Cuban Five’s René Gonzàlez Home in Cuba

by Tom Hayden *

René Gonzàlez, one of the Cuban 5 (http://tomhayden.com/home/obamas-cuban-5-dilemma.html) serving long prison terms for their surveillance of violent anti-Castro exiles in Miami, is home in Havana after 13 years in American prisons and 18 months probation in Miami. On the recommendation of the White House and Justice Department, Gonzàlez was released in Havana to serve 18 months of further probation and remain there permanently. A Chicago native, Gonzàlez was required to renounce his US citizenship as part of the settlement.

Ramón Labañino : I’ve Been, and I Am, a Fortunate Man

From the low-security prison in Ashland, Kentucky, Cuban anti-terrorism fighter Ramón Labañino sent this message dedicated to all the people he loves on the occasion of his fiftieth birthday.

Cuba Ratifies Commitment to Fight Terror

Cuba ratified today the commitment to fight terrorism in all its forms and expressions, and proposed to adopt an international convention of general scale to face the scourge. In her speech during a two-day conference here on the topic, Cuban delegate Lilianne Sanchez reaffirmed her country´s support to multilateral and bilateral cooperation to fight terrorism and strongly criticized the US double standard by sheltering international terrorists like Luis Posada Carriles from justice and giving harsh sentences to anti-terrorist fighters Rene Gonzalez, Ramon Labanino, Antonio Guerrero, Fernando Gonzalez and Gerardo Hernandez, internationally known as The Cuban Five. 

RAMÓN LABAÑINO TRANSFERRED TO A LOW SECURITY PRISON IN KENTUCKY

Today Ramon Labañino's family informed that he was transferred to a low security prison in Ashland, Kentucky.

His new address:

LUIS MEDINA
REG. # 58734-004
FCI Ashland
Federal Correctional Institution
P.O. Box 6001
Ashland KY, 41105