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Silvio calls for freedom for the Five
a few blocks
from the White House
 WASHINGTON.—Cuban singer-songwriter Silvio Rodríguez
captured his audience in this capital in a concert
last weekend in the DAR Constitution Hall, a few
blocks from the White House, Notimex reports.
 At
one moment in the concert, aware of where he was,
Silvio declared: “We are a few blocks from the White
House; with all due respect, Mr. Obama, free our
heroes,” in this way referring to Gerardo, Antonio,
Ramón, Fernando and René, the five Cuban
anti-terrorist activists unjustly incarcerated for
more than 10 years in U.S. prisons.
“Playa Girón,” “Ojalá,” “Mariposas,” “Corazón
desangrado” and “Unicornio” were some of the songs
interpreted by one of the founders of the New Trova
Movement, who also included songs from his most
recent CD, Segunda cita), such as “Carta a
Violeta Parra.”
Before singing “Cita con ángeles,” the artist told a
story about a picture which he saw as a boy in which
angels guided children through chaos, “although they
were not always able to bring them through.”
The
audience, which applauded constantly, shouting out
requests, sang with Rodríguez at the top of their
lungs the words of his songs, including the last
one, which says, ”We have better vibes and are much
less selfish.”
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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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