European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 28, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes . Wednesday Juty 28,1993 Castro Aims to lure investors dollars cuban Leader attempts to Rescue failing Economy Havana Cuba a -. President Fidel Castro marked the 40th anniversary of Cuba s revolution Mon Day by urging cubans to redouble efforts against their economic woes and outlining plans to lure dollars from abroad. His nationally televised pc pc was the Centrepiece of celebrations that were trimmed to the Bare Bones for the second consecutive year in the beleaguered communist nation. Castro detailed Cuba s economic problems saying sugar earnings would fall $450 million below expectations. Fuel shortages have severely Cut Back capacity to refine sugar the country s most . The loss of Trade and Aid from the former soviet Union and Eastern Europe combined with the 30 year old . Trade embargo have Cut Cuba s Economy roughly in half and slashed its imports. Castro said estimated imports this year would be about $1.7 billion Down from $2.2 billion last year and from about $8.1 billion in 1989. He noted that the country faces in extremely grave Scarcity of converti ble  me said measures to solve the problem include encouraging visits by cubans living abroad allowing cubans greater Freedom to travel overseas making Cuba More open to foreign investment and prompting tourism which officials said brought in $530 million last year. Castro also said Possession of foreign currency would be decriminalized. Such a move could ease the Way for hundreds of thousands of americans of cuban extrac Tion to Send dollars Home. Eventually Castro said his government would make Cuba s currency convertible. At present pesos May not be freely converted into . Dollars or other foreign currencies. There arc not nor can there be Miracle for Mulas to save the Economy he said in Santiago in Southern Cuba where he and other rebels seized the Moncada Barracks 40 years ago to launch the revolution. He gave few details and some of his ideas were not new. Canadian prom the Montane Rio family of Havana Cuba watches president Fidel Castro on monday during his nationally Tele Vised address marking the 40th anniversary of the Island nation s revolution. Cuban officials recently announced that possessing foreign currency would be decriminalized. And the Yare promoting joint ventures with foreign capitalists in Export industries and Oil exploration. But in the past visits by cubans living abroad have been allowed Only rarely after much paper work and cubans have not been encouraged to travel overseas. As a result of the economic problems Castro and other officials said they arc being forced into measures that seem to clash with their socialist ideals to save the revolution and defend their  of most of its Oil much of its food and most of its spare parts and Industrial supplies Cuba has been forced to slash working hours at Many offices and factories and Idle others. Nearly everything is rationed and the Black Market is booming. In the capital of Havana cuban flags dotted the City s narrow balconies streets monday. But official parades and mass celebrations were cancelled for the second year. Demjan Juk son await ruling Jerusalem a John Demjan Juk s son visited his father in prison tuesday two Days before the israeli supreme court is to Rule whether the retired Ohio autoworkers should be hanged for nazi War crimes. Defense attorney Yoram Sheftel said he was con Vinced that his client would be cleared of charges that he was the nazi death Camp guard known As Ivan the  Legal experts have said they think that the new evidence raised during the Appeal created enough question s about Demjan Juk s identity to overturn his april 1988 conviction. One press report tuesday quoted a guard who watches Over Demjan Juk As saying the inmate was opt  said Demjan Juk s son John jr., and his son in Law de Nishnic met with the inmate at his Maxi mum Security cell for three hours tuesday. He did not provide details. On thursday the elder Demjan Juk 73, is to be moved in a maximum Security transport from Ayalon prison in the town of Ramla to the High court in Jeru Salem 25 Miles away. Prison services spokesman Dubi Ben Ami said tues Day that officials were preparing for All possibilities including an attack on Demjan Juk on his Way to or from court. The newspaper Dediot Ahrnot said that Demjan Juk would be guarded by dozens of members of an elite prison guard unit and that there would be heavy police presence in court. The report also said police had stepped up patrols near the Homes of the five supreme court justices since last weekend though there were no plans to Post permanent guards. Sheftel refused to say where his stateless client would go if acquitted. Bomb near . Embassy kills rebel Lima Peru a maoist rebels detonated a car bomb outside the . Embassy Early tuesday killing one guerrilla and seriously wounding two peruvian guards police said. It was not known whether the guerrilla was in the car thai blew up. The 6 . Blast damaged the front Gate and caused structural damage a . Embassy spokesman said. The spokesman who spoke Only on condition of anonymity was unable to provide details. The Only american inside the building at the time a . Marine Security guard was uninjured. It was the first major attack on a . Installation in Peru since a bomb killed three peruvian guards at the . Ambassador s residence in february 1992. Tuesday s blast occurred a Day before president Al Berto Fujimori completes his third year in office and hours before a military Parade was held to commemorate Peru s Independence Day today. Today is also Fujimori s birthday a Day that rebels usually target for at tacks. On monday rebels exploded a car bomb packed with 65 pounds of explosives in front of a private school in a prosperous neighbourhood in an apparent bid to mar Fujimori s third anniversary in Power. No injuries were reported. Police said they found rebel leaflets at the scene condemning human rights violations by the military. Other rebel attacks later monday left two dead and four wounded around Lima police said. 3 state policemen held in massacre of homeless boys Rio de Janeiro Brazil a three state policemen have been detained As suspects in the killing of seven homeless boys As they lepton dirty blankets and cardboard in the Shadow of the downtown Candelaria Cathedral. The boys who ranged in age from about 8 to15, died before Dawn Friday. Brazilians were out raged by the killings and 500 people demonstrated monday to demand punishment for the killers and Long term solutions for the  Itamar Franco who said he Felt the killings like a punch in the face called a meet ing with Rio de Janeiro state gov. Leonel Brizo la to find a Way to get 3,000 children off the City streets. Brazil has an estimated 7 million Street children who live shoeless homeless and unclaimed by family members. Amnesty International a London base human rights organization has Long denounced the killing of brazilian Street kids by death squads led by or made up of policemen often hired by merchants to Clear High crime areas. Survivors of the massacre identified the three policemen sunday and the officers were detained police spokesman Abilio Pinto said Mon Day. The suspects whose names weren t re leased denied involvement. However one Man who was wounded in the attack said he had no doubt that the policemen he identified were among the killers. Ill never forget it if live 100 years Vagn Erdos Santos told the Rio newspaper o Globo