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Cuban Education
Distinction awarded
to Cuban Five
December.23.09
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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Victims of
terrorism against Cuba and the world call for
justice
November.23.09
BOCA
DE SAMA.—I couldn’t wear the new shoes that I had
bought for my quince (15th birthday). The
shell fired by Cuban terrorists, organized in the
United States on CIA orders, destroyed my right foot
and cut short my adolescent dreams. My sister also
suffered that night, affirmed Nancy Pavón Pavón,
victim of an attack on the little town of Boca de
Samá, on October 12, 1971.
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Alarcón
highlights importance of international solidarity in
the case of the Five
November.23.09
IF Barack Obama really wanted to try and convince
us that he is aspiring to a new start in relations
with Cuba and Latin America, nothing else occurs to
me other than to ask him to make use of his
attributes and release the Five, affirmed Ricardo
Alarcón de Quesada, president of the National
Assembly of People's Power, who was giving an update
on the case of the Cuban anti-terrorists
incarcerated in the United States to participants in
the 8th International American Studies Conference.
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Gerardo grateful
for solidarity
November.5.09
GERARDO
Hernández Nordelo, unjustly given a double life
sentence plus 15 years in prison, sent a message of
thanks from him and his family to the Cuban people
and friends around the world for "all the
expressions of support that he has received in such
difficult moments."
-
Carmen Nordelo Tejera dies
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Declaration of the U.S.
Movement in Solidarity with the Cuban Five to the
rest of the International Movement for the Freedom
of the Cuban Five
October.16,09
THE following organizations have issued this
declaration: The National Committee to Free the
Cuban Five; the International Committee for the
Freedom of the Cuban Five; and the organizations of
the Cuban Immigration in Miami that together
comprise the Alianza Martiana (Marti Alliance): the
Antonio Maceo Brigade, the Alianza Martiana as an
individual organization, the Alliance of Workers of
the Cuban Community (ATC), the José Martí
Association, and political parties of the United
States who are part of the Cuban Five solidarity
movement.
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Vigil for the
Five at the Flag Memorial
September
11, 2009
A patriotic and revolutionary vigil is taking
place tonight on the eve of September 12, the date
when the five Cuban antiterrorist fighters complete
their eleventh year of incarceration in the United
States.
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Latin American brigadistas call for
the release of the Five
August 14, 2009
CAIMITO, August 13 (AIN).— The 16th Latin American
and Caribbean Voluntary Work Brigade issued a
statement today calling for the immediate release of
the five Cuban anti-terrorist fighters unjustly
incarcerated in the United States.
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Parliamentarians
intensify campaign
to free the Five
July 30, 2009
THE International Relations Commission of the
Cuban Parliament adopted a plan of action yesterday
aimed at intensifying the international campaign to
free the Cuban Five, the anti-terrorist fighters
unjustly imprisoned in the United States.
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Young people
protest against new injustice in the Five’s case
June 19, 2009
THE
recent refusal by the U.S. Supreme Court to review
the case of our five heroes, scorning the demand for
"Freedom!" that is latent in every part of the world,
and the adjournment of the trial of the criminal
Luis Posada Carriles, has once again demonstrated
that justice in the empire of the North is neither
blind, nor does it wear spectacles.
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The immediate
release of the Five is the only way to do real
justice
June 18, 2009
Statement
of Cuban youth in response to the unjust decision of
the U.S. Supreme Court not to review the case of our
heroes, the Cuban Five
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Voices against
infamy
June 17, 2009
"WE never placed our hopes on the U.S. judicial
system," but this day will be "marked forever as one
of the most shameful in U.S. jurisprudence," Alicia
Jrapko said told Granma newspaper via email,
after learning about the June 15 decision of the U.S.
Supreme Court not to review the case of the Cuban
Five, the anti-terrorist fighters held as political
prisoners in that country since September 12, 1998.
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Cuban youth call
for continuing the fight to free the Five
June 10, 2009
THE youth of Cuba have called on all people of
goodwill in the world to continue the fight for
justice that the empire is stubbornly denying the
Cuban five, imprisoned in the United States for
combating terrorism since 1998.
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Prominent New
Zealanders demand release of the Five
April 7,
2009
WELLINGTON, April 6.— One hundred prominent
political, parliamentary and trade union figures in
New Zealand today called on the U.S. government to
immediately release the five Cuban anti-terrorists
who have been serving unjust sentences in that
country for more than 10 years.
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Cuban Five condemn
Israeli aggression in Gaza
January
21, 2009
Urgent
message to the Palestinian people:
IT is with profound pain and infinite indignation
that we have witnessed the criminal massacre of the
Palestinian people; there are no words to describe
this holocaust. The death of every innocent child,
woman and man and the destruction of the homeland’s
holy ground are crimes against humanity and debts
that will someday be paid for dearly by the
governments of Israel, the United States — which
supports the former — and international imperialism.
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The case is not
closed
October 17. 2007
"CASE closed — forget about that!" affirmed
Ricardo Alarcón de Quesada, president of the
National Assembly of People’s Power, referring to
the unjust ruling of a panel of judges in Atlanta to
uphold a decision to not review the appeals of
Gerardo Hernández and René González.
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European
conference demands freedom for the Cuban Five
October 14. 2007
ONE
hundred delegates from 28 European countries meeting
in Italy for the Continental Conference of Cuba
Solidarity Organizations, have demanded freedom for
the Cuban Five, the anti-terrorist fighters
imprisoned in the United States since 1998.
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Antonio Guerrero’s
mother returns from Peru, impressed
October 2. 2007
HAVANA,
September 30.— Mirtha Rodríguez, the mother of
Antonio Guerrero, one of the five anti-terrorist
fighters imprisoned in the United States, returned
from Peru today and announced that she felt a
tremendous impact from her emotional exchanges with
young people from that country.
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International
mobilization demands freedom for the Cuban Five
September
15, 2008
HAVANA,
September 14.— The first public concert in
solidarity with the Cuban Five, political prisoners
in the United States, was held in New York with more than 600 spectators who demanded freedom for the
anti-terrorist fighters.
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FIDEL’S 82ND BIRTHDAY
August 13, 2008
Dear Fidel, eternal Commander in
Chief of ideas,
Once again, humanity’s purest and
most honest join together to celebrate, in one
voice, your birthday, and rejoice in having you with
us; exercising your legendary determination, your
vision of the future, your adherence to your
principles and your faith in human intelligence in
the service of the noblest ideals of solidarity and
justice.
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Call
from Spain in support of Cuban anti-terrorists
August 7, 2008
THE eminent poet Marcos Ana, one
of the symbols of anti-fascist culture, heads the
list of a group of Spanish former political
prisoners who have signed a call for solidarity with
the cause of the five Cuban anti-terrorists
incarcerated since 1998 in U.S. jails.
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We cannot
remain silent about the injustice committed against
the Five
July 17, 2008
CARLOS Alvarado, a member of
Panama’s Legislative Assembly, was in the midst of
organizing and coordinating the Latin
American-Caribbean Parliamentary Conference in
Solidarity with Cuba as an expression of his
generous and fraternal affection for our people,
when he suddenly died.
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Canadian members of
Parliament demand justice for the Cuban Five
July 11, 2008
FIFTY-SIX
members of Canada’s Parliament have just signed a
petition demanding justice for the Cuban Five, the
anti-terrorist fighters arbitrarily sentenced to
long prison sentences in the United States since
September 12, 1998. "Nothing justifies keeping them
behind bars," the petition says.
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Cuban youth
demand freedom
for anti-terrorist fighters imprisoned
in the U.S.
June 11, 2008
At
an open tribunal held Tuesday at Havana’s Flag
Memorial amphitheater, young Cubans condemned the
injustice committed against the Cuban Five,
imprisoned in the United States, and demanded their
immediate release.
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Alarcón calls for
stepping up the campaign for the Five
CUBAN Parliamentary
President Ricardo Alarcón has spoken out on the need
to increase efforts aimed at securing the release of
the five Cubans imprisoned in the United States for
fighting terrorism.
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President of the
Dominican Chamber of Deputies in solidarity with the
Five
February
8. 2008
JULIO
César Valentín, president of the Chamber of Deputies
of the Dominican Republic, affirmed yesterday that
regardless of the ideological affiliation and
plurality of beliefs with the Chamber, "there is a
virtually unanimous sentiment that there are causes
in the case of the Five with which to identify."
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Friends from
Australia and New Zealand will keep fighting to free
the Five
January 25. 2008
MEMBERS of the Southern Cross Solidarity Brigade
from Australia and New Zealand expressed their
determination to keep up the struggle to free the
Cuban Five, the five anti-terrorist fighters locked
up in the United States since 1998.
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Mexican leader
calls for liberation of Cuban anti-terrorists
January 17. 2008
MEXICO,
Jan 16 (PL).—The fight for the release of the five
Cuban anti-terrorists incarcerated in the United
States must be strengthened and waged in a global
social context, affirmed Juan Carlos Gutiérrez, a
leader of the Mexican Party of the Democratic
Revolution (PRD).
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Portuguese for
the liberation of the Cuban anti-terrorists in U.S.
jails
January 8. 2008
LISBON
(PL).—A solidarity committee in Torre de Moncorvo in
northern Portugal has called for the liberation of
five Cuban anti-terrorists incarcerated in the
United States since 1998.
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European leftists
join in the cause of the Cuban Five
November 28. 2007
PRAGUE,
Nov. 27.— The 2nd Congress of the European
Left unanimously approved a resolution of solidarity
with the five Cuban men unjustly convicted and
sentenced to long terms in U.S. prisons for
combating terrorism.
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Student
Congress discuses problems of Latin America youth
November 20. 2007
QUITO, November 13
(PL).—Student leaders from some 20 nations are today
discussing here the problems and challenges of youth
in the 15th Latin American and Caribbean Congress of
Students (LACCS).
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García Márquez calls for the release
of the Cuban Five
November 2. 2007
THE Colombian writer Gabriel García Márquez, winner
of the 1982 Nobel Literature Prize, has added his
voice to calls for the immediate release of the five
Cuban anti-terrorists fighters imprisoned in the
United States for more than nine years.
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Solidarity with
the five Cuban Heroes Committee created in the
Ukraine
October 31. 2007
KIEV,
October 30 (PL).—A dozen social organizations in the
Ukrainian region of Jarkov have created a committee
for the release of the five Cuban heroes
incarcerated in U.S. prisons, sources from those
groups stated today.
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Time for the Cuban Five to be free
October 15. 2007
JUST hours after the latest international call for
the release of the five Cubans imprisoned in the
United States for their anti-terrorist activities
began to circulate, Spanish intellectuals Alfonso
Sastre and Juan Madrid added their voices to the
cause.
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Nobel Prize
winners and world intellectuals sign new call for
the release of the Five
October 15. 2007
The Cuban chapter of the Defense of Humanity
Network announced in Havana a new call for the
release of the five anti-terrorist Cubans
incarcerated for nine years with heavy sentences
hanging over them.
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Nobel laureate calls on the world to
join forces to free the Cuban Five
October 5. 2007
SOUTH African Nadine Gordimer, the 1991 winner of
the Nobel Prize for Literature, denounced the unjust
jailing of the Cuban Five, the anti-terrorists
unjustly imprisoned in the United States, describing
the U.S. justice system as a farce, and calling on
the world to join forces to win freedom for René
González, Ramón Labañino, Antonio Guerrero, Fernando
González y Gerardo Hernández.
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Growing demonstrations of support
for the Cuban Five
October 2. 2007
LUANDA, October 1.— Numerous
demonstrations of support and solidarity were
received on Monday in Angola by relatives of three
of the Cuban Five, the anti-terrorists unjustly
imprisoned in the United States. The visit is the
first stop on a tour that also includes South Africa
and Namibia.
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Namibian
Parliament receives relatives of the Five
September 27. 2007
WINDHOEK, September 26.— Relatives of
the five anti-terrorist Cuban political prisoners
who have been incarcerated in the United States
since September 12, 1998, were received by Theo-Ben
Gurirab, president of the Namibian Parliament,
according to a report on the NBC TV channel.
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Families of the Cuban Five to
be received by Namibian leaders
September 21. 2007
WINDHOEK, Namibia. Sept. 21(PL). — President
Hifikepunye Pohamba and historic Namibian leader Sam
Nujoma are to welcome relatives of three of the five
Cuban anti-terrorists imprisoned in the United
States, Prensa Latina reported, quoting a diplomatic
source.
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U.S. organizations
reiterate support for the Five
September 26. 2007
NEW
YORK, September 25 (PL).— Diverse organizations in
the United States have called for the release of the
five Cubans imprisoned in that country for fighting
terrorism and condemned the violations committed by
Washington against the men.
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Former assistant to Colin Powell denounces
injustices committed against the Cuban Five
September 24. 2007
DEEPLY
disgusted by the many injustices surrounding the
case of the Cuban Five, Lawrence Wilkerson, former
chief of staff to General Colin Powell, has
published an open letter in which he not only
denounces the situation of the Five, but calls for
public demonstrations in support of the five anti-terrorists
locked up by Bush’s government.
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New voices join the call to free the
Five
September 19. 2007
ISTANBUL, September 18.–– The Solidarity with Cuba
Movement in Turkey publicly announced on Tuesday its
support for the five Cuban anti-terrorists
imprisoned since September 12, 1998 in the United
States and called for their immediate release,
reported Prensa Latina.
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By Mumia
Abu-Jamal on the Cuban Five:
September 18. 2007
J“The
men, known as the Cuban 5 in the US, and simply Los
Cinco back in their homeland, came to the US not to
hurt Americans or engage in acts of terror. They
came because Miami was the site of a fevered
campaign of attacks on Cuban tourist sites.
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Family members
of the Five in South Africa
September 16. 2007
JOHANNESBURG,
Sept 17 (PL).—Family members of three of the five
anti-terrorist Cubans imprisoned in the United
States, today embarked on a program of visits and
meeting with South African figures, at the
invitation of the South African Friendship with Cuba
Association (FOCUS).
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Internacional Day to Free the Five underway
September 14. 2007
BEGINNING September 12, men and women around the
world will come together at Cuba’s side, at the side
of five men and their struggle.
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Cuba highlights international
campaign on behalf of anti-terrorist fighters
September 13. 2007
HAVANA, Sept. 13 (PL). — Thousands of people in the
world are participating today in a renewed campaign
on behalf of the Cuban Five, the anti-terrorist
fighters imprisoned in the United States after a
markedly political trial.
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The world for the Five, against
terrorism
September 12. 2007
TODAY in different
locations around the planet, white doves will be
released as a symbol of peace. A small airplane will
fly over Rome displaying a banner, while marches,
demonstrations, picket lines in front of U.S.
embassies will mark the start of the International
Event for the freedom of the five anti-terrorist
Cubans imprisoned in the United States since 1998.
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Public actions for the Cuban Five in
Argentina
September 11. 2007
BUENOS AIRES, Sept. 11 (PL).—Organizations that are
part of Argentina’s Cuba Solidarity Movement
(MASCUBA) in Córdoba are planning to support the
international campaign for the release of the five
Cubans imprisoned in the United States.
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Portuguese solidarity with Cuba and
our five heroes
September 10. 2007
LISBON.— The general secretary of the Portuguese
Communist Party, Jerónimo de Sousa, stated that
Latin America is awakening great hopes for the
progressive forces of the world, and Cuba is an
example of that.
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International
days of action to support Cuban anti-terrorists
September 5. 2007
Washington,
Sept. 4 (PL).— The International Committee to Free
the Five, based in the United States, has called for
international days of action in solidarity with the
Cuban anti-terrorists imprisoned for almost a decade
in this country.
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Spanish government asked to take
interest in the Five
August 14. 2007
MADRID, August 14 (PL).—The Communist Party of the
Peoples of Spain (PCPE) today asked the Spanish
government to take interest in the fate of the five
Cuban anti-terrorists unjustly imprisoned in the
United States.
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Puerto Ricans demand release of Cuban
patriots from U.S. prisons
August 10. 2007
San Juan, August 10 (PL).— Puerto Rican
intellectuals, students, politicians and social
activists are planning a demonstration outside a
federal court in this capital to demand the release
of Cuban Five, imprisoned in the United States for
fighting terrorism.
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The
New
York
Times
Publishes
article
on
the
Five
August
6. 2007
WASHINGTON, August 5.— The New York Times
newspaper published an article on the case of the
Cuban Five, anti-terrorists imprisoned in the United
States, who were sentenced to long jail terms after
a shady legal process in the city of Miami. The
newspaper highlights relevant aspects of the case,
including their sentencing, their appeals and an
upcoming hearing on August 20, and notes the
prestige of the Five in Cuba, where they are
recognized as Heroes of the Republic of Cuba. Since
September 12, 1998, Fernando González, Antonio
Guerrero, Gerardo Hernández, Ramón Labañino and René
González have been held in U.S. prisons solely for
having informed their country about terrorist
actions planned in Florida.
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Chávez demands liberation
of the
Cuban Five
August
6. 2007
CARACAS, August 5.— Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez
today demanded the release of the Cuban Five,
anti-terrorist fighters imprisoned in the United
States while the government of that country is
protecting the international criminal Luis Posada
Carriles.
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Latin American Brigade meets family
members of the Five
August
2. 2007
MEMBERS of the 14th Latin American
and Caribbean Volunteer Brigade met Wednesday with
relatives of the five Cuban heroes unjustly
imprisoned in the United States for their struggle
against terrorism.
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Barcelona and Seville reiterate
support for Cuban Five
April
2,
2007
MADRID, April 1 .— In Barcelona and Seville,
residents reiterated their support for the Cuban
Five, the anti-terrorists imprisoned in the United
States since 1998, during events featuring the wives
of two of them, Gerardo Hernández and René González,
PL reported.
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U.S. Free the Five campaign
intensifies
March
5,
2007
WASHINGTON, March 4 (PL) —. The ANSWER Coalition and
the Free the Five Committee say they are stepping up
their activities in the United States to spread the
truth about the Cuban anti-terrorists unjustly
imprisoned in that country.
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World event for Freedom for
the Five underway
September
12, 2006
THE world event demanding the release of the Cuban
anti-terrorist fighters unjustly imprisoned in the
United States gets underway today, Tuesday, with the
presentation of the Benito Juárez International
Prize to their family members.
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March called in
support of
the Five in U.S.A
September
6, 2006
"Freedom for the Cuban Five" is the slogan for
the giant march on the White House on September 23
in support of the Cuban anti-terrorist fighters
imprisoned in the United States since September 12,
1998. "Especially after the outrageous 11th Circuit
of Appeals decision denying them a new trial, we
have a deep sense of duty to outside the White House
to demand their freedom," affirmed the communiqué
circulated by email.
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ANTONIO GUERRERO’S PORTRAITS
An inspiring exhibition
July
13, 2006
ONES
prison cell is no workshop for an artist. It is not
that unlimited space in view, full of light and,
centrally, of freedom. Antonio (Tony) Guerrero, a
man of exceptional will and sensibility, has
overturned that idea.
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Eventually the
truth about the Five will be known
July
4, 2006
ON June 30, Ricardo Alarcón de Quesada, president
of the National Assembly of People’s Power, stated
that the return of the five Cuban anti-terrorists
unjustly incarcerated in U.S. federal penitentiaries
will come closer as the truth emerges.
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Spaniards demand
Freedom for the Five
June
26, 2006
MADRID
(PL).— Friends of Cuba in Malaga demonstrated in
front of the U.S. consulate here to demand the
release of Gerardo Hernández, Ramón Labañino,
Antonio Guerrero, René González and Gerardo
González, who are being held in U.S. prisons for
combating terrorism.
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World event for the release of the
Five being planned
June
22, 2006
SOME 300 friendship associations and solidarity
groups that support the cause of the five Cubans
unjustly imprisoned in the United States for
combating terrorism and preparing a world event for
their release, Cuban television informed this
Wednesday.
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Brazilian
authorities express solidarity with the five Cuban
heroes
June
16, 2006
RECIFE,
BRAZIL (PL)— While touring various municipalities of
the Brazilian state of Pernambuco, a Cuban
delegation was greeted by expressions of solidarity
with the five Cubans illegally held in the United
States.
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Post
article creates space for others to write about the
Five
June
7, 2006
FOR people in the United States in
solidarity with the Five, the Washington Post
article on the case of these anti-terrorist Cuban
fighters held in U.S. prisons brings important
encouragement, after such a long struggle to win
space in the U.S. media.
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Russian Nobel
laureate for freedom for the Five
May 4, 2006
THE winner of the 2000 Nobel Prize for Physics,
Zhores Alferov, affirmed on Wednesday, May 3 that
the battle to free the five Cubans imprisoned in the
United States for combating terrorism is a difficult
one, but will triumph because it is just.
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Free the Five
action in
Dominican Republic
March 4, 2006
SANTIAGO,
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.—Five people, handcuffed and
wearing prison uniforms, flanked by young people
carrying placards drawing attention to a rigged tria,
paraded in the closure of the Santiago de los
Caballeros Carnival to call for the release of the
five Cuban patriots incarcerated in the United
States for combating terrorism.
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10,000-plus Britons ask the U.S.
Attorney General to release the Five
February 10, 2006
LONDON, February 8.—Nobel
Literature Prize laureate Harold Pinter, 110 MPs and
15 general secretaries of the principal UK trade
unions are among thousands of names included in an
open letter sent by the British Cuba Solidarity
Campaign to U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzáles,
calling for the immediate release of the five
anti-terrorist Cuban fighters imprisoned in that
country and known as the Miami Five.
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Nobel
prize winner Harold Pinter and 110 British Members
of Parliament call on US Attorney General to release
Five Cubans
February 8, 2006
Nobel prize winner, Harold Pinter,
110 MPs, and 15 trade union General Secretaries are
among the thousands of British names on an open
letter sent by the UK Cuba Solidarity Campaign to
the US Attorney General today calling for the
immediate release of the five Cuban prisoners known
in this country as the Miami 5.
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Determination to fight for the Five at World Social
Forum
January 26, 2005
CARACAS, January 26—Hundreds of
delegates to the 6th World Social Forum (WSF) taking
place in this city expressed their determination
today to fight together with the Cuban people to win
the freedom of the Five heroes imprisoned in the
United States.
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Calls for the release of the
Five in Costa Rica
December
11, 2005
SAN JOSE (PL).—Dozens of people, including
various foreigners, demonstrated outside the U.S.
embassy here for the release of the five Cubans
imprisoned in the United States since 1998 for
combating terrorism.
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British priest accuses U.S. of
delaying legal process for the Five
November
11, 2005
BRITISH
priest Father Geoffrey Bottoms affirmed yesterday (Thursday)
in Havana that the United States is trying to delay
the legal procedure for the five Cuban anti-terrorist
fighters unjustly imprisoned in that country.
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World
parliamentarians demand release of the Five
October 21, 2005
MORE than 50 parliamentarians from all regions of
the world participating in the 113th
General Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU),
meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, from October 17-19,
have signed a petition calling for the release of
the five anti-terrorist Cubans still unjustly
imprisoned in U.S. jails despite the ruling of the
Atlanta Appeals Court, which annulled the trial in
which they were sentenced.
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New signatures to the Open Letter to
the U.S. Attorney General demanding the release of
the Five
October 12, 2005
TWO new and
resounding votes for the triumph of justice occurred
yesterday when Mumia Abu-Jamal, the African-American
social fighter, and Russian cosmonaut Yuri Romanenko
added their signatures to the Open Letter to the U.S.
Attorney General demanding the immediate release of
the five Cuban anti-terrorist fighters
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Women of the
world demand release of the Five and condemn the
blockade
September
28,
2005
LUANDA,
September 25.— The International Democratic Women’s
Federation (FDIM) today called the release of the
five anti-terrorist Cubans unjustly incarcerated in
U.S. prisons, PL reports.
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ROSA
AURORA, WIFE OF FERNANDO GONZALEZ, IN PARIS
‘We have to be part of the fight for the freedom of
the Five’
September
12,
2005
PARIS.—"We have to be part of this fight,"
affirmed Rosa Aurora Freijanes, commenting on the
role of the families of the Five and particularly
their wives in the battle for their immediate
release.
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Significant support
for the Five in Paris
September
12,
2005
PARIS—Two
important individuals in France – Bernard Thibault,
general secretary of the General Labor Federation,
and Senator Hélène Luc – have added their names to
an open letter to U.S. Attorney General Alberto
Gonzalez demanding the immediate release of the five
Cuban heroes incarcerated in U.S. jails.
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End
the kidnapping!
September 9,
2005
ONE
week after the announcement of an open letter to the
U.S. Attorney General demanding the immediate
release of the five Cuban anti-terrorist fighters,
given the annulment of the rigged trial that
convicted them in Miami, more than 3,000 artists,
writers, political and social leaders and Academics
from Europe, Latin America, Africa, Asia and Oceania
have made that demand theirs.
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LAWYER:
"HE KNOWS A LOT"
Posada should testify at new trial for the Five
September 8,
2005
ON stating that his client, Luis Posada Carriles,
wished to stop testifying in order to avoid stepping
into sensitive areas that could harm the security of
the U.S. government or other countries, attorney
Matthew J. Archambeault confirmed that the
international terrorist should testify at a new
trial for the five Cubans, arrested for having
infiltrated terrorist organizations, according to
U.S. analyst Arthur Shaw.
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Voices for justice
September 1,
2005
ANOTHER Nobel Prize winner,
Portuguese writer José Saramago, added his signature
to an Open Letter to the U.S. Attorney General,
which more than 1,500 artists, scientists,
journalists and political and social activists from
all over the world have signed, demanding the
immediate release of the five Cuban anti-terrorist
fighters imprisoned in the United States in spite of
the annulment of the Miami trial that convicted and
sentenced them.
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Book
on the Five published in the U.S.
July 14,
2005
THE US publishing
house Common Courage Press has just released
Superpower Principles: US Terrorism against Cuba,
a compilation by French researcher Salim Lamrani.
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French groups
reaffirm solidarity with Five Heroes
June 20,
2005
HAVANA,
June 20 (AIN).— Organizations in France have
reaffirmed their solidarity with the five Cuban
political prisoners in the United States during a
visit to that country by Irma Sehwerert, mother of
René González, one of the anti-terrorism fighters.
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Elián thanks
the US people
ELIAN González has thanked the US
people for the support they gave him, which
contributed to his return to the island with his
father. “I want to say thank you to the US people
for the support they gave our cause, which greatly
contributed to my return,” stated Elián, now 11
years old, and who was speaking for the first time
in public on Friday evening, April 22.
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VIRTUAL FORUM-DEBATE ON THE FIVE
Breaking the
wall of silence
MORE than 200 messages were exchanged
between the families of Gerardo, Antonio, Ramón,
René, and Fernando and internet users from more than
15 countries in Latin America, Europe and Oceania in
a forum-debate organized by the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs (Minrex).
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FIVE HEROES COMMITTEE IN TURKEY
The invincible
element of the Cuban Revolution
ANKARA.—Ali Riza, president of the
Turkish National Transport Union, stated that the
Five Cuban heroes, sentenced in US prisons, are
“true heroes, and it is that heroism that makes the
Cuban Revolution invincible.”
•
Case of the Five in Porto Alegre
Ricardo Alarcón, president of the
Cuban Parliament, remarked that solidarity was one
of the most remarkable characteristics of this
forum. When the participants learned of the tragic
circumstances of a six-year-old Cuban girl, Ivette
González, at the opening session of the forum, the
audience’s solidarity was overwhelming.
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Books
on the Five launched
Ricardo
Alarcón chairs launches of books linked to the
struggle of the five heroes, political prisoners of
the empire
February 12,
2005
RICARDO Alarcón, president of the
National Assembly of People’s Power, characterized
yesterday as the day of solidarity with the five
Cuban prisoners in US jails, given the intense
activity around the respective books linked to the
issue – two of them of poetry by Antonio Guerrero –
alongside one by the US Native American Leonard
Peltier, similarly imprisoned in that country; and
another by Giustino Di Celmo, father of the young
Italian killed in Havana by the terrorist hatred
against which our jailed compatriots were fighting.
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Documentary on
the Five launched
in Washington
February 10,
2005
Last
weekend, people from diverse sectors of US society
packed the Columbia Road Festival Center in
Washington’s Latin quarter for the premiere of the
documentary Mission Against Terror, on the
unjust incarceration of the five Cubans in the
United States.
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Five’s cooperation in Angola’s liberation
acknowledged
January 28,
2005
UNDER the leadership of
the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola
(MPLA), the Angolan people have conferred the
Diploma of Merit on three of the five Cuban
prisoners of the empire, and the Diploma of
Solidarity on all five of them.
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Cuban child
inaugurates
5th World Social Forum
January 27,
2005
PORTO
ALEGRE, BRAZIL (PL) – Last night, a six-year-old
Cuban girl held the attention of several thousand
participants at the 5th World Social Forum (WSF),
when she officially opened the debates along with
three adults.
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Struggle for the
Five stepped up in Australia and New Zealand
January 12,
2005
MEMBERS
of the Southern Cross Brigade from Australia and New
Zealand have affirmed that they will intensify their
campaign for the release of the five Cubans unjustly
incarcerated in US jails, during a meeting with
relatives of the patriots at the headquarters of the
Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP).
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Taking the battle to free the
Five to a higher plane
December 30,
2004
IN
these days of family reunion, celebrations and plans for the
new year, in five Cuban homes there are five families who
cannot do that because their sons are currently imprisoned in
US jails, subject to cruel and inhumane treatment, stated
Ricardo Alarcón, president of the National Assembly of
people’s Power, at an event at the Cuban Institute for
Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP), ...
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Venezuelan state decorates the Five
December 10,
2004
CARACAS (PL).—The government of
the Venezuelan state of Anzoátegui announced this
Thursday that it is to award the José Antonio
Anzoátegui Order to the five Cubans imprisoned in
the United States for infiltrating and exposing
terrorist groups based in that country.
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René González praises the
solidarity of the Venezuelan people
December 9,
2004
CARACAS.—
Anti-terrorist fighter René González, who along with
his four compatriots is serving an unjust prison
sentence for acting in defense of his country and
humanity in general, has told the Venezuelan people
that the solidarity emanating from Bolívar’s native
land fills him with pride.
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Calls for
the release of the Five in Peru
November 12,
2004
LIMA, Nov 12 (PL.).—Today was the
culmination of another national action organized by
Peruvian groups calling for the release of the five
Cuban anti-terrorist fighters imprisoned in the
United States since 1998.
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"Year of the 45th
Anniversary of the Revolutionary Triumph"
November 11,
2004
Mr.
.................................
Just a few
lines to kindly request your support for a noble and
human cause: the freeing of five Cubans who are
detained as political prisoners in the United States.
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Solidarity with the
Five in the Dominican Republic
September
22,
2004
SANTO
DOMINGO, September 22.—The Dominican "De Multitudes" radio
program from the Cielo FM 103.7 broadcasting station today
devoted one hour to the issue of the five Cubans unjustly
imprisoned in the United States for fighting against terrorism,
Prensa Latina reports.
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Voyage into the interior world of the Five
EL
Dulce Abismo (The Sweet Abyss), a book that approaches the
spiritual life of the five Cubans incarcerated in the United
States for combating terrorism, was launched in Havana in the
presence of Ricardo Alarcón, president of the National
Assembly, and Abel Prieto, minister of culture.
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Two Swedes on hunger strike
for the release of the Five
July
12,
2004
STOCKHOLM, July 12
(PL).—Two Swedish solidarity activists who have been
on hunger strike for one week to demand the release
of five anti-terrorists unjustly imprisoned in the
United States are maintaining their action with the
same determination as the first day.
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Olga
speaks to U.S. Communist Party leaders
June
17,
2004
FROM the moment of
their arrest on September 12, 1998, up until today, attempts
are still being made to use the families of the five Cuban
prisoners in the United States to humiliate and break them,
recalled Olga Salanueva, wife of René González, when she spoke
this week with a delegation from the Communist Party USA in
Havana.
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Spain convenes day of solidarity with
the Five
June
14,
2004
MADRID.— A day of solidarity for the release of the
five Cuban prisoners unjustly imprisoned in the
United States for fighting terrorism has been
convened by the Madrid Support Committee on June 19.
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U.S. leader highlights combative spirit of the Cuban
Five
June
10,
2004
“WE really need to have the same
combative spirit as those five heroes,” affirmed Sam
Webb, chairman of the Communist Party USA, during a
meeting with the relatives of Gerardo, Ramón,
Antonio, Fernando and René.
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Demand for the release of the
Five in various U.S. cities
June
8,
2004
LOS ANGELES, June 7.—
Freedom for the five Cuban prisoners jailed for
fighting terrorism in the United States and an end
to the policy of hostility towards the island were
some of the demands on demonstrations in various U.S.
cities this weekend, reported PL.
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Hero’s wife optimistic thanks
to Ecuadoran support
June
2,
2004
QUITO.— The wife of
one of the five Cuban prisoners in the United States
left this capital today feeling optimistic thanks to
the work of the Ecuadoran people in the campaign to
release these young men.
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International
demand growing for justice for the Five
March 12,
2004
SOME
70 people gathered March 10 in front of the U.S.
embassy in Brussels to demand freedom for the five
Cubans political prisoners in the United States and
to express their solidarity with Cuba.
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Repercussions in the Spanish press on
situation of the five Cubans
March 8,
2004
THE
Sunday editions of three Spanish dailies reflected
the situation of the five Cubans unjustly imprisoned
in the United States. The newspapers, one Catalonian
and two Asturian, published reports, articles and
interviews broadly illustrating each case.
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Informative page on the Five published in
The
New York Times
March 3,
2004
A
one-page advertisement supporting the five Cuban
patriots imprisoned in U.S. jails, planned and paid
for by solidarity groups, appears today Wednesday,
in The New York Times, on Page A5 in the
national edition and Page A7 in the New York
edition, confirmed Gloria de la Riva from the U.S.
Committee to Free the Five.
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Dear Friends:
February
26,
2004
The following is a brief update from the
National Committee to Free the Cuban Five on the status of two
wire transfers sent to the Committee from overseas to help pay
for the upcoming full-page New York Times ad on the Cuban Five.
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The
cry for the Five has to reach everywhere
February
19,
2004
MATANZAS.—The tenacious Chilean
fighter Gladys Marín affirmed here that there must
be no rest or giving way in the battle for the
release of the five Cuban anti-terrorist fighters
unjustly imprisoned in U.S. jails.
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The five in the
New York Times
January
28,
2004
THE
U.S. National Committee to Free the Five is halfway
to its goal of publishing a full-page advertisement
in the New York Times giving the real facts
on the five prisoners of the empire.
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March for
Solidarity with Cuba at the
World Social Forum
January
15,
2004
A march for solidarity with Cuba and
demanding the release of the five Cubans unjustly
imprisoned in the United States took place in
Bombay, in eastern India, the venue of the 4th World
Social Forum, Prensa Latina reported.
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