Cuban Civil Society, Resumen English.
To the Defenders of Peace and to the Peoples of the World
To leaders of social organizations, human rights defenders, and citizens of the world:
We address you at a time of extreme gravity. The escalation of aggressive rhetoric and threats of military intervention by extremist sectors in the United States against Cuba have ceased to be mere political slogans and have become a real danger that threatens the peace of the region and the lives of millions of human beings.
We turn to the international civil society not to ask for favors, but to appeal to your justice and memory.
Cuba is a small nation that has made solidarity its highest banner. While others export weapons, Cuba has exported life.
For decades, our country has sent medical brigades to the most forgotten corners of the planet, fighting Ebola in Africa, cholera in Haiti, blindness in Latin America, and COVID-19 in more than 40 countries.
We are a people who share what we have, not what we have to spare, driven by the conviction that health is a universal human right.
Is this the nation that deserves to be attacked? Is this the people whose integrity should be threatened with aircraft carriers and missiles?
A military attack on Cuba would not be a “surgical operation” or a “liberation.” It would be a massacre of civilians.
The human cost would be incalculable. Our children, who today attend safe schools, and our elderly, protected by a universal healthcare system, would be the first victims of this barbarity.
A war in the heart of the Caribbean would unleash a humanitarian tragedy that would affect not only our island, but the stability of the entire hemisphere.
History has taught us that bombs have never sown democracy; they have only left behind rubble, orphanhood, and resentment.
Peace is not merely the absence of conflict; it is respect for international law, the sovereignty of peoples, and the United Nations Charter.
We issue an urgent call for global mobilization:
- We demand respect for life: We call on civil society leaders to raise their voices in every possible forum to denounce warmongering.
- We stand for diplomacy: We urge the international community to press for solutions based on dialogue, mutual respect, and civilized coexistence among states.
- Protection of children: We call for the protection of our children’s right to live in peace, free from the trauma of war’s roar over their homes.
Cuba poses no threat to the security of any power. Our only “weapon” has been resistance and international solidarity. Do not allow the hatred of a few to decide the fate of an entire generous people.
World leaders, activists, intellectuals, artists, and people of good will: Stop the aggressor’s hand before it is too late.
Humanity does not need more wars; it needs more doctors, more books, and more bread.
In the name of decency, justice, and life, we ask you to join our cry:
No to war against Cuba! Yes to Peace and Life! Share this on your profile; it is a call for life.
Sincerely,
Henry Omar Pérez, Journalist, Social Communicator and member of Cuban Civil Society