{"id":6341,"date":"2022-05-22T14:49:03","date_gmt":"2022-05-22T14:49:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/?p=6341"},"modified":"2022-05-22T14:49:09","modified_gmt":"2022-05-22T14:49:09","slug":"us-government-denies-visas-to-cuban-civil-society-delegation-to-peoples-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/us-government-denies-visas-to-cuban-civil-society-delegation-to-peoples-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"US\u00a0 Government Denies Visas to Cuban Civil Society Delegation to People\u2019s Summit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"272\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/peoples-summet.webp?resize=272%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6342\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The People\u2019s 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 to attend the Summit in Los Angeles on June 8,9 and 10. The denial of their visas is an a\ufb00ront to the same democratic values that the US government and its \u201cSummit of the Americas\u201d pretends to uphold. With this decision and Cuba\u2019s exclusion from Biden\u2019s o\ufb03cial Summit, Cuba has been denied a voice in vital discussions about democracy, integration, and regional cooperation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among the 23 people set to travel to Los Angeles to participate in the People\u2019s 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 P\u00e9rez an Olympic wrestler who won the Bronze medal in Tokyo, Jorge Gonz\u00e1lez Nu\u00f1ez a queer Christian student leader, and many others including journalists, artists, trade unionists, and community leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Manolo De Los Santos, one of the organizers of the People\u2019s Summit said: \u201cThe US government\u2019s policy towards 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.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We call on the US government and its Embassy in Havana, to reverse the decision to deny their visas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sign our petition calling on the US to reverse their decision: https:\/\/chng.it\/CjY4x8R4bq<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Follow the People\u2019s Summit on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and our website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For press inquiries and interview requests contact: press@peoplessummit2022.org<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source: PeoplesSummit2022.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The People\u2019s Summit for Democracy is outraged by the decision of the United States government to deny visas to a 23 person delegation from Cuban<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/us-government-denies-visas-to-cuban-civil-society-delegation-to-peoples-summit\/\"> [&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":101011,"featured_media":6342,"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],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cuba"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6405,"url":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/does-u-s-policy-towards-cuba-ever-really-change\/","url_meta":{"origin":6341,"position":0},"title":"Does U.S. Policy Towards Cuba Ever Really Change?","author":"Editorial Team","date":"May 26, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"By Iroel S\u00e1nchez on May 23, 2022 On June 29, 2021, the U.S. Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, was interviewed by journalist Lucia Duraccio, of the Italian television channel RAI TG1, who asked him following the vote of condemnation by 189 countries of the U.S. blockade against Cuba, which had\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;US Aggression&quot;","block_context":{"text":"US Aggression","link":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/category\/usa\/us-aggression\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/12720587-6ADE-4111-84FE-494AE4ECEA92-scaled.jpeg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/12720587-6ADE-4111-84FE-494AE4ECEA92-scaled.jpeg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/12720587-6ADE-4111-84FE-494AE4ECEA92-scaled.jpeg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/12720587-6ADE-4111-84FE-494AE4ECEA92-scaled.jpeg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/12720587-6ADE-4111-84FE-494AE4ECEA92-scaled.jpeg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":8087,"url":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/members-of-youth-delegation-to-cuba-detained-on-return-to-us\/","url_meta":{"origin":6341,"position":1},"title":"Members of youth delegation to Cuba detained on return to US","author":"Editorial Team","date":"May 16, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"150 young leaders from the United States took part in a 10-day delegation to Cuba to exchange and learn from the Cuban people. 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