PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION AT U.S. EMBASSY LIMA

UNCLAS LIMA 001899 DEPT FOR DS/IP/WHA DEPT FOR DS/CC DEPT FOR DS/TIA/ITA E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ASEC PE SUBJECT: PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION AT U.S. EMBASSY LIMA ¶1. Shortly after noon on December 10, 2008, approximately 40 Peruvian nationals gathered peacefully outside of the U.S. Embassy accusing the United States of falsely arresting and accusing five Cuban Nationals of crimes they never committed. Each protestor hand delivered a letter to the U.S. Embassy, which included the names of the five Cubans as Gerardo Hernandez, Ramon Labanino, Fernando Gonzalez, Antonio Guerrero, and Rene Gonzalez. The protestors also accused the United States of unjustly denying U.S. visas to Adriana Peres O'Connor and Olga Salanueva Arango, the wives of Gerardo Hernandez Nordelo and Rene Gonzalez Sehwerert. The letter received by the U.S. Embassy claimed both were going to the United States to visit their spouses in prison. The demonstration ended approximately one hour later without incident. ¶2. Point of contact for this cable is SA Abraham Ramirez, 51-1-618-2688, or RamirezA2@state.gov NEALON