According to the US National Committee to Free the Five, the exhibit “Desde mi altura: El Arte y la Poesia ” (From my Altitude: Art and Poetry), which is made up of 30 pieces, has toured US cities for several months with the purpose of raising awareness on their case.

The former president of the National Lawyers Association, Marjorie Cohn, told the more than 150 people attending the inauguration that the US president Barack Obama must release these antiterrorists.

During the ceremony, a professor from the Thomas Jefferson Law School explained some aspects on the legal defense of Antonio Guerrero, Gerardo Hernandez, Rene Gonzalez, Ramon Labañino and Fernando Gonzalez ––internationally known as the Cuban Five.

Antonio, Gerardo, Rene, Fernando and Ramon were imprisoned in 1998 and sentenced in 2001 to harsh terms that range from 15 years to two full time sentences plus 15 years, for trying to prevent terrorist actions against Cuba by Miami-based right wing groups.

Antonio was originally sentenced to life imprisonment plus ten years, but then he was re-sentenced to 21 years and ten months incarceration, which he is serving in Florence, Colorado.

The inauguration of the exhibit ended with a statement by Sylvia Telefaro, afro-American Artists and Writers in San Diego, who demanded the release of the Cuban Five. Labor party activist Muriel Jencks recited a poem by Antonio Guerrero.

The exhibit will end on May 28 in San Diego, and will then travel to Houston, Texas.

Antonio’s sister, Maria Eugenia Guerrero, said that in spite of the difficult conditions in that medium safety prison, her brother keeps on painting and is making a series devoted to butterflies, reports Prensa Latina news agency.