Prestigious Chilean women ask US first Lady Michelle Obama to intervene on behalf of the five Cuban anti-terrorists unfairly jailed in the US for over ten years. Well known Chilean activists such as Mireya Baltra, aide of late President Salvador Allende, signed and circulated a letter addressed to Mrs. Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and House Speaker Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA). 

The letter appeals to the sensitivity of those influential US women to help solve the political and legal case, proving to be one of the most controversial and unfair in recent years.

The document tells of the unfair imprisonment of Gerardo Hernandez, Antonio Guerrero, Ramon Labanino, Fernando Gonzalez and Rene Gonzalez, and the visas denials to the wives of Rene and Gerardo, preventing their ability to visit.

The petition reads that it is signed by those who, from 1973 and over the years, have intimately endured the consequences of terrorism, human right violations and arbitrary legal procedures in Chile.

It discusses how the Cuban Five warned against terrorist acts promoted from within the US, never affected US sovereignty, but rather helped save lives in both countries.

It also mentions the 12 Amicus Curiae sent to the US Supreme Court calling for review of the case. The signatories include 10 Nobel laureates who have championed human rights. (PL)