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Twin Cities and Collegeville
Book Tour with author
Arnold August
Monday, April 14 at 7:30 PM
St. John’s University
Collegeville, Quad 170
Sponsored by CSB/SJU
Global Awareness Lecture Series
Tuesday, April 15 at 4:00 PM
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Book Store (West Bank)
Tuesday, April 15 at 6:30 PM
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Blegen 120 (West Bank)
Wednesday, April 16 at 4:45 PM
Macalester College, St. Paul
Maxim Hall – Davis Court
Sponsored by Latin American Studies
and Hispanic Studies
Wednesday, April 16 at 7:30 PM
May Day Bookstore
301 Cedar Ave South, Minneapolis
Sponsored by Minnesota Cuba Committee
Thursday, April 17 at 7:30 PM
Sub-Text Bookstore
165 Western Ave North, St. Paul
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 The Cuban Five
In September 1998, five Cuban men were imprisoned in the
U.S. for trying to stop Miami exile groups from committing violent acts
against Cuba. More information on the case can be found at
the International Committee for the Freedom of the Cuban 5
and the National
Committee to Free the Cuban
Five.
Appeals continue in the case. One of
the current grounds for appeal is the discovery that Miami reporters were being paid by the U.S. government to write
inflammatory articles about the Five while the trial was underway.
On Friday, October 7, 2011, the first
of the Five, René González, was released from the Florida prison where he spent 13 years
while being unjustly sanctioned. In May 2013, after serving part of three
years of probation in Miami, he was given permission to return to Cuba
permanently.
On February 27, 2014, the second of the Five, Fernando González, was released from prison after serving his full term. He was immediately deported to Cuba. Watch a video of his words on arriving at the airport in Havana.
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