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Havana, October 12 (RHC)-- Cubans and Argentineans demanded Wednesday in Buenos Aires the end of the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States on Cuba, in a letter addressed to the U.S. ambassador to Argentina, Marc Stanley.

The letter, delivered at the diplomatic headquarters, also requests the exclusion of Cuba from a unilateral list of alleged sponsors of terrorism.

The text is signed by the Union of Cuban Residents in Argentina, the Solidarity Movement and the Group of Graduates in the Caribbean country.

The authors of the document asked Stanley to convey to President Joseph Biden the importance of eliminating the siege and other measures against Cuba and working to normalize relations between the two countries.

"Cuba needs resources for its recovery after Hurricane Ian and the blockade makes it impossible or limits the arrival of these resources. On the other hand, its inclusion on the list of sponsors of terrorism, an unfounded decision by the Donald Trump administration, seriously affects its citizens," the letter states.

It adds that it would be a step in the right direction to remove that country from that spurious list that causes negative effects. "We wish that from the wake of death and destruction caused by the hurricane, waves of solidarity arise between the peoples of both nations," it states.

In the missive, the signatories express their support for the Florida families affected by Ian and express the desire "that this be a moment in which the foundations are laid for the normalization of the bilateral relationship."

"Those of us who sign this document are Cubans living in Argentina and citizens of this South American country in solidarity (...) We admire the great contributions that a small island, besieged by the United States for more than 60 years, has made to humanity", it states.