Communist Internet Sunday 4th May 2000 9.30pm gmt Half a million Cuban women march past the U.S. Interests Section THIS Friday, half a million Cuban women marched past the U.S. Interests Section in Havana to protest against the prolonged injustice meted out to Eli�n Gonz�lez and to demand the return of him, his father and his family to their country. The demonstration, in which President Fidel Castro participated, was led by Eli�n's grandmothers Raquel Rodr�guez and Mariela Quintana and his great- grandmother Ramona; together with Vilma Espin, president of the Federation of Cuban Women. Ending their march opposite the Interests Section, the women congregated at the Jos� Mart� Anti-Imperialist Tribunal where they expressed their rejection and condemnation of the new maneuvers against this modest Cuban family. After the verdict of the Atlanta Appeals Court and as soon as the news emerged of the further 14- day extension granted to the child's captors, whose request for political asylum for Eli�n has been refused three times in succession by various courts and governmental bodies, the Revolution's leadership called on Cuban mothers, grandmothers... http://www.billkath.demon.co.uk/cw/half/half.html
