[NYTr] Cuban 5: From Solitude and Hope
 
Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 15:57:42 -0500 (CDT)

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 From Solitude and Hope Stand the Cuban Five

Havana, September 13 (acn) Two accurate nouns on the title carry the 
meaning  of "Desde la soledad y la esperanza" (From solitude and hope), 
a book presented Wednesday at the International Press Center in Havana 
which is dedicated to the Cuban Five, held as political prisoners in 
the United States since 1998.

As part of a new global campaign demanding their freedom, author 
Eduardo Heras presents in his new volume the essays of 17 writers, who 
from a literary perspective tell the story of an injustice that needs 
to be told and spread. Photos and other materials explaining the case 
combine with the work of 20 visual artists on the subject.

The book, edited by the Capitan San Luis publishing house, includes a 
prologue by writer Roberto Fernandez Retamar and an epilogue by Ricardo 
Alarcon de Quesada, president of the Cuban parliament. It is 
accompanied by a CD with several of contemporary Cuban musicians and 
composers including Ernan Lopez Nussa, Silvio Rodriguez, Alejandro 
Valdes and Polo Montanez.

In the words of  Cuban Minister of Culture Abel Prieto at the book 
launching as published by Granma, "the book is a hodgepodge with a very 
curious coherency; it represents a very emotional experience and offers 
a great number of arguments."

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sent by Joan Malerich

antiterroristas.cu - Sep 13, 2007
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"From Solitude and Hope", Cuban Artists Bring The Five to Light   

Yesterday, September 12, 2007, the day the five anti-terrorist Cubans 
completed nine years of their unjust imprisonment, Cuban Minister of 
Culture Abel Prieto presented the book "Desde la soledad y la
esperanza". 

The book is a project of Cuban Capitan San Luis Publishers, led by the 
Cuban writer Eduardo Heras Leon.
 
The text has more than 200 pages of fiction, poetry and articles by 
important Cuban writers, accompanied by works of well-known
contemporary artists and a music CD with ten titles, most of which are
original for the project.
 
 The book has such honored authors as Heras Leon, Lisandro Otero, CC)sar 
Lopez, Pablo Armando Fernandez, Nancy Morejon, Cintio Vitier and Daniel 
Chavarria.  Among the artists are included the work of Ernesto RancaC1o, 
Alicia Leal, Flora Fong, Enrique Avila, Kcho, Roberto Fabelo, Ernesto 
GarcC-a PeC1a, Alejandro Leyva and Nelson Dominguez. Prominent Cuban 
musicians like Frank Fernandez, Silvio Rodriguez, Sergio y Jose Maria 
Vitier, Ernan Lopez Nusa and Lazaro Garcia contributed to the CD.
 
The prologue of "Desde la soledad y la esperanza" was written by
Roberto FernC!ndez Retamar, president of Casa de las Americas, and the
epilogue by Ricardo Alarcon, Cuban Parliament president.
 
"We must do the impossible and break the conspiracy of silence that 
(...) has hung a truly opaque veil over this case," Abel Prieto told 
journalists at the book launching in Havana.
 
The minister explained that the campaign is supported by US artists and 
academics such as Danny Glover, writer Alice Walker and linguist and 
essayist Noam Chomsky.
 
"We must continue mobilizing conscience, adding voices, knocking on 
doors," Prieto added.
 
 At the evening cultural gala, Ricardo Alarcon called the contribution 
of the Cuban artists "a profound act of love" with the cause to free 
these men.  "Each of them has made an undefeatable work of art of his 
life," Alarcon continued, referring to what Gerardo, RamC3n, Tony, RenC) 
and Fernando have done during these years of struggle and incarceration.
 
Mirta RodrC-guez, Antonio Guerrero's mother, expressed gratitude for the 
beautiful work in the name of all the families of The Five present, and 
said the creators have made an invaluable contribution to breaking the 
silence around the case.
 
Mirta read a message from her son, in the name of his brother
prisoners, in which he thanked the artists for their gesture and
expressed his certainty that culture, dignity and justice will triumph.
 
Yesterday, coinciding with the beginning of the international campaign 
to free the patriots, Minister of Information and Communications 
Commander of the Revolution Ramiro ValdC)s and AlarcC3n canceled postage 
stamps in honor of The Five.  Relatives of the heroes were present at 
this act at the Information and Communications Ministry.

 
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