Terrorism Against Cuba
Denounced in Belgium
Brussels, - Terrorist
actions against Cuba
were denounced here on
Sunday at the closing
session of the Third
Meeting of Cuban
Residents in Europe (MCRE).
Footage from a
documentary on the
blowing-up of a Cubana
de Aviacion airplane in
midflight in 1976 and
the testimony of Camilo
Rojo, the son of one of
the pilots, presented
participants with a
shocking view of the
issue.
Rojo, who is the
president of the
Committee of Relatives
of Victims of the
Barbados Crime, as that
tragedy is known,
pointed out that
speaking about terrorism
"is very sad, much more
for Cuba."
"My father was 33 when
they took his life and I
was just five years old.
I am one of 25 orphans
as a result of the
sabotage. My father was
one of more than 3,000
Cubans killed by
terrorism," he noted.
He recalled that the
brains behind the
Barbados Crime, Luis
Posada Carriles and
Orlando Bosch, are
walking freely in the
United States, while
five Cuban
antiterrorists are
unjustly serving lengthy
prison terms.
In that regard, Katrien
Demuynck, coordinator of
the European campaign
for the release of the
Five, urged to step up
the international
solidarity campaign.
Olga Salanueva, the wife
of Rene Gonzalez, one of
the five antiterrorist
held in US prisons,
pointed out that after a
glimmer of hope about
their sentences being
revoked and a new trial,
all legal recourses are
about to be exhausted.
"We not only talk about
the sentences, after
they have been in prison
for ten years, but about
the visas for the
relatives of Gerardo
Hernandez, Fernando
Gonzalez, Antonio
Guerrero and Ramon
Labañino, in addition to
Rene," she added.
I was labeled illegible
to enter the United
States, and Adriana
(Gerardo's wife) was
denied her visa nine
times, and the rest of
the families have been
granted a small number
of visas," she stressed.
For her part, Adriana
Perez updated the Five's
record, when she pointed
out that Ramon and
Antonio, who were
sentenced to life, and
Fernando (19 years),
must be retried by the
same judge who sentenced
them.
Gerardo (two life
sentences plus 15
years), who has been
treated merciless, and
Rene (15 years) had
their sentences
ratified.
Washington wants the
Cuban Five to remain in
prison as long as
possible, regardless of
their proved innocence,
so our duty is to
continue to publicize
their cases everywhere,
Perez said.
Finally, Ana Mayra
Rodríguez, an official
from Cuba's National
Assembly, presented the
book "Mala Conducta"
(Bad Behavior), which is
a compilation of legal
recourses filed in the
case of the Five.
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