The international repercussion of the open letter written by the prestigious intellectual Ignacio Ramonet to the President of the United States, Joe Biden, demanding the immediate exclusion of Cuba from the list of countries sponsoring terrorism, continues to grow, with the support of important personalities around the world.
According to Prensa Latina, the 1986 Nobel Literature Prize winner, the Nigerian Wole Soyinka, joined other voices that have already subscribed to the claim, including intellectuals, artists, social fighters and journalists, who also recognize the arbitrariness of this fact.
In his letter, Ramonet points out that, "for 65 years, despite the tensions that may have existed between the United States and Cuba, not a single case of violent action that has occurred in U.S. territory can be cited that has been sponsored by Havana. Not a single case! On the other hand, Cuba has been one of the countries most attacked by terrorist organizations."
In addition, he also states the number of Cubans killed as a result of such actions, organized and financed from U.S. territory. "In other words, it is the world upside down. And you know it," he points out.
The letter also addresses aspects related to the impact that this classification has for the Island, in economic matters, which he qualifies among the essential causes of the migratory wave of Cubans to northern territory.
It denounces that the presence on that list has consequences that, together with the blockade, prevent the opening and full integration of the largest of the Antilles to international markets, the arrival in the country of aid of various kinds, investments, business intentions and other types of financial operations.
The repercussion of the document motivated a call from Casa de las Americas to join wills in support of the initiative. The institution made public the e-mail casadelasamericas2024@gmail.com, as an expeditious communication channel for those who wish to formally support the text.