The
Argentinean Committee for the Release of the Five has sent a letter
to the US
ambassador in that nation, Vilma Martinez, in which they request
humanitarian entry visas for Olga Salanueva and Adriana Perez so
they can visit their husbands in US prisons.
They’re the wives of René Gonzalez and Gerardo Hernandez,
respectively, who, like Ramon Labañino, Antonio Guerrero and
Fernando Gonzalez, have been unjustly incarcerated in the United
States for 11 years now.
The Five, as they’re known internationally, were accused of being
terrorists and given harsh sentences for monitoring Miami-based
ultra-right groups that have carried out acts of sabotage,
assassination attempts and bacteriological attacks for decades,
which have resulted in the death of thousands of Cubans.
On the other hand, Cuba’s General Consul in Costa Rica, Antonio
Pardo, spoke about the case of these patriots during a meeting held
at the theater of that Central American country's Health Workers’
Trade Union. New commitments to spread the situation of these Cuban
patriots were made.
Meanwhile, in Zimbabwe, a meeting attended by Cuban voluntary
workers in that nation and members of solidarity-with-Cuba groups
was held, during which a declaration in favor of the release of The
Five from prison was read.
Similar meetings took place in Kiribati, in the Pacific Ocean, and
in Sri Lanka, in the
Indian Ocean, the latter organized by women from left-wing parties.
Gerardo, Ramón, Antonio, Fernando and Rene sent a message –published
by the CubaDebate web site- to Cuban women on the occasion of
International Women’s Day, in which they express that they’re their
inspiration and strength.
