At the Cuban Institute for Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP) in this capital, the
distinguished visitor spoke with relatives of the antiterrorists, to whom he confirmed that Antigua and Barbuda joins Cuba’s efforts so The Five are set free.

The imprisonment –for almost 13 years now- of Fernando Gonzalez, Gerardo Hernandez, Ramon Labañino, Antonio Guerrero and Rene Gonzalez, “is unfair and illegal,” he pointed out.

Baldwin Spencer added that his country will appeal to Washington so justice is served and the five antiterrorists are released, and the economic, financial an commercial blockade it has imposed on the Cuban people for almost half a century now is lifted.

Kenia Serrano, president of the ICAP, described the meeting as very fruitful, since the heartfelt and sincere words of the Prime Minister and FM of Antigua and Barbuda –she said- confirm the commitment of that small island of the Caribbean to the Cuban cause.

Concreted during the meeting, she commented, was the possibility for that nation to join the project “On the 5th for The Five” –already applied in many nations- which consists in the promotion –on the 5th of every month – of numerous activities in favor of the release of the Cuban antiterrorist fighters.

Present in the meeting were Elizabeth Palmeiro, wife of Ramon Labañino; Rosa Aurora Freijanes, wife of Fernando Gonzalez; and Mirta Rodriguez, mother of Antonio Guerrero.

Representing Antigua and Barbuda were Trevor Myke Walker, Minister of Public Works and Transport; Anthony Liverpool, Official of the Foreign Ministry; and Bruce Goodwing, ambassador of Antigua and Barbuda to Havana.