Hernandez’ works will be exhibited in the major cities of the continent as
an initiative of a solidarity-with-Cuba association in that nation which
seeks to attract the attention of the people to the case of the Cuban
Five, according to the Cuban Friendship Institute, ICAP.

When he learned about the showcase, Gerardo sent a letter to Peter Hood,
secretary of the Australia-Cuba association expressing his gratitude for
the support of the Cuban Five’s case, ICAP told ACN.

Hernandez explained in his letter that he didn’t make the drawings with
the goal of putting them together into an exhibition. He said they are the
result of years of work, driven by the need to express his thoughts about
transcendental events of Cuba.

“Some day we will be free, that’s what we hope for, because we are lucky
to count on friends like you to win this battle,” Hernandez wrote.

The caricatures were first exhibited on June 4, at the Social and Public
Art Resource Center (SPARC) of the Californian district of Venice, U.S.,
organized by the International Committee for the Freedom of the Cuban Five
on Hernandez 46th birthday.

Later it was shown in Belgium and then Australia, starting in the city of
Perth. Following Melbourne, the pieces will hit Canberra, the Australian
capital, in March.

Gerardo Hernandez, Ramon Labañino, Fernando Gonzalez, Antonio Guerrero and
Rene Gonzalez were arrested in 1998 and condemned in the U.S. –in a biased
trial in June, 2001- to excessive terms ranging from 15 years to two life
sentences plus 15 years.

Rene Gonzalez, after having served his 15-year term, has been forced to
stay in the U.S. for another three years on probation as an additional
punishment.


 

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