{"id":4256,"date":"2023-08-11T14:10:30","date_gmt":"2023-08-11T14:10:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipa-aip.org\/?p=4256"},"modified":"2026-03-12T18:25:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T18:25:00","slug":"let-cuba-live-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aip.eita.coop.br\/fr\/2023\/08\/11\/let-cuba-live-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"People\u2019s movements across the world to collect one million signatures to demand that Cuba be removed from the state sponsors of terrorism list"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-da3e9517\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n\n<h1 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-fd28833c gb-headline-text\">People\u2019s movements across the world to collect one million signatures to demand that Cuba be removed from the state sponsors of terrorism list<\/h1>\n\n\n<div class=\"post-tags\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aip.eita.coop.br\/fr\/tag\/anti-imperialism\/\" rel=\"tag\">#Anti-Imperialism<\/a><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-983af3cd\" id=\"text-right\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-wrapper gb-grid-wrapper-fa0d0a49\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-dcc8c539\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-dcc8c539\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-55810cad\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-55810cad\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n\n<p><strong>August 11, 2023 &#8211;<\/strong> Artists, intellectuals, political leaders, people\u2019s movements, trade unions, and political parties from around the world have joined together in a historic campaign to call on U.S. President Joe Biden to remove Cuba from the state sponsors of terrorism list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udce2\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddfa Join us today as we launch an urgent global call for one million signatures to remove Cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LetCubaLive?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LetCubaLive<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/OffTheList?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#OffTheList<\/a><br><br>\u270d\ufe0fSign &amp; share: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CR6630RNsG\">https:\/\/t.co\/CR6630RNsG<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/q6vh756ANt\">pic.twitter.com\/q6vh756ANt<\/a><\/p>&mdash; International Peoples&#39; Assembly (@peoplesassembl_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/peoplesassembl_\/status\/1690014802976952321?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 11, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The convening organizations of this campaign, the International Peoples\u2019 Assembly (IPA), ALBA Movimientos, Foro de S\u00e3o Paulo, Trade Union Confederation of the Americas, Jornada Continental por la Democracia y Contra el Neoliberalismo, World March of Women, Continental Latin American and Caribbean Network in Solidarity with Cuba, and La V\u00eda Campesina, seek to collect more than one million signatures on a letter addressed to Biden asking that Cuba be removed from the List of State Sponsors of Terrorism. The letter will be delivered to Biden on the occasion of Human Rights Day, which is celebrated on December 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The letter states that Cuba&rsquo;s inclusion on the list, \u00ab\u00a0makes it much harder for Cuba to make transactions using international banking systems and acquire necessary goods on the international market, such as fuel, food, construction supplies, hygiene products, and medicine.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chico Buarque, renowned Brazilian musician, Citlalli Hernandez, Senator and Secretary General of the Mexican MORENA party, Peter Mertens, President of the Belgian Workers&rsquo; Party, Judith Butler, feminist scholar, and Evo Morales, former Bolivian President, have already added their signatures to the campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ernesto Samper, former Colombian president, and one of the signatories of the campaign declared: \u00ab\u00a0Biden must take Cuba off the list, because Biden understood with President Obama that unilateral sanctions at the international level are illegal, immoral, and inhumane and that is why they initiated a historic process of normalization of relations between the two countries that could have been the beginning of the end of the blockade.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To learn more, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.letcubalive.info\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LetCubaLive.info<\/a> campaign website, which contains all the information on the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Press contacts:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Vivian Fernandes &#8211; vivian@ipa-aip.org &#8211; +55 11 98289-0546<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Zoe Alexandra &#8211; zoe@ipa-aip.org &#8211; +17818790200<\/em><\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-55d22334\" id=\"image-right\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-wrapper gb-grid-wrapper-4cfca493\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-04a4e233\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-04a4e233\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-b3f0eac9\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-b3f0eac9\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"628\" src=\"https:\/\/ipa-aip.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/EN-Website-1024x628.png\" alt=\"Let Cuba Live campaign\" class=\"wp-image-4264\"\/><\/figure>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join us in demanding that the current US government remove Cuba from the State Sponsors of Terrorism list and unconditionally end the blockade. 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