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Correa emphasizes
that the Cuban Five
are political prisoners
 • QUITO.— Ecuadorian President Rafael
Correa has criticized the imprisonment of the five
Cubans arrested for preventing terrorist attacks in
Miami as an attack on their human rights.
In his regular Saturday broadcast to
the population – this time from Pedro Maldonado in
Pichincha province – Correa expressed his hope that
this injustice could be reversed and the five anti-terrorist
fighters could return home to Cuba.
"During the changing of the
presidential guard ceremony, we were accompanied by
a special guest, Irma Schewerert, a Cuban woman and
mother of one of the Cuban heroes, who have been
imprisoned in the United States for more than 11
years now," he stated.
"In real terms, this is an attack on
human rights and hopefully this situation will soon
be reverted and these Cuban prisoners, political,
yes! these ones really are political prisoners, will
be able to return to their native Cuba to be
reunited with their families," affirmed the
Ecuadorian leader.
"The Five were accused of espionage
when what they were doing was preventing acts of
sabotage mounted by a particular section of the
ultra-right Cuban community in Miami. And instead of
being congratulated for it, they were subjected to a
questionable trial," he noted. (PL)
Translated by Granma International
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Nadine Gordimer, Nobel laureate,
fighting for the five
Such cruelty is unacceptable
SOUTH
African Nadine Gordimer, 1991 Nobel Prize for
Literature, read out letter to President Obama
calling for the release of the five Cuban heroes.
Gordimer is in our country as an invited guest to
the 19th Havana Book Fair.
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Cuban Five send
message
to the Haitian people
THE Cuban Five, held as political prisoners in
the United States for fighting terrorism, have sent
a message of encouragement and hope to the Haitian
people, devastated by a powerful earthquake.
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Cuban Education
Distinction awarded
to Cuban Five
IN recognition of their relevant merits in
defense of our people’s sovereignty and right to
self-determination; for being an example to our
young people and of the noblest human values of
fighting terrorism, of boundless love for their
country and Revolution, and of the admirable
resistance of revolutionaries, the Ministry of
Higher Education has awarded the Cuban Education
Distinction to the Cuban Five, national heroes.
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