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Cuban Hero Assures He Will Climb the Turquino Peak

CUBA, March 15, 2010. -  In a telephone conversation with his daughters Aili and Laura, the Cuban antiterrorist Ramon Labanino assured them that upon their return, the Cuban Five will climb the Turquino Peak, just as the two girls did as part of the “From Aconcagua to the Turquino Peak” project.

The daughters of the Hero kept the dialogue while returning from the highest point in Cuba, from where they demanded the release of their father and the other 4 heroes, following a similar gesture of three young Argentineans in the Andean mountain, the highest in America.

During the phone conversation Labañino greeted the group made up of other relatives of the Cuban antiterrorists, students from the Institute of International Relations and journalists from our Agency.

“I’ll go with you to the Turquino, and from today I call upon you to accompany me when we all return,” said a confident Ramon, with strong voice and confident that justice will overcome the injustice and the rationality will prevail over the infamy.

The surprise and excitement of the call, along with the serious commitment of the invitation, served as encouragement for the group to recover from the fatigue accumulated in the unusual hours of walking through the rugged slopes of the Sierra Maestra mountain range.

The day before heavy rain stopped them in the middle of the mountains in the area known as Altos del Naranjo, and almost at midnight they could make it to the point of collection, to undertake the journey home.

Before starting the journey that took them to the bust of José Martí, on the roof of the Cuban archipelago, members of the Brigade walked in the footsteps of Che Guevara in his area of operations of Buey Arriba, Bueycito and San Pablo del Yao, as well as visiting the "Otilia" rebel camp . (Cubaminrex  - acn)

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