Alfredo Nieves Portuondo, Cuba’s ambassador to Minsk, explained Brigadin about the unjust sentences imposed by Washington on Gerardo Hernandez, Rene Gonzalez, Antonio Guerrero, Ramon Labañino and Fernando Gonzalez, the Prensa Latina news agency reported.

   The five antiterrorists were incarcerated in 1998 and condemned in Miami to sentences ranging from 15 years to two life imprisonments plus 15 years, for warning their country about the plans of Florida-based anti-Cuban organizations.

   The Cuban diplomat underlined the unfair nature of the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the US government on the island for more than five decades now.

   Brigadin recalled that the bonds of solidarity and friendship with the Caribbean island date back to the beginning of the Cuban Revolution, and pointed out that Byelorussians appreciate the example of the Cuban people, capable of facing difficulties and numerous aggressions from abroad.

   Also participating in the meeting were Guenady Ladisev, president of the Byelorussian Committee for the Release of the Five Heroes and Natacha Diaz, counselor of the Cuban mission, the Cubaminrex Web site reported.

   Participants in the meeting also dealt with topics related to the actions to be carried out over the next few months, on the occasion of the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Belarus and Cuba.    

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The Cuban Five

National Committee to free the Cuban Five