Blanco is a Peruvian who has been trying
riots and is in danger of being sentenced to death. We warmly support this appeal on his behalf."
CAMPAIGN FOR HUGO BLANCO CONTINUES IN FRANCE
The March issue of La Quatriéme Internationale, the monthly organ of the Parti Communiste Internationaliste, French section of the Fourth International, reports on the latest developments in France on the campaign for Hugo Blanco.
The secretary general of the SNI [Syndicat national des instituteurs -- National Teachers Union] sent a telegram to President Belatinde demanding in the name of the organization that Hugo Blanco's life be spared. The Peruvian ambassador to France received a delegation from the SNI and listened to their plea in behalf of Hugo Blanco.
The Anticolonialist Committee of Caen adopted a resolution in which it joined "all those who have already demanded the release of Hugo Blanco and the other imprisoned Peruvian militants." The committee is supported by a whole series of organizations and student groups in the area.
The Proofreaders Union of Paris at a general assembly meeting on February 25,
upon learning that when Hugo Blanco appealed a 25-year prison sentence the prosecution answered by demanding the death penalty, passed a strong protest against such a measure and joined all those who have demanded an immediate amnesty for Hugo Blanco and his companions.
The students of Antony, meeting on anticolonialist day February 21, passed a resolution demanding the acquittal and immediate release of Hugo Blanco and his comrades. The meeting of some 200 students passed the resolution by acclamation. They included representatives of the National Union of Algerian Students and the general associations of the students of Vietnam, Guadeloupe and Palestine.
APPEAL FROM LOS ANGELES FOR HUGO BLANCO
At a meeting held March 26 in Los