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Source: Progreso Weekly By Saul Landau I sit on a gray plastic chair, facing a tiny, gray, plastic table and another empty, gray, plastic chair, waiting for Gerardo Hernandez in the visiting room of the maximum-security federal pen in Victorville, … Continue reading →

Join the Free the Cuban 5/ End the U.S. Blockade of Cuba contingent at the anti-NATO protest in Chicago, May 20! Please join us at the Petrillo Bandshell (see details below) before the rally, which starts at noon. We will … Continue reading →

La Alborada – May 14 The mass media, firmly in line with the State Department, continue to put forward a false description of what Alan Gross was doing in Cuba, usually a variant of “he was distributing laptops and standard … Continue reading →

The unjust imprisonment of Gerardo, Ramón, Antonio and Fernando for nearly 14 years now, and the current “supervised freedom” of René, has not prevented them from participating in every celebration, anniversary or important date. To all the Cuban mothers and … Continue reading →

Uruguay President States Solidarity with Cuban Five in Meeting with Rene Gonzalez’s Wife The President of Uruguay, Jose Mujica, expressed his solidarity with the five Cubans imprisoned by the United States government on alleged espionage charges, after meeting on Tuesday … Continue reading →

May 2 (Prensa Latina) President of the Cuban Parliament Ricardo Alarcon demanded U.S. President Barack Obama to order the immediate release of the five Cuban antiterrorists, who have been unjustly held in that country for almost 14 years. “Obama, do … Continue reading →

Interview with Ricardo Alarcon, President of the Cuban Parliament By Salim Lamrani April 16, 2012 The Case of the Cuban Five Salim Lamrani: Now let’s talk about the Cuban Five. Four of them are still held and the fifth is … Continue reading →

Full-page ad appears on page A5 of main section on Monday, April 30, 2012 By the National Committee to Free the Cuban Five See the ad: http://www.freethefive.org/downloads/WaPoAd43012.pdf All across Washington, D.C., and the surrounding region, readers of the Washington Post … Continue reading →

By Angélica Paredes López, Translated by JC Caballero Radio Rebelde,  2012.04.26 “In the case of the Cuban five, its solution is precisely in Washington and not in Miami.”Lawyer José Pertierra stated to Radio Rebelde. In statements made on phone from … Continue reading →

Stephen Kimber The following is an abridged version of a talk I gave about my forthcoming book, What Lies Across the Water: The Real Story of the Cuban Five, on April 18, 2012 at the Center for International Policy in … Continue reading →