[WSF-Discuss] Guatemala Social Forum: Free Cuban Five

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*Guatemala Social Forum: Free Cuban Five*

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Guatemala, Oct 11 (Prensa Latina) Participants in the 3rd Social Forum of
the Americas demanded today the immediate and unconditional liberation of
five Cuban anti-terrorists unfairly imprisoned in the USA for over a decade.

Veniero Gaggio, an Italian residing in El Salvador, said the trial was
partial and hurt those who were fighting a real threat against Cuba.

He criticized the media silence over the issue, and told Prensa Latina that
"thousands know nothing of this great injustice."

Gaggio said there was a campaign underway among Salvadorans in the United
States to demand freedom for the Cuban Five.

Fernando Gonzalez, Gerardo Hernandez, Rene Gonzalez, Ramon Labanino and
Antonio Guerrero were detained in 1998, submitted to a process plagued with
irregularities, and condemned to severe sentences from 15 years to double
life.

Dora Carcano, president of the International Democratic Federation of Women,
said the struggle for these patriots has extended all over the world, and
slammed the US government for denying visitors visas to their spouses.

Carlos Amezquita, coordinador of the Anti-Imperialist Bloc, rejected the
extension of the punishment to the families, which violates the most
elemental international treaties.

A panel on the five Cubans captured in the United States for informing their
country of terrorist actions planned on US soil was held in the Solidarity
Tent of the Social Forum at the University of San Carlos.

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