Ian
25th September 2003, 06:41
Well the only information I have is a massive draft document, it might be available smaller soon but he is working on it, its like 49 pages of glossy images and stuff about the year to come in Canada...
Here is an excerpt:
Che Guevara’s daughter to tour Canada
speaking on Terrorism and Human Rights
Aleida Guevara March, daughter of Cuban hero Ernesto Ché Guevara, will be in Canada
accompanying and introducing the daughter of another Cuban hero. Irma González is the daughter
of René González, one of five Cubans now languishing in U.S. prisons serving terms up to double life
sentences.
The two week, twelve-city tour of these two Cuban women, commencing on September 28 in
Toronto, is organized by the Canadian Network on Cuba (CNC) in conjunction with Cuba solidarity
groups from Victoria to Halifax. Its purpose is to provide an informational base for the CNC’s campaign
to pressure the Canadian government to demand the release of the ‘Cuban Five.’
Their ‘crime’ turns out to be fighting terrorism – terrorism based in the United States! While the
U.S. government wages war against one specific form of terrorism abroad, it is tolerant and even
complicit when dealing with other types at home. Moreover, it severely punishes those who, on
behalf of Cuba, attempt to protect their nation from bombs in Cuban hotels and airplanes,
assassinations, biological warfare and other deadly actions initiated in the United States.
“We have to break through the news blockade in North America about the issues of human
rights and terrorism involved in this case,” said Nino Pagliccia and Marvin Glass, Co-Chairs of the
CNC, “and we are confident that the press conferences, public meetings, meetings with local, provincial
and federal politicians and with officials from trade unions and NGO’s will be successful in informing
Canadians about these important issues.”
Also present at some of the press conferences will be Montreal resident Livio di Celmo, whose
brother Fabio was killed by a terrorist bomb in a Havana hotel.
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Please note: A comprehensive press kit dealing with the case of the Cuban Five and biographical
information on Aleida Guevara March and Irma González is also available. For further information,
see www.canadiannetworkoncuba.ca, or contact:
Marvin Glass
613-225-6232 (h)
613-520-3825 (w)
[email protected]
Nino Pagliccia
604-831-9821
[email protected]
From September 29 – October 12, 2003, Irma
González and Dr. Aleida Guevara March will tour
across Canada to bring public attention to the plight
of the Cuban Five, the five Cuban patriots unjustly
imprisoned in the United States. The tour is
sponsored by the Canadian Network on Cuba and
its affiliated groups and organizations. The tour
dates are as follows:
Toronto – September 29
Kingston – September 30
Ottawa – October 1-2
Victoria – October 3
Vancouver – October 4
Winnipeg – October 5
Montréal – October 6-7
Québec City – October 8
Halifax – October 9
Toronto/Hamilton – October 10
St. Catherine’s/ Niagara – October 11