The letter was supported by the renowned Latin American cultural and intellectual institution, Casa de Las Américas, based in Havana, which calls on writers, artists, cultural promoters, academics, activists and social fighters, members of non-governmental organizations and people sensitive to the daily suffering of the Cuban people to support this noble initiative with their signature.
To join, Casa de Las Americas invites them to do so through the email: casadelasamericas2024@gmail.com, according to the statement from that institution.
In the letter, the writer and political analyst also asks the US president to repair the “deep injustice committed on January 12, 2021 by his predecessor, Donald Trump, when, a few weeks after leaving the White House, he decided - without real legal basis - to re-register Cuba on the infamous list of State Sponsors of Terrorism (SSOT list, for its initials in English).”
Ramonet also recalls when President Barack Obama's administration removed the Caribbean country from that dishonorable list in 2015, "which represented a very positive step towards forging, at last, a more constructive relationship with Havana."
For 65 years, despite the tensions that may have existed between the United States and Cuba, not a single case of violent action occurring on U.S. soil that has been sponsored, directly or indirectly, by Havana can be cited. Not a single case!, the eminent intellectual specified.
The most atrocious consequences arise from the risk associated with any type of humanitarian aid, business, investment and trade that involves Cuba and, by extension, its citizens, he added.
All this added to "the terrible consequences of the cruel and illegal economic, commercial and financial blockade against Cuba that the Government of his country has maintained for more than 60 years."
The current wave of Cuban expatriates migrating to the United States, unprecedented in its magnitude, is perhaps the most illustrative example of the devastating impact and suffering caused by extreme and brutal measures against the Cuban economy, he said.
Mr. President, this situation has to end, Ramonet requested. You know, there is not a single valid and reasonable argument to accuse Cuba and keep its population under an illegal and inhuman collective punishment.
You have the authority to, before leaving the White House, correct such a cruel absurdity and remove Cuba from the SSOT list. Do it now!, indicated the prominent intellectual at the end of his letter, with the hope that Joe Biden will be able to rise to the occasion of this historic moment.
(with information from Prensa Latina.cu agency)