The cultural institution has called on other writers, artists, cultural promoters, academics and social activists, non-governmental organizations and anyone sensitive to the daily suffering of the Cuban people, to join ‘this noble initiative with their signatures.

To sign on, please do so by sending an e-mail to: casadelasamericas2024@gmail.com, concludes the Casa de las Americas communiqué.

In the letter, the political analyst also asks the U.S. president to repair the ‘profound injustice committed on January 12, 2021 by his predecessor, Donald Trump, when, a few weeks after leaving the White House, he decided -based on no real legal basis- to put Cuba back in the infamous list of State Sponsors of Terrorism (SSOT list)’.

Ramonet also recalled that President Barack Obama’s Administration had removed the Caribbean country from that dishonorable list in 2015, ‘in a very positive step aimed at building a more constructive relationship with Havana’.

Despite bilateral tensions that may have emerged in the las 65 years, not a single case of violent action occurring in U.S. territory can be cited that has been sponsored, directly or indirectly, by Havana. Not a single case,” Ramonet empahsized.

The most atrocious consequences derive from the risk associated with any type of humanitarian aid, business, investment and trade involving Cuba and, by extension, its citizens, he added.

All this – he indicated- comes on top of ‘the terrible consequences stemming from the cruel and illegal economic, commercial and financial blockade against Cuba, which your country has maintained for more than 60 years’.

“The current migratory wave of Cuban expatriates travelling to the United States, unprecedented in its magnitude, is perhaps the most illustrative example of the devastating impact and suffering caused by the extreme and brutal measures against the Cuban economy, ,“ he noted.

Mr. President, this situation has to end, Ramonet requested.

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