Cuba
Calls Upon US to Arrest Terrorist Orlando Bosch
Havana, May 19 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Fidel Castro called upon the
United States to arrest the confessed terrorist Orlando Bosch, who is currently
living in that country and has a thick record of crimes against the Caribbean
Island and other nations.
Participants in the Tuesday mass demonstration along Havana sea drive not
only demanded the arrest of Luis Posada Carriles, but also that of Orlando
Bosch, who freely walks the Miami streets, said the Cuban head of State in
the news analysis TV hour Round Table.
"If so many people have already died in the name of wars unleashed by
the United States against terrorism, why not taking a confessed terrorist
to court," wondered Fidel Castro.
The Cuban statesman charged that the US government has protected this individual,
who is responsible together with Posada Carriles for the mid-flight bombing
of a Cuban airliner that killed all 73 people on board in 1976 and other acts
of terror.
What George Bush Sr. offered Bosch cannot be called pardon, but protection
by complicity, he stressed.
How many secrets might this individual (Bosch) know, he pointed out, about
CIA and other government agencies operations in Central America like the supply
of weapons to the Nicaraguan contras, or the sinister Operation Condor and
the coordination of military dictatorships in South America in the 1970s and
1980s.
Fidel Castro recalled the notorious terrorist was linked to the assassination
of former Chilean Foreign Minister Orlando Letelier 29 years ago, and the
US government continues to provide him with protection and shelter, knowing
that he is responsible for that and other crimes as FBI and CIA files prove.
The TV program focused on the repercussion of the huge march against terrorism
that brought together more than 1.2 million Cubans in Havana on Tuesday, and
on the detention of the notorious terrorist Luis Posada Carriles in Miami.
Posada was detained shortly after he appeared at a news conference that some
media organizations have described as clandestine in a heavily protected warehouse
in Miami.
A spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security said Posada was being
detained for 48 hours to look into his immigration status, but made clear
he was not going to be deported neither to Cuba nor Venezuela where the terrorist
is wanted.
Posada
Carriles is a creature of the United States, says Fidel Castro
Havana, May 19 (Prensa Latina) Terrorist Luis Posada Carriles is a “creature
of the United States”, asserted president Fidel Castro in the TV program,
questioning why US authorities did not detain and interrogate his accomplices
when he was arrested by agents of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Speaking at the TV news analysis hour "Round Table", Fidel Castro
pointed out the story of Posada´s benefactors are fabrications, and
rebuffed Posada´s story on how he entered American territory. The Cuban
leader went on to affirm there are many questions which the authorities have
left unanswered to hide their infamous alliance in the case.
The program broadcast by radio and TV stations to the whole nation, referred
to opinions expressed by US media in which they describe the criminal as a
“Frankenstein created by the United States” and others that demand
the White House to apply its anti-terrorist policy on Posada Carriles.
Images of the press conference offered by the terrorist and his later arrest
were screened in the program. The latter action was described by one of the
panel members as “gentle and friendly”.
In a country where common criminals are handcuffed as usual proceeding, the
mastermind of the blowing up of a Cubana airliner with 73 persons on board
got a preferential treatment by DHS officers, as can be judged from images
taken by US television networks.
Cubans worry over the possibility the US authorities might maneuver to keep
Posada from going to court.
On Tuesday 17, Havana sea drive was the stage of a huge demonstration of over
1.2 million Cubans who demanded justice and an end to terrorism.
During the Round Table program, images of Posada saying the United States
government is his ally in his war against Cuba were screened.
More
than 1.2 million Cubans march against terrorism
• Widespread international coverage
• Headlines in Spain, Argentina, Ecuador, El Salvador and Uruguay
OVER 1.2 million Cubans marched in Havana against terrorism in a demonstration
led by President Fidel Castro and First Vice President Raúl Castro
that received widespread coverage in the international press.
The information was broadcast yesterday on national television whilst footage
was shown of the participants who passed by Washington’s Interests Section
here demanding the arrest of the Cuban-born criminals Luis Posada Carriles
and Orlando Bosch.
"Punish the terrorist", "Down with terrorism" and "Fascist
Bush, arrest the terrorist" were just some of the slogans chanted by
demonstrators who marched along the city’s Malecón under a cloudy
sky.
Alongside the Cuban people, invited foreign guests also took part, including
Daniel Ortega, general secretary of the Sandinista Liberation Front of Nicaragua,
and Giustino Di Celmo, father of Fabio Di Celmo, the Italian businessman who
was murdered in 1997 when a bomb exploded in a hotel.
National flags and people of all ages dressed in red, white, and blue (the
colors of the Cuban flag) carried placards demanding justice for the crimes
committed by Posada Carriles, as well as photographs of the victims of attacks
such as the Cubana passenger plane explosion in 1976.
According to PL, the on-line versions of Spanish dailies El Periódico
of Catalonia, Tarragona’s El Diario and 20 Minutos, and alternative
media channels Rebelión, Insurgente, and Madrid Digital published reports
and photos of the march. The latter three also published President Fidel Castro’s
speech.
There was also coverage of the march in Ecuador, Argentina, El Salvador and
Uruguay. (PL)
Fidel leads march against terrorism
PRESIDENT
Fidel Castro headed the march of thousands of Cubans against terrorism and
calling on the United States to arrest the terrorist Luis Posada Carriles,
which wound its way through the streets of the capital today.
Wearing his traditional khakis, Fidel led the event to denounce the acts of
terrorism against Cuba that have cost some 3,5000 lives in 40-plus years.
The march of the combative people filed past the US Interests Section in Havana
to make patent their rejection of the US anti-Cuba policy and the presence
in that country of the terrorist Luis Posada Carriles.
US
immigration authorities to review Posada’s immigration status in the
next 48 hours
THE United States Homeland Security Department is to review the immigration
status of terrorist Luis Posada Carriles during the next 48 hours, the period
of time set by law for making a decision on the case, according to an EFE
report.
Immigration authorities took the notorious international terrorist yesterday
by helicopter to the Krome Detention Center, where immigrants are held, in
southern Florida, as was seen live on CNN television.
Terrorist Luis Posada Carriles, the author of various attacks including the
mid-flight explosion of a Cuban passenger plane that killed 73 people, was
arrested yesterday in Miami, although Homeland Security Department authorities
said that he was "in the custody" of that agency, AFP reported.
According to a source, the arrest occurred after a mass march in Havana against
and to demand Posada’s extradition.
Eduardo Soto, his attorney, told reporters at a press conference that he did
not know where his client was taken by the agents from the Bureau of Immigration
and Customs Enforcement (ICE) who arrested him.
The day had begun with the publication of an interview in a Miami newspaper
confirming Posada Carriles’ presence in the city. Subsequently, the
terrorist called a press conference with a number of reporters. After midday,
according to various news agency reports, he was arrested in a Miami-Dade
residence.
The Homeland Security Department did not specify where he would end up, but
did express that the ICE "does not generally remove people to Cuba, nor
does ICE generally remove people to countries believed to be acting on Cuba’s
behalf," in a clear reference to Venezuela.
A communiqué from the above-mentioned department says that Posada Carriles
was detained for a "review of his immigration status" for having
entered the country illegally this past March.