Gerardo Hern

Five Heroes strengthen Cuban Revolution

Havana — Last Dec. 17, U.S. President Barack Obama announced the release of the three remaining Cuban Five political prisoners…

May 16, 2015

May Day – Havana

Five Cuban heroes led the 2015 May Day “United in the Construction of Socialism” march in Havana, and then joined…

May 5, 2015

Ramón Labañino Salazar: a prison visit with a Cuban hero

Ashland, Ky. -- We sat in the last three seats of the last neat row of red plastic chairs.  It…

December 16, 2014

Cuba, Ebola & the Cuban 5

Revolutionary leader and former Cuban President Fidel Castro’s Oct. 17 reflection, “Duty calls,” explains Cuba’s urgent mobilization of medical personnel…

October 23, 2014

Aumenta apoyo sindical para los Cinco Cubanos

La sala de reuniones en la planta baja de la sede del Sindicato de Empleados de Servicio (SEIU por sus…

September 30, 2014

Growing labor support for the Cuban Five

The Service Employees union headquarters ground-floor meeting room in Washington, D.C., was standing-room-only on Sept. 13 for the premiere of…

September 27, 2014

IFCO/Pastors for Peace: On the road to Cuba

Since 1992 the Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization/Pastors for Peace Friendshipment caravan has challenged the U.S. blockade of Cuba, casting…

July 29, 2014

Vote for the Cuban 5 now!

Ask your friends to vote for them too. Voting ends 5 p.m. on March 21. IT WILL TAKE ONLY ONE…

March 17, 2014

The Cuban Five: Fernando the Giant

The following statement was released by Gerardo Hernández, one of the Cuban Five who remains unjustly imprisoned in the U.S.…

March 4, 2014

Cuban 5 tribute to Mandela

Just after an extended period of time in lockdown, one of the Cuban Five political prisoners inside the U.S., Hero…

December 6, 2013