Under the motto “Let Cuba live”, more than a hundred professionals from the artistic, journalistic and academic fields in Spain have signed a manifesto promoted by the State Movement of Solidarity with Cuba (MESC) in which they denounce the oil blockade from the US to the island.
The text maintains that the executive order signed on January 29, which reinforces energy and commercial restrictions against the island, aggravates the impact of the blockade in force since 1962 and directly affects the civilian population.
According to the statement, the measure prevents the import of oil and other essential resources, with consequences on the electricity supply, hospital operations and the distribution of food and medicine.
Among the first signatories are personalities of Spanish culture such as Javier Bardem, Luis Tosar and Luis García Montero, as well as Juan Diego Botto, Willy Toledo, Ismael Serrano and Cristina del Valleas well as journalists and writers such as Ignacio Ramonet and Olga Rodríguez.
“Trump’s order causes hunger and suffering for the Cuban people”
The list also includes editors, university professors, trade unionists, social activists and representatives of friendship associations with Cuba.
In the statement, the signatories maintain that the executive order seeks to cause hunger and suffering to the Cuban people by preventing access to energy sources essential for daily life.
“Let Cuba live” | Manifesto of Solidarity with Cuba
From the field of culture in the Spanish State, a clear voice is raised: enough of the siege against Cuba.
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They consider that using hunger as a political instrument constitutes an unacceptable aggression and denounce that the reinforcement of the fence directly impacts the population.
The text lists the consequences of tightening restrictions: families deprived of electricity for lighting, refrigeration and cooking; hospitals forced to adopt extreme decisions in the face of energy instability that affects incubators, operating rooms and dialysis machines; and difficulties in the distribution of food and medicine, with a special impact on children, the elderly and the sick.
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Statements against the US oil blockade of Cuba
Spain’s initiative joins the recent open letter promoted in the United States under the title “Let Cuba Live”signed by artists and intellectuals such as Alice Walker, Susan Sarandon and Mark Ruffalo, as well as international social organizations.
Likewise, several Spanish deputies from different parties recently presented a legislative initiative in the Congress of Deputies to urge the Spanish Government to publicly denounce the measures adopted by Washington and express an “absolute” rejection of the decisions of the US president against Cuba.
For its part, the medium Working World He recently raised a question that sums up the seriousness of the debate: “What will happen if one day a child dies in an incubator due to lack of electricity?”
According to the article, the blockade of Cuba has been described by United Nations experts as a “collective punishment of civilians,” which constitutes a flagrant violation of the Geneva Conventions.
