THE BEST TRIBUTE TO A HERO’S MOTHER

Yesterday, Carmen Nordelo Tejera passed away. She was the selfless mother of Gerardo Hernandez Nordelo, a Hero of the Republic of Cuba who is unjustly serving two life-sentences plus 15 years of imprisonment. What’s incredible is that only 12 days ago the Yankee legal system released Santiago Álvarez Fernández-Magriñá, who at the moment of his arrest was in possession of 1500 war weapons, hand grenades and other means to be used in terrorist actions against our people.

Euro MPs Demand the Release of the Cuban Five

HAVANA, Cuba, Oct 27 (acn) Members of the European Parliament from several countries demanded US President Barack Obama in Paris to exert his constitutional powers to free the five Cuban antiterrorism fighters incarcerated in the United States. 

The demand is included in a document signed by left representatives of the European Parliament and by members of the Municipal Council of the French city of Valenton, where most officials belong to the French Communist Party (PCF).

The text requests the implementation of the verdict of the UN Group on Arbitrary Detentions of May 2005, which considered as unjust the incarceration of Gerardo Hernandez, Antonio Guerrero, Ramón Labañino, Fernando Gonzalez y René Gonzalez, the Prensa Latina news agency reports. 

Also, its requests the granting of entry visas to Adriana Perez and Olga

Salanueva, the wives of Gerardo and Rene, respectively, so they can visit their husbands in prison. 

Likewise, the signatories to the document asked the European Union and the French government for more prominence to mediate in this matter.

Re-sentencing date of Dec. 8 is set for Fernando and Ramón

Oct. 27, 2009 
Reprinted from Antiterroristas.cu 
 

 
 

Today the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida announced the new date of the re-sentencing hearings for Fernando González and Ramón Labañino — Tuesday, December 8, 2009, 10:00 am and 1:30 pm respectively, in Miami. 

In 2008 the Atlanta Court of Appeals annulled the sentences of Antonio Guerrero (life plus 10 years), Ramón (life plus 18 years) and Fernando (19 years) because they were considered excessive and contrary to the federal rules. 

The re-sentencing hearing for Antonio took place on October 13, where the Court imposed a sentence of 21 years and 10 months. 

Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs Receives Relatives of the Cuban FIve Cuban News Agency

HAVANA, Cuba, Oct 28 (acn) The Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Miguel Angel Moratinos, received on Wednesday Adriana Perez and Olga Salanueva, the wives of two of the five Cuban antiterrorists unjustly incarcerated in the United States for 11 years now. 

The meeting with the wives of Gerardo Hernandez and Rene Gonzalez, arrested in 1998 along with Ramon Labañino, Fernando Gonzalez and Antonio Guerrero, took place at the Foreign Ministry’s office in Madrid.

 
The Foreign Minister expressed his interest in the situation of The Five, as they’re internationally known due to the international campaign in favor if their release, the Cubadebate web site reports. 

Moratinos also expressed his concern for the situation of the two wives, in the face of the denial of entry visas, reiterated for years by the US authorities, so they can visit their husbands in prison, where they’re serving unjust sentences. 

The Spanish official promised the two women his cooperation in this case. Olga and Adriana were invited to Spain by different Cuba friendship associations and by several organizations in favor of the release of The Five. 

Olga and Adriana are touring various European nations to promote the case of the Cuban Five, and to demand justice for Gerardo, René, Ramón, Fernando and Antonio. During the meeting with the Spanish FM, they were accompanied by Cuban ambassador to Spain, Alejandro Gonzalez.

The San Francisco Labor Council Passes a Resolution in Support of the Cuba Five

Comité  Internacional por la Libertad de los Cinco   2009-10-28

On Monday October 26th, 2009, the San Francisco Labor Council (SFLC) passed a resolution in support of the Cuban Five and their rights for family visitation.     The Cuban Five are five men who came to the United States to monitor anti Cuban terrorist groups in Miami to protect the lives of not just   Cubans but U.S. citizens as well.  They are facing lengthy sentences     and have been incarcerated for over 11 years. As this case gains international support there has been a significant increase in the number of resolutions by unions and city councils and the support of personalities in the U.S.      This particular resolution was brought up to the Executive Board of the SFLC by the American Federation of Teachers local 2121, that passed a similar resolution on August 25th and amongst other things stated that they will ask the SFLC for endorsement.    The San Francisco Labor Council is the local body of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) and serves as headquarters to the Labor Community in San Francisco. The SFLC represents more than 100,000 union members and their families who belong to over 150 affiliate unions.  The AFL-CIO is the largest federation of unions in the United States and Canada.      The SFLC Resolution, calls for President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to consider the violation of International Covenant and due process for a fair trial associated with the conviction and imprisonment of the Cuban Five. The resolution also calls for diplomatic improvement in the relationship between the United States and Cuba.     Additionally it calls for the pardon and release of the Cuban Five to their homeland. It also demands that the US government to immediately grants visas to Olga Salanueva and Adriana Perez to visit their husbands in prison. And finally the SFLC calls on President Richard Trumpka of the AFL-CIO to send a letter to President Obama expressing support for content of the resolution.  Copies of this important resolution will be sent to President Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Attorney General Eric Holder, California Senators Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein, the Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and other Bay Area Congressional members, including State Senate members Mark Leno and Leland Yee, California State Assembly members Tom Ammiano and Fiona Ma, and all the members of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.