Colloquium for
the Five in Holguín
Leonardo Pupo Pupo
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HOLGUIN.— More than 340 delegates
from 47 countries, as well as ambassadors from the
Spanish-speaking nations of ALBA and Haiti, are
taking part in the 7th International Colloquium for
the liberation of the five Cuban heroes and against
terrorism, from November 28 through December 1 in
this eastern city, AIN reports.
The diplomats will speak at the
Holguín event, which brings together friends from
various countries in solidarity with the cause of
the Cuban Five unjustly imprisoned or detained in
the United States for preventing acts of terrorism
against their people.
This was announced at a press
conference by Amaury Torno, Cuban Friendship
Institute official in Holguín.
This year, the largest delegations
are from Russia, Bulgaria, Italy, Venezuela, Canada,
Spain and the United States, Torno confirmed.
As is the case in each event, this
8th Colloquium will become an international forum to
denounce the injustices committed against Gerardo
Hernández, Fernando González, René González, Antonio
Guerrero and Ramón Labañino.
Participants will bring their
solidarity to the residents of five Holguín
municipalities damaged by Hurricane Sandy as it
passed over eastern Cuba on October 25.
René, Ramón, Gerardo, Fernando and
Antonio were victims of a biased and irregular trial
in the United States and unjustly sentenced to long
prison terms in that country where, risking their
own lives, they obtained information about terrorist
groups operating there in order to warn of and avert
acts of violence against the Cuban people.
