Message from
Gerardo Hernández Nordelo
This
Wednesday morning, Adriana Pérez, the wife of the
Cuban hero Gerardo Hernández, a political prisoner
in the United States, received the following message
from him, via the U.S. International Committee to
Free the Cuban Five.
Dear brothers and sisters:
I hope to dictate these words over the telephone,
which means I have to be brief and in addition, I
will not be able to tell you everything that I want
to, so as not have the communication cut. Yesterday
they took me out of "the hole" with the same speed
with which they had placed me in it. They had taken
me there supposedly under investigation. These
investigations can last 3 months, sometimes more,
but I was there for 13 days. As a well-known Cuban
journalist would say: draw you own conclusions…
I would like to express my profound gratitude to
you. You know that those were particularly difficult
days due to excessive heat and lack of air, but you
were my oxygen. I cannot find a better way of
summarizing the tremendous importance of your
solidarity efforts. Many thanks to all the
compañeros and compañeras of Cuba and the
world who joined forces to condemn my situation. And
to the institutions, organizations and persons of
goodwill who, in one way or another, tried to bring
that injustice to an end.
To our President Raúl, who so much honors us with
his support. To the Cuban Parliament and its
President Ricardo Alarcón, an untiring fighter for
the cause of the Five. To my 4 brothers, who sent me
their messages of encouragement, and who have
suffered and live with the constant danger of
suffering similar abuses once again. And of course,
to our beloved Comandante en Jefe: Thank you for so
much honor! (I don’t know if I should say this, but
just the privilege pf hearing my name in the voice
of Fidel gives me a desire to also thank those who
sent me to "the hole"…)
Thank you, Comandante, for the joy of hearing you
and seeing you as great as ever!
My thanks to everybody for having once again
demonstrated the power of that solidarity which also,
without any doubt, some day, will set us free!
¡La lucha continúa!
A warm embrace,
Gerardo Hernández Nordelo,
USP Victorville, CA
August 3, 2010
