• Public hearing with the participation of Ricardo Alarcón and U.S. attorney Leonard Weinglass

Maria Julia Mayoral
Granma International
May, 2004

FOR Cubans, there is no right to rest for even a moment in the struggle for the Five, because these patriots and their families are suffering with valor and honor a severe trial for everyone, for our right to life and liberty, affirmed Ricardo Alarcón yesterday, in the public hearing to take stock of international solidarity with the five Cuban political prisoners in the United States.

"In this battle," he declared, "we have the incomparable strength of those Five patriots, whose upright conduct, altruism and heroism are the finest expression of the highest virtues that our people have been capable of generating.