CUPE appeals for release of Five
The Canadian Union of Public Employees, Canada's largest union, has written to U.S. President Barak Obama demanding release of the Cuban Five.
"We are appealing to you for the release of the men known as the 'Cuban Five'," explained the letter, which was sent on April 12, 2010. "After so many years, it is time for action. It is time to release these men and ensure their safe passage home to their families in Cuba."
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This is the site for Sting of the Wasp, collected research and other materials for an in-progress narrative nonfiction book about the Cuban Five by Stephen Kimber.
The Cuban Five were members of "La Red Avispa"—the Wasp Network—spies Havana dispatched to Florida in the early 1990s to infiltrate militant anti-Castro exile groups that Cuba believed were plotting terrorist attacks on its soil. The Cuban Five were arrested, tried, convicted and are all now serving long prison terms in the United States.
In the United States, they are virtually unknown. In Cuba, they are heroes.
That’s the short version of the story. The long version is… well, more complicated... Stay tuned.
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