At the initiative of Spanish journalist Ignacio Ramonet, French writer Hernando Calvo Ospina, Argentine sociologist Atilio Borón, and Mexican philosopher Fernando Buen Abad, hundreds of figures added their signatures to a letter which states:
The United States has maintained a blockade of Cuba for more than 60 years. Since the 1990s, Washington has issued a series of laws to further tightened it, in anattempt to eliminate all possibilities for the purchase of food, seeking to force the country’s people to their knees with hunger.
The Donald Trump government alone issued 243 measures that have impacted the Cuban economy much more, most during the COVID-19 pandemic, which have been maintained in full force by the Biden administration.
The objective has not changed: to asphyxiate the Cuban economy and cause the people suffering, looking to provoke a revolt against the revolutionary government.
Washington has arrogantly disregarded the annual condemnation of the United Nations General Assembly, which demands an end to this inhumane policy.
At the same time, for decades, the U.S. government has invested millions of dollars in the creation of "dissidents", "opponents" of all kinds, irrelevant inside Cuba but extolled by the international press with the intention of tarnishing the Revolution’s image and thus justifying the tightening of the criminal blockade.
With this, the U.S. also seeks to isolate Cuba, one of the main objectives being that the European Union break relations with Cuba.
Making no efort to hide their inetntions, the U.S. government allocates millions of dollars to promote internal subversion, calling for civil disobedience, anarchy and chaos, with the sole purpose of putting an end to the current political system and installing one that responds only to its interests.
Washington cares nothing for the immense scientific achievements of the Revolution which, among other things, will make Cuba, within a few weeks, the first country in the world to have its entire population vaccinated against COVID-19, and with its own vaccines. Although Washington went to great lengths to prevent Cuba from acquiring syringes to administer vaccinations.
In addition to the complicity of the corporate press, Washington also relies on individuals who, mainly in Florida, launch campaigns calling for violent protests in the streets with the goal of overthrowing the government.
Inside the country, individuals who feel supported and protected by Washington,, call for subversive demonstrations, citing the difficult economic situation, caused by the blockade and exacerbated by COVID, as in all other nations. They do so regardless of the current law prohibiting any attack on the established political system, as is logical in any of the world’s states. And even more so when an attack is incited by a foreign power.
We, the undersigned, once again call on the government of the United States to cease the inhuman blockade of Cuba and end its attempts to destabilize a nation that has never taken any action against its security, much less interfered in its internal affairs, nor called on the U.S. people to subvert the established order, in spite of the multiple, serious internal social problems of this world power.
November 10, 2021
SIGNATORIES
Dilma Roussef, former President of Brazil; Rafael Correa, former President of Ecuador; José Manuel Zelaya, former President of Honduras; Ernesto Samper Pizano, former President of Colombia.
Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Nobel Peace Prize winner, Argentina; Martín Almada, Alternative Nobel Prize winner, Paraguay; Pablo González Casanova, Unesco Prize, Mexico; Alfred de Zayas, UN independent expert, USA; Jean Ziegler, former Special Rapporteur, UN, Switzerland; César Luis Menotti, former coach of Argentina's national soccer team; Monsignor Jacques Gaillot, France; Leonardo Boff, liberation theologian, Brazil; Marcelo Barros, Benedictine monk, Brazil.
Heinz Bierbaum, MEP, president of the Party of the European Left, Germany; Maite Mola, MEP, vice-president of the Party of the European Left, Spain; Manu Pineda, MEP, Spain; Yeidckol Polevnsky, Chamber of Deputies, Mexico; Héctor Díaz-Polanco, deputy, Mexico City, Mexico; Bert Anciaux, senator, Belgium; Carlo Sommaruga, senator, Switzerland; María de Lourdes Santiago, senator, Puerto Rico; François-Michel Lambert, deputy, France; André Chassaigne, deputy, France; Miguel Mejía, minister, Dominican Republic; Juan E. Romero, deputy, National Assembly, Venezuela; Michele de Col, councilor, Venice, Italy; Dmitrij Palagi, councilor, Florence, Italy; Thanasis Petrakos, regional councilor, Greece; José Agualsaca, legislator, Ecuador.
Costas Isychos, former alternate minister of defense, former deputy, Greece; Dimitris Stratoulis, former deputy, former minister, Greece; Nandia Valavani, former deputy minister of Finance and former deputy, Greece; Olivio Dutra, former minister, Brazil; Paulo Vanucchi, former minister, Brazil; Juan Ramón Quintana, former minister, Bolivia; Paolo Ferrero, former minister, Italy; Ricardo Patiño, former minister, Ecuador; Galo Chiriboga, former state attorney, Ecuador; Gabriela Rivadeneira, former president of the National Assembly, Ecuador; Piedad Córdoba, former senator, Colombia; Giovanni Russo Spena, former senator, Italy; Leonardo Caponi, former senator, Italy; Eleonora Forenza, former MEP, Italy; Juliana Isabel Marino, former ambassador, Argentina; Rosa Rinaldi, former vice-president, province of Rome, Italy; Blanca Flor Bonilla, former deputy, El Salvador; Kenarik Boujikian, former TJ-SP judge, Brazil; Carlos Viteri, former deputy, Ecuador.
Fidel Narváez, diplomat, Ecuador; Juan Carlos Monedero, Podemos Party, Spain; Joao Pedro Stedile, Landless Movement, Brazil; Tania Díaz González, deputy and vice-president of PSUV Communications, Venezuela; Mauricio Acerbo, national secretary of Refundación Comunista, Italy; Marco Consolo, international relations of Refundación Comunista, Italy; Andrea Ferroni, national coordinator of Juventud Comunista, Italy; Izquierda Unida, Spain; Partido Comunista de España; Partido Comunista de los Pueblos de España; Partido Comunista de España (m-l); Rubén Súarez Ciria, Frente Amplio, Uruguay; Lois López Leoira, Anti-imperialist International of the Peoples, Argentina; Ana Valentino, Movimiento Octubres, Argentina; Manuel Bertoldi, Frente Patria Grande, Argentina; Franco Zunino, president ARCI, Savona, Italy; José Escoda, Frente Socialista, Puerto Rico; Oscar Bonilla, Acción Política, Ecuador; Cristian Armando, Fundación Sueños Colectivos, Argentina; Ricardo Ulcuango, indigenous leader, Ecuador; Kanelis Giorgos, deputy secretary, Kalamata Labor Center, Greece; Pratis Dimitris, DOY Mesinias Union, Greece; Fernando Cardozo, CTA Autónoma, Argentina; Mariano Ciafardini, Partido Solidario, Argentina.
Chico Buarque, musician, Brazil; Willie Toledo, actor, Spain; Norman Briski, actor, Argentina; Chabela Rodríguez, singer, Puerto Rico; Daniel Devita, musician, Argentina; Chico Díaz, actor, Brazil; Takis Vamvakidis, actor, Greece; Pierre Carles, filmmaker, France; Adorno Martín, film director, Argentina; Tania Hermida, filmmaker, Ecuador; Ricardo Kiko Cerone, theater director, Argentina; Enrique Dacal, theater director, Argentina; Jorge Falcone, documentary filmmaker, Argentina; Paula Ferré, troubadour, Argentina; Fabián Bertero, musician, Argentina; Facundo Jofre, troubadour, Argentina; Solimar Ortíz Jusino, poet, Puerto Rico; William Pérez Vega, Poetas en Marcha, Puerto Rico; Juan Camacho, poet, Puerto Rico; Francis Combes, poet, France; Raúl Zurita, poet, Chile; Jaime Svart, poet, Chile/Greece; Mauricio Vidales, poet, Colombia; Manuel Santos Iñurrieta, playwright, Argentina; Cachito Vera, cultural promoter, Ecuador; Pablo Guayasamin, cultural promoter, Ecuador; Techi Cusmanich, cultural promoter, Paraguay; Javier Etayo, humorist, Basque Country; Pilar Bustos, artist, Ecuador; María Centeno, artist, Venezuela; Martha Moreleon, artist, Mexico/Greece; Pavel Eguez, painter, Ecuador; Ilonka Vargas, artist, Ecuador; Loukia Konstantinou, Centro Cultural Nuestra América, Greece; Fernando Morais, writer, Brazil; Frei Betto, writer, Brazil; Luis Britto García, writer, Venezuela; Michel Collon, writer, Belgium; Panagiotis Maniatis, writer, Greece; Argentina Chiriboga, writer, Ecuador; Vicente Battista, writer, Argentina; Tasos Kantaras, writer, Greece; Galo Mora, writer, Ecuador; José Regato, writer, Ecuador; Jenny Londoño, writer, Ecuador.
Patricia Villegas, president of Telesur, Venezuela; Wafi Ibrahim, journalist, Lebanon; Manuel Cabieses, journalist, Chile; Stella Calloni, journalist, Argentina; Mario Silva, journalist, Venezuela; Gustavo Veiga, journalist, Argentina; Maxime Vivas, journalist, France; Cathy Dos Santos, journalist, France; Pascual Serrano, journalist, Spain; Geraldina Colotti, journalist, Italy; Orlando Pérez, journalist, Ecuador; Carlos Aznárez, journalist, Argentina; Ivano Iogna Prat, journalist, Luxembourg; Mery Kampouraki, journalist, Greece; Maria Kaliva, journalist, Greece; Daniele Biacchessi, journalist, Italy; Juan Carlos Espinal, journalist, Dominican Republic; Ascanio Bernardeschi, journalist, Italy; Kintto Lucas, journalist, Ecuador; Telma Luzzani, journalist, Argentina; José Manzaneda, Cuba Información, Spain; Jorge Elbaum, journalist, Argentina; Fabrizio Casari, journalist, Italy; Sandra Russo, journalist, Argentina; Omar Ospina, journalist, Ecuador; Sally Burch, journalist, Ecuador; Xavier Lasso, journalist, Ecuador; Elaine Tavares, journalist, Brazil; Mabel Elina Cury, journalist, Argentina; Horacio Finoli, journalist, Argentina; Patricia Latour, journalist, France; Fernando Arellano Ortiz, journalist, Colombia; Vaquelis Gonatas, Red Solid@ria, Greece.
Beinusz Smukler, American Association of Jurists, USA. Carol Proner, lawyer, Brazil; Eduardo "Tuto" Villanueva, lawyer, Puerto Rico; Wilma Reverón Collazo, lawyer, Puerto Rico; Paul-Emile Dupret, lawyer, Belgium; Carmen Diniz, lawyer, Brazil; Yiannis Rachiotis, lawyer, Greece; Geovy Jaramillo, lawyer, Ecuador; Gianluca Schiavon, lawyer, Italy; Héctor Ortega, lawyer, Spain; Karla Díaz Martínez, lawyer, Chile.
Glenna Cabello, political scientist, Venezuela; Gianni Vattimo, philosopher, Italy; Graciela Ramírez, activist, Argentina; Milagros Rivera, social leader, Puerto Rico; Irene León, sociologist, Ecuador; Paul Estrade, professor, France; Paula Klachko, sociologist, Argentina; Arantxa Tirado, political scientist, Spain; Pasquale Voza, professor, Italy; Angelo Baracca, professor, Italy; Francisco Sierra Caballero, professor, Spain; Ana Esther Ceceña, professor, Mexico; Waldir Rampinelli, professor, Brazil; Nildo Domingos, professor, Brazil; Emilio H. Taddei, professor, Argentina; Ioannis Kouzis, professor, Greece; Juan Torres López, professor, Spain; Andrea Vento, professor, Italy; Themis Tzimas, professor, Greece; Dimitris Katsonis, professor, Greece; Gonzalo Perera, mathematician, Uruguay; Rosella Franconi, biotechnologist, Italy; Fabrizio Chiodo, scientist, Italy; Clóvis Cavalcanti, ecological economist, Brazil; Rosella Franconi, researcher, Italy; Gilberto López y Rivas, anthropologist, Mexico; Alicia Castellanos, anthropologist, Mexico; Tiziano Tussi, CESPI Scientific Committee, Italy; Giovanna Di Matteo, geographer, Italy; Luis E. Wainer, sociologist, Argentina; David Chávez, sociologist, Ecuador; Juan Paz y Miño, historian, Ecuador; Eirini Nedelkou, architect, Greece; Mario Della Rocca, researcher, Argentina; Erika Silva, sociologist, Ecuador; Julio Peña y Lillo, sociologist, Ecuador; María Fernanda Barreto, researcher, Venezuela; Nelson Rolim de Moura, editor, Brazil; Pedro Páez, economist, Ecuador; Miguel Ruiz, economist, Ecuador; Ricardo Sánchez, economist, Ecuador; Melania Mora, economist, Ecuador; Cristian Orosco, economist, Ecuador; Mario Ramos, sociologist, Ecuador; Alessandro Fanetti, researcher, Italy; Rafael Quintero, sociologist, Ecuador.
Movimiento Estatal de Solidaridad con Cuba, Spain; MediCuba, Spain; Sodepaz, Spain; Samuel Wanitsch, coordination of the Switzerland-Cuba Association; Marco Papacci, president of the Italy-Cuba Association; Didier Philippe, president of the France-Cuba Association; Victor Fernandez, president of Cuba Cooperación, France; Didier Lalande, president of the Cuba Linda Association, France; Charly Bouhana, president of the Cuba Sí Association, France; Roberto Casella, Círculo Granma Italia-Cuba; Anna Serena Bartolucci, president of AsiCuba, Italy.
