Friends+of+Cuba+Society+26th+July+Pretoria+picket



=Friends of Cuba Society (FOCUS) Notice=

FOCUS Gauteng is in the midst of preparations for its traditional July activities, in support of its international solidarity with the people of Cuba.

We are organising a picket demonstration on 26 July 2005 and a Cuba Café on 30 July 2005 (details to be communicated in due course). The picket demonstration will be based on two demands:

First, the Cuban people have been targets of hostile U.S. policy, including a 43-year economic blockade designed to punish a whole people who have chosen a different road for building their society. Cubans have been victims of terror attacks by the Miami-based mafia.

We demand the lifting of the blockade!

Our second demand is: “Free the Five!”

Five Cubans were falsely charged with espionage against the U.S. and sentenced to long jail terms, including life. In reality, the five patriots' mission was to follow the activities of the right-wing Miami mafia to prevent harm to innocent people. The Five were working for the Cuban Government to protect Cuba from invasion and terrorism organized, funded and launched from Miami in order to prevent the serious threat posed by Miami-based terrorism. To fulfil this mission they had infiltrated some of the Miami-based organizations. Gerardo Hernández, Antonio Guerrero, Ramón Labañino, René González and Fernando González, acting in defense of their people, were living in Miami, monitoring these terrorist groups to prevent future violence.


 * Logistic details of Picket:

Date: 26 July 2005 Place: U.S.A Embassy, Pretoria Time: 12h00 – 13h30

Contact Cde Lefika Chetty at 072 2982545, Fax – 012-3233366, Chetty.l@doe.gov.za for further information.”**

Thanks, Martin