INDEPENDENT LIBRARIAN HAS BEEN DETAINED
Thanks to the pinko pastors and their international supporters, Alibris book's donate a book campaign is hosting "A wish list for Granma." You won't find the link on the pinko pastors website; no doubt they don't want the US Department of Treasury Department to know they are soliciting for fidel. You have to ask, if Cubans need books, why is the Cuban government arresting Independent Librarians for loaning books?
"In Cuba there are no prohibited books there just isn't any money to buy them” - fidel castro
That's a lie, fidel has hundreds a millions stashed away, millions that rightfully belong to the Cuban people.
MAY 7, 2007
CONTACT: Berta Mexidor 601-979-8651
Gustavo Colas Castillo, the Director of the Independent Library Leopoldo Pita, in Amancio, Las Tunas has been detained since this past Saturday, May 5th. In a telephone conversation, Leonor Castillo, who is in Cuba and the mother of the librarian, confirmed that a relative had received a call from the police informing about his detention without disclosing the specific place where he was being held.It was known that the activist was traveling to several provinces of the eastern of Cuba in the attempt to meet with other members of the Independent Libraries Project in Cuba with the purpose to consolidate this cultural initiative that arose in March, 1998 in Las Tunas. The initiative took place after the Cuban leader Fidel Castro stated that “in Cuba there are no prohibited books there just isn't any money to buy them”
Colas Castillo is also the Deputy Director of Independent Libraries of Cuba and centers his work in the Eastern part of the island. The relatives and the Independent Librarians in Cuba make the Cuban authorities responsible for the fate of Gustavo Colas who has devoted himself only to the promotion of reading without censorship in Cuba.
Berta Mexidor
Abroad Representative for Independent LibrariesEditor’s Note: The Independent Libraries Project has been promoting intellectual freedom in Cuba trough “Reading without Censorship.” The effort is supported by Jackson State University and the Mississippi Consortium for International Development.
Please visit: Bibliocuba, Payolibre, and Friends of Cuban Libraries.
To view the Granma wish list, search for an Alibris wish list by this email: danalulow@hotmail.com.
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7 de Mayo, 2007
CONTACTO: Berta Mexidor 601-979-8651
Gustavo Colás Castillo, Director de la Biblioteca Independiente Leopoldo Pita, en Amancio Rodríguez, Las Tunas, se encuentra detenido desde el pasado sábado 5 de mayo.
En conversación telefónica desde Cuba, Leonor Castillo, madre del bibliotecario, aseguró que un familiar recibió una llamada, el domingo en la noche, donde se le informaba que Colás Castillo había sido detenido pero que no podían informar donde se encontraba.
Se supo que el activista realizaba un recorrido por varias provincias del oriente cubano en el intento de intercambiar con otros miembros del Proyecto de Bibliotecas Independientes de Cuba, con el objetivo de consolidar esta iniciativa cultural que surgió en marzo del 1998 en Las Tunas.
La idea surgió luego que el gobernante cubano Fidel Castro declarara que “en Cuba no hay libros prohibidos lo que falta es el dinero para comprarlos”.
Colás Castillo es además director adjunto de las Bibliotecas Independientes de Cuba y centra su atención en la zona oriental de la isla.
Los familiares y los bibliotecarios independientes hacen responsable a las autoridades cubanas de la suerte que pueda correr Gustavo Colás, que se dedica únicamente a la promoción de la Lectura sin Censura en Cuba.
Berta Mexidor
Representante en el Exterior de Bibliotecas Independientes
Nota: Las Bibliotecas Independientes promueven la libertad intelectual a través de la Lectura sin Censura y son apoyadas por la Universidad Estatal de Jackson (JSU) y el Consorcio de Mississippi para el Desarrollo Internacional.
www. Bibliocuba.org
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