[Marxism] South-South Cooperation, a Need to Even Up the World

[Walter Lippmann <walterlx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

South-South Cooperation, a Need to Even Up the World

Havana, Nov 2 (acn) "South-South collaboration is essential to
counteract the hegemony of the North in terms of information
technology," said Dr. Vito Quevedo, on Friday, the first speaker at
the second Business Forum of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) underway
at Havana's Conventions Center.

As an example of this hegemony, Dr. Quevedo mentioned that 20 per
cent of the total population of developed countries uses 74 per cent
of all existing telephone lines. Meanwhile, a large number of third
world people are unaware of the existence of INTERNET and only 40 per
cent living in underdeveloped nations have a TV service.

The two-day forum presided over by Cuba's Foreign Minister Felipe
Perez Roque is attended by over a dozen official delegations, 220
businesspersons from 42 countries, 24 foreign chambers of commerce,
and 80 Cuban entrepreneurs.

All NAM member and non-member participants seek to broaden their
market scope and to explore possible ways to increase commercial
exchange, in a world where developing countries handle only thirty
per cent of the services and goods exchange operations.

The first working panel on Friday dealt with South-South cooperation
in science, energy and the pharmaceutical-medical industries, as well
as health and education. The second panel deals with economic
cooperation and integration, while the third session will focus on
international commerce and actual ways to broaden exchange.

Other speakers included Bolivia's Minister for Production and
Micro-Enterprises Celinda Sosa; Iran's Commerce Minister Seyed Masoud
Mirkazemi; Algeria's Minister of Commerce and Industry Djaaboub
El-Hachemi; and the Belarus Head of delegation Yuri Vasilievich
Lositski.

South-South collaboration stands for the cooperation between
developing countries. Cuba alone supports over 800 projects in
developing nations and some 37,000 Cuban professionals provide
services in 108 third world countries in terms of sports, healthcare,
and education.


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Walter Lippmann
Havana, Cuba
"Un paraÃso bajo el bloqueo"
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CubaNews/
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