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Parliament President Ricardo Alarcon convoked a new solidarity campaign with the five Cuban antiterrorist fighters unlawfully jailed in the US, to spread the case and forward their release.

Alarcon bewailed that after eight years of prison and struggle, the issue remains out of the big media and is fully unknown for the US people.

The call was launched for Dec 12-27, on occasion of the fifth anniversary of the trial for Fernando Gonzalez, Gerardo Hernandez, Ramon Labañino, Antonio Guerrero and Rene Gonzalez in Miami.

In such process, the Five were doomed to prison sentences that include double life imprisonments and 15 years in jail.

Closing the second International Free the Five Colloquium in eastern Holguin province, the Cuban official said that they are called spies instead of antiterrorist fighters when they are seldom mentioned by the media.

“They were defending their homeland and the US society from actions by anti-Cuban terrorist groups”, he stressed, pointing out that for our people the Five´s freedom means fighting for our existence.

Cuban leaders highlighted how neighbors from the countrys mountain zones enjoy incredible and unique levels of social development in the world, after the establishment of the Peoples Power bodies.

More than 100 officials from several organizations carried out a public hearing on Government and democracy in the mountain ranges, in the eastern Granma municipality of Guisa.

Plan Turquino’s National Commission secretary Lazaro Vazquez said this government program, whose aim is the sustainable development at hills, stopped people emigres, which in 2005 were almost 732,500 mountain persons, some 57,000 above of the precedent figure.

“Some 94 percent of families from those areas consume drinking water, 81 percent are receiving power service, and over 1,000 generators were placed in priority spots,” said the official.

Vazquez stated that there are 1,468 family doctor’s offices, 936 cultural promoters and 912 art teachers, as well as 41 hospitals, hundreds of entertainment places, and all-level schools, included 53 municipal universities.

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Hamilton Green, mayor of Georgetown, capital of Guyana, expressed on Sunday his rejection to the US blockade on Cuba and buttressed the campaign for the release of the five Cuban antiterrorist fighters unfairly jailed by Washington.

Upon his arrival to Havana, Green also championed for the integration of the Caribbean countries to consolidate regional development.

The official is leading his nation´s delegation at the 14th Meeting of City Council Cooperation and Solidarity with Havana opening Monday through Nov 15 with the presence of over a hundred guests of all Ibero American mayor offices.

The distinguished visitor also came to invite Cubans to the Cricket World Cup 2007 in his city and convoke an international football tournament here for peace and integration.

Green is accompanied by representatives of all political powers of his mayor´s office and other councilors.

Cuba promotes greater participation of the youth in Scientific-Technical Forum to be held soon as a movement devoted to look for useful solutions to the problems provoked by US blockade.

The 16 nearly Forum will constitute an space of political debates regarding the future of the nation, expressed the first secretary of the Cuban Young Communist League (UJC) Julio Martinez during a national seminar with new young innovators.

Martinez said the scientific-technical development is one of the country and the Cubans´ challenges and called to honour the Revolution confidence in the Cuban youth.

According to Juventud Rebelde newspaper the meeting specified the activities the Young Technical Brigades (BTJ) will develop in commemoration of the 45 anniversary of the UJC and those regarding the participation of the new generation in the Forum.

The meeting will also arrange the creation of a special commission “The Youth and the Forum” in each province from November 15 to December 7.

Those special Commissions sessions will be attended by children´s organizations, students and workers chosen by grass root and municipal jury as well as the best exponents of youth participation in the different programs of the country.

Cuban musician Roberto Faz played boleros, guarachas, sones, pachangas, dengues, mozambiques and even excelled in the filing.

Cuban music learners class him as “the sole white that sang Son music in his days”.

This year 2006 brought several important celebrations in Havana’s overseas town of Regla. Roberto Faz´s 50th birth anniversary on Febr. 4 and the 40th death anniversary on April 26 and the 40th anniversary of the dengue dance rhythm Dámaso Pérez Prado created and that Faz widely played.

The town of Regla has seen many of its children reached the heights in music like: Francisco Albo Salazar -siglo XIX- (Pancho Majagua), Mario Romeu, Tania Castellanos, Emelina López y Sergio Farías and Antonio Arcaño, who resided in the locality for a quiet long time.

Roberto Faz born in Calle Calixto García 62 entre Céspedes y Agramante in Regla, Havana City is one of the legends in playing son music and bolero-songs best known as the overseas town of Regla´s dear voice. A man of charisma, whose singing heartened very much the Cuban people.

He gained popularity from the 1950s to 1960s as a singer and conductor of the band Conjunto Casino (1943 - 1956) and specialized in many forms of Cuban music and in 1959 produced Suena Tu Bongó on Panart, an enjoyable popular music album.

“With the Casino I made hit sons, guarachas and filing themes such as Quiéreme y verás and Realidad y fantasía by Portillo de la Luz; A romper el coco, guaracha de Otilio Portal and Que se corra la bola (guaracha by Alberto Ruiz).

The last stage of Conjunto Roberto Faz lived in 1966, the dengue rhythm they played so well rocked tem even higher replenishing their repertoire with the unforgettable Dengue de la caña, Dengue del pollo and Dengue en Fa that made the craze in Havana carnival festivities. Then boleros and trumpeter choir were acclaimed.

On April 26, 1966 in the heydays of mozambique rhythm of Pello el Afrocán and the dengue death found Roberto Faz, three years after the death of the great Benny Moré. Thus the ´60s took off the lives of two big names of the Cuban music.

Musicologist Helio Orovio tells about Faz: “with his peculiar voice, he was one of the most prominent and attracting figures tat in the Cuban popular music circle I’ve ever met”.

Tito Gómez: “the best son music player white Cuba had”.

Miguelito Cuní: “a man, friend, partner and extraordinary as a son music player. He was the first white that sang sones”.

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