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31 August
2008, San José, Costa
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Americas Parliament for
the Cuban Five
CARACAS - Vice President
of the Andean
Parliament, Yanet
Madrid, said she was
sure the 8th Assembly of
the Parliamentary
Confederation of the
Americas (COPA) will
support the five Cuban
anti-terrorists held in
US prisons.
The five men were
condemned to prison
sentences from 15 years
to double life after
their arrest in 1998
when they were
infiltrating anti-Cuban
groups operating from
southern Florida.
"I am completely certain
the issue will be on the
table," the Venezuelan
told Prensa Latina,
alluding to a resolution
recently approved in
Panama to be presented
at COPA in September in
Mexico.
The declaration supports
Gerardo Hernandez, Ramon
Labanino, Antonio
Guerrero, Fernando
Gonzalez and Rene
Gonzalez, and has
already received support
from the Latin American,
Central American and
Caribbean Parliaments.
"We want their rights to
be respected and their
families allowed to
visit," she said.
Flor Maria Rios,
president of the
National Assembly's
Women's Commission, said
her constituents are
fully committed to the
cause of the
anti-terrorists and
demand their complete
liberty.
The Venezuelan deputy
also said the COPA
assembly will address
the extradition of
terrorist Luis Posada
Carriles, wanted by
Havana and Caracas for
his involvement in the
detonation of a Cuban
civil aircraft in 1976. |
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