[NYTr] ANC Genl Secy Condemns US Blockade of Cuba Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2007 15:42:02 -0600 (CST) Via NY Transfer News Collective * All the News that Doesn't Fit Agencia Cubana de Noticias (ACN) http://ainch.ain.cu/mailman/listinfo/ingles Leader of African National Congress Condemns US Blockade of Cuba Havana, Dec 20 (acn) The General Secretary of the African National Congress (ANC), Kgalema Motlanthe, reiterated on Wednesday a call for the end of the US commercial, financial and economic blockade of Cuba. Motlanthe also demanded the release of five Cuban patriots who remain unjustly imprisoned in the United States for infiltrating anti-Cuba extremist groups that were planning and carrying out terrorist actions against the Cuban people in South Florida. According to Granma news daily, these expressions of solidarity are included in the General Secretary's report to the 52nd National Conference of the ANC that takes place in the city of Polokwane in South Africa. Five thousand delegates from all over the country as well as 300 guests who represent friendly organizations and members of the diplomatic corps in South Africa are attending the event. In his report, Motlante gave details of the actions carried out by the ruling party since the previous conference in 2002 and also listed the difficulties and challenges they face to achieve the objectives of a prosperous, united and truly democratic society. The Cuban delegation to the ANC conference is made up of Oscar Martinez Cordoba, deputy director of the Foreign Relations Department at the Central Committee of the Cuban Communist Party, and Esther Armenteros, the island's ambassador to South Africa. * ================================================================= NY Transfer News Collective * A Service of Blythe Systems Since 1985 - Information for the Rest of Us Our main website: http://www.blythe.org List Archives: http://blythe-systems.com/pipermail/nytr/ Subscribe: http://blythe-systems.com/mailman/listinfo/nytr =================================================================