Members of the Mexican Chapter of the Network of Intellectuals and Artists in Defense of Humanity (REDH) addressed an open letter to intellectuals, artists, academics, and university students in the United States, in support of Cuba in the face of the economic, commercial, and financial blockade, exacerbated by the energy embargo imposed by the U.S. government.
The letter, as reported by the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Cubaminrex), recalled the tradition of American figures who opposed wars of conquest and military aggression, such as Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, Henry Thoreau, and Ralph Waldo Emerson, as well as the anti-fascist fighters of the Lincoln Brigade in defense of the Spanish Republic and those who denounced the Vietnam War at the time.
The signatories echoed the call from the Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC) to the global intellectual and creative community to denounce the economic, commercial, and financial blockade in place since 1960, and the recent energy embargo imposed on the island, which they described as an attempted genocide.
The letter urged the American academic and cultural community to take action in solidarity with the peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean, and particularly with Cuba, which they recognized as a bastion of regional dignity.
Among the signatories are Miguel Álvarez, Alicia Castellanos, Ana Esther Ceceña, Carlos Fazio, Luis Hernández Navarro, Gilberto López y Rivas, Josefina Morales and other prominent Mexican intellectuals, who reaffirmed their commitment to the defense of peace and the self-determination of peoples.
IMAGE CREDIT: Mexican Chapter of the Network of Intellectuals and Artists in Defense of Humanity (REDH)
[ SOURCE: CUBA DEBATE ]
