The Venceremos Brigade, the longest-standing Cuba solidarity group in the United States, reaffirmed its demand for the release of the Cuban Five, anti-terrorists imprisoned in the United States for over a decade.

Fernando Gonzalez, Ramon Labañino, Antonio Guerrero, Gerardo Hernandez and Rene Gonzalez are currently serving harsh sentences for their efforts to prevent the deaths of Cuban and US citizens by gathering information on terrorist plots by anti-Cuban organizations in Miami, Florida, .

Legal evidence and testimony by top US military chiefs show that the Five, as they are universally known, never threatened that powerful nation's security.

The brigade, which for 41 years has defended the Cuban revolutionary process that began in 1959, also condemned the economic, trade and financial blockade imposed on Cuba by Washington for almost 50 years.

Nearly 30 people from seven U.S. states are staying at the Julio Antonio Mella Camp, located at the Havana municipality of Caimito. They engage in volunteer labor in agriculture, and have learned more about Cuba's reality.

According to the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples, the brigade arrived in Cuba on July 11 and will depart on July 25. They visited Havana, Villa Clara, Matanzas and Cienfuegos provinces.

They also held talks with grassroots, social and political organizations, and visited sites of historic and cultural interest.