Relatives of Five Cuban Heroes Talk to US Group in Havana

Havana, Dec 31, (RHC).- Olga Salanueva, wife of Rene Gonzalez, one the five Cuban anti-terrorist fighters unjustly incarcerated in the United States looked for support to put pressure on President Barack Obama, to release them.

“It is time that Obama responds to the question of why these men who were fighting against terrorism are imprisoned; only he has the power to release them”, Olga said during an event at the headquarters of the Cuban Institute for Friendship (ICAP).

During a meeting with members of the U.S. Cuba solidarity group Global Exchange, Salanueva explained certain aspects of the torturous legal route that was followed by the Five’s defense team in order to obtain a re-sentencing hearing for three of them (Antonio Guerrero, Fernando González and Ramón Labañino).

Following a recount of the terrorist attacks suffered by Cuba over the past five decades, Magalis Llort, mother of Fernando González, emphasized the paradoxical situation experienced by her son, Antonio, René, Ramón and Gerardo Hernández who were fighting against attacks of this kind.

“Perhaps you do not know who Luis Posada Carriles , Orlando Bosch or Félix Rodríguez are, but we do because it is they who have carried out and continue hatching criminal plots against Cuba”, said Rosa Aurora Freijanes, wife of Fernando, before calling on those present to demonstrate their solidarity.

“I would ask that you inform yourselves about this case and ask your Congressmen and women to get involved and act in the name of justice”, she stated.

Also present during the event were ICAP President Kenia Serrano; Mirta Rodríguez and Irma Sehwerert, mothers of Antonio and René, respectively.

Global Exchange, which arrived in Cuba on this occasion with more than one hundred members, is a solidarity organization that promotes visits and exchanges with representatives of different social sectors in Cuba.