[NYTr] Representatives of Cuban Women Visit Suriname
 
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 20:09:19 -0600 (CST)

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Representatives of Cuban Women Visit Suriname

Havana, Nov 20 (acn) Elpidia Moreno, of the Foreign Relations Office of 
the Federation of Cuban Women (FMC), and Dora CarcaC1o, coordinator of 
the Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean of the 
International Democratic Federation of Women (FDIM), are in Suriname to 
strengthen ties with women's organizations in that South American 
country.

Thus far, CarcaC1o and Moreno have met with Nadia Ravales, president of 
the Cuba-Suriname Friendship Association, and also with members of the 
Women's Front of the C-47 Trade Union Confederation and the 
Lobi-Ku-Pasensi, a women's organization of the district of Brokopondo.

During these meetings, the Cuban representatives spoke of the women's 
professional, social and working conditions on the island and also of 
their important role in society and the support they have always 
received from the revolutionary government.

Other topics discussed included solidarity and the demand for the 
release of Ramon LabaC1ino, Antonio Guerrero, Fernando Gonzalez, Rene 
Gonzalez and Gerardo Hernandez - also known as the Cuban Five - who 
remain unjustly imprisoned in the United States for fighting terrorism.

The Cuban delegation will also meet with members of Parliament, 
representatives of women's NGOs, government officials and members of 
the Cuban medical brigade in Suriname and others who are making their 
contribution there as part of the free eye surgery program Operation 
Miracle.

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