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Montevideo - The largest march in
Uruguay for the release of five Cuban
anti-terrorist fighters unfairly imprisoned
in the United States will be held here
Monday, coinciding with a world campaign to
support that cause.
The rally will start at 19:00, local time,
in front of the Municipal Council of
Montevideo, and move along 18 de Julio
Avenue, the most densely populated street,
to the Libertad Square.
Several speakers will demand the freedom of
Gerardo Hernandez, Rene Gonzalez, Gerardo
Labanino, Antonio Guerrero and Fernando
Gonzalez.
The Five, as they are universally known,
have been serving harsh sentences in that
northern country since September 1998.
Their real crime was gathering information
about terrorist plots by anti-Cuban
organizations in Miami, Florida, in an
effort to prevent the deaths of Cuban and
even US citizens.
The demonstration also coincides with an
event organized in Havana by the island's
Young Communist League, in which Uruguayan
delegates will publish a declaration
demanding the release of those Cuban
patriots. The letter will be read here in
the activity.
The Coordinating Committee for Support to
the Cuban Revolution, the Association of
former Political Prisoners and that of
Relatives of Uruguayan scholarship holders
in Cuba, and the Federation of University
Students are also participating in the
preparation of the rally.
The Uruguay-Cuba Friendship Culture House,
the Bolivarian Continental Coordinator, and
influential federations of Cooperatives of
Housing for Mutual Support are among other
groups involved in the effort. |
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