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VOICES OF SUPPORT

The Second Annual Latino Congreso

Whereas, Cuba has been the target of terrorist activities directed from the United States of America for over 47 years that have caused 3,478 deaths, 2,099 injuries and millions of dollars in losses for the Cuban economy; and

Whereas, a great number of terrorist attacks have been carried out against Cuba, including against civilian installations, economic and tourist targets, which were organized by criminal Cuban-American groups based in South Florida; and

Whereas, Cuba has repeatedly requested that the government of the United States take measures in order to put an end to such attacks; and

Whereas, a state of necessity led the Cuban government to send a group of men to South Florida with the aim of infiltrating and monitoring the aforementioned terrorist organizations in order to detect and avoid such actions; and

Whereas, the government of the United States, instead of acting to prevent future terrorist attacks with information gathered by the Cuban Five accused the men of multiple crimes never committed and submitted them to a trial held in Miami, where these men had no possibility of the right to a fair process due to the prejudice against Cuba existing in that community; and

Whereas, Fernando González, Ramón Labañino, Gerardo Hernández, Antonio Guerrero and René González neither had firearms, nor afflicted any civil, economic, political, military objectives, nor the National Security of the United States; and

Whereas, their rights were violated since the moment of their detention on September 12, 1998, subjected to solitary confinement during 17 months and were condemned to four life sentences, plus 77 years collectively for non-judicially proven crimes; and

Whereas, a panel of three judges revoked their sentences, ordering a new trial and that the Group of Arbitrary Detentions of the United Nations declared their detentions illegal and expressly requested that the government of the United States put an end to their detentions; and

Whereas, Amnesty International has denounced as a “grave violation” the government of the United States’ refusal to grant visas to Adriana Pérez and Olga Salanueva for the past seven years, these women being the wives of Gerardo Hernández and René González, respectively; and

Whereas, these five men, acting in defense of the lives of Cuban, U.S. and third-country citizens, have offered their lives to the world fight against terrorism;

1. Therefore Be It Resolved, that the National Latino Congreso demands the immediate release of Fernando González, Ramón Labañino, Gerardo Hernández, Antonio Guerrero and René González, also known as the Cuban Five, who are political prisoners held in the United States, and

2. Be It Further Resolved, that the National Latino Congreso demands that until these men are freed the government of the United States must comply with its obligations under international law to allow the right of regular visits to all of the prisoners’ relatives, including the immediate granting of humanitarian visas to Adriana Pérez and to Olga Salanueva in order that they may visit their husbands Gerardo Hernández and René González, respectively.

the THIRD Annual LATINO CONGRESO

 

July 21, 2008

The Cuban Five Resolution Amendment Approved by Delegates of the Latino Congreso:

http://www.latinocongreso.org/resolutionsapproved.php?id=12