Boricua Nationalist Extols Cuban Social Workers

Santa Clara, Dec 14 (acn) Puerto Rican ex-political prisoner Dylcia Pagan, extolled the work of Cuban social workers as she visited the Abel Sanatmaria Medical School in the central province of Santa Clara.

Pagan, who is a fighter for the independence of her country, told this agency that Puerto Rico should take Cuba as an example, as doctors trained in the island, whom she called doctors from the soul, are ordinary people who are able to understand the problems of society.

She said what is most important for a health professional is to struggle along side individuals and suffer their problems.

Dylcia Pagan was kept in jail for 20 years in the United States for fighting for the freedom of Puerto Rico. She said during her days in prison, she occasionally served as a social worker counsellor of the American penitentiary system, which she described as inhumane because of its hard conditions and constant violations of the rights of the prisoners.

Pagan expressed her unconditional support of the cause of Gerardo Hernandez, Rene Gonzalez, Ramon Labañino, Antonio Guerrero and Fernando Gonzalez, known as the Cuban Five, who are serving unfair sentences in American jails for trying to stop terrorist actions against Cuba.


The Puerto Rican nationalist made a call to unite to fight together for the release of the Cuban Five and for the freedom of her country fellows Alberto Torres and Oscar Lopez Rivera who are also political prisoners and are imprisoned for claiming the independence for their country.

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Due to the U.S. government’s denial to approve visas, Gerardo Hernandez Nordelo and Rene Gonzalez Sehwerert have not seen their wives since their incarceration!! Others in the Cuban 5 have not seen their parents, wives and children with regularity, because the U.S. government has taken prolonged periods of time to issue them visas.

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