Judith Gross calls on the Cuban Government to allow her husband Alan, now a prisoner in Cuba convict

The Cubans have suggested a five-for-one swap, which under standards set by the Israeli government in exchanging a single prisoner for over a thousand terrorists, doesn't seem like much. But the Cuban Five, who were convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage, conspiracy to commit murder and other crimes, are symbolically more important to both governments.
country inn and suites by carlson A swap for Gross would be popular in the Jewish community but not in the Cuban-American community, which rails against any deals with the "terrorist regime" in Havana, especially since it could mean handing the Castros a major propaganda victory.
Meanwhile, it seems unlikely the Cubans country inn and suites by carlson will send Alan Gross home any time soon. Like relations between the two countries, he is being held hostage to outmoded, counterproductive and politically motivated policies.
On April 14, Judy Gross asked the Cuban government to allow her husband to visit his mother before she dies. She said a federal judge allowed Rene Gonzalez, country inn and suites by carlson one of the Cuban Five, to return to Cuba to visit his brother, who is dying of cancer. Judy Gross wanted Cuba to reciprocate. She wrote:
Cuban authorities, in particular country inn and suites by carlson Castro, should demonstrate whether they are the humanitarian people they claim to be, seriously interested in reciprocity and honoring their words — or whether their words are empty rhetoric, intended all along to deceive.
Judith Gross calls on the Cuban Government to allow her husband Alan, now a prisoner in Cuba convicted of actions "to destabilize Cuba's constitutional country inn and suites by carlson order," to return to the United States for two weeks to say farewell to his beloved mother, now near death with cancer.
Judith Gross correctly notes that her husband was not accused of being a spy. He had, however, violated Cuban law in a number of other ways. He was there distributing sophisticated communications equipment without a license, and not simply to members of the Jewish community. On the contrary, the leaders of that community have said they had nothing to do with Mr. Gross. Further, he was working country inn and suites by carlson on a contract for USAID, whose $20 million program in Cuba was authorized by a law calling for "regime change."
All that aside, Ambassador Jorge Bolaños, the Chief of the Cuban Interests Section, country inn and suites by carlson in a letter to me on April 7, reiterated the Cuban government's willingness to look for a humanitarian solution in this case on the basis of reciprocity.
He also said the Cuban government had conveyed to the U.S. government a proposal to jointly organize a trip to Cuba by Evelyn Gross, Alan's mother, aboard country inn and suites by carlson a special flight with all necessary medical conditions available, including specialized medical personnel and all facilities so that she could visit her son Alan.
Gross has said he went to Cuba to help Cuban Jews connect to the Internet. country inn and suites by carlson On April 8, an online weekly called American Free Press published a post entitled, Why do U.S. taxpayers subsidize Cuban Jews? Michael Collins Piper wrote:
Although Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtenin (R-Fla.)—of Jewish extraction—has been a loud champion country inn and suites by carlson of Gross's cause, her office—pressed by AFP—was unable to explain country inn and suites by carlson why Gross's actions were not un-Constitutional or why the Cuban Jews were receiving special treatment at U.S. taxpayer country inn and suites by carlson expense.
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Karen Lee Wald: "What's interesting is that Tracey Eaton, whose project this is, is no great fan of Cuba's revolutionary government. But he's even less of a fan of spending our money in an attempt to topple it."
Miami Herald: … the details of Radio/TV Martí's effort came to light only after the contract for the computerized SMS services was published in Cuba Money Project, a Web page that tracks U.S. government spending on Cuba-related programs.