Cuba to Unveil Monument in Honour of State Terrorism Victims

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As part of the activities of the Seventh Colloquium to Free the Cuban Five a monument will be unveiled in honour of state terrorism victims, on Friday, in the town of Boca de Sama, in the eastern province of Holguin, which was attacked by mercenaries 40 years ago.

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The monument, by Luis Silva, member of the National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC) in the province, is made up of three ‘gunshot’ marble rocks.  
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The artists noted that with these pieces he condemns atrocities and barbarities brought about to the Cuban people by state terrorism, which has also caused countless victims.

Victims of Cubana Flight 455 blown out
of the sky by CIA linked terrorists 

.As a result of the tragic events of 1971, when two pirate gunboats coming from Florida attacked the coastal village of Boca de Sama , in Banes municipality in the Eastern part of the island. Lidio Rivaflechas Galano and Ramon Arturo Siam Portelles died and Nancy and Angela Pavon, two sisters of 15 and 13 years of age, were wounded . The first one lost a foot. Also wounded were Carlos Escalante Gomez and Jesus Igarza Osorio.
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The attack, perpetrated by a group of mercenaries and organized by the Miami-based Alpha 66 terrorist group. 
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The unveiling ceremony is one of the main activities arranged for Friday, within the context of the Seventh Colloquium to Free the Cuban Five, underway in the province since Wednesday with the attendance of more than 300 delegates from 47 nations.
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The program also includes a women’s walk for Fernando Gonzalez, Gerardo Hernandez, Antonio Guerrero, Ramon Labañino, and Rene Gonzalez –internationally known as the Cuban Five –, and the screening of materials produced by different Committees of Solidarity with Cuba worldwide.

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These five Cuban antiterrorists were unjustly imprisoned in the U.S since 1998 and sentenced to harsh terms for trying to prevent terrorist actions against Cuba by Miami-based right wing groups such as the Cuban American National Foundation (CANF), and Alpha 66, among others.
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Fernando, Gerardo, Antonio, and Ramon still remain in U.S. prisons for 13 years now; whereas Rene was imposed with an additional three-year “supervised release” that prevents him from returning to Cuba with his family.

Cuban Foreign Minister thanks the People of the U.S

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Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla expressed his gratitude to many people in the United States for their solidarity with Cuba in its struggle for peace and justice.
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During an ecumenical church service for the recovery of Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez at the Riverside church of Harlem, New York, Rodriguez passed on greetings from the leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, “to an emblematic church that is close to God and away from Wall Street.”
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Rodriguez, who is in New York to participate in the 66th period of sessions of the United Nations General Assembly, spoke during the service and paid tribute to icons of the struggle for civil rights in the U.S. such as Martin Luther King, Jr., and Malcolm X.
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The Cuban diplomat also paid homage to late Rev. Lucius Walker, former leader and founder of the Pastors for Peace U.S.-Cuba Friendshipment Caravan, who always fought against Washington’s economic blockade of Cuba and for the release of the five Cuban antiterrorists who remain unjustly imprisoned in the United States since 1998.
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“René Gonzalez, Ramon Labañino, Gerardo Hernandez, Antonio Guerrero and Fernando Gonzalez put their lives at risk to protect the Cuban and also the American people,” Rodriguez highlighted.
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The Cuban Five —as they are internationally known— were arrested and given harsh sentences ranging from 15 years to two life terms for monitoring anti-Cuba extreme right-wing groups in South Florida that were planning and carrying out terrorist actions against the Caribbean nation.

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Concern in Cuba over Likely Probation for One of the Cuban Five

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René’s wife Olga, daughter Yvette and René (insert)

The mother of the Cuban antiterrorist fighter imprisoned in the US Rene Gonzalez, Irma Sehwerert, expressed on Thursday her concern over a likely enforcement of a probation ruling for her son to be served in Miami, once he has totally served his sentence in the United States.

Rene would be at a higher peril in the streets of Miami than in jail, said his mother during a meeting with members of the 22th US-Cuba Friendship Caravan who are in Cuba until July 31.

"Imagine, Rene living in Miami for three years. We would not be at ease for one minute," said Sehwerert when referring to the legal situation of one of the five Cuban anti terrorist fighters imprisoned in the US since September 1998.

Due to this, his release after 15 years in prison is a cause of concern for all Cubans.

Irma Sehwerert mentioned the efforts of defense lawyers for returning her son to Cuba once he is released from prison.

"If not, we will keep you informed (Caravan members) to see what you can do to protect him," said Rene Gonzalez' mother in presence of other relatives of the Cuban Five, as the antiterrorist fighters are known in the international campaigns for their release. The leaders of the Caravan met with Sehwerert and another three relatives of Ramon Labañino and Fernando Gonzalez, who along with Gerardo Hernandez and Antonio Guerrero are serving up to double life imprisonment sentences in the US.

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Contracts reveal Miami journalists on the U.S. government payroll
Their media reporting was prejudicial to the Cuban Five during trial

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In 1998, five Cuban men were arrested by the U.S. government and tried in Miami on charges of conspiring to commit espionage on the United States.

The five men’s mission was to stop terrorism, keeping watch on Miami’s ultra-right extremists to prevent their violent attacks against Cuba. “The Cuban Five,” as they are now known, were convicted after repeated denials by the judge to move the trial venue out of Miami. The U.S. government insisted that they be tried in Miami.

What the Cuban Five and their attorneys did not know during trial was that the U.S. government was covertly paying prominent Miami journalists who, at the same time as the government conducted its prosecution, saturated the Miami media with reports that were highly inflammatory and prejudicial to the Cuban Five.

A multi-year effort by the National Committee to Free the Cuban Five, the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund and Liberation newspaper has uncovered thousands of pages of previously unreleased materials that demonstrates the case checkout the new website: www.ReportersforHire.org