From Adriana and Gerardo: To all our friends who share our happiness
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- Published on Wednesday, 31 December 2014 12:22
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Gerardo Hernandez, one of the Cuban five was never supposed to come out of the US prison. He was given a double life sentence. US authorities denied his wife Adriana any visits to see Gerardo since he was imprisoned 16 years ago.
One may ask on how Gerardo's wife Adriana is now suddenly having a baby when she wasn't able to visit Gerardo in prison for the last 16 years?Well, artificial insemination is the answer. The expectation was that Gerardo would die in prison. This was Adriana's only chance of having a child.
Let's hope that this coming year we'll be able to accomplish more in the struggle for Justice, Equality & Peace with a Clean and Healthy Environment.
In Solidarity & Friendship we shall succeed,Victoria Friends of Cuba---------------------------------
Havana, December 30 (RHC) – Fernando González, René González, Antonio Guerrero and Gerardo Hernández, the four members of the Cuban Five... group, inaugurated an outdoor sculptural complex erected in the Havana suburb of Jaimanita, honoring the solidarity movement with their cause.
Accompanied by family and friends, the Cuban anti-terrorist fighters expressed their appreciation for the unwavering support of their people and thousands of activists around the world, and read a message from Ramón Labañino, the fifth member of the group, who could not attend the presentation.
The sculptural work, made of ceramic with a metal frame by artist José Rodríguez Fuster, was finished on the day when the Cuban heroes marked the tenth year of unjust imprisonment in the United States.
For six years the artist kept the masterpiece in his workshop having decided to wait for the return home of the Five, so they could be the ones to inaugurate it.
International Committee for the Freedom of the Cuban 5
To the friends who share
our happiness
Photos: Bill Hackwell
Since December 17 we have been living some very intense days. The hours have not been nearly enough time to respond to the hundreds of messages that we have received through many different ways. And now with the arrival of Gema, coming very soon, it is possible that we will have even less time to communicate. But it is important to us that you know that there has not been one day in which we have not thought about all of you. Today we enjoy with all of you this victory represented in the return of the Five to the Homeland.
The effort of each and every one of you has contributed to making this triumph possible. For more than 16 years the Five have dreamt about this happiness that we are now living. Your continued struggle on our behalf has made this all possible. And today, as we are showered with the love of our people, the gratitude for all the sisters and brothers, from around the world, who have supported us during all this time is multiplied.
On behalf of the Five and our families we wish you a happy and very successful 2015, and congratulate you on the 56th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution.
A big embrace,
Adriana, Gerardo (and Gema).
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