Last December 17, 2014 with the simultaneous announcement of the presidents of Cuba and The United States regarding the decision to reestablish diplomatic relations, the first step was taken in a long and complex process towards normalization of the ties between those countries. Barack Obama has made public his intention to take measures to modify the application of some aspects of the blockade, and to request the US Congress that it be lifted. However, this genocidal policy remains intact.
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla declared on September 16, 2013 that, although it is true that some measures have been introduced in the regulations of the Treasury and Commerce Department, these are absolutely insufficient, not only concerning the magnitude and reach of the prohibition and sanction that the blockade establishes but as compared with what could be achieved by President Obama if he made use of his executive powers.
It is necessary to state that after Dec 17, 2014, a strengthening of the blockade has been maintained. This is proven by the sentencing of millions of dollars in fines against banks and other institutions from the persecution of Cuba’s international financial transactions. Cuba is still prevented from regularly exporting and importing products and services towards and from the United States; it cannot use US dollars in its commercial activity nor have accounts in that currency in banks of third countries. Cuba is not allowed access to banks credits in the United States, in their branches in third countries and international and financial institutions. These measures, as well as others in force, continue causing serious damages to the Cuban economy limiting the rights to development of our country and causes direct depredation that influences the health and level of life of the population.
Cuba will present to the United Nations of General Assembly, as it has done every year, the resolution ¨Need to end the economic, commercial and financial blockade impose by the United States against Cuba¨. Once more the international community will raise its voice regarding the cruel and immoral policy. The report release makes an analysis of the laws of Congress and the administrative disposition that establishes the policy of the blockade; the executive measure adopted by President Obama and his limitations; the executive rights of the president if he wishes to modify or empty the content or implementation of this policy and which issues require congressional approval for its elimination ; specific examples applied after December 17, 2014 and the cost of damages produced; a detailed analysis ; and the rejection of the policy of the blockade inside the United States, as well as, in the rest of the world.
We consider that in this new scenario in which both countries have decided to hold normalize relations, it is inconceivable that this policy which is a violation of the principles of international law, be maintained. For 23 times, it has been condemned by the absolute majority of the member nations of the United Nations. We call on the President of the United States to be faithful to his declarations and make use of his broad executive rights to begin, truthfully a new state of relations between our two countries.
The Blockade against Cuba should never had occurred and should end once and for all. Solidarity cannot rest. We should continue the fight against siege that has strangled Cuban people for more than five decades.
We call on all our friends in the world to adhere to this message and to redouble the fight against the blockade in all its manifestations.
Please sign you name : noalbloqueoacuba@gmail.com
¡Hasta la victoria siempre!
Cuba – Network in Defense of Humanity
Septiembre 21 de 2015
Signatures:
Abel Perez, Cuba
Abel Puente, Cuba
Adelaida Ramos Leal, Cuba
Adriana D’Ambrosio, Uruguay
Adriana Redaelli, Italia
Adrianny Antunez Alfonso, Cuba
Agustin Chong, Cuba
Alaín Elías, Perú
Alba Rosa Lanzillotto, Argentina
Albert Kasanda, Francia
Alberto Cobian Mena
Alberto Rabilotta, Argentina/Canadá
Alcira A. Corvalán, Argentina
Aldo Diaz Lacayo, Nicaragua
Alejandra Meza Velarde, México
Alejandro Bovino Maciel, Argentina
Alessandra Riccio, Italia
Alfonso Sastre, País Vasco
Alfredo Iglesias Diéguez, España
Alfredo Regidor, Argentina
Alí Ramón Rojas Olaya, Venezuela
Alice Walker, EE.UU
Alicia Jrapko Argentina/Estados Unidos
Alicia Lapenta, Argentina
Alpidio Alonso, Cuba
Amilcar Tolosa, Argentina
Ana Esther Ceceña, México
Ana Guevara Zoria, Perú
Ana María Carrillo Farga, México
Ana María Intili, Perú
Ana Maria Siufi, Argentina
Ana Teresa Nápoles Disotuar, Cuba
Andrés Barreda Marín, México
Andrés Marí. Espàña
Ángel Guerra Cabrera, Cuba/México
Angélica García, México
Antonio Bernal, EE.UU
Antonio Rodríguez Salvador, Cuba
Anxo Conde, España/Francia
Arantxa Tirado, REDH Capítulo México
Argelia Guerrero Rentería, México,
Ariana López, Cuba
Armand Mattelart, Francia
Armando Lopez Gasca, México
Arnaldo Pérez Guerra, Chile
Arnold August, Canadá
Art Young, Canadá
Arturo Corcuera. Perú
Arturo Limón D, México
Ayşe Bıçakçı, Turquía
Bárbara Yera León, Cuba
Basilia Papastamatiu, Cuba
Beatriz Stolowicz, México
Beinusz Szmukler, Argentina
Beto Almeida, Brasil
Bruno Portugués, Perú
Camille Chalmers, Haití
Camilo Valqui Cachi, Perú
Carlos Aznárez, Argentina
Carlos Cabal Mirabal, Cuba
Carlos de Cabo de la Vega, España
Carlos Francisco Bauer, Argentina
Carlos Rincón, Colombia
Carlos Ugalde, México
Carmen Rita Centeno, Puerto Rico
Carolina Sánchez, Cuba
Casella Roberto, Italia
Catalina Eibenschutz, México
Cecilia Andreux, Argentina
César Alva Orihuela, Perú
César E. Prieto Oberto, Venezuela
Chiara Varese, Perú
Claudia Chaufan, EE.UU
Claudio Katz, Argentina
Corrado Barenco, Suiza
Cuauhtémoc Amezcua Dromundo, México
Cutberto Pastor Bazán, México
Cynthia McKinney
Cyntia Raquel Rudas Murga, Perú
Daniel Viglietti, Uruguay
David Escobar Hernández, México
Delfina Paredes, Perú
Delia Luisa López, Cuba
Dora Riestra, Argentina
Edgar Figuera, Venezuela
Eduardo Arroyo, Perú
Eduardo Ortega, Cuba
Eduardo Pérez, México
Eduardo Sguiglia, Argentina
Eladio González, Argentina
Elier Méndez Delgado, Cuba
Elsa M. Bruzzone, Argentina
Elsa Calabro, Argentina
Emilio Barreto, Paraguay
Emilio Caro Reyes, Cuba
Emilio Comas Paret, Cuba
Enrico Riva, Italia
Enrique Cabezon, España
Enrique González-Manet Garballo, Cuba
Enrique Ubieta, Cuba
Esperanza Lira, México
Esperanza O´Farrill Mons, Cuba
Esperanza O´Farrill Mons, Cuba
Eva Björklund, Suecia
Eva Sastre, País Vasco
Evelio Cabezas, Cuba
Evelio Tieles, Cuba
Evelyn Martínez Orozco, Nicaragua
Evidio Reyes, EE.UU
Fanny Palacios Izquierdo, Perú
Fanny Santos, Ecuador
Federico García, Perú
Felix Hernandez Gamundi, México
Fernando Buen Abad Domínguez, México/Argentina
Fernando Rendón, Colombia
Fiordelisio Coll. México
Flavio Alberto Rojo Pons, México
Flora M. Hillert, Argentina
Francesc Casadó, España
Francis Lovell Crawford, Cuba
Francisca López Civeira, Cuba
Francisco Adrianzén, Perú
Francisco Beltrán, Colombia
Francisco F. Llorente Llano, Cuba
Franco Costanzi, Italia
Freddy Rafael Bravo Arroyo, Venezuela
Gabriel Ramírez, Cuba
Gema Valdés Acosta, Cuba
George Ciccariello-Maher, Estados Unidos
Gerardo Fulleda León, Cuba
Germán Ojeda, España
Gilberto López y Rivas, México
Gina Rey, Cuba
Gladys Abreu Suárez, Cuba
Gloria Perez, Perú
Gloria Sellera, Uruguay
Graciela Castro, Argentina
Graciela Ramírez, Argentina/Cuba
Graciela Rosenblum, Argentina
Gualdo Hidalgo, EEUU
Gustavo Bequer, Cuba
Gustavo Espinoza, Perú
Hamlet Hermann, Republica Dominicana
Héctor Béjar Rivera, Perú
Héctor Díaz-Polanco, México
Hendrik Pastén, Chile/ Suecia
Hernán Sánchez Barros, Argentina
Hernando Calvo Ospina, Colombia/Francia
Higinio Polo, España
Hildebrando Pérez Grande, Perú
Hipólito Toloy, Argentina
Hugo Heller, Argentina
Humberto Herrera Carles, Cuba
Humberto Robles, México
Ibis Alvisa González, Cuba
Idamis Chiazzaro, Uruguay
Inés Graciela Mogilner, Argentina
Ingrid Chicote, Venezuela
Irene Plaz Power, Venezuela
Irene Rosa Perpiñal, Argentina
Iris Pereyra de Avellaneda, Argentina
Isabel Monal, Cuba
Isabel Monal, Cuba
Isabel Rauber, Argentina
Isabella Brega, Italia/Cuba
Isel Llerena, Cuba
Ivano Iogna Prat, Luxemburgo
Jackelin Ramírez González, Venezuela
Jacquelin Jiménez, Venezuela
James Cockcroft, EEUU
Jean-Claude Faedo, Francia
Jerome Caccavelli, Francia
Jesús Mª Aragón, España
Jhonny Balza, Kenia
John Kirk, Canadá
Jorge Castañeda Zavala, México
Jorge Herrera, Nueva Zelanda
Jorge Hurtado Pérez, Cuba
Jorge Luis Ubertalli, Argentina
Jorge Palma, Uruguay
Jorge Renato Ibarra Guitart, Cuba
Jorge Veraza Urtuzuástegui, México
Jorge Wejebe Cobo, Cuba
José Luis García, Argentina
Jose Antinoe Fiallo Billini, República Dominicana
José Conde, Cuba/Alemania
Jose Enrique Olivares Rodriguez, México
José Henrique Matos David, Portugal
José Luis Ayala, Perú
Jose Luis Rodriguez, Cuba
Josè Luis Vidal Laiño, España
José Miguel Candia, México
José Miguel R. Ortiz, Cuba
José Miguel Rodríguez Ortiz, Cuba
José Miguel Vázquez Rodríguez, Cuba
Jose Perez Ansoleaga, País Vasco
José Rosario Araujo, Venezuela
Jose Schulman, Argentina
Josefina Morales, México
Juan Carlos Radovich, Argentina
Juan Carlos Spagnolo, Argentina
Juan Cristóbal, Perú
Juan Garcés Sigas, Cuba
Juan José F. Jiménez Pérez, España
Juan Manuel Montoto Pascual, Cuba
Juan Raúl Hernández, Cuba
Juan Sánchez Monroe, Cuba
Julia Moro Pumares, España
Julian Despaigne Larduet
Julián Gutiérrez Alonso, Cuba
Julián Rivero, Venezuela
Julie Webb-Pullman, Nueva Zelanda
Julio A. Louis, Uruguay
Julio Manduley, Panamá
Julio Rudman, Argentina
JulioVernon Ruiz Estela, EE.UU
Kaisia Martínez Mercado, México
Kasey Oberto, Venezuela
Katharine Beeman, Canadá
Katiuska Blanco, Cuba
Katu Arkonada, País Vasco
Keith Ellis Jamaica/Canadá
Lavy Jacqueline, Francia
Lia del Valle, Argentina
Lidia Turner Marti, Cuba
Lilia Zueck, México
Lillian Alvarez, Cuba
Lino Arturo Neira Betancourt, Cuba
Liober Rodríguez, Cuba
Luciano Salatino, Argentina / España
Luciano Vasapollo, Italia
Luis Alvarenga, El Salvador
Luis Fernando Valencia, Ecuador
Luis Figueroa Pajes, Cuba
Luis Hernández Navarro, México
Luis Pinto Rey, España
Luisa A (Chiqui) Vicioso Sánchez
Luiz Carlos Eccel, Brasil
Magalis Montagne Arráiz, México
Magnolia López Castro, México
Maigualida Santana, Francia
Makiko Miyamoto, Japón
Makiko Miyamoto, Japón
Manuel Alfredo Martínez Pérez, Cuba
Manuel Góngora Prado, Perú
Manuel Martínez Casanova, Cuba
Manuel Martínez Casanova, Cuba
Manuel Paniagua, Cuba
Manuel Pardo, España
Manuel Robles, Perú
Manuel Yepe Menéndez, Cuba
Marcial A. Mendoza Ramos, Cuba
Marco Consolo, Italia
María Elena Mújica, México
María Jade, Colombia
María LeMarie, Colombia
María Lily García, Argentina
María Luisa García Moreno, Cuba
María Rosa dos Anxos Garrido Burgo, España
María Teresa Frías, Cuba
Mariana Fiordelisio, México
Mariano Bullón Méndez, Cuba
Maribel Madero Kondrat, México
Marie Gerome, Francia
Mariela Morales, Argentina
Marilia Guimaraes, Brasil
Marina Ochoa, Cuba
Mário Augusto Jakobskind, Brasil
Mario Hernández, Argentina
Maritza Álvarez Santos, Mozambique
Marta Arangoa, Argentina
Marta I. Blaquier Ascaño, Cuba
Martha Lidia Ferreira, Argentina
Martin Almada, Paraguay
Mateo Sanchez, Ecuador
Matilde Velázquez Ronda, Cuba
Mauricio Dimeo Coria, México
Maximiliano Pedranzini, Argentina
Mayanin Hidalgo, Venezuela
Mayela Araya Montero, Costa Rica
Medardo Reyes Salinas, Honduras
Melania López Castro, México
Michel Veysset, Francia
Michèle Mattelart, Francia
Miguel Ortega Azcárate, España
Miguel paulino, España
Milagros Rivera, Puerto Rico
Mildred Granger Quintana, Italia
Minako Sakamoto, Japón
Mireya Orellana Hernández, El Salvador
Mónica Iglesias Vázquez, México
Mylai Burgos Matamoros, México
Nacho Dueñas, España
Nayar López Castellanos, México
Nelson Aboy, Cuba
Nelson del Castillo, Puerto Rico
Nestor Garcia Iturbe, Cuba
Nisleidys Flores Carmona, Cuba
Noel Guzmán Bofill Rojas, Cuba
Olivia Miranda Francisco, Cuba
Olivio Martínez, Cuba
Omar González Jiménez, Cuba
Omar Olazábal Rodríguez, Cuba
Oralia Rodríguez López, Cuba
Orlando Cruz Capote, Cuba
Oscar Hernando Avellaneda Dueñas, Colombia
Oscar Julián Villar Barroso, Cuba
Osvaldo León, Ecuador
Otilio Carvajal Marrero, Cuba
Paco Rosas López, México
Patricio Montesinos, España/Bolivia
Paulo Tavares Mariante, Brasil
Pedro L. Veliz Martínez, Cuba
Pedro Lautaro Ferrer Vergara, Chile
Pedro Luis Penso Sánchez, Venezuela
Pedro Péglez González, Cuba
Pierre Huguet, Francia
Pilar Roca, Perú
Rafael Ángel Fonseca Valido, Cuba
Rafael David Plá León, Cuba
Rafael Valdez Rodríguez, Nicaragua
Rafaela Manso, Cuba
Rafaela Manso, Cuba
Ramón Pedregal Casanova, España
Raydel Barbosa Fundora, Cuba
Redys Puebla Borrero, Cuba
Reginaldo Sandoval, México
Renato Fialho Jr., Brasil
René Torres-Ruiz, México
Reynaldo Naranjo, Perú
Ricardo Flecha, Paraguay
Ricardo Luis Plaul, Argentina
Rino Muscato, Italia
Rita Martufi, Italia
Roberto Borroni, Italia
Roberto Mascaró Uruguay/Suecia
Roberto Montoya, España
Roberto Núñez Moreira, Cuba
Rodolfo Crespo, España
Rosa María Cabrera Lotfe, México
Rosario Ignacio Denis, Paraguay
Rosario Rodríguez Remón, Cuba
Rosina Valcárcel, Perú
Ruth Le Gall Saralegui, Uruguay
Saili Diaz, Cuba
Salvador Perez Ruiz, México
Sandra Correa Leon, Ecuador
Sapfo Diamanti, Grecia
Sara Rosenberg, Argentina
Sergio Piro, Argentina
Silvia Vanhoegaerden, Bélgica
Silvia Velázquez Miranda, México
Silvina Maria Romano, Argentina
Simon McGuinness, Irlanda
Sirio López Velasco, Brasil
Skarleth Rodríguez de Mauricio, Guatemala
Sonia Videaux Videaux, Cuba
Soraya Elena Álvarez Núñez, Cuba
Stanley Dorlus, Haití
Stella Calloni, Argentina
Stephen Wilkinson, Reino Unido
Susana Molina, Cuba
Susana Rojo Pons, México
Tania Carranza, México
Tania de la Cruz Curbelo, Cuba
Tatiana Coll Lebedeff, México
Techi Cusmanich, Paraguay
Theotonio Dos Santos, Brasil
Toma Ivánova, Rusia
Tony Hernández Mena, Cuba
Vanessa Ramos, Puerto Rico
Vania Rivero, Cuba
Veniero Gaggio, Italia/El Salvador
Veronica Rodriguez, Cuba
Verónica Suchero Alva, Perú
Vicente Otta, Perú
Victor Alberto Danich, Brasil
Victor Andrés Gómez Rodríguez, Cuba
Víctor Flores Olea, México
Víctor Hugo Parés Lores, Cuba
Victor Nieto, EEUU
Victor Regalado, El Salvador
Victoria Calvo, España
Vilky Pérez Larrea¸ Ecuador
Virgínia Fontes, Brasil
Williams Mendoza García, Cuba
Wilma Jung, Suiza
Winston Orrillo, Perú
Yaima Pedroso. Cuba
Yarina Amoroso, Cuba
Yasmín Sierra Montes, Cuba
Yelina Gómez Martínez, Cuba
Yunior Cervera Correa, Cuba
Zaida Castro Delgado, Cuba