Havana, Cuba - Bolivian President Evo Morales considered on Monday that the five Cuban heroes that were imprisoned in the United States for monitoring the activities of terrorist groups there "are heroes of their country and also of Bolivia".

According to Prensa Latina, while presenting The Five with the order Marshal Andres Santa Cruz, in the Degree of Knight, Morales considered that Gerardo Hernandez, Fernando Gonzalez, Rene Gonzalez, Ramon Labañino and Antonio Guerrero are also heroes of Bolivia and Latin America.

It is a great satisfaction to receive them here at the Palacio Quemado, also referring to Colonel Orlando Cardoso, another Hero of the Republic of Cuba, and worthy of the Marcelo Quiroga Order.

In Bolivia, the six heroes of the Republic of Cuba will have a busy schedule, which includes a meeting with members of the Pluri-national Legislative Assembly and students of the Jose Marti School, as well as with friends of their country and representatives of the Cuban mission.

Their return to Cuba is scheduled for Saturday, from the eastern city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra.