Five Days for the Cuban Five draws to a close

Washington.— The protest and solidarity event to which representatives from almost 30 countries - who are demanding the U.S. government release the three Cuban anti-terrorists currently incarcerated in federal prisons - is entering its final phase.

Since June 4, lawyers, parliamentarians, representatives of religious institutions, artists, writers, unionists and friends of the cause for the Cuban Five, have been fighting to increase political pressure in order to achieve a solution.

Panel discussions, book presentations, documentary screenings and a peaceful protest outside the White House calling for the release of the Cuban anti-terrorists and Puerto Rican independence leader Oscar López Rivera have been some of the key activities that have taken place during the event so far.

Participants in the event - organized by the International Committee for the Freedom of the Cuban Five – paid homage to former Chilean minister Orlando Letelier and his assistant Ronni Moffit, assassinated in Washington in 1976.

Francisco Letelier, Orlando Letelier’s son said that he was 11 years old when his father was taken from him due to an act of terrorism and joined the many voices demanding the release of Gerardo, Ramón and Antonio.

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