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Upcoming Exhibit to Demonstrate Cuba Egypt Ties
Graphic complaints about the U.S. blockade and the unjust imprisonment of five Cuban antiterrorist fighters in the United States are part of the exhibit "Cuba in the Heart of Egypt," opening on March 4.
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Prensa Latina
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Graphic complaints about the U.S. blockade and the unjust imprisonment of five Cuban antiterrorist fighters in the United States are part of the exhibit "Cuba in the Heart of Egypt," opening on March 4.
The statement was made by Cuban ambassador Otto Vaillant, who met today with a group of cartoonists attending to the details for the upcoming opening of the exhibition, at the Egyptian Center for International Cultural Cooperation (CECCI), in Zamalek, an urban island in the middle of the historical Nile River.
The exhibit is tangible evidence of the Egyptian admiration for Cuba and its Revolution, Vaillant said at a meeting with executives of the Federation of Egyptian Cartoonists Organization (FECO), led by President Mohamed Effat Ismail.
The ambassador thanked the Egyptian cartoonists "who have shown a great love for Cuba and its leaders" and recalled a similar display by the FECO, held in 2011.
Organized in solidarity with the Cuban Heroes, this was the first public activity in Egypt to demand the release of our brothers, Vaillant said.
Gerardo Hernandez, Antonio Guerrero, Ramon Labañino, Fernando Gonzalez and Rene Gonzalez were condemned 15 years ago to long prison sentences at a trial that the U.N. has considered illegal.
Rene Gonzalez returned home to Cuba after completing his prison sentence, and has said he will not be free as long as his four companions remain in prison, the Cuban ambassador recalled.
The statement was made by Cuban ambassador Otto Vaillant, who met today with a group of cartoonists attending to the details for the upcoming opening of the exhibition, at the Egyptian Center for International Cultural Cooperation (CECCI), in Zamalek, an urban island in the middle of the historical Nile River.
The exhibit is tangible evidence of the Egyptian admiration for Cuba and its Revolution, Vaillant said at a meeting with executives of the Federation of Egyptian Cartoonists Organization (FECO), led by President Mohamed Effat Ismail.
The ambassador thanked the Egyptian cartoonists "who have shown a great love for Cuba and its leaders" and recalled a similar display by the FECO, held in 2011.
Organized in solidarity with the Cuban Heroes, this was the first public activity in Egypt to demand the release of our brothers, Vaillant said.
Gerardo Hernandez, Antonio Guerrero, Ramon Labañino, Fernando Gonzalez and Rene Gonzalez were condemned 15 years ago to long prison sentences at a trial that the U.N. has considered illegal.
Rene Gonzalez returned home to Cuba after completing his prison sentence, and has said he will not be free as long as his four companions remain in prison, the Cuban ambassador recalled.