In Madrid, Salanueva and Perez highlighted the gesture of the painter, suffering from Down’s syndrome, who once again put his works at the service of the struggle for the release of Rene, Gerardo, Ramon Labañino, Antonio Guerrero and Fernando Gonzalez, unfairly imprisoned since 1998.

They expressed their gratitude to Bernal during a meeting held in the Cuban mission in the Spanish capital, as a conclusion of their visit to obtain support for the cause of these fighters, incarcerated for warning their country against violent actions by anti-Cuban organizations.

During the meeting, the artist gave Olga and Adriana copies of his calendar for 2011, which includes four sketches dedicated to The Five, the Prensa Latina news agency reported.

This is the second time that Bernal (born in 1963), by way of his drawings, expresses his support for the cause of the Cuban antiterrorists.

In 2004, the painter, a member of the Camilo Cienfuegos Marina Alta Association of
Friendship with Cuba, from Alicante, ceded some of his pieces to illustrate a 2005 calendar dedicated to The Five, which he identifies as his friends.

Rosa Bernal, his sister, read a letter sent by Rene, in which he defines Paco as a brother.

This calendar is a work of love, which shows that beauty is not neuter, and that it shines even more when it comes from the hand of sensibility, points out the message.

While summarizing their trip to Spain, during which they visited the Basque Country and the Canary Islands, Olga and Adriana expressed their satisfaction to corroborate that, in spite of the wall of silence imposed by the mainstream media around the case of The Five, the truth is increasingly making its way.

Cuba’s ambassador to Spain, Alejandro Gonzalez, asserted that the battle of The Five is a political battle.