Let Them
In!
Stop the Exclusion of Cuban Artists
& Academics
The ANSWER coalition, alongside many
other organizations, is helping to convene the People's Summit for Democracy 2022 in Los Angeles
(June 8,9,10). You can register for the people's summit here!
The People’s Summit for Democracy is outraged by the
decision of the United States government to deny visas to a 23 person
delegation from Cuban civil society. The denial of their visas is an
affront to the same democratic values that the US government and its
“Summit of the Americas” pretends to uphold. With this decision and
Cuba’s exclusion from Biden’s official Summit, Cuba has been denied a
voice in vital discussions about democracy, integration, and regional
cooperation.
Sign the petition calling on the US to reverse
their decision
Among the 23 people set to travel to Los Angeles to
participate in the People’s Summit for Democracy were renowned Cuban
scientist and medical doctor Tania Crombet Ramos a member of the World
Academy of Sciences who contributed to the development of several
life-saving vaccines, Reineris Salas Pérez an Olympic wrestler who won
the Bronze medal in Tokyo, Jorge González Nuñez a queer Christian
student leader, and many others including journalists, artists, trade
unionists, and community leaders.
The participation of these diverse representatives of
Cuban society would have given people in the US, particularly young
people, an important opportunity to learn more about the island and
build people to people relationships. It is an affront to the very
necessary dialogue and normalization of relations between the people
of the United States with the Cuban people who have been unjustly
separated by the six-decade illegal US blockade.
Manolo De Los Santos, one of the organizers of the
People’s Summit said: “The US government’s policy is cruel towards the
Cuban people, but also towards the people of the United States who are
being denied the right to not only relate with the people on the
Island, but also to be able to speak and dialogue directly with
them.”
We call on the US government and its Embassy in Havana, to
reverse the decision to deny their visas.
Sign the petition calling on the US to reverse
their decision
You can support this historic effort to convene the
first ever People's Summit for Democracy by making a donation
today.
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