Members of the Cuba Solidarity Movement outside the U.S. embassy in Santiago

Santiago de Chile, Nov 15 (RHCa) The Cuba Solidarity Movement in Chile published Tuesday a letter sent to U.S. President Joe Biden, asking him to put an end to the economic, commercial, and financial blockade against the Caribbean country.

The letter, delivered to the U.S. embassy in Santiago, recalls that the UN General Assembly approved last November 3 a draft resolution against this blockade, which was adopted by 185 votes in favor, two abstentions, and only two against, those of the United States and Israel.

"The entire world has demanded the end of the blockade by an overwhelming majority, in a profoundly democratic act. Ninety-nine percent of the countries that make up the UN Assembly have said no to unilateral actions against Cuba," the text states.

The movement adds that in any democracy such a vote would mean an immediate mandate to be respected. "That is why we are astonished that your government does not echo what the world is demanding," it states.

The letter assures that the restrictive policies against Cuba have had an impact on the daily life of the people of the island and only in the first 14 months of Biden's administration the damages caused amount to six thousand 364 million dollars.

In spite of this, Cuba had one of the most successful policies for containing and managing the Covid-19 pandemic, the results of which it expanded to help other countries face its serious consequences.

Mr. President, it is necessary for your government to live up to international law, to respect the self-determination of peoples, and to lift the blockade, states the letter sent to Biden.

The document was signed by more than twenty groups, collectives, committees, and houses of friends, members of the movement. (Source: PL)