San Francisco
welcomes
Antonio Guerrero’s paintings
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WASHINGTON.—A
large number of San Francisco residents were present
for the opening of the Endemic Butterflies of
Cuba collection of paintings by Antonio
Guerrero, one of the five Cuban anti-terrorists
detained in the United States.
"You
give us immense encouragement with your support and
brother/sisterhood, after close to 15 years of
unjust incarceration," affirmed Guerrero in a
message to those participating in the opening, which
took place March 29 in the Eric Quezada Center for
Culture and Politics, in the heart of San
Francisco’s Latino neighborhood.
The 25 watercolors reveal the
sensitivity and humanity of Guerrero, who has
developed his talents as a poet and artist in prison.
"Art liberates the mind but, more
than anything, a man is free when, like the
butterfly, he showers peace and goodness throughout
the world; when goodness is everything that encloses
his thought and action," he said, according to a
note from the International Committee for the
Freedom of the Cuban 5, received by Prensa Latina.
People of all ages, many of them
Hispanic, expressed their shock upon learning for
the first time of the injustice committed against
Guerrero, Gerardo Hernández, Ramón Labañino,
Fernando González and René González, the note
emphasizes.
Saul Landau, the well known U.S.
filmmaker, called on those present to demand that
their Congressional representatives do something to
change the country’s policy toward Cuba. He also
encouraged those present to join the campaign for
the return of the Five to their homeland. (PL)
