{"id":1048,"date":"2020-03-25T22:37:38","date_gmt":"2020-03-25T22:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/?p=1048"},"modified":"2020-05-06T08:21:44","modified_gmt":"2020-05-06T08:21:44","slug":"open-letter-of-cuban-citizens-residing-in-europe-to-presidents-and-prime-ministers-of-the-european-union-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/open-letter-of-cuban-citizens-residing-in-europe-to-presidents-and-prime-ministers-of-the-european-union-countries\/","title":{"rendered":"Open letter of Cuban citizens residing in Europe to Presidents and Prime Ministers of the European Union countries"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"643\" height=\"362\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/Medicos-cubanos-italia-coronavirus.jpg?resize=643%2C362\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1049\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/Medicos-cubanos-italia-coronavirus.jpg?w=643&amp;ssl=1 643w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/Medicos-cubanos-italia-coronavirus.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 643px) 100vw, 643px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Open letter of Cuban citizens residing in Europe to Presidents and Prime Ministers of the European Union countries<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We, Cuban citizens residing in Europe, request Presidents and Prime Ministers of the European Union countries to call on the US government to lift the economic, financial and commercial blockade imposed on Cuba as of 2<sup>nd<\/sup>&nbsp;February 1962. Since coming to the White House, Donald Trump\u2019s administration has tightened its hostile policy against Cuba to a level never seen before. Since 16<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;June&nbsp; 2017 until the present, 191 coercive measures have been applied and Title III of Helms Burton Act was activated from 2<sup>nd<\/sup>May 2019, as part of a set of actions intended to asphyxiate the Cuban economy and change the Cuban \u201cregime\u201d at all costs and against the Cuban people.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Like all other countries, Cuba must mobilize immense resources to face the SARS-Covid 19 pandemic. To overcome this disease, our country urgently needs to develop all its economic potential, without having to overcome the countless obstacles that the United States government imposes on both Cuban and foreign companies that want to do business with Cuba. Cuba needs to buy fuel, food and medicine for our people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under current conditions, it is doubly genocidal to maintain this political siege against our country. At a time when sources of income in convertible currencies are affected by the considerable decrease in exports of goods and services after the effects SARS-Covid19 pandemic is having and will have in the world economy, it is a criminal policy. A punitive policy that harms the Cuban people; a policy that tries to divide Cuban families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our National Hero taught us, Cubans, that \u201cHomeland is Humanity!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For this reason, despite the difficult situation imposed by the blockade, Cuba maintains its policy of solidarity towards the countries that need it, offering medical cooperation to confront this virus. We feel very proud when we see Cuban doctors arriving in European countries and other countries around the world, to offer their support at a time when our common humanity must prevail over any differences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We express our hope that you use your influence and ask the US government to fully implement the Resolution &#8220;<em>Necessity of putting an end to the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States of America against Cuba<\/em>&#8220;, approved in 2019 for the 28<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;consecutive time in the UN by the vast majority of its member countries and to end the economic, financial and commercial blockade of Cuba, ensuring justice is done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">We call on all NGOs, associations, unions and people of good will to support us by signing this letter. Click here to sign:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/p\/jefes-de-estado-y-de-gobierno-de-la-uni%C3%B3n-europea-cubanos-en-europa-piden-a-l%C3%ADderes-de-la-ue-intercedan-por-levantamiento-de-bloqueo-a-cuba?recruiter=false&amp;utm_source=share_petition&amp;utm_medium=facebook&amp;utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_initial&amp;utm_term=share_petition&amp;recruited_by_id=d1ef6fe0-6dcb-11ea-87dc-37c314466731&amp;utm_content=fht-21057534-es-es%3Av7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.change.org<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">source: <a href=\"https:\/\/cubanos.org.uk\/news\/447-open-letter-of-cuban-citizens-residing-in-europe-to-presidents-and-prime-ministers-of-the-european-union-countries\">cubanos.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Open letter of Cuban citizens residing in Europe to Presidents and Prime Ministers of the European Union countries We, Cuban citizens residing in Europe, request<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/open-letter-of-cuban-citizens-residing-in-europe-to-presidents-and-prime-ministers-of-the-european-union-countries\/\"> [&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":101012,"featured_media":1049,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8,37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cuba","category-opinions"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4665,"url":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/cubanos-en-irlanda\/","url_meta":{"origin":1048,"position":0},"title":"Cubanos En Irlanda","author":"Editorial Team","date":"June 10, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Association of Cubans Residents in Ireland\u00a0 A letter to Irish MEPs Dear Irish MEPs, Those who subscribe to this letter are Cuban citizens resident in Ireland, most of us have mixed families constituted in this beautiful country, many of us have acquired dual citizenship as well as our children, and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Featured&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Featured","link":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/category\/news\/featured\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0928-scaled.jpeg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0928-scaled.jpeg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0928-scaled.jpeg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0928-scaled.jpeg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0928-scaled.jpeg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5363,"url":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/plan-of-the-united-states-and-the-european-union-to-sanction-cuba\/","url_meta":{"origin":1048,"position":1},"title":"Plan of the United States and the European Union to sanction Cuba.","author":"Editorial Team","date":"October 26, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"The call for the provocative march of the internal counterrevolution is part of the new plan of the United States to have the pretext of increasing sanctions against Cuba, which has the support of the European Parliament, under the alleged violations of human rights. 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