{"id":426,"date":"2013-05-03T22:00:23","date_gmt":"2013-05-03T22:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cubasupport.com\/latest\/?p=426"},"modified":"2020-05-04T22:01:19","modified_gmt":"2020-05-04T22:01:19","slug":"volvoran-rene-gonzalez-is-first-of-the-five-hostage-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/volvoran-rene-gonzalez-is-first-of-the-five-hostage-released\/","title":{"rendered":"Volver\u00e1n! – Ren\u00e9 Gonz\u00e1lez is first of the Five hostages released"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"volveran!\"<\/a><\/p>\n

In a huge development in the case of the Miami Five, a US court has finally granted a motion to allow Ren\u00e9 Gonz\u00e1lez to serve the remaining portion of his three-year parole in Cuba, after which he will be able to remain in Cuba, outside the jurisdiction of the US court. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Up to now, the court has required him to spend that parole at an undisclosed location in Florida, requiring him to remain in virtual seclusion because of the danger to his life from the very terrorists whose plots he and the other members of the Five came to the U.S. to expose.<\/p>\n

Ren\u00e9 has been in Cuba for two weeks to attend a memorial service for his father C\u00e1ndido, who died recently.<\/p>\n

Phil Horowitz, Rene’s attorney, said: “Rene and I are happy that he will be able to be permanently reunited with his family. Rene’s exemplary conduct shows that these are not individuals that the government has made them out to be. We are just so happy and will take all the steps pursuant to the court order.”<\/p>\n

The 7-page court order by Judge Joan Lenard, describes the requirements for his right to remain in Cuba. The principal requirement is that he renounce his US citizenship, which he willingly offered to do previously (Ren\u00e9 held dual U.S.-Cuban citizenship). To renounce a U.S. citizenship, it must be done outside of the United States, as per U.S. federal code, Section 1481 a(5).<\/p>\n

We are overjoyed for Re\"\"n\u00e9, who along with his Cuban Five brothers, has been unduly punished for being a proud defender of his people, his homeland and the Cuban Revolution.<\/p>\n

This development must give all the Cuban Five supporters great inspiration to continue the fight so that Gerardo, Ram\u00f3n, Antonio and Fernando can return home immediately.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ren\u00e9 Gonz\u00e1lez is to serve the remaining portion of his three-year parole in Cuba<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":101012,"featured_media":825,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":265,"url":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/rene-gonzalez-is-out-of-prison-but-still-not-free\/","url_meta":{"origin":426,"position":0},"title":"Ren\u00e9 Gonz\u00e1lez is out of prison … but still not free","author":"Editorial Team","date":"October 17, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"\"I am ready to continue fighting until I die,\" were his first words after embracing and kissing his daughters","rel":"","context":"In "Miami 5"","block_context":{"text":"Miami 5","link":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/category\/miami-5\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"http:\/\/www.cubasupport.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/Renes-release-1.bmp","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":442,"url":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/ruling-to-free-cuban-agent-rene-gonzalez-a-surprisingly-sensible-decision\/","url_meta":{"origin":426,"position":1},"title":"Ruling to free Cuban agent Rene Gonzalez a surprisingly sensible decision","author":"Editorial Team","date":"May 15, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"The recent ruling allowing Ren\u00e9 Gonz\u00e1lez to finish out his probation in Cuba is the first sign of sensible and decent behavior on the part of the United States criminal justice system","rel":"","context":"In "Miami 5"","block_context":{"text":"Miami 5","link":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/category\/miami-5\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/Rene_and_Olga-225x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2643,"url":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/red-lines-host-anya-parampil-speaks-with-rene-gonzalez-a-member-of-the-cuban-five-whose-real-life-experience-inspired-the-recent-netflix-film-the-wasp-network\/","url_meta":{"origin":426,"position":2},"title":"Red Lines host Anya Parampil speaks with Ren\u00e9 Gonz\u00e1lez, a member of the Cuban Five whose real life experience inspired the recent Netflix film \u201cThe Wasp Network\u201d.","author":"Editorial Team","date":"August 31, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/jYVpTX2M23w They discuss his reaction to the film as well as what it was like for him to work as a Cuban agent in the 1990s monitoring right-wing terrorist networks in Miami. 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