Eight women''s organizations have expressed support for Cuba by denouncing the Washington-imposed blockade and demanding the release of the five Cuban antiterrorist fighters unjustly held in U.S. prisons since 1998, it was reported in this capital.

Magalys Arocha, coordinator for the Americas and the Caribbean department of the Women's International Democratic Federation (WIDF), and Tamara Columbie, coordinator of the World March of Women (WMW), told Prensa Latina that such examples of solidarity were evident during a meeting of women's groups in this capital on Friday and Saturday.

During the event, those organizations recognized the Cuban people for facing the economic, financial and commercial blockade imposed by the U.S. government on the Caribbean island, Arocha said to Prensa Latina.

They also spoke out for the release of Rene Gonzalez, Antonio Guerrero, Gerardo Hernandez, Ramon Labañino and Fernando Gonzalez, arrested almost 14 years ago on U.S. soil for monitoring and preventing terrorist actions against Cuba by organizations based in South Florida.

According to the Cuban women's leader, groups from Mexico, Panama, Guatemala and El Salvador highlighted the Cuban government's role in the emancipation of women.