[NYTr] Brazilians, Panamanians Express Support for Cuban Five Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2007 16:32:51 -0500 (CDT) Via NY Transfer News Collective * All the News that Doesn't Fit Agencia Cubana de Noticias (ACN) http://ainch.ain.cu/mailman/listinfo/ingles Brazilians and Panamanians Express Support for Cuban Five 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 LabaC1ino 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. * ================================================================= .NY Transfer News Collective * A Service of Blythe Systems . Since 1985 - Information for the Rest of Us . .339 Lafayette St., New York, NY 10012 http://www.blythe.org . List Archives: https://blythe-systems.com/pipermail/nytr/ . Subscribe: https://blythe-systems.com/mailman/listinfo/nytr =================================================================