Dokument #1123030
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Autor)
Information on the hiring practices for
receptionists could not be found among the sources consulted by the
DIRB.
For media reports on recent issues with
tourism hiring practices and tourism workers in Cuba, please
consult the attached documents.
This Response was prepared after
researching publicly accessible information currently available to
the DIRB within time constraints. This Response is not, and does
not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular
claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of
additional sources consulted in researching this Information
Request.
Attachments
Cuba Vision Network [Havana, in
Spanish]. 29 October 1995. "National Tourism Workers Union
Founded." (FBIS-LAT-95-213 3 Nov. 1995, pp. 7-8)
The Economist. 16 May 1992. "Cuba,
Communism, Potatoes." (NEXIS)
EFE [Madrid, in Spanish]. 22 January
1996. "Cuban Official Links Increase in Prostitution to Tourism."
(FBIS-LAT-96-021 31 Jan. 1996, pp. 11-12)
Foreign Broadcast Information Service
Editorial Report. 28 November 1995. "National Conference on Tourism
Held in Havana." (Tele Rebelde and Cuba Vision Networks [Havana, in
Spanish]. 24,25,26 November 1995, in FBIS-LAT-95-228 28 Nov. 1995,
pp. 14-15)
_____.2 June 1995. "Straight Talk on
Tourism." (Radio Rebelde Network [Havana, in Spanish]. 1 June 1995,
in FBIS-LAT-95-106 2 Jun. 1995, p. 6-7)
La Jornada [Mexico City, in Spanish]. 14
August 1995. Jose Zaldia. "Minister Interviewed on Tourism,
Education." (FBIS-LAT-95-160 18 Aug. 1995, pp. 12-13).
The New York Times. 28 August 1994.
Maria Newman. "Dollars Define Cuba's Haves And Have-Nots," p. 1,
12.
Notimex [Mexico City, in Spanish]. 17
August 1995. "Law on Control of Enterprises by Foreigners."
(FBIS-LAT-95-160 18 August 1995, pp. 10-11)
Pittsburg Post-Gazette. 30 July 1995.
Two Star Edition. William E. Deibler. "Castro's Changing Cuba."
(NEXIS)
Prensa Latina [Havana, in Spanish]. 27
August 1995. "Call For Equal Job Opportunity in Tourism Sector."
(FBIS-LAT-95-168 30 Aug. 1995, p. 6)
Radio Rebelde [Havana, in Spanish]. 29
July 1995. Jesus Diaz Noyola. "Tourism Workers Assume Struggle to
Combat Corruption." (FBIS-LAT-95-152 8 Aug. 1995, p. 21)
_____. 11 July 1995. "CTC Panel Debates
Tourism Employment Policies." (FBIS-LAT-95-139 20 July 1995, p.
5)
_____. 9 May 1995. "Panel Debates Ethics
in Tourism Sector." (FBIS-LAT-95-092 12 May 1995, pp. 7-9)
Reuters. 28 February 1995. BC Cycle.
"Women's Leader Says Prostitutes Put Cuba to Shame." (NEXIS)
Tele Rebelde and Cuba Vision Networks
[Havana, in Spanish]. 23 November 1995. "Tourist Sector Workers in
Military Training." (FBIS-LAT-95-229 29 Nov. 1995, pp. 9-10)
Additional Sources Consulted
Caribbean and Central America Reports.
Monthly. 1994-1996
DIRB. Cuba country file. 1992-1996
_____. Indexed Media Review [Ottawa].
Weekly. 1993-1996
Foreign Broadcast Information Service
Reports (FBIS). 1992-1996
Hemisphere. Monthly. 1995-1996
Latin American Weekly Reports. Weekly.
1993-1996
On-line sources of media.
Oral sources.
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