Cuban Prisoner in the US Confident of Exoneration
A member of the "Cuban Five," who are imprisoned in the US, sent a message to a Costa Rican Solidarity-with-Cuba organization expressing his confidence in the men eventually winning their freedom.

"We have no doubt that we will win the case," said Ramon Labanino, who also stressed the tremendous international support for he and his four compatriots held in American prisons.

Labanino called for an increased struggle for justice and for the denunciation of delays in the legal process caused by maneuvers of prosecuting attorneys.

Labanino's daughter, Aili Labanino; and Magali Llort, the wife of Fernando Gonzales (another of the five prisoners) delivered the message as they attended the Cuban Culture Festival in Costa Rica.

After arriving in Havana, Llort said she has witnessed encouraging demonstrations of solidarity during her visit. She announced that the committee for the support of the Cuban men will present a motion to US embassy officials in Costa Rica demanding the immediate release of the Five. The appeal has been signed by the local government of Guacimo.

During women's' stay in the Costa Rica, books by two other members of the Cuban Five were presented. "Poemas Confidenciales e Inseparables" by Antonio Guerrero and "El amor y el humor todo lo pueden," by Gerardo Hernandez were featured. An exhibition of caricatures by Hernandez was also displayed at the Cuban embassy in Costa Rica.

The Cuban Five had infiltrated terrorist organizations in Miami with the mission of preventing criminal activities organized and executed by rightwing Cuban-American groups in Miami.