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Nelson Mandela Prize for Cuban
anti-terrorists
August 6 in Havana, a delegation from the Center of
Cuban Studies in New York and of the Montclair Art
Museum presented the Nelson Mandela Prize to the
Cuban Five, three of who remain unjustly imprisoned
in the United States.
At the Cuban Friendship Institute headquarters,
Sandra Levinson, director of the Center of Cuban
Studies presented the award to two of The Five,
Fernando Gonzalez and Rene Gonzalez - released from
prison after serving their full sentences - and
Mirta Rodriguez, mother of Antonio Guerrero, one of
the Cuban heroes who, along with Ramon Labañino and
Gerardo Hernandez, remain incarcerated.
The acknowledgement, established by the Geller
Foundation of Philadelphia, a non-governmental
institution, consists in a plaque and cash prize to
honor persons best representing the qualities of the
late South African leader, and this is the first
time it has been awarded.
Accepting the prize, Fernando Gonzalez,
vice-president of ICAP, thanked the group and
announced the decision made by the antiterrorist
fighters and their relatives to donate the cash
prize to the International Committee to Free the
Five, to be used in the struggle for the return to
Cuba of Ramon, Gerardo and Tony.
Present in the ceremony were Adriana Perez, wife of
Gerardo Hernandez, as well as ICAP leaders and other
guests.
The delegation of the Center of Cuban Studies and
the Montclair Art Museum is includes 25 persons from
New York and New Jersey, where the Montclair museum
is located, many of which are interested in learning
more about the African roots of Cuban culture.
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