The fifth Continental Cuban Solidarity Meeting ended here Sunday with the approval of the Quito Declaration condemning the United States's blockade against Cuba.
The meeting was held away from Cuba's capital, Havana, for the first time and attracted Ricardo Alarcon, the leader of Cuba's legislature the National Assembly, as well as 400 other delegates from 25 nations.
Alarcon opened the event, organized by the Ecuador Friendship Movement. In his opening speech, Alarcon condemned the U.S. president, George W. Bush, for his hostile attitude towards Cuba.
He also called for the immediate release of five Cubans jailed in the United States. Cuba says they are heroes jailed for fighting the terrorism conducted by Cuban exiles against the island, while the United States says that the prisoners had been spying against it.
The meeting also called for the return of Guantanamo military base to Cuba.
Attendees included Sandinista commander Tomas Borge, relatives of the five jailed Cubans and writers Jorge Enrique Adoum and Raul Perez Torres.
Source: Xinhua
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