Canadians with Yellow Ribbons Demand: Free the Cuban Five

Canadians with Yellow Ribbons Demand: Free the Cuban Five

Ottawa, Sep 10  –  Canadian organizations in British Columbia have joined a yellow-ribbon campaign to demand freedom for the Cuban Five, who have been held in U.S. prisons for the last 15 years.

Cuban National Ballet Throws Gala for the Cuban Five

Cuban National Ballet Throws Gala for the Cuban Five

HAVANA, Sep 9 – The Cuban National Ballet will premiere a pas de deux as part of a gala scheduled for September 11 at Havana’s Carl Marx Theater to mark the 15-year imprisonment in the United States of the five Cubans, who were given unfair sentences after they monitored Florida-based terrorist organizations.

Forum Opens in Havana a World Solidarity Program with the Cuban Five

Forum Opens in Havana a World Solidarity Program with the Cuban Five

Havana, Sep 5  –  An experience exchange called “Five Days for the Cuban Five” will be the beginning in this capital today of a global program of solidarity with the Cuban antiterrorist fighters, about to turn 15 years imprisoned in the United States.

Rene Gonzalez Calls for New “Yellow Ribbon” Campaign to Free the Five

Rene Gonzalez Calls for New “Yellow Ribbon” Campaign to Free the Five

Havana, Sept. 4 — Rene Gonzalez, one of the Cuban Five, has called for a new campaign to coincide with the 15th anniversary of their arrests in Miami.  The campaign — “Tie a Yellow Ribbon” — will take place throughout Cuba and around the world to call attention to the four Cubans still being held in the prisons of the U.S. Empire. 

Yellow Ribbons Worldwide for Cuban Five

Yellow Ribbons Worldwide for Cuban Five

Washington,  Sep 4  –  The International Committee for the Release of the Five Cuban Antiterrorist Fighters convicted in the United States, called today friends and solidarity groups to multiply yellow ribbons, a symbol of hope for the return of these men to their homeland.

Cuban Hero Urges to Boost Initiatives for the Cuban Five

Cuban Hero Urges to Boost Initiatives for the Cuban Five

Havana, Aug 30  –  The antiterrorist Rene Gonzalez, called today to boost popular initiatives during the journey of solidarity with the Cuban Five to achieve their excarceration.

The Five, as Gerardo Hernandez, Ramon Labañino, Fernando Gonzalez, Antonio Guerrero and Rene Gonzalez are known, were arrested in Miami in 1998, for aborting anti-Cuban plans organized by violent groups. The Five were given long and severe sentences including more than one life imprisonment.

Youth from Various Countries Demand Release of Cuban Five

Havana, Aug 15  –  Students from various countries began here today a 200-kilometers tour by bike with the aim of spreading the cause of five Cubans tried and convicted in the United States at high imprisonment.

Youth from Various Countries Demand Release of Cuban Five

The five young men from Brazil, Cuba, Puerto Rico, United States and Honduras began the journey, called “I Want You Free”, after having paid tribute to national hero Jose Marti at Havana’s Central Park.

Writer Dedicates Book on Fidel Castro to Cuban Five

Writer Dedicates Book on Fidel Castro to Cuban Five

Havana, Aug 14  –  Serbian writer Dragoslava Koprivica presented in this capital the Spanish edition of her book, “The Immortal Castro and Serbian Lineage”, and dedicated it to the Cuban Five imprisoned in the USA since 1998.

Solidarity Meeting with Cuban Five Convoked

Solidarity Meeting with Cuban Five Convoked

Havana, Aug 14  –  The Cuban Institute of Friendship with Peoples of the World (ICAP) convoked an International Meeting of Solidarity for the Release of the Cuban Five Wednesday. The meeting will be held in this capital on September 12.

Canadian Writer to Promote Book on Cuban 5 in USA

Canadian Writer to Promote Book on Cuban 5 in USA

Washington, Aug 8  –  Canadian writer Stephen Kimber will tour the United States with his book What Lies Across the Water: The True Story of the Cuban Five, after 15 years of imprisonment of those antiterrorist fighters.