The 4th Congress of Solidarity with Cuba put new wind in the sails of the movement in El Salvador to support the people of that nation and call for the cessation of U.S. aggression against Cuba.
Raul Martinez, president of the Salvadoran Coordinating Committee of Solidarity with Cuba, said that willingness was expressed in agreements reached by hundreds of participants at the meeting.
The event was held on Sunday at the University of El Salvador, and was attended by Vice President of the Republic Salvador Sanchez Ceren, other personalities, legislators, and political leaders of the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN).
In the final statement, participants expressed their decision to increase campaigns for the release of the five Cuban antiterrorist fighters imprisoned in the U.S. for more than 14 years. They approved creation of a combative front to continue demanding that the U.S. government immediately end the more than 50 year criminal and immoral blockade of the Caribbean nation.
Another agreement is to incorporate people's organizations and religious bodies in activities to demand the release of the five antiterrorist fighters and end the U.S. blockade and aggressions against Cuba.
In the same sense, delegates decided to promote greater participation in such actions by artists, intellectuals, writers, and other representatives of Salvadoran culture.
In addition, the departmental committees of the Coordinating Committee established Internet blogs tto help distribute information in support of Cuba and reject lies campaigns against the Revolution in that country.
Maria Eugenia Guerrero, sister of Cuban antiterrorist fighter Antonio Guerrero, and the representative of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP), Yamil Martinez, participated as guests at the Congress.
Maria Eugenia read a message of greeting from her brother, on behalf of the five antiterrorist fighters, Gerardo Hernandez, Ramon Labañino, Fernando Gonzalez, Rene Gonzalez and Guerrero.
The Five, as they are known internationally, were detained on September 12, 1998, in the U.S. city of Miami. A biased trial held there in 2001 condemned the men to prison terms ranging from 15 years to two life sentences plus 15 years.