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- Arrival Havana International
Airport and transfer
to selected hotel. Free
time.
- 7:00 p.m. Depart hotel
on foot for welcome
dinner at El Patio restaurant,
Cathedral Square, Old
Havana. Short briefing
on the week’s
activities. Rest of
evening free.
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| Monday |
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- Breakfast in the hotel.
- 9:00 a.m. Depart by
bus to the offices of
the Cuban Peace Movement
(Movimiento Cubano por
la Paz y la Soberanía
de los Pueblos---MOVPAZ)
in Vedado, Havana.
- 9:30-11:00 a.m. Lecture/Discussion
on MOVPAZ and Cuban
realities today (the
Special Period). Lecturer/Discussion
Leader: Manuel E. Yepe,
member of the MOVPAZ
Secretariat and Coordinator
of the International
Workshops for Peace
2003. He is a former
Cuban ambassador, and
an economist, jurist,
and writer.
- Break
- 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Lecture/Discussion on
the Roots of the Cuban
Revolution leading to
the Moncada assault
led by Fidel Castro
in1953. Lecturer/Discussion
Leader: Juan Jacomino,
Programming Director
of the English language
service of Radio Havana
Cuba.
- 1:30-2:30 p.m. Lunch
at a local restaurant.
- 3:00-5:30 p.m. Visit
to the Morro-Cabaña
fortress complex followed
by guided walking tour
of Old Havana.
- Return to hotel on
foot. Evening free for
documentary video program,
musical, cultural and
sports options.
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| Tuesday |
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- Breakfast in the hotel.
- 9:00 a.m. Depart hotel
for MOVPAZ.
- 9:30-11:00 a.m. Lecture/Discussion
on the armed struggle
against the Bastista
dictatorship from the
Moncada assault in 1953
to the fall of Batista
in 1958, continuing
with the agrarian and
urban reforms and nationalizations
of the early 1960’s.
Lecturer/Discussion
Leader: Arnaldo Coro,
researcher and journalist
of Radio Havana Cuba.
- Break
- 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Lecture/Discussion on
United States policy
and actions against
Cuba from 1959 to present
with emphasis on terrorist
operations of the Central
Intelligence Agency.
Lecturer/Discussion
Leader: Philip Agee,
author and former CIA
officer in Latin America.
- 1:30-3:00 p.m. Lunch
at the Bodeguita del
Medio restaurant.
- 3:30-5:00 p.m. Visit
to the Museum of the
Revolution.
- Return to hotel on
foot. Evening free for
documentary video program,
musical, cultural and
sports options.
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| Wednesday |
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- Breakfast in the hotel.
- 9:00 a.m. Depart hotel
for MOVPAZ.
- 9:30-11:00 a.m. Lecture/Discussion
on Cuban foreign policy,
Cuba’s medical
aid program in Latin
America and Africa,
and Cuba’s analysis
of the Anglo-American
war against Iraq. Lecturer/Discussion
Leader: Carlos Alzugaray
Treto, former Cuban
Ambassador and Professor
of the Higher Institute
of International Relations
of the Ministry of Foreign
Relations.
- Break
- 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Discussion of a day
in the life of an average
Cuban. Public transportation
deficiencies. The function
of the rationing system
and the libreta. Visits
to a neighborhood bodega
(subsidized food market),
an agro (Cuban peso
food market with fluctuating
prices), and a U.S.
dollar market. Discussion
Leader: Alberto D. Pérez,
member of the United
Nations Press Office
in Cuba.
- 1:30-2:30 p.m. Lunch
at El Aljibe restaurant.
- 3:00-6:00 p.m. Visits
to an urban hydroponic
agricultural project,
a Youth Club computing
center, and a Committee
for the Defense of the
Revolution.
- Return to hotel. Evening
free for documentary
video program, musical,
cultural and sports
options.
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| Thursday |
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- Breakfast in the hotel.
- 9:00 a.m. Depart hotel
for MOVPAZ.
- 9:30-11:00 a.m. Lecture/Discussion
on Cuba’s system
of government, civil
society, mass organizations,
NGO’s and human
rights. Lecturer/Discussion
Leader: Carlos Martínez
Salsamendi, diplomat,
economist and professor
of the Higher Institute
of Foreign Relations
of the Ministry of Foreign
Relations. For 20 years
Counselor to the Vice-President
of Cuba, Carlos Rafael
Rodríguez.
- Break
- 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Lecture/Discussion on
U.S. government penetration
and manipulation of
other countries’
civil societies and
NGO’s (political
parties, labor unions,
information media, women’s
organizations, youth
and students, churches,
professional and cultural
societies). Lecturer/Discussion
Leader: Philip Agee,
former CIA officer in
Latin America.
- 1:30-3:00 p.m. Lunch
at the Casa de la Amistad
of the Cuban Institute
of Friendship with Peoples
(ICAP).
- 3:30-5:00 p.m. Analysis
and discussion of world
peace: the U.S. doctrine
of preventive war; hidden
interests behind the
war against Iraq and
beyond; the continuing
relevance of Hiroshima;
the role of the United
Nations; international
law and conflict resolution.
Lecturer/Discussion
Leader: Orlando Fundora
López, President
of MOVPAZ and Co-President
and Latin American Coordinator
of the World Peace Council.
- Return hotel. Evening
free for documentary
video program, musical,
cultural and sports
options.
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| Friday |
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- Breakfast in the hotel.
- 9:00 a.m. Depart hotel
by bus for Las Terrazas
in the mountains of
Pinar del Rio province
(74 kilometers). Briefing
after arrival on the
history and achievements
of this rural socio-economic
development project
(education, housing,
medical care, reforestation,
arts and crafts, recreation
and tourism). Visits
to artists’ workshops
and to the restored
19th century coffee
plantation known as
Buena Vista.
- 1:00-2:00 p.m. Lunch
at a local restaurant.
Return to Havana.
- 3:00-4:00 p.m. Visit
to the Latin American
School of Medicine where
thousands of students
from the poorest regions
of their countries (including
the United States) are
training as physicians
on full scholarships.
- Return hotel. Evening
free for documentary
video program, musical,
cultural and sports
options.
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| Saturday |
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- Breakfast in the hotel.
Morning and afternoon
free time.
- 8:00 p.m. Farewell
dinner at the roof terrace
restaurant of the Hotel
Ambos Mundos where Hemingway
lived off and on in
the 1930’s (walking
distance from our hotels).
After dinner performance
by singer Dulce María
and her band whose lively
music invariably brings
all within earshot to
the dance floor.
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| Sunday |
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- Breakfast in the hotel.
Free time.
- 12:00 noon. Latest
checkout time.
- Transfer from hotel
to Havana International
Airport for departure.
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| Note:
Pre- or Post-event programs
for one or more days for
visits to Viñales,
Varadero, Santa Clara, Cienfuegos,
Trinidad, Santiago de Cuba
and other points are available
through http://www.cubalinda.com
or at peaceworkshop@cubalinda.com. |
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Occupancy |
01/05/03-14/07/03 |
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1/09/03-30/09/03 |
1/10/03-31/10/03 |
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Hotel Parque Central
(5 star) |
Double |
$1215 US |
$1277 US |
$1277 US |
$1399 US |
| Single |
$1588 US |
$1650 US |
$1650 US |
$1837 US |
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| Hotel Plaza (4 star) |
Double |
$905 US |
$1029 US |
$905 US |
$905 US |
| Single |
$1108 US |
$1232 US |
$1108 US |
$1108 US |
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from Nassau add $ 214 US. Airport departure and security
taxes not included. |
| With
return Cubana flight from Cancun add $ 205 US. Airport
departure and security taxes not included. |
| With return Aerocaribe
(Mexicana) flight from Cancun add $ 285 US. Airport departure
and security taxes not included. |
| With return Air Jamaica
flight from Montego Bay or Kingston add $ 366 US. Airport
departure tax not included. |
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- In/Out airport-hotel transfers.
- Hotel accommodations as
selected.
- All program activities.
- All local transportation
per program.
- All breakfasts and listed
program lunches and dinners.
- Health and accident insurance
coverage while in Cuba.
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- Return tickets are available
for flights to Havana from
Montreal, Toronto, Nassau,
Cancun, Montego Bay, and Kingston.
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- Cuban tourist visa, cost
normally $15 USD.
- Local transportation apart
from program.
- Gratuities and meals not
listed on the program.
- Local purchases.
- Havana airport departure
tax ($25 USD).
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