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FROM CUBA
Baptist Church
parishioners gave ovation to the 75 political prisoners.
SANTA CLARA, CUBA - March 21 (Guillermo Farinas Hernandez, Cubanacan
Press /
Puenteinfocubamiami.org) – Last March 18th, when a peaceful opponent
mentioned the fifth anniversary of the incarceration of the groups of
the 75, parishioners of the First Baptist Church “The Trinity” in Santa
Clara, applauded for several minutes.
Former political prisoner and chairman of the Nationalist Civic Movement
Idalberto Gonzalez Gomez, borrowed the microphone from Pastor Homero
Gonzalez Carbonell a proceeded to explain that in 2003, these 75 men
where taken from their families for merely speak out and that they were
all honest and ethical workers.
The nearly 200 people present at the parish applauded for more than
three minutes. Attending the service were members of the Democracy
Movement, Christian Democratic Movement of Cuba, Cuban Christian Union,
the Democratic Front and the Independent Cuban Christian Workers Union.
Some 60 members of the State Security police, the Association of
Combatants for the Cuban Revolution (ACRC) and the Committees for the
Defense of the Revolution (CDR), remained mobilized around the streets
Rafael Tristá corner to Juan Bruno Zayas in the capital of Villa Clara.
Reporting from Santa Clara Guillermo Farinas Hernandez, director of
Cubanacan Press. Translation: Information Bridge Cuba Miami.
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