The launch of the books took place during the third
day of the International Book Fair Cuba 2010 that is underway at La
Cabaña Fortress Complex in Havana in the presence of relatives of
Gerardo Hernandez, Rene Gonzalez, Antonio Guerrero, Ramon Labañino
and Fernando Gonzalez – internationally known as the Cuban Five.
The new books are “The United States vs Five Heroes”
by Dr. Rodolfo Davalos and “Les debo verlos libres” (I Owe Them
Seeing Them Free) by Celia Maria Hart Santamaria.
Davalos’ text is a compilation of 80 articles
published by Juventud Rebelde newspaper, already included in a
previous edition and now published by the Capitan San Luis
publishing house.
Meanwhile, “Les debo verlos libres” by Celia Hart, who died recently
in a car accident, includes letters and articles, and it belongs to
Special Editions by the Jose Marti Cultural Society.
Alarcon described Davalos’ work as a fighting tool
and, in reference to Celia’s book, he said that “thousands of books
like this one can be published because thousands of people around
the world correspond with our five comrades.”
“This is a decisive year to achieve the release of
our brothers. The only way to put an end to this injustice is
through political struggle, public denunciation and international
mobilization.”
The Cuban Five were arrested and given harsh and
unjust sentences in a biased trial after they were arrested for
monitoring extremist groups in South Florida that were planning and
carrying out terrorist actions against Cuba.
“Let us not forget that if they are in jail, it is
because of us. They lost their freedom fighting terrorism and the
least our people can do is to return a little bit of this love,”
Alarcon stressed.
