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Protests in Cuba Have a Root Cause: U.S. Sanctions
March 19, 2024
The Alliance for Cuba Engagement and Respect (ACERE) draws attention to the root causes of the scattered protests in Santiago and other towns in eastern Cuba on March 17. Per media reports, “hundreds of protestors” 1took to the streets chanting “power and food”2 in response to 18+ hour-long blackouts, worsening food inflation and food scarcity. The protests were relatively small and peaceful, and there were no reports of mass arrests,…
ACERE Statement: Press Conference on March 8 by House GOP Cuban Americans
March 11, 2024
The Alliance for Cuba Engagement and Respect (ACERE) finds it necessary to set the record straight regarding the press conference held earlier today, March 8, by a group of House GOP Cuban Americans. Representatives Salazar, Gimenez, Diaz Balart, and Malliotakis condemned a recent trip to Cuba by Representatives Omar and Jayapal.
However, in the three years since Cuba was designated a state sponsor of terror by the Trump administration, there…
ACERE Statement – “The Color Purple” author Alice Walker Refused Visit to US Embassy in Cuba
February 28, 2024
The Alliance for Cuba Engagement and Respect (ACERE) finds it reprehensible that the Embassy of the United States in Cuba refused to meet with renowned author and civil rights activist Alice Walker. ACERE notes that this is another example of Black and Cuban-Americans being ignored, censored or harassed for supporting engagement with Cuba.
Walker, a Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winner, was in Cuba for the inauguration of a…
Uniendo nuestras voces para el Cambio: Un Llamado a Revisar la Política de Estados Unidos hacia Cuba
February 7, 2024
FIRME AQUÍ
Estimado presidente Biden:
Le escribimos como cubanoamericanos y ciudadanos estadounidenses preocupados,
quienes ofrecimos nuestro tiempo, donamos nuestros recursos y votamos por usted
en 2020. Colectivamente, estamos conmocionados y decepcionados por su
indiferencia hacia el sufrimiento de las familias cubanas tanto en Cuba como aquí en el
Estados Unidos.
Su promesa de campaña de deshacer los estragos a las familias cubanas causados por
la administración anterior fue uno de los principales factores por los…
United Voice for Change: A Call to Revisit U.S.-Cuba Policy
February 2, 2024
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A letter written by Cuban Americans that is open to signatures from Cuban Americans and other US citizens who support their call to the Biden Administration to fulfill his 2020 campaign promises.
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Dear President Biden:
We write you as Cuban Americans and concerned U.S. citizens who volunteered our time, donated our resources, and voted for you in 2020. Collectively, we are shocked and disappointed…
Statement from the Alliance for Cuba Engagement and Respect (ACERE) on the State Department’s Country Reports on Terrorism 2022
December 6, 2023
The Alliance for Cuba Engagement and Respect (ACERE) draws attention to the fact that the U.S. Department of State, in its Country Reports on Terrorism 2022, implicitly acknowledges there is no justification for Cuba to be designated a State Sponsor of Terror (SSOT). This report, published on November 30, 2023, reiterates the absurd claim that Cuba “repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism” because it “refused Colombia’s request to…