May 17 2005. More than 1.2 million Cubans march against terrorism (From Digital Gramma International)

Widespread international coverage Headlines in Spain, Argentina, Ecuador, El Salvador and Uruguay.

OVER 1.2 million Cubans marched in Havana against terrorism in a demonstration led by President Fidel Castro and First Vice President Raúl Castro that received widespread coverage in the international press. The information was broadcast yesterday on national television whilst footage was shown of the participants who passed by Washington's Interests Section here demanding the arrest of the Cuban-born criminals Luis Posada Carriles and Orlando Bosch.

"Punish the terrorist", "Down with terrorism" and "Fascist Bush, arrest the terrorist" were just some of the slogans chanted by demonstrators who marched along the city's Malecón under a cloudy sky.

Alongside the Cuban people, invited foreign guests also took part, including Daniel Ortega, general secretary of the Sandinista Liberation Front of Nicaragua, and Giustino Di Celmo, father of Fabio Di Celmo, the Italian businessman who was murdered in 1997 when a bomb exploded in a hotel.

National flags and people of all ages dressed in red, white, and blue (the colors of the Cuban flag) carried placards demanding justice for the crimes committed by Posada Carriles, as well as photographs of the victims of attacks such as the Cubana passenger plane explosion in 1976.

According to PL, the on-line versions of Spanish dailies El Periódico of Catalonia, Tarragona's El Diario and 20 Minutos , and alternative media channels Rebelión , Insurgente , and Madrid Digital published reports and photos of the march. The latter three also published President Fidel Castro's speech.

There was also coverage of the march in Ecuador, Argentina, El Salvador and Uruguay. (PL)

Photograph gallery of this march. The "Centro de Ingeniería Genética y Biotecnología" participated in this demostration against terrorism and demand justice in a history of over 45 years of criminal and violent attacks against the Island.