On September 16, a court ruling issued by Florida district court Judge Joan A. Lenard frustrated his intention to return to Cuba.
After completing his sentence in prison today, Rene Gonzalez must serve an additional three-year period of supervised release in the United States. On September 16, a court ruling issued by Florida district court Judge Joan A. Lenard frustrated his intention to return to Cuba.
On September 12, during a central act for the Campaign of Solidarity with the Cuban Five, Parliament President Ricardo Alarcon stated that Gonzalez´ impossibility to immediately return home is also an unjust additional sentence for him and his family.
This also means a challenge for the Obama administration that "I hope he knows to cope it with wisdom and common sense," Alarcon noted.
Cuban officials and mass media, along with solidarity voices worldwide, have agreed to warn on the dangers of the judge´s decision to Rene´s life.
Cuban-American congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen recently stated that Gonzalez is a "villain" with "blood on his hands," adding that his release was "very worrying."
For Gloria La Riva, coordinator of the U.S. National Committee to Free the Five, that accusation should be regarded a call advocating violence against the antiterrorist.
"From afar, I dream with the moment in which Rene releases from prison, because I have no visa to be there," stated Irma Sehwerert, mother of Gonzalez, to whom the U.S. government has not allowed to witness the moment of the release of his son.