Sept. 3, 2007
Reprinted from Cuban News Agency

Havana, September 3 (acn) A campaign for the release of the five Cuban political prisoners who remain unjustly imprisoned in the United States for fighting terrorism will be conducted by the Brazilian movement in solidarity with Cuba.

The organizers of the event explained to Prensa Latina news agency that the actions will begin on September 12 as part of a world campaign in support of Gerardo Hernandez, Antonio Guerrero, Fernando Gonzalez, Ramon Labañino and Rene Gonzalez, internationally known as the Cuban Five, who were detained in 1998 for having infiltrating right-wing anti-Cuba organization based in Florida, which have organized numerous terrorist actions against the island over the last 45 years causing death and huge material damage.

Organizers noted that the beginning of this campaign will coincide with the ninth anniversary of their incarceration.

On Saturday, the Municipal Chamber of Diadema in Sao Puelo held a special public audience in favor of the Five and they approved the 'Letter of Diadema' in which they demand the immediate release of the Cuban heroes. The letter will be sent to the US Embassy in Brasilia, the US consulate in Sao Paulo and to the US Congress.

Meanwhile, also in Sao Paulo, participants in the 3rd Congress of the Workers' Party expressed their support of the Cuban Five. In a two-hour meeting attended by some 70 delegates to the Congress, Fernando Remirez de Estenoz, head of a delegation of the Cuban Communist Party invited to the event, gave details of the current situation on the island.

Afterwards, delegates asked questions and discussed about the traditional international solidarity offered by Cuba to other peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean.

In the meantime, the release of the Cuban Five was also demanded by Panamanian trade unions, intellectuals and social and political organizations of the Central American country during the 8th National Encounter in Solidarity with Cuba held in the southwestern city of Los Santos with the participation of 200 delegates.

Participants also asked the Panamanian Supreme Court to declare unconstitutional the pardon given by the administration of former president Mireya Moscoso to terrorist Luis Posada Carriles and his accomplices. They also asked for an exemplary conviction against those who allowed the illegal escape of the terrorists.

In parallel with this solidarity meeting, the First National Encounter of all Panamanian committees for the release of the Cuban Five was also held. Participants agreed on an action plan to spread the truth about the unjust imprisonment of the Cuban Five.

3 de septiembre de 2007
Reimprimado de Granma Diario

SAO PAULO, 2 septiembre (PL) El movimiento brasileño de solidaridad coordina hoy preparativos para desarrollar una jornada por la liberación de cinco cubanos encarcelados en Estados Unidos.

Según explicaron los organizadores a Prensa Latina, las acciones se desplegarán a partir del 12 de septiembre como parte de una jornada mundial de apoyo a esa causa.

Los coordinadores de estas actividades precisaron que la jornada comienza ese día porque en esa fecha se cumplen nueve años de haber sido injustamente sancionados esos patriotas por proteger la vida de su pueblo.

En tanto, se divulgó que este sábado la Cámara Municipal de Diadema, en Sao Paulo, realizó una audiencia pública especial a favor de los cinco antiterroristas cubanos.

Allí se aprobó la "Carta de Diadema", que se pronuncia por la liberación inmediata de Antonio Guerrero, Fernando González, Gerardo Hernández, René González y Ramón Labañino.

Esos patriotas fueron presos y condenados a severas penas en Estados Unidos durante un parcializado juicio sólo por alertar de planes terroristas que se preparaban contra Cuba, indica el texto.

En la sesión se informó que la carta será enviada a la embajada de Estados Unidos en Brasil (Brasilia), al consulado estadounidense en Sao Paulo y al Congreso norteamericano.

También conocerá del documento el Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Brasil, se indicó en la primera de un grupo de sesiones que realizan cámaras municipales del estado paulista.

Entre las iniciativas futuras está la formación de un frente parlamentario en los municipios del cinturón industrial paulista conocido como ABC, trascendió.

El frente parlamentario estará dedicado a realizar actividades por la liberación de los Cinco, como se les conoce internacionalmente, y comenzó a recoger firmas en coordinación con comités solidarios existentes en otras ciudades.