Study Art in Cuba

* * Study "Art and Culture in Cuba" with Global Exchange * *
                        June 10 - 20, 1994

*  Still Room Left!  Call 1-800-GXS-1994 immediately for more information.

Reality Tour participants will meet with top Cuban artists, meet with students 
from the world-renowned Escuela Internacional de las Artes, travel to the 
Institute for Film and Television (where Gabriel Garcia Marquez teaches), visit 
museums cultural centers and schools.  The trip will take place in Havana and 
San Antonio de los Baos.  Participants will see various performances, from 
African dance to Russian Ballet.  In addition, participants will meet with 
high-ranking political officials, public health officials and community 
leaders.  

Global Exchange, a non-profit organization based in San Francisco, was founded 
in 1988 to facilitate people-to-people ties between the First and the Third 
World.  "Our tours attract people interested in something out of the ordinary," 
explained Medea Benjamin, Co-Director of Global Exchange.  "Participants walk 
away from our trips with a deep sense of interconnectedness with individuals 
from a different culture."

****    Global Exchange Announces Fact-Finding Trip to 
        Chiapas, Mexico, June 11 - 19, 1994.

****    Room Still Available

Learn how rural communities have been affected by economic and social 
injustice and the recent military repression.  Participants will dialogue with 
human rights workers, campesinos, church leaders, coffee producers, journalists 
and witnesses of the uprising.  

Global Exchange feels that it is critical to continue to send U.S. citizens to 
investigate the human rights situation and keep the pressure on the Mexican 
government to negotiate in good faith.  The delegations help protect groups in 
Chiapas that might be targets of reprisals, encourage more and more U.S. 
activists to get involved and maintain close working relationships with 
non-governmental organizations in the region.

* * Cost * * 

$1050, including round-trip fare from San Francisco (Call for prices elsewhere 
in the U.S. or Canada).  Partial scholarships are available

* * Background * *

On January 1, 1994, the day NAFTA went into effect, the southern Mexican state 
of Chiapas erupted in armed rebellion.  The Mexican government responded to the 
uprising with brute force.  The military bombed civilian populations, tortured 
and executed prisoners and committed other serious human rights violations.

Pressure from the international community is essential to ensure that the 
Mexican government negotiates with the Zapatistas in good faith and seriously 
addresses the need for greater democracy and social justice for Mexico's poor.  
In light of this urgent need, Global Exchange has launched a Campaign for 
Democracy and Social Change in Mexico.

Global Exchange can be reached by sending e-mail to "glo...@igc.org" (or 
just replying on-line), or by calling toll-free, 1-800-GXS-1994, (415-255-7296 
in San Francisco), or the old-fashioned way at 2017 Mission St., #303, San 
Francisco, CA 94110.