Prensa Latina
Buenos Aires, 19 de Diciembre, 2009
Three youth from the Argentinean province of Neuquen will climb all the way to the summit of Mt. Aconcagua to demand the freedom of the five Cuban antiterrorists imprisoned in the US for over 11 years.
Santiago Vega, radio and TV host, Aldo Bonavitta, bank employee and Alcides Bonavitta, social activist, will initiate the scaling on December 25th in support of the freedom fighters from the island nation.
The brigade members assured that they have made the world-wide demand for the freedom of Ramon Labañino, Gerardo Hernandez, Antonio Guerrero, Fernando Gonzalez and Rene Gonzalez their own cause.
The three Argentinean mountain climbers will take with them a flag with the logo of the Cuban Five made by Gerardo Hernandez and will plant it on the summit of Aconcagua, called the roof of the Americas. Aconcagua is 6959 meters (22,841 ft.) above sea level, making it the highest peak in the Americas. The Aconcagua is situated on the border between Argentina and Chile, 30 kilometers (one and a half days walking ) on the Inca Bridge, and is part of the world circuit of the Seven Summits of the seven continents.
The Five -as they are known in the international campaign for their freedom- are Heroes of the Republic of Cuba and were condemned in Miami to excessive sentences for monitoring terrorist organizations based in Florida.
In solidarity the highly committed climbers will be emulating the challenge of the young Argentinean, Ernesto Che Guevara, who in the middle of the last century attempted several times to climb the famous Mt. Popocatepetl in Mexico.
The expedition will return on January 18, 2010 to the city of Neuquen after facing the challenges of extreme temperature and the dangers surrounding this type of climbing.
