More than 400 intellectuals from 50 countries called on the United States in a signed open letter to stop threatening Cuba and to respect the nation's sovereignty, some of the signatories told a press conference on Monday. "Faced with the growing threat to one nation's integrity, and to the peace and security of Latin America and the world, we the undersigned demand that the United States government respect Cuba's sovereignty," says the letter that was jointly presented by Belgian sociologist and theologian Francois Houtart, editor of the magazine Areito, Andres Gomez, and president of the Casa de las Americas, Roberto Fernandez Retamar.
The letter denounced statements made by U.S. government officials following the July 31 operation on Cuba's leader Fidel Castro to control an intestinal hemorrhage.
U.S. President George W. Bush threatened after Castro's illness that "we are working actively for a change in Cuba, not simply hoping it will happen", while U.S. trade secretary Carlos Gutierrez's said, "The moment has come for a transition to a real democracy."
http://english.people.com.cn//200608/08/eng20060808_290993.html
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photo and then, please also see:
Frustration and hatred toward the Cuban nation
http://www.granma.cu/ingles/2006/agosto/vier4/33frusodi-i.html
Catholic Church calls for prayers for health of Cuban President
http://www.granma.cu/ingles/2006/agosto/vier4/33iglesia-i.html
The website of the Government of the Republic of Cuba http://www.cubagob.cu
Fidel Castro (photo source) http://www.fidel80aniversario.org/fidel
U.S. President George W. Bush threatened after Castro's illness that "we are working actively for a change in Cuba, not simply hoping it will happen", while U.S. trade secretary Carlos Gutierrez's said, "The moment has come for a transition to a real democracy."
http://english.people.com.cn//200608/08/eng20060808_290993.html
For clarity, please click the
photo and then, please also see:
Frustration and hatred toward the Cuban nation
http://www.granma.cu/ingles/2006/agosto/vier4/33frusodi-i.html
Catholic Church calls for prayers for health of Cuban President
http://www.granma.cu/ingles/2006/agosto/vier4/33iglesia-i.html
The website of the Government of the Republic of Cuba http://www.cubagob.cu
Fidel Castro (photo source) http://www.fidel80aniversario.org/fidel