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U.S. Free the Five campaign
intensifies
WASHINGTON, March 4 (PL) —. The ANSWER Coalition and
the Free the Five Committee say they are stepping up
their activities in the United States to spread the
truth about the Cuban anti-terrorists unjustly
imprisoned in that country.
Both
non-governmental organizations are planning marches
and mobilizations to protest Washington’s war in
Iraq and the U.S. occupation of Afghanistan, the
groups said in a press release.
According to ANSWER (Act Now to Stop War and
Racism), on Saturday, March 17, thousands of people
will march in front of the Pentagon and will demand
an end to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the
closing of the Guantánamo naval base, installed in
Cuba against the will of the Cuban people and
government.
Demonstrators will also demand that U.S. authorities
spend more funds and resources on jobs, housing,
health and education instead of financing the
national military machine, the press release says.
The
cause of the Cuban Five will also be present in
these marches, they say.
In
Washington, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle,
Vancouver and other cities around the world,
supporters of the Cuban Five and Cuba plan to march
in contingents carrying banners and placards,
according to ANSWER.
The
coalition and the Pro Libertad Committee affirmed
that the Cuban Five (Gerardo Hernández, Antonio
Guerrero, Ramón Labañino, Fernando González and René
González) will have an important political presence
in these mobilizations.
The
Five, as they are known internationally, were
arrested on September 12, 1998 in the United States
while they were working to protect their country
from Cuban-born terrorists based in Miami, Florida.
(Translated by Granma International)
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