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letter of november to the President Obama

by Open-Publishing - Thursday 5 November 2009
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Prison Governments USA South/Latin America

Mister President Obama,

The White House,

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

Washington, DC 20500

November 2nd of 2009

Mister President Obama,

Already eleven years and two months have passed since the imprisonment of the Cuban Five Gerardo Hernandez, Fernando Gonzalez, Antonio Guerrero, Ramòn Labañino, and René Gonzalez, who are still in the United-States prisons.

Antonio received a new sentence in Miami, instead of life sentence it was changed for twenty-two years of prison. This is enormous, twenty-two years, when someone is innocent! René was sentenced to 15 years and Gerardo received a double life sentence! Ramón and Fernando will know their new sentences on 8th of December.

The problem with the Five, except their illegal entries in the U.S.A. with false identities for some of them, they cannot be reproached for anything! They were Cuban agents, to enter the U.S.A. to infiltrate terrorist milieu in Florida. They really could not wear a badge inscribed: “Cuban agent”!

In France, we say that when we want to kill our dog, it is accused of rabies. This is exactly what happens with the FIVE! Their main accusations are totally invented: willingness to spy, willingness to commit murders, etc. None of such proof could be provided, for sure because… they are innocent. ! As Mr. Pastor said, prior councilor for National Security for Latin America, under Mr. Jimmy Carter “Judging five Cuban agents being held in Miami is as fair as judging an Israel agent being judged in Teheran.” (New York Times, 14 October 2009).

It is quite extraordinary, from a country which is looking since almost fifty years to place Cuba on its knee, to discover how pitiful to see this same country becoming a martyr during the judging court ! Country additionally, which allows asylum to Luis Posada Carriles, The Latin American Ben Laden ! This man has Venezuelan nationality, was the responsible together with Orlando Bosch of the terrorist destruction of the plane of “Cubana Airlines”, which made 73 dead on 6th October 1976. Venezuela still claims to U.S.A., with no success, his extradition for a judgment. Orlando Bosch was free by G. Bush father in 1990.

Criminal acts against Cuba are beyond what suggested the Deputy Secretary of State Leser D. Mallory to his Secretary of State Roy R. Rubottom, on 6th of April 1960 in the following memorandum :

“Majority of Cubans sustain Castro, there is no efficient political opposition… All means should be rapidly undertaken to weaken the economic life in Cuba… A measure that would have a deep impact would be to refuse any financial or shipping goods to this country. This would reduce incomes therefore could provoke famine, despair and destabilize the government.”

Since the 1959 Revolution, so many deadly attacks have multiplied against Cuba, endorsed by U.S.A. Incredible propaganda, like taking children away from their parents, as it was the case with the “Peter Pan” project. Fatal and immoral procedures continue against Cuba, beyond what is a simple economic war.

Blocus against Cuba is reconducted by YOU Mister President, despite the UN majority of votes (in October 2009, as per an official vote of the UN : 187 against the blocus, 3 for maintaining the blocus, 2 abstentions. All 192 nations have voted).

Such history against Cuba, since so many years as well as the accusations against the Five Cuban seam totally inadequate. We learned that Adriana, Gerardo’s spouse was again refused her visa for the tenth time by immigration workers because: “She represents a menace for the stability and the national security of the United-States”, this is really ridiculous. This ridiculous does not amuse us, as it is now eleven years that those two people who love each other could not even share one single visit in the parlor.

It is not surprising that majority of the people of United-States are kept in such an ignorance of this situation; they would be extremely offended by knowing what is happening. Despite this silence, the true is starting to be known, sustaining committees are multiplying, and the Five DO receive an impressive mail from the four corners of the World.

The Five Cubans matter is politic and should receive a politic solution !

Mister President you should allow an “executive grace” to those men who have already suffered too much since eleven years, and they remain to be an example of dignity that we all admire. This grace will not erase all these years of youth they have already lost in your prisons, but longer they will remain there, longer it will take time to forget this horrible situation.

We hope that you will rapidly take this measure with courage, thus allowing new relations between your two countries. Please receive my most humanist and sincere salutations.

Jacqueline Roussie

64360 Monein (France)

C.C.: Mrss Michelle Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Hillary Clinton, Mr. Harry Reid, and the ambassador of USA in France.