Jrapko told Prensa Latina news agency in Washington
that “those who live in the United States are aware of how hard it
is to get to the public opinion and even more when it is about an
issue that has been silenced by the government from the very
beginning.”
As an example of the progress made in this case, the activist
mentioned the National Latin Congress held in El Paso, Texas, last
January 29-31 in which a resolution on the Cuban Five was passed by
more than 400 participating delegates from 150 Hispanic-American
organizations.
Jrapko explained that the initiatives approved is sending a letter
to American President Barack Obama demanding the release from jail
of Gerardo Hernandez, Ramon Labañino, Antonio Guerrero, Fernando
Gonzalez and Rene Gonzalez.
The letter also includes that while the Cuban Five are held in
prison, the US administration should grant visas to Adriana Perez
and Olga Salanueva so they can travel from Cuba to the US to visit
their husbands a Gerardo and Rene, respectively, in jail.
The Cuban Five were monitoring Miami-based extreme-right groups,
which for nearly five decades have been organizing and conducting
with total impunity terrorist actions against the Cuban people
ranging from sabotages to assassination attempts against Revolution
leaders that have left thousands of dead, wounded and mutilated
people and heavy damages to the Cuban economy.
