orte 329,`i54 410,850 2,906,579 2,657,253
Ceara 146,552 247,378 344,k92 1,438,320
TOTAL 6,199,642 6,797,047 40,511,055 45,548,260
[1Vo units of ineasurement indicated-presumablv barrels]
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- COUNTRY SECTION CUBA
CZECHOSLOVAK VISITORS DISCUSS VARIOUS SUBJECTS
Havana BOHII~IIA in Spanish 19 Jun 81 p 35
[Text of inLerview with Czech tourists bq Magda Martinez: "Happy To Be Here"] '
[TPxt] Gzech engineer Karol Urba, who arrived with a group of 20 tourists from
the co~oeratives in the Nitra and To~olcony districts, said those words. They won
- this pr~ze for their work. T?Zeir stay in Cuba is part of their paid vacation.
Engineer Urba told us, "This incentive is being considered in the cooperatives."
Though he had never come to a place as far away as Cuba. "Before, we have traveled
to the USSR, Bulgaria, Romania. Always looking for a bit of the sea, which we do
not have."
The Dolne Krskany cooperative was formed in 1948. It was one of the first in Slovalt-
ia. With the new forms of production, it swept away all the prevailing agrarian
structures in the country. They are currently working on sections of their Seventh
Five-Year Plan: "We are ever more demanding," Urba notes. Se has been in agri-
culture since 1957 and began in that cooperative as an animal t~achnician. Today he
is working in a poultry-producing coaipany, supplying turkeys ana �a~`uit meat.
President of the 9 May Novesdy cooperative is engineer Josef Calka.sky. That
cooperative is the result of uniting nine other independents. That way they drew
together G,800 hectares of land: "We did that in order to make better use flf the
machinery," Ca;~tcagky says.
Their basic plan is to produce over 850 liters of milk annually per hectare of,land.
Therefore they specialize in that particular area of production. Nonetheleas, they
raise hogs and the operation i~ complemented by the practice of selective breeding.
The cooperative haa 800 workers, and produces onians, peppers, ~nd cherries for all
of Slovakia.
"We began under very difficult oonditions, and we had to proceed by inventiort under
them," says the president of the May 1"Cabo~-Capor" cooperative. It was begun in
1973, by auttir~g together four others. Notice the tendency to grow by uniting larger
areas. At the present time in Cuba, too, due emphasis is being placed on t.hat.
[Question] "What are the standards of living in the cooperative?"
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[Answer]� Calkasky; "Each year a percentage ia set aside for the social-cultural
fund, and all the cooperative members benefit from it. That solves the problems of
personal consumption and money for vacations is provided.
"But that is not all. They h~ve a rest home. They do not forget the need for a
change, and the workers' children en~oy 3 weeYcs at Pioneer camp: These childxen can
even go to camps abroad," Calkasky stresses. "We aid our neighbors in the surround-
ing a~ea."
The engineer is one of the foundprs of the grand prix games in the vil~.age. The
winner in the Olympic Games, Valdemar Cerpinsky, was present at the last two series
of games.
"I would like INDER [National Institute for Spo~ts, Physic~l Education and Recrea-
tion] to arganize th~ par.ticipation of Cuban runnQrs in those games. That would
strengthen the friendly relations between Czechoslovakia and Cuba even more," Cal-
kasky finishes.
- The Bodocnost-Mo~mtrovice cooperative has 4,450 hectares of land and a basic plan
for grain, and secondly corn. Nor does it lack such a v$luable liae as grapes.
Each cooperative has a monthly a~signed salary of 2,250 crowns. Then, in accordance
with the quali~y of their work, they receive additional bonuses. At the end of the
year, the earnings are distributed according to how productian has gone. They
amounted to about 15 percent in 1980. They were also in first place for that
period, and the prize was this trip to Cuba. �
[Question] "When a cooperative member is sick, what happens?"
[AnswerJ� Ladislav Tasker; "He is paid social security--90 percent. Nor do we
forget the elderly. Theq have a guaranteed~pension. The cooperative pays, to be
exact, just like industry.".
The best way of handling that situation is under study, currently in Cuba, Trasker
says. "We went through that same period in Czechaslovakia. At first the coopera-
' tive advanced a percentage, and then the state paid it."
The group of Czech tourist cooperative members, though they were on vacation and
resting, did not stop thinking aobut their work and the place they came from.
Foltran Jan is the director of Agrostan-Nitra, a company that does agricultural con-
struction, and among his ~obs is attending to all the districts. That company was
founded by the cooperative memberg to guarantee their buildings.
[Question] "Did you build single or multifamily dwellinga?"
[Answer] "Above axl, large buildings," replied Comrade Jan, "and a social program
for the agricultural cooperatives. However, some prefer their own houses. That
allows them to raise atock at their own ho~mes.
~ "Socialization of agriculture is biased toward building more modern farms. For in-
stance, thinking of the value of the land and how best to utilize it. So the
buildings work out cheaper, and labor is put to better use."
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[Question] "How are the buildings paid for?"
[Answer] "They must be paid for according to the pro3ect. The company recently
celebrated its 20th anniversary of successful operation."
One could have such pleasant chats while perhaps abusing the vacations of the
visiting cooperative members a 13ttle. They talked in a friendly way with the
BOHEMIA reporter~. Engineer Ur.ba ended the talk, while his daughter Jana Urbova, a
student at aur university's School of Philology, interpreted:
"They are watching the economic results of Cuban agriculture closely. Judging from
our experience, the difficulties of the first few years are slowly being overcome.
- The plan for socializing agricultural production is very good, because without it,
there cannot be any development and high production results cannot be attained.
We wish Cuban agriculture much success."
Later, when we said goodbye, they recalled with a thrill our Fidel's visit to the
_ Cuba and Czechoslovakia Friendship cooperative in Boocnicky and their visit to the
Agricultural High School in Nitra, where they talkpd with the students.
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ROLE OF PRICES IN TRADE, PRICE REFORMS NOTED
Havana BOHEMIA in Spanish 10 Jul 81 p 35
[Article by Rosario Fernandez]
[Text] The price, as an inseparable category of commercial production, emerged at
the point when man needed to trade those products which remained as a surplus
after he met his own needs. That is, with trade came the need for. an equivalent
to express the value of goods, in other words, money. At the same time the
category of price came about; price is nothing but the value of the good
expressed in terms of money.
- Within the same context of the development of~commercial production, standardiza-
tion, with many antecedents of what could be called natural or spontaneous
standardization, became a technigue at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution.
That revolution went hand in hand with mass production and increasing specialiaa-
tion. Standardization became more and more imperative in modern technology.
With the developmer~t of economic and social capitalism, standardization becarne
not only a mechanism capable of simplifying and ordering productive processesy
but also one of the best ways to achieve quality production; that is, if until
that time quality had served the sole function of being the sum of the articl~e's
properties of usage, under capit9lism it became an incentive for free comgeti~tion,
and vice-versa.
From then on, quality became one of the mechanisms for stimulating prices, which
- in turn stimulated higher levels of quality. From this we can infer tlaat quality
and prices have one point in common: the product.
- Now, if we bear in mind that the socialist state uses pri.ces as a powerful
economic tool in the management of the planned economy ar~d in raising the
workers' standard of living; and that prices are an expression af the relations
of socialis~ production, one of whose fundamental objectives is a higher standard
of living, we can say that price and quality have a direG.r. interrelation. Thus,
it is necessary to ceordinate the tasks related to qualiry and those related to
prices.
The State Committee for Standardization (CEN) is working to devise and implement
the National ~ystem of Standardization, Weights and Mea.s~ares and Quality Control
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(SNNMCC), which covers a large number of tasks designed to guarantee not only the
formulation of technical standardization documents, but also the creation of the
necessary conditions in the national economy for the assimilation of that system.
The State Committee for Prices (CEP), for its part, has implemented the Wholesale
Price Reform as an initial step toward the development of an economically based
_ Price System.
From all of the above we can see that the work of these two committees should
- resul.t in a pricing policy that is in tune with the quality of our production,
during the stage following the Price Reforrn. Thus, the CEN and the CEP have
_ passed a Joint Resolution whose objective is to establish the procedure for
linking rhe pr.ocesses of formulation, approval and implementation of the quality
specifications or some of the standards that cover partial aspects of those
_ specific,itions, with the wholesale and retail prices of the products.
In additiun, considering that prices play an important role in the improvement of
quality in product~on, and that the indices established by those standards are an
essential element ror comparing the prices of similar goods, it is necessary to
link thP formulation of pricing proposals to the formulation of the corresponding
proposed standards.
Among the principal objectives of this Joint Resolutien are the coordination of
- procedures for the aconomic justification of proposed standards and of proposed
prices, ensuring that both include qualitatively superior elements and that they
are compatible; the inclusion, in the standards, of indices that characterize the
level of quality in production, to serve as a basis for the differentiation of
prices in accordance with degrees and classes of quality; the application, in the
price system, of the carresponding forms of stimulation and econoroic sanctions
designed to improve the quality of production and to eliminate violations of the
indices set forth in the standards; and the optimum use of the results of the
inspections made jointly and individually by the CEN and the CEP with respect to
the fulfillment of standards and the application of official prices.
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CONSUMPTION STANDARDS FOR RAW MATERIALS DISCUSSED
Havana BOHEMIA in Spanish 10 Jul 81 p 35
[Article by Alexis Codina]
[Text] The material consumption standard is a technical calculation based o~n ~k'txe
amounts of raw materials, fuels and other materials that an enterprise m~nst
. consume, guaranteeing adequate use of its resources. Consum~tion standards ar~
established by relating the material that is ~o be consumed, to the producti~an :in
which it will be used. These standards are expressed in the form of indicdtors~
which provide a relatively easy and dependable method for calculating the acno~nt.
of that material which the enterprise must consume, according to the corr~s~ondbr~g
volur~e of production.
If we know that to produce a unit of product A, 5 kilograms of material and 2
kilograms of material Z must be consumed, we are expressing the can~umption ~
standard of each material to produce a unit of product A. If we want to ~roduce
100_units of product A, all we need to do is multiply the consumption standard of
each material by this amount, to learn the amount of material needed to achieve ~
the desired production. In this case, we would need 500 kilograms of material Y
(5 x 100) and 200 kilograms of material Z(2 x 100).
Consumption norms do not express "what is consumed," but "what must be consumed."
Their calculation requires an analysis of the factors that will lead to a savings
of material consumption without sacrificing the quality of production. For
example, these factors include the application of more advanced technolagy,
better organization of production, measures to reduce losses and wast~, etc.
The savings in material consumption that can be achieved with the establishment
and fulfillment of consumption standards, can have a positive effect on the bus-
iness' main economic indicators. Production costs (spending for materials is
usually the most important portion) can be cut, while increased efficiency can be
attained in the utilization of equipment as the number of finished products rises
compared to the same quantity of materials. If before we produced 10 units (70:7)
by processing 70 kilograms of material, now we would produce 14 units (70:5) by
reducing to 5 kilograms the consumption per unit of product A.
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RESULTS OF SUGARCANE PLANTING ACTIVITIES NOTED
Havana BOHEMIA in Spanish 10 Jul 81 pp 40-41
[Article by Andres Rodriguez]
[Texr_) Introduction to Familiarize Reader
In February of this year we began a series of articles on the great spring sugar-
cane planting which the country has just completed. At that time we thought it
would be a good idea to go to the two provinces with�the most ambitious plans,
and there to concentrate our attention on certain enterprises t:~at were equally
ambitious.
In this manner, first we went to Camaguey to begin our series in the Sierra de
~ Cubitas and Noel Fernandez sugar enterprises. Both are located in the municipality
of Minas (see BOHEMIA 3/13/81). Then, in March, we turned our attention to Villa
- Clara, specifically to two enterprises on the north coast: Ciector Rodriguez and
Antonio Finalet (see BOHEMIA 3/27/81).
In the two articles it was noted that, following the cycle we had established, we
would return to the four enterprises in June to find out the initial results of
the planting. We have just done so, and now we present our findings to the reader.
We have ~et to make one more visit to the four enterprises, in Octob:~r of this
year. At that r.ime we will make a definitive analysis of the planting, and will
conclude our cycle. Then we will be able to assess which of the enterprises have
achieved efficient economic results, or at least which have performed the best in
that sense.
Let us hope that our expectations are well founded.
Planting: Plan vs. Reality
Nnel Fernandez, Sierra de Cubitas: When we finished our visit to these two enter-
prises, at the end of the first 10 days of June, the latter had already fulfilled
its plan on 7 June, while the fo~mer, although very close with 96 percent of its
plan complet~d, still had 15 caballerias to plant. They have surely been planted
- now as we go to press.
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But if th~.se are the quantitative results, the situation changes when we look at
the varietal composition of the planting.
While at Noel Fernandez 77 percent of the planting was Jaronu 60-5 and Ci1b~
87-51, the two main varieties in use at present and the only ones proven to be
harvestable at any time of the year, at Sierra de Cubitas only 16 percent of the
planting consists of those varieties.
The reason is simple: It is difficult to obtain the seed, and the mixture of vari-
eties available was understandably rejected, in the specific case of Jaronu 60-5.
With regard to Cuba 87-51, it is insufficiently adapted to the soils at Sierra de
Cubitas.
On~the other hand, that enterprise did have enough seed of two varieties that are
not very good because~of their suckering characteristics and their consequently
limited harvesting period, the Mayari 54129 and 5514 varieties. These varieties
occupied more than SO percent of the area planted, which is disproportionate,
considering this limitation.
Finally, 112 caballerias were planted in a new variety (Cuba 334-64) because the
seed was available. The agroindustrial qualities of that variety are .still little
known, and even the comrades at Sierra de Cubitas are distrustful of its specific
condit ior?s .
Certainly the composition of varieties planted in the spring planting at Sierra
de Cubitas is obviously inferior to that of Noel Fernandez, so it is reasonable
" to expect that the impact on the sugar content of the cane to be milled next har-
vest will be substantial.
At any rate, officials have already plunged into their effort to find a speedy
solution to thi~ situation, which is the legacy of earlier practices. For now, ~
nearly 18 caballerias of ~raised ~beds have been ~lanted wi'th s~ed~'~ertified to''-b~''the
best or most promising varieties developed to date. ~A"nd one positive note:
Officials are astounded at the varietal purity of those banks.
Hector Rodriguez, Antonio Finalet: These two enterprises,~~ of riorth Vi11a Clara.
(whose heavy, poorly drained soil necessitated the use of stonecutting techniques
for planting) exceeded their respective plans. Here are the details:
_ (Caballerias)
Plan Actual
Hector 190 199.3
Finalet 180 187.0
Not only a~~ the two enterprises similar in their excess production, bur they
also have almost the same varietal structure. Fortunately, the availability of
Jaronu 60-5 seed was very good, but at the s~~me time they took to this variety
overwhelmingly. Let us look at this in detail:
Caballerias planted
in Jaronu 60-5
Hector 177.3
Finalet 145.7
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I~f we compare these figures to the above ones, concerning the plan, the
conclusions are obvious: Hector Rodriguez planted 93 percent of its planned
amount with Jaronu 60-5, while Antonio Finalet planted slightly more than $0
percent.
As we stated earlier, their dependence on a single variety is overwhelming, even
though this is certainly the most widespread and prodigious variety we have at
present. ,
Thus we end the second part of our series on the great spring planting. In a huge
harvest ~f 30,000 caballerias, the country conducted the greatest harvest in
living memory.
We will return once again, for the last time, to these four sugarcane enterprises
in October 1981. See you then.
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DEVELOPMENT OF 60-5 CANE VARIETY EXPLAINED
Havana BOHEMIA in Spanish 10 Jul 81 pp 42-43
[Text] The Dane Hans Sorensen arrived in Cuba in 1949, having been hired by the
American firm that then controlled the Jaronu sugar mill, now called Brasil. He
was a man with an international reputation as a sugarcane scientist, with creden-
tials from countries all over the world. At that time, a Cuban peasant who was
then working as chief of the so-called administration cane for the American com-
pany, cautiously approached the renowned Danish specialist.
Twelve years later, that peasant was the one who selected the Jaronu 60-5 variety
of cane. Very controversial.at first, today that cane is the mains-~-ay of Cuban
sugar agriculture because of its predominant position among the varieties used.in
the country. That man, . � ~ ~ ' ' ~
working today. His name is Eliseo Acosta, and he lives in the province of Camaguey.
"Yes, I did learn a lot from Sorensen," admits Eliseo immediately when we find
him at 1500 hours on a hot June afternoon, in his Agramonte house in the Los
Angeles district. "He was a true sugarcane scientist," he adds.
We were surprised when he greeted us in work clothes and boots. Later we found
out that he usually dresses that way, almost every day, because he loves to walk
around in the variety gardens in Tayabito, on the outskirts of the city of Cama-
guey. There he pricks the cane stalks to learn their sacchariferous qualities. In
keeping with his passion, Eliseo is determined to take us to the Tayabito garden.
"He was the one who bred it," he states.
"He" is Sorensen, who devoted his time during his long stay at the former Jaronu
plant to crossbreeding for the purpose of obtaining new varieties. When he went
away in 1960 after the sugar industry was nationalized, he left behind more than
2,000 seedlings, which Eliseo began systematically selecting until he found 60-5.
How did he achieve such a successful selection without any training as a
researcher and with only the credentials of an agricultural instructor?
"Perhaps by accident, or perhaps because I was determined to discover the cane's
internal qualities, not just its appearance."
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"Do you mean that appearance is not a key factor in selecting a good variety?"
"Cane that is as thick as cart slats is very impressive, but that is not the only
aspect that should be considered. Jaronu 60-5 gave the impression of being a poor
plant to which the straw clung, but inside it was all juice and sugar, and had
other qualities that were revealed in time."
Certainly Jaronu 60-5 is at present the most versatile of the varieties used in
_ Cuban agriculture. It has the utiiversal characteristic of being harvestable at
any time during our long harvests, and is also resistant to the principal pests
and diseases.
- But this variety, selected in 1961, did not come into wide use until nearly
5 years later, after a period of trials and vicissitudes which Eliseo Acosta
would prefer not to recall now.
"There is no need," he asserts. It is well known that all innovations require
time to be put into practice, if they survive the test of time.
"How was 60-5 finally brought into use? Many say that your tenacity was essential."
"Jaronu 60-5 is the result of the Revolution; I say that without affectation and
without reservation. In the first place, its legitimate father is Fidel
Castro. He was the first to authorize the plantir..g of the first 30 caballerias in'
the country. Fidel's decision was the green light for the commercial introduction
of Jaronu 60-5. Due recognition should also be given to the support and stimulus
we received from Comrade Raul Curbelo Morales, vice president of the National
Institute for Agrarian Reform (INRA) at the time.
And how timely that green light turned out to be! Years later, there was a
violent outbreak of rust which destroyed the main variety in use at that time,
Barbados 4362. Then Jaronu 60-5 came to the rescue of our harvest, and it was
victorious.
And how admirably did Eliseo Acosta persist in the defense of a variety that was
not very attractive, with almost sticky straw.
It seems that tnis man will stop to rest only in the grave; now he is immersed
(he finally got his way and took us to Tayabito) in the effort to develop a
variety he has called Tayabito 76-16.
He has it there; he pricks it and observes it carefully. He is not hasty, for it
~takes time to reach conclusions about varieties (which are living beings, after
all). And Eliseo is looking for another universal var;iety like 60-5.
"Why have cane that is only good for one month of harvesting?" he asks, as we
return from the Tayabito garden with our shoes mired in the mud of the spring
rains.
Back at the house in the Los Angeles district (we left the mud outside), Eliseo's
wife has her say.
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"He has been working in sugarcane for 50 years, and he is 63 years old. I read
that thing in BOHEMIA about his playing the flute with Jaronu. For me, if you
want to loak at it that way, he is like the Pied Piper of Hamelin, who saved the
people from the mice."
Having said that, the woman happily brings us water and coffee. She and Eliseo
brought three children into the world. The daughter is an accountant; she is the
only one who has anything to do with sugar, as the two sons have no relation to
that crop. One is a planner and the other a pediatrician.
The blacksmith's family eats with wooden spoons.
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COUNTRY SECTION GRENADA
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES
Havana BOHEMIA in Spanish 5 Jun 81 pp 79-80
[Text] Construction of a modern international airport; something the United States
government would like to prevent, is a cherished old dream of generations of Grena-
dians.
- This is confirmed in daily conversation with the various sectors of the population,
and is stmunarized in the slogan the country is currently using in the face of
American maneuvers: the international airport unites all the people and benefits
all the people.
Prime Minister Maurice Bishop called the project the most important for Grenada's
future development, and the most important undertaken by any government in the
nation's history.
Upon completion, set for 1983, the airport, which is built on Point Saline Peninsula
southeast of the capital, will have a runway 2,700 meters long and 150 meters wide.
The terminal will have hotels, restaurants, and business centers to accommodate
300,000 passengers a year.
The runway is planned to handle large ~et planes that carry 300 or more passengers,
while there will be space res+erved for smaller craft.
The project alsu envisions facilities with modern communication and navigation equip-
ment, as well as equipment for night landings, permitting.24-hour use of the airport.
The Poinr: Saline terminal is located only 15 minutes by car from the capital, while
the present Pearls Airport, which has an under-700-meter-long runway, is 90 minutes
away, without facilities for landing large aircraft or night landings.
According to observers here, the pro~ect assumes even more importance considering
the obstacles and d'~fficulties that some governments in the region, for political
and economic reasons, make for passengers to discourage them from visiting Grenada,
considered one of the most beautiful islands in the Carib'~ean. ~
The preliminary studies recommending Point Saline as the ideal spot for the airport
were made by the British over 35 years ago, but nevertheless it was decided to build
the airport at Pearls, a cheaper and less complex project.
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Other studies were made later, including ones by the present director of the project,
engineer Ron Smith, confirming Point Saline as the most advisable location.
"There were innumerable discussions of all these studies, but no definite results,"
Smith stated in an interview with the newspaper FREE WEST INDIAN about 13 March ].9y9.
On that date, the incoming government headed by Prime Minister Maurice Bishop put
construction of the airport at the center of its concerns, calling it a vital pro-
_ ject for the country's economic development.
"We broached the subject of the airport construction with all the delegations that
came to Grenada, including representatives of the United States, to get help in
= beginning the project, but without much success," explained the prime minister in a
radio broadcast early this month.
"However, after talks with the government of Cuba, that country agreed to support
all our efforts on the airport," he said.
~ The aid of the Cuban government an3 people began arriving in November 1979, and the
Grenadians had "the satisfaction of seeing that our old dream was on the way to
becoming reality," said the lea3er.
In a little over a year, a force of some 300 Cuban internationalists and 160
Grenadians has transformed the rough terrain of Point Saline, and the shape of what
will be the airport is beginning to emerge.
The men, who are working in shifts 24 hours a day, move about 90,000 cubic meters
of earth a month.
The Grenadian government has announced that the first 1,700 meters of runway will
~ be in operation by December 1981 or January 1982y and then airplanes can make night
landings for the firsttime in Grenada.
Meanwhile, Point Saline has become one of the most popular spots on the island, and
an attraction for tourists including many visitors from the United States, who in
contrast to the propaganda in their country, confirm that it is an airport like
scores of others they have seen.
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~COUNTRY SECTION MEXICO
UNITED LEFTIST PARTIES ANNOUNCE NEW ORGANIZATION
Merger of Five Leftist Parties
PA170140 Havana PRELA in Spanish 2130 GMT 16 Aug 81
[Arricle by Jorge Timossi]
[Te~rt] Mexico City, 16 Aug (PL)--The five Mexican leftist parties merging into a
singl.e revolutionary organization have described as historic.
They also consider histor3c the creation of an opposition electoral front between
the new party and other democratic forces.
The announcement was made yesterday afternoon, in a crowded room at the Estoriol
Hotel in this capital city, by the secretary generals of the Mexican Communist Party
~(PCM), Mexican Workers Party (PMT), Mexican Peoples Party (PPM), Socialist Revolu-
tionary Party (PSR) and the Soicalist Action and Unity Movement (MAti9).
Heberto Castiloo of.the PMT read the communique explaining the reasons for this
merger. He was accompanied by Arnoldo Martinez Verdugo of the PCM, Alejandro Gaston
Mercado of the PPM, Rob'ert Jaramillo of the PSR and Miguel Angel Velasco of the
A~AUS .
The communique is add'ressed "to the Mexican people" and details the international
and domestic reasons which led to this decision.
In regard to the international situation, it says that the situation is serious and
that the dange~,~ of a world war is in sight, since "the traditional arrogance
of the t~nited Stdtes takea neta impetus under the Reagan Administration."
In this respect it says that this administration is accelerating the arms race,
prr,ducing the neutron bomb massively and sabotaging the "north-south" meeting to be
Yee1d ~.n Cancun, Mexico, "when it imposes the absence of Cuba ~s a condition to at-
tend. Cuba is the representative of the nonaligned country movement."
This part of the commun3que protest the U.S. military aid to E1 Salvador and Guate-
mala, supports the South American people fighting to put an end to dictatorships
arid says that Nicaragua is consolidating its revolution in spite of aggressions and
threats. It also emp'hasizes that Cuba "prepares to repell any aggression result-
ing from Regan's warmongering and anticommunism."
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