The decision of the US Supreme Court not to review the case of our Five Heroes, deferring to a request from the US government, is a slap in the face for those of us fighting for a genuinely fair world, of justice and freedom from the scourge of terrorism.

Cuban youth is proud to have bothers of the stature of René, Antonio, Gerardo, Ramón and Fernando. Together with the Cuban people, we demand the immediate release of the Five, as the only way of really doing justice in this case.

We call upon the young people of goodwill in organizations, youth and student associations the world over to join us, as so often before, in our fight for truth - truth trampled on by those who make double standards a clear symbol of this discredited and shameful judicial system.

The US administration, which harbours, protects and supports terrorists like Luis Posada Carriles and Orlando Bosh, whose hands are stained with the innocent blood not only of Cubans but also many sons of other peoples, uses its rhetoric in an attempt to deceive the world, while its real policy is driven by the interests of the South Florida-based mafia.

We have grown up in a country that has lost 3,478 of its sons and daughters to acts of terrorism. But our people is free of hatred or lust for revenge, so that we retain the moral right to denounce the pernicious process to which our brothers have been subjected - a blatant manifestation of vindictiveness against the firm stance of these anti-terrorist activists, and of impotence in dealing with this small island which they have been unable, and never will be able, to subdue.

The fight to reveal the truth and see justice prevail is unflagging and will now intensify. Our arguments and the conclusive evidence that the judges decline to consider, and the demands that pour in on them as never before from highly prestigious individuals within and beyond America's borders, are a stain on the good name of its government - the world's greatest power - which it will find difficult to bear or ignore.

Those who express their deep hatred for the Revolution through viciousness and vindictiveness against our best sons, are not revealing anything new. Throughout the last 50 years, thousands of young people have paid with their lives - and many of us are ready to go on doing so - as the price of living in a country that has committed the sin of refusing to bow down to its disorderly, brutal neighbour to the north which despises us.

The message sent to the American people by our five anti-terrorist activists in June 2001 contains important truths that must be remembered: