¡El FBI debe dejar de hostigar y criminalizar la Solidaridad con Cuba!
* Featuring speakers from the U.S. & Puerto Rico who are standing up against FBI harassment *
Webinar available in English y en Español
THURSDAY DECEMBER 15 2022
4pm Vancouver / Pacific Time
7pm Cuba / Eastern Time
8pm Puerto Rico Time
Event Co-Moderators:
DÉBORAH B. SANTANA – Organizer with the Cuba Solidarity Committee in Puerto Rico, Brigadista with the Juan Rius Rivera Brigade, retired professor of geography and ethnic studies at Mills College
TAMARA HANSEN – Coordinator of Vancouver Communities in Solidarity with Cuba (VCSC), Organizer with the U.S.-Cuba Normalization Conference Committee & Author of “5 Decades of the Cuban Revolution: The Challenges of an Unwavering Leadership.”
Special introduction:
NANCY CABRERO – Casa de las Américas New York City
Invited Speakers:
CARLOS LAZO – Cuban American founder and central organizers of Bridges of Love (Puentes de Amor) who Initiated the Caravan Movement to End the U.S. Blockade and unite Cuban families
GAIL WALKER – Director of the Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization / Pastors for Peace
MILAGROS RIVERA – President of the Committee of Solidarity with Cuba in Puerto Rico and Director of the Juan Ríus Rivera Brigade
BANBOSE SHANGO – All-African People’s Revolutionary Party (AAPRP), former co-chair National Network on Cuba, led 2022 delegation to CUBA
Casa de las Americas of NYC Declaration on Recent Events in Cuba
Casa de las Americas of NYC (Casa) expresses its support for the Cuban people, its President Miguel Diaz-Canel and their glorious Revolution. There is no doubt about the courage, heroism, and willingness of the people of Cuba to defend their principles and values. We repúdiate any subversive intervention by the United States and its allies, on Cuba. We are convinced that the multiple attacks and threats of the United States against Cuba’s sovereignty will be defeated as it has always been. We demand that Cuba’s sovereignty be respected.
The members of Casa will always be at the forefront of Cuba’s defense and it’s Revolution.
Long live Socialist Cuba! Cuba will overcome all adversity!
Jaime Mendieta, President Nancy Cabrero, Vice President Gilbert Villa, Second President Franklin Flores, Secretary of Organization
Declaración de Casa de las Americas de NYC sobre los recientes acontecimientos acaecidos en Cuba
Casa de las Americas de Nueva York (Casa) expresa su más sincero respaldo al pueblo Cubano, a su presidente Miguel Díaz-Canel y a su gloriosa revolución. No hay dudas de la valentía, el coraje, y el heroísmo del pueblo cubano en defender sus principios y valores.
Repudiamos toda intervención subversiva de parte de Estados Unidos y sus aliados contra Cuba. Estamos convencidos de que las múltiples agresiones y amenazas de los Estados Unidos contra la soberanía de Cuba serán vencidas como ha sido siempre. Exigimos que la soberanía de Cuba se respete.
Los miembros de Casa hemos de estar siempre al frente en la defensa de Cuba y su revolución.
Viva Cuba Socialista! Venceremos!
Jaime Mendieta, Presidente Nancy Cabrero, Vice-Presidenta Gilberto Villa, segundo Vice-Presidente Franklin Flores, Secretario de Organización
Pedro Luis Pedroso Cuesta, Cuban Ambassador to the United Nations Josefina Vidal, Cuban Ambassador to Canada Lianys Torres Rivera, Cuban Ambassador to the United States Peter Kornbluh, Senior Analyst and Director of Cuba and Chile Documentation Projects, National Security Archive. He is the author/editor of Bay of Pigs Declassified: The Secret CIA Report on the Invasion of Cuba (The New Press, 1998). His most recent book is Back Channel to Cuba: The Hidden History of Negotiations between Washington and Havana (UNC Press, 2014). Mary-Alice Waters, President, Pathfinder Press, editor, Playa Girón Catherine Murphy, Founder, and Director of The Literacy Project. Her documentary Maestra explores the 1961 Cuban Literacy Campaign through the eyes of the youngest women teachers
