During a meeting between members of the regional legislative organ and the International Committee for the Freedom of the Cuban Five, Deputy Emil Guevara, Coordinator for the Committee of the Cuba-Venezuela National Movement of Solidarity, also denounced the attempts of filling Gerardo Hernandez with fear.

Gerardo, one of the Cubans in prison, recently suffered 13 days of isolation in a
punishment cell (the hole) in a moment in which his lawyer was processing a Habeas Corpus appeal, and was returned to his regular cell after the protests made by Cuba and thanks to international solidarity.

Guevara also stated that Parlatino will soon issue a proclamation to ratify its
condemnation to the terrorism Cuba has been subjected to for decades on the part of violent groups operating with impunity from US territory.

The document will also demand that international terrorists, like Luis Posada Carriles, living freely in Florida, are tried.

Vidal Cisneros, who heads Parlatino’s Commission for Culture, Education and Technology, asserted that the United States stimulates terrorism with its policy, and championed Cuba’s right to defend itself.

Gerardo, along with his companions Ramon Labañino, Antonio Guerrero, Fernando Gonzalez and Rene Gonzalez, were monitoring the activities of terrorist organizations operating against the Caribbean island from US territory, in order to warn the Cuban government about violent actions against their homeland.

For her part, Graciela Ramirez, Coordinator of the International Committee for the Freedom of the Cuban Five, demanded US President Barack Obama to honor his Nobel Peace Prize and add his signature to those of another ten personalities who have received that award and have expressed their solidarity with the five Cuban heroes.

Likewise, she also denounced the difficult conditions of imprisonment suffered by the Cuban patriots and demanded a major boost of international solidarity until the release of The Five is achieved.