ECUADOR: EL ORO PROVINCE CONDEMNS CUBA''S BLOCKADE http://www.namnewsnetwork.org/v2/read.php?id=173458

The US blockade on Cuba for almost half a century was firmly condemned by Ecuadorians in El Oro province during a conference delivered by Cuban ambassador Jorge Rodriguez in Machala, its capital.Rodriguez was received in the main banana-producing province of the country by its governor Edgar Cordoba, Civil Governor Montgomery Sanchez and mayor of the fourth city of the country Carlos Falquez that also expressed their solidarity with the lifting of the blockade. In Machala, the documentary "Please let the real terrorist stand up" from the US director Saul Landau, will be on display that proof with facts the unjust prison the Cuban Five have been submitted in United States since 13 years ago.

In the demand for the release of Gerardo Hernández, Antonio Guerrero, Fernando González and Ramón Labañino the ambassador decried the cruelty against Rene Gonzalez, who after serving 13 years in prison is banned from getting together with his family in Cuba.With the authorities in El Oro the Cuban diplomat talked about the possibility of cooperation in sports and culture.In his visit to this city Rodriguez toured the ophthalmology Centre Jose Marti where 14 Cuban collaborators from the Miracle Mission have already operated 34,000 people restoring them the sight free.