The group of Cubans residing in Denmark, join our voices to the request made by the Cuban emigration to the countries of the European Union.
Letter from the Cuban emigration to countries of the European Union: ask the US to end the blockade against Cuba to fight Covid-19
We Cubans residing in Europe ask the presidents and prime ministers of the European Union to intercede with the government of the United States to lift the economic, financial and commercial blockade imposed on Cuba since February 2, 1962. Since arrival From Donald Trump to the White House, his administration has intensified its policy of hostility towards Cuba to a level never seen before: from June 16, 2017 to date, it has applied 191 coercive measures, activating Title III since May 2, 2019 of the Helms-Burton Law as part of the actions aimed at suffocating the Cuban economy and achieving a change of "regime" in Cuba at all costs and against the Cuban people.
Like all countries, Cuba has to mobilize immense resources to face the SARS-Covid pandemic19. To overcome this disease, our country urgently needs to develop all its economic potential, without the innumerable obstacles that the United States government imposes on both Cuban and foreign companies that want to do business with Cuba. You need to buy fuel, food and medicine for our people.
Under current conditions, it is doubly genocidal to maintain this policy of encircling against our country. At a time when the sources of income in convertible currencies are affected by the considerable decrease in exports of goods and services due to the effects that the world economy has and will have due to the SARS-Covid19 pandemic, it is a criminal policy. A policy that damages and could further harm the Cuban people, a policy that tries to divide Cuban families.
To Cubans, our national Hero José Martí taught us: "Homeland is humanity!"
For this reason, despite the difficult situation imposed by the blockade, Cuba maintains its solidarity policy towards all the countries that need it, lending its medical collaboration to confront this virus, and we feel very proud when we see Cuban doctors arriving in European countries. and to other countries in the world, to offer their support at a time when what must prevail is the human being over any difference.
We vow that they use their influence and ask the US government to fully implement the Resolution "Need to end the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba", which was approved in 2019 For the 28th consecutive time in the UN by the vast majority of its member countries and the economic, financial and commercial blockade of Cuba is eliminated and in this way justice is done.
We call on all NGOs, associations, unions and people of good will to support us by signing this letter.
In London on March 23, 2020.
In Copenhagen on April 9, 2020.
Thank you for sending your signature with the name of your organization and country or your name, surname and country in the case of individual signature to the following email: cubanoseuropa2020@gmail.com, info@cubanos.org.uk
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