In Chile, representatives from the National Association of Rural and Indigenous Women, delivered letters to the US embassy in favor of The Five, addressed to First Lady Michele Obama and to Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, the Prensa Latina news agency reports.

The Chilean organizations requested the participation of Nancy Pelosi, president of the US House of Representatives, to put an end to the imprisonment of these patriots, the victims of a biased trial held in Miami, where they were condemned to excessive sentences.

Gerardo, Rene Gonzalez, Antonio Guerrero, Ramon Labañino y Fernando Gonzalez were the object of distorted accusations for warning their country about terrorist actions promoted by
Florida-based organizations.

A statement issued in Peru by the Committee in Solidarity with The Five, denounced that the imprisonment of Gerardo in the hole is a human rights violation and that, in spite of his transfer from the hole to his regular cell, this was only a partial victory.

In Brazil, it was asserted that the release of Gerardo from the hole is the fruit of the pressure of his lawyers and of the national and international movements for the freeing of the five heroes.

Vermelho, the Web site of the Brazilian Communist Party, points out that, in spite of being ill and of not having committed any act to justify that measure, Gerardo had been in the punishment cell since July 21.