The world continues demanding the freedom for the antiterrorists fighters

The International Day of Solidarity with the Cuban anti-terrorists making itself felt in various corners of the world, with actions ranging from sending letters to U.S. President Barack Obama, demanding his release, to events, parties, conferences, lectures and popular marches with the same purpose.

In Berlin, in an atmosphere of deep respect and admiration for the people of Cuba and its noble causes, the day mentioned was launched officially on Tuesday in the presence of various solidarity groups, officials of the ALBA embassies accredited in Germany, and representatives of the Cuban Mission headed by its ambassador, Raul Becerra, said the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP).

A recent article published in La República, Montevideo, calls the situation of the Five arrested on September 12, 1998, and sentenced to prison terms ranging from double life plus 15 years to 15 years a serious abuse.

The Cubaminrex digital site reveals that the Copenhagen-Denmark Friendship Association Cuba and the Committee to Free the Five announced through a press release, the start of the International Day of Solidarity with Gerardo Hernandez, Rene Gonzalez, Ramon Labañino, Antonio Guerrero and Fernando Gonzalez.

It invites the world community, also, to join this campaign and to continue the succession of signatures, culminating in the start of the day, on 12 September, stress the organizers in that European nation.

From Quito, the Prensa Latina news agency reported that on Wednesday Silvia Salgado, an Ecuadorean Assemblywoman, on behalf of the Parliamentary Group of Friendship with Cuba, demanded Barack Obama, U.S. President, give freedom to the Five anti-terrorists.

Salgado, also head of the Legislative Audit Commission and Political Control, headed the conference in which she accompanied Jorge Rodriguez, Ambassador of the island, many Assembly members and officials of the Ecuadorian Committee for Freedom of the Five.

The MP announced that she will circulate a draft for approval next week by the full legislature, demanding the release of Gerardo, Antonio, Fernando, Ramón and René.

In Venezuela, political figures and organizations in solidarity with the Cuban Revolution will require the release of the Five Heroes, who on September12, complete 13 years of unjust and cruel imprisonment in the U.S..

A collection of signed postcards to be sent to President Barack Obama, forums, concerts, exhibitions and other actions in the program, were released in Caracas by Eneida Villanueva, representative of the Movement of Friendship and Mutual Solidarity Venezuela-Cuba.

According to information from the special correspondent of the newspaper Juventud Rebelde, some of these appointments will be attended by Olga Salanueva, wife of René González, and Magalys Llort, Fernando Gonzalez’s mother

In a press conference held at the José Martí Casa de Americas, Villanueva called the September 12 meeting in the Plaza Bolivar, Caracas, in solidarity with the Five.

Meanwhile, Maria Leon, deputy to the National Assembly and representative of the Women's Front Bicentennial 200, emphasized the love and admiration Venezuelans feel, she said, "they are heroes of the world for their revolutionary firmness, and because they have demonstrated love for their family, their people and Fidel. "

Also with an open letter to Obama, they began on Tuesday in Baku, capital of Azerbaijan, the activities of the International Campaign for the liberation of the Cuban anti-terrorists.

In the letter, signed by Rustam Shakhsuvarov, leader of the Progressive Socialist Party of that country, they expressed the strongest protest against their illegal imprisonment, violating international law, said the CubaMinrex digital site.

The same source disclosed that a day of solidarity for the liberation of the Five Cuban antiterrorist fighters began today in Namibia and will run throughout September.

Hundreds of letters have been sent from the South African nation to the president of the United States, demanding justice for Gerardo, René, Ramón, Antonio and Fernando Gonzalez.

In these letters they also asked Washington to extradite to Venezuela confessed terrorist Luis Posada Carriles, mastermind of several crimes, including the sabotage of the Cuban airliner in Barbados in 1976 that killed 73 civilians.

Unions, associations of former students in the Caribbean country and Namibia-Cuba friendship have called for a popular march in front of the U.S. Embassy in Windhoek, the capital of the South African nation, for next Monday 12.

There will also be meetings and talks to update on the handling of the Cuban case as well as provide interviews on the topic to the press.

In Luanda, Angola, a message of solidarity on Monday was spread by several organizations, which demanded that the U.S. government's release the Five Cubans.

Prensa Latina reported that Alberto Neto, executive secretary of the Pro- Liberation Committee of the Five said at a news conference that Gerardo, René, Ramón, Antonio and Fernando should be released, and stressed that in the coming days activities on behalf of the Cubans patriots will be carried out in the conservatories and law school of the Agostinho Neto University.

There will be also a political-cultural event in the League of Friendship and Solidarity with the Peoples of the African country, and they will even open a Web site for the Committee to reflect the actions for the liberation of the Cubans.
 
Neto also said that while confessed terrorists like Luis Posada Carriles freely roam the streets of America, the brave Cubans remain imprisoned.

Miguel Alberto da Silva, representing the Committee of Five urged the people of Angola to join in this new solidarity campaign.

Translated by: Daysi Olano

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