Norwegians ask Obama to end Cuban blockade

Norway: The end of the blockade on Cuba and the release of five Cuban anti-terrorist fighters will be demanded by solidarity organizations of the island during President Barack Obama's visit to Oslo to receive the Nobel Prize, the Organizing Committee reported on Wednesday.

A rally was scheduled to take place yesterday after a Miami Court revealed the re-sentence of three of The Cuban Five, as they are universally known. They are currently serving harsh sentences in US jails, victims of a legal trial due to the political dispute among Governments.

Peaceful, solidarity, political and renowned fighters like Cindy Sheehan, will attend the demonstration for peace and against war and nuclear weapons, Ingeborg Steinholt, one of the organizers, stated.

Rhe participants will also reject the granting of Nobel Prize to the US President.

The Association of Friendship with Cuba in Norway, the Norwegian Communist Party and its Youth Organization, the Red Party and its Youth, and the powerful Workers' Central Union of the Oslo region, a force with more than 125 workers' unions, are among the organizations convened for the rally. Oslo, Prensa Latina