Havana, April 8 (RHC)-- Gerardo Hernández, Hero of the Republic of Cuba and one of the Five Cuban anti-terrorists who were imprisoned in the United States, was promoted to Deputy National Coordinator of the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution -CDR-, a mass organization that brings together an enormous percentage of the island's population.

The announcement was made on the CDR's Facebook page, where they wished success to the Cuban hero and deputy to the National Assembly of the People's Power. 

Hernandez was until now the vice-rector of the Raúl Roa García Institute of International Relations.

The Committees for the Defense of the Revolution were founded by the leader of the Cuban revolution, Fidel Castro, on September 28, 1960.