President George W. BushThe White House
Washington. DC
Dear Mr. President:
We, the undersigned former Cuban political prisoners belonging to the Historic Political Prisoners Association, support United States Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen's nomination of Dr. Oscar Elias Biscet for the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Dr. Biscet is a peaceful opponent of the Castro dictatorship who is currently imprisoned for merely exercising his right to dissent from a government that has been in power for nearly 50 years.
His unsullied and exemplary history of activism demanding democracy and respect for his people's human rights, as well as his strong defense of liberty, render him worthy to receive this distinction. Such an honor would constitute encouragement as well as recognition for Dr. Biscet and all other Cuban political prisoners. Sincerely,
Luis G. Infante, Orlando López Periú, Fermín Amador Chamizo, José Fernández Vera, Rigoberto Acosta, José Mojena, Arturo Suárez, Rogelio Villar de Franco, Hortensia Curra, Gabriel Astengo, Jorge Guerrero, Nestor Ruidíaz, Eddie Artze, Luis Masson, Armando Collado, Domingo Martínez, Roberto Gesni, Rafael A. Artiles, Orlando Molina, Antonio Mustelier, Rubén Morales, Roberto Rivero, Freddy Herrera, Nelson E. Rodríguez, Rolando Orea, Abel Nieves, Miguel Aceituno, Román Aceituno, José A. Albertini, Rolando Blanco, Rafael Carrera, Manuela Calvo, Roberto González, Ramón Gálvez, Pablo González, Gilberto Roche Vega, Ruperto González, Elías Gonzalo, Dionisio García, Isaac Oviedo, Raúl Martínez, Pedro Pérez Cruz, Agapito Rivera, Francisco Talavera, Julio Sosa, Tomás Suárez, Andrés Suárez, Lutgardo Castellanos, Idalberto Sánchez, Rolando González Oliva, Heriberto Fernández, José A. Rodríguez, Raúl Carpio, Roberto Alonso, Efrén Correa, Tomás Ruíz, Andrés Arroyo, Carlos Marcelo, Pedro Pérez Sarduy, Rubén Gonzalo, Gerardo Gonzalo, Eloy Gonzalo, Julio Cepero, Luis Cepero Aday, Pedro Zayas, Pedro Soto, Juan Alvarez Tápanes, José Rodríguez Terrero, Roberto Jiménez, Antonio de la Cova, Francisco Verdecia, José A. Jiménez, Ernesto Acosta, Rodolfo Orta, Orestes Cervantes, Jorge Valdés Páez, Lázaro Carpio, Benito Bravo, Víctor Gámez, José Miranda, Miguel Quesada, Guillermo Béquer, Luis Cabriales, Teodoro Moya, Raúl Pérez, Marcelo Calderón, Víctor Guerra, Rolando Cordero, Ernesto Claro, Eduardo Calderón, Daniel Conde, Antonio López Muñoz, Rigoberto Zamora, Angel Lucena Zamora, Candelario Puerta.
