![Lester D. Mallory, vice secretary of state, wrote in a secret State Department memo in 1960: "The only foreseeable way to detract from [the Cuban government's] domestic support is through disenchantment and dissatisfaction arising from economic malaise and material difficulties… all possible means must be used quickly to weaken the economic life of Cuba… a course of action that, being as skillful and discreet as possible, achieves the greatest progress in depriving Cuba of money and supplies, to reduce its financial resources and real wages, to cause hunger, despair and the overthrow of the Government."](https://www.us-cubanormalization.org/viva-cuba/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/cubaprotest_miami_071121getty_1.jpg)
NO ONE SHOULD BE TAKEN IN BY THE CONTINUING LIES BY MOST US AND INTERNATIONAL BIG-BUSINESS MEDIA
| The International US-Cuba Normalization Committee denounces in the strongest terms the latest campaign of bipartisan Washington to subvert and politically destabilize the Cuban government. This despicable effort aims to take advantage of the very real economic stress and mounting human suffering – compounded with spikes in COVID-19 infections and deaths on the island – which are themselves precisely the consequences of the US extraterritorial war against Cuba. This US blockade escalated under the Donald Trump Administration and continues unabated under the Joseph Biden White House and State Department. We reject any US intervention in Cuba that for decades that for decades have aimed at so-called “regime change,” that is, the eradication of the Cuban Revolution since its 1959 triumph. This criminal policy has nothing to do with “human rights” or “democracy.” We aim to educate, organize, and mobilize to support all efforts by people of good will who respect Cuban sovereignty and oppose the blockade. We urge all to assist with the pandemic thru the “Syringes for Cuba” campaign (https://ghpartners.org). We reiterate our demands to end all US economic and travel sanctions. We have seen 243 measures imposed by the former Trump Administration, and then, in the final days of his regime, to include Cuba in a list of countries sponsoring terrorism, a spurious, arbitrary, hypocritical, illegitimate, and unilateral list that the United States State Department has adopted, believing themselves the emperors of the world. This outrageous decree has also been perpetuated by President Biden and his team. The blockade has caused shortages in the country, especially of food, medicines, raw materials, and supplies. Cuba’s tourism industry, a key source of foreign exchange to counter the US blockade and maintain essential social services, has been devastated. We pledge to redouble our solidarity efforts on every front! OUR RESPONSE MUST BE TO MOBILIZE IN EVER LARGER NUMBERS THE INTERNATIONAL JULY 25 CARAVANS AND THE NATIONAL CARAVAN IN WASHINGTON, DC TO GREET CARLOS LAZO AND THE BRIDGES OF LOVE MOVEMENT OF CUBAN-AMERICANS AGAINST THE BLOCKADE WE STRONGLY URGE YOU, IF YOU CAN, TO GO TO DC. IF NOT, ATTEND THE CARAVAN IN YOUR CITY, HELP ASSIST IN PUBLICITY, USE YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA, TELEPHONE, AND EMAILS TO INFORM YOUR FRIENDS, FAMILY, CO-WORKERS AND COLLEAGUES. END ALL US ECONOMIC AND TRAVEL SANCTIONS! STOP US SUBVERSION AND INTERVENTION NOW! LET CUBA LIVE! |