Cuban youth
demand freedom
for anti-terrorist fighters imprisoned
in the U.S.
By Gabriel Dávalos
At
an open tribunal held Tuesday at Havana’s Flag
Memorial amphitheater, young Cubans condemned the
injustice committed against the Cuban Five,
imprisoned in the United States, and demanded their
immediate release.
"Cuba’s youth recognizes the heroic conduct of
the Five throughout a decade of imprisonment and
supports the dignified attitude of their families,"
said Luis Morlotte Rivas, national president of the
Hermanos Saíz Association, reading a statement from
the country’s youth organizations.
The message also condemned the decision to return
three of the five cases to the same place where the
initial trial never should have been held, Miami, at
a time when the U.S. government continues its
machinations to protect the well-known terrorist
Luis Posada Carriles.
Antonio Guerrero Cabrera, son of one of the Cuban
Five, described the judicial process as hypocritical
and manipulative and reiterated that this is a
reflection of the anti-Cuban Miami mafia’s hate and
rancor for the Cuban people. Nevertheless, he said,
the world is raising its voice for the liberation of
the Five because the truth must overcome. Joining
the call was Diana Lidia Fuentes, granddaughter of
Miguel Espinosa, copilot of the Cuban aircraft that
was blown up in mid-flight over Barbados almost 32
years ago, a brutal crime perpetuated by Posada
Carriles and Orlando Bosch, who remain unpunished.
The well-known actress Isabel Santos emphasized
the necessity of remaining united in the struggle
without pause, with the conviction that sooner or
later the Five will return.
Also attending were Ricardo Alarcón de Quesada,
member of the Political Bureau of the Cuban
Communist Party; Fernando Remírez de Estenoz, member
of the Central Committee Secretariat; Felipe Pérez
Roque, foreign minister; Rolando Alfonso Borges,
head of the party’s ideological department; and
Julio Martínez Ramírez, first secretary of the Union
of Young Communists.
Translated by Granma International
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