[NYTr] Ecuador to Host 5th Continental Meeting in Solidarity with Cuba
 
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 12:38:48 -0500 (CDT)

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Ecuador to Host 5th Continental Meeting in Solidarity with Cuba

Havana, Oct 23(acn) Cuban ambassador to Ecuador, Benigno Perez, said 
that over 800 representatives of Latin American movements will attend 
to the 5th Continental Meeting in Solidarity with the island, to take 
place in Quito on October 26-28.

In statements to the press, Perez noted that this is the first time a 
meeting of this kind will be held outside Havana. He added Quito has 
been chosen as the venue taking into account the solid and historical 
bonds of friendship existing between Cuba and Ecuador, reported PL news 
agency.

Perez pointed out that the participants in the meeting will discuss new 
ways to intensify the struggle against the US blockade of the island 
and how to promote the international campaign undertaken to demand the 
freedom of five Cuban anti-terrorist fighters unjustly held in US 
prisons for over nine years.

Antonio Guerrero, Gerardo Hernandez, RamC3n LabaC1ino, Fernando Gonzalez 
and RenC) Gonzalez --internationally known as the Cuban Five-- were 
detained in 1998 for trying to prevent terrorist actions organized by 
right-wing anti-Cuba organizations based in Florida. The men were 
charged with espionage and punished with extremely harsh sentences 
despite the anti-terrorist character of their mission.

The Cuban diplomat said the delegates at the meeting will also talk 
about regional integration projects, the disinformation broadcast by 
the mainstream media about the island's current situation, and the work 
of the movements in solidarity with Cuba.

Accompanied by Quito's local authorities, Perez announced the arrival 
of a large delegation to the Ecuadorian capital led by Cuban Parliament 
President Ricardo Alarcon.

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