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The Cuban Council of Churches (CIC) publicly asked the US government to open the prison doors for the five Cuban antiterrorism fighters, so they can be visited by their relatives for Christmas.

A letter signed by the Evangelical Theology Seminary, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Center and CIC Studies Center urges US authorities to allow visitation during this sacred time.

Using biblical Christmas texts, especially the Gospel of St. Luke, the letter particularly refers to the suffering the Bush administration has caused Adriana Perez and Olga Salanueva, and Olga s two daughters.

Perez and Salanueva are Gerardo Hernandez and Rene Gonzalez wives, respectively; these two men, together with Fernando Gonzalez, Antonio Guerrero and Ramon Labanino, have been unfairly imprisoned in the United States since 1998 for fighting against terrorism.

“Approaching Christmas Eve, we ask US authorities to permit Adriana Perez and Olga Salanueva to accompany Rene s two daughters and visit their husbands.” This request was also made last year, but the Bush government did not accept it.

In a declaration published The Guardian, Salanueva denounced the “United States continuously and arbitrarily denies me the possibility of visiting Rene. There is no justification for these refusals.”

Canary Island Government President Adan Martin, met here with local authorities and compatriot residents, and said he was satisfied with his stay, after reviewing cooperation and brotherhood projects.

Martin held talks with Cuban Parliament President Ricardo Alarcon, Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque, Council of State Vice President Jose Ramon Fernandez, Vice President Carlos Lage, and several associations of Canary Islands residents in this country.

Other activities include paying tribute to Leonor Perez Cabrera, mother of Cuban National Hero Jose Marti.

On his encounters, the Canary official recalled deep cultural and historic roots existing between both peoples since the 19th century, when the Rebel Army that fought the Spanish colony enlisted four Canary Generals and about 600 soldiers.

According estimates, there are in Cuba some 59,000 people related to the Canary Islands.

Cuban first Vice president Raul Castro attended on Wednesday the official opening of the 11th Sports for All World Congress in this capital.Olympic Prez at Cuba Sports Congress

Belgian Jacques Rogge, International Olympic Committee president, other sports, social, and diplomatic figures attended the ceremony as well.
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Cuban first Vice president Raul Castro attended on Wednesday the official opening of the 11th Sports for All World Congress in this capital.

Olympic Prez at Cuba Sports Congress
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Despite the US blockade and its harmful results, Cuba currently continues giving its aid and cooperation to the Third World countries, said Cuban ambassador to Panama, Carlos Garcia.

The economic, financial, and commercial war imposed by Washington strives to make a people surrender by hunger, which is a genocidal action, denounced the diplomat in an act of solidarity with Cuba held in Colon City, about 49 miles north of the Panamanian capital.
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