Brazilian art, culture and political professionals demanded that the United States remove Cuba from the list of countries sponsoring terrorism and end the criminal blockade against the Island.
In a letter signed by several representatives of these sectors, they stated that the US State Department announced, on May 15 of this year, that it included Cuba in its 2023 report on countries that cooperate in the fight against terrorism.
However, Washington did not remove Cuba from the list of countries suspected of sponsoring terrorism.
The text adds that although Biden administration officials are aware of Cuba’s efforts in the fight against terrorism and for peace in Latin America, the Caribbean and the world, the White House did nothing to eliminate the Major the Antilles from that list that should never have been included.
The permanence of Cuba on the list is an infamy that has lasted for a long time, as has the blockade that has been trying to subdue the heroic Caribbean island for more than 60 years, the letter states.
“We demand that the United States withdraw the designation of Cuba as a State Sponsor of Terrorism and lift the criminal blockade against the Caribbean nation.”
Cuba has the inalienable sovereign right to freely embrace its own economic, political and social system. Enough of the blockade against Cuba!, they concluded.
They sign, in alphabetical order:
Ana Miranda – writer
Antonio Grassi – actor
BrenoAltman – journalist
Cid Benjamín – journalist
Chico Alencar – professor and parliamentarian
Chico Buarque – writer and composer
Chico Caruso – caricaturist
Chico Díaz – actor
Chico Pinheiro – journalist
Eduardo Moreira – businessman and writer
Eduardo Suplicy – politician
Eliana Caruso – teacher
EvanizeSydow – journalist
Fernando Morais – writer
Frei Betto – writer
Itala Nandi – doctor of performing arts
Iván Valente – federal deputy
Jamil Chad – journalist
José de Abreu – director and producer
José Dirceu – lawyer and political activist
Juliana Monteiro – journalist
Ivan Ângelo – writer
Luiz Ruffato – writer
Luiza Erundina – federal deputy
Margarida Genevois – honorary president of the Arns Commission
Osmar Prado – actor
PasqualeCipro Neto – teacher and writer
Paulo Betti – actor
Paulo Vannuchi – journalist
Paloma Amado – chronicler
Ricardo Kotscho – journalist
Roberto Mader – filmmaker
Rosa Freire d’Aguiar – journalist
Tom Zé – singer and songwriter
Walfrido Warde – lawyer
