CAMPAIGN STEPPED UP IN ITALY FOR HUGO BLANCO
Rome
The news about a fresh immediate threat to the life of Hugo Blanco touched off a new wave of protest in Italian left circles.
The Italian Communist party organ Unita, which for a long time has ignored the agonizing situation facing the Peruvian revolutionary leader, featured on its front page an appeal from Peruvian residents in Cuba to spare Hugo Blanco's life. Various organizations influenced by the Italian Communist party have, since then, begun mobilizing support.
The well-known Lelio Basso, in speaking at a national demonstration in Florence against the U.S. imperialist intervention in Vietnam, referred to Hugo Blanco among the outstanding figures who have given new impetus to the struggle against imperialism today.
The thousands present at the demonstration responded with an ovation to the imprisoned revolutionary fighter.
Leaflets appealing for help in the struggle to save Hugo Blanco and win his freedom are being distributed in various cities.