Puerto Ricans demand release of the Cuban Five

For the past year, more than 10,000 signatures have been collected in 
Puerto Rico demanding the immediate release of the five Cuban political 
prisoners in the United States. According to Milagros Rivera, President of 
the Cuba Solidarity Committee in the Puerto Rican capital, the group has 
been collecting signatures on a petition and concentrating on publicising 
the legal situation of the Five.

The head of the Puerto Rican solidarity organisation with Cuba told 
reporters that the US Government has reached the point that it is beginning 
to realise that people all over the world know about the case.

Milagros Rivera noted that the 12th Juan Rius Rivera Brigade is in Cuba 
once again to express solidarity with the island. Some 80 Puerto Ricans are 
taking part in voluntary agricultural work and visiting places of historic 
and cultural interest around the island until they return to Puerto Rico on 
July 31.

She said they will also attend the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of 
the attack on the Moncada Garrison, which will take place in Santiago de 
Cuba on July 26.