A manifestation against terrorism has been underway in Cuba since Friday morning at the Jose Marti Anti-imperialist Tribune to protest Thursday's release of Luis Posadas Carriles from U.S. custody.

Under the Tribune's flag gathered representatives of victims' next of kin, who were holding large photographs of the 73 people killed in the bombing of a Cuban airliner, which was masterminded and carried out by Posada Carriles and his accomplices in 1976.

Also present were close relatives of the victims killed in other terrorist attacks against the Cuban Revolution, such as the explosion of La Coubre ship in Havana's port.

Posada Carriles, a 79-year-old former CIA operative, was freed Thursday on bail from a New Mexico jail and is under house arrest at home in Miami pending trial on immigration charges.

Besides the 1976 bombing, Cuba and Venezuela said he was held responsible for other serious crimes, which Posada denies.

On Friday, the Cuban government condemned the release of the alleged plane bomber, saying that it insulted the Cuban nation and undermined the credibility of U.S. President George W. Bush's declared war on terrorism.

In Caracas, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Thursday demanded the extradition of Posada in a bid to put him on trial in Venezuela for the bombing.

Source: Xinhua