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Obama can and should free the Five, Affirms Alarcón in Venezuela

VENEZUELA, November 11, 2009. Ricardo Alarcón, president of the National Assembly of People’s Power, today called on the United States for a signal of change toward Latin America by releasing the five anti-terrorist prisoners and arresting two notorious terrorists.

Addressing the Venezuelan National Assembly, Alarcón affirmed that President Barack Obama can, should and has the moral, political, and legal right to exercise constitutional authority and release Ramón Labañino, Fernando González, Antonio Guerrero, Gerardo Hernández and René González.

Obama alone, who spoke of a fresh start in terms of relations with Cuba, must begin with that gesture, there should be no confusion, if he does not that would be confirmation of the same policy of terrorism, noted Alarcón.

The president of the Cuban parliament said that, instead of promoting war and constructing military bases, Obama should send the signal that the peoples of Latin America are waiting for: to free the Five and incarcerate Luis Posada Carriles and Orlando Bosch. He recalled that both Posada and Bosch participated in attacks such as the mid-flight explosion of a Cuban passenger airliner in 1976 and diverse crimes in Venezuela and Central America. He also mentioned that Posada Carriles ordered bombs to be placed in Havana.

On receiving Ricardo Alarcón and relatives of the Cuban anti-terrorist fighters, the National Assembly of Venezuela expressed its solidarity with the Five.

Venezuelan Parliamentary President Cilia Flores highlighted the contradiction that the Five are imprisoned in a country which presents itself as a leader in the battle against international terrorism while incarcerating those fighting against this phenomenon. (Cubaminrex- Granma-PL)

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