More than a hundred activists from 17 European countries enrolled in the Jose Marti Brigade in Solidarity with Cuba will begin their busy agenda on the island starting next Monday, according to the program released today.

Making its 41st trip to the Caribbean country, the group will stay in the Julio Antonio Mella International Camp in the western province of Artemisa. The activists' agenda includes a meeting with relatives of Rene Gonzalez, Antonio Guerrero, Gerardo Hernandez, Ramon Labañino and Fernando Gonzalez, the Cuban Five anti-terrorists sentenced to long terms in U.S. prisons for investigating violent groups from Miami preparing actions against the island.

The activists will also receive lectures on Cuba, and engage in exchanges with youth organizations and centers of economic, social and cultural interest.

The José Martí solidarity brigade from Europe will end its stay July 20.

Sources of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP) told Prensa Latina that the contingent is made up of representatives from Germany, Austria, Belarus, Denmark, Spain, Finland, France, Greece, Holland, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, United Kingdom , Czech Republic, Sweden, Switzerland and Turkey.