Puerto Rican Leader Backs Cuba

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Quito , Oct 27 (Prensa Latina) Puerto Ricans are with Cuba and, as fighters for the independence of our territory, we defend self-determination and sovereignty of that country, Rafael Cancel Miranda stated in this capital Saturday. Special guest to the Fifth Continental Meeting of Solidarity with the Cuban people, Cancel Miranda talked Prensa Latina of his love for Cuba, saying that he is "a light in Latin America." "From my land, controlled by the US government, I am ready to fight Cuba , as I have done for the independence of my country," stated the leader, who served 25 years imprisonment in United States for his independentist struggle. Cancel Miranda was one of the activists that, along with Lolita Lebron and Andres Figueroa, attacked the US Congress in 1954, to demand the end of that northern country's intervention in Puerto Rico. Expressing his solidarity with five Cuban anti-terrorist fighters unfairly imprisoned by the empire, Cancel Miranda recalled that he and other independentists were also sentenced in manipulated trials full of irregularities. In addition of Cancel Miranda, nearly 20 Puerto Ricans and representatives from Venezuela, Uruguay, Argentina , Chile, Peru, Brazil , Colombia, Nicaragua and Mexico , among others, are attending the event. ef iff lgo PL-18