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 Haitian
Organization to Step Up Solidarity Actions with Cuban Five
HAVANA, Cuba,
Jan 31 (acn) The solidarity-with-Cuba group of Port de Paix, to the
northeast of Haiti, agreed to intensify actions for the release of
the five Cuban anti-terrorist fighters condemned to harsh sentences
by the
U.S.
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Leaders of the organization announced the stance in a meeting
with Cuban
ambassador to Haiti Ricardo Garcia Napoles, who offered an
update on the
current situation of the Cuban Five, Prensa Latina reported.
Rene Gonzalez, Gerardo Hernandez, Ramon Labañino, Antonio
Guerrero and
Fernando Gonzalez were arrested in 1998 while they infiltrated
Miami-based
anti-Cuba groups that organized and conducted terrorist acts to
overthrow
the Cuban government.
Rene Gonzalez who served a 15-year term continues to be
subjected to an
additional punishment under which he is forced to stay in the
U.S. for
three years on probation.
In the meeting with the Cuban ambassador, the president of the
solidarity-with-Cuba group Philias Carlil thanked the diplomat
for the aid
offered by a medical brigade working in the neighboring nation
for 13
years, which has remained in the country even under adverse
conditions
like a recent cholera outbreak
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