Lo sucedido en días recientes en Cuba, a raíz de la huelga de hambre realizada por miembros del Movimiento San Isidro, ha puesto sobre el tapete la demanda, por parte de un sector diverso y nada desdeñable de la sociedad civil, de cambios que conduzcan a la democratización de la sociedad y la política cubanas. Los sucesos pasados han hecho evidente, además, la disposición mayoritaria al diálogo como vehículo de cambio, y desde diversas publicaciones académicos formados en universidades cubanas han abogado también por un diálogo efectivo entre la sociedad y el gobierno de la Isla, que incluya a todos los actores y del cual emerjan soluciones democratizantes reales.
Ante la organización por parte de diferentes voceros de la sociedad civil de una agenda de diálogo abierto y transparente, las autoridades cubanas han respondido con una campaña de difamación mediática de algunos actores, muchos de los cuales se encuentran sometidos a vigilancia, acoso policial, interrogatorios y arrestos arbitrarios y constantes. La noche del 27 de noviembre pasado, cuando cientos de manifestantes se congregaron frente al Ministerio de Cultura para protestar la violencia estatal ejercida contra los miembros del Movimiento San Isidro, y exigir de manera pacífica la apertura de canales de diálogo, la policía acordonó las calles aledañas, impidiendo el acceso incluso de personas que llevaban agua y comida para los manifestantes.
Los firmantes de esta carta, académicos en su mayoría cubanistas de dentro y fuera de la Isla, rechazamos las posturas antidemocráticas que el gobierno cubano ha desplegado como respuesta a lo que consideramos reclamos justos de la sociedad civil, y urgimos a las autoridades a entablar un diálogo nacional, sin discriminación de actores ni posturas, y sin represalias para ninguno de los participantes, del cual emerjan acuerdos vinculantes que permitan la implementación de soluciones a la actual crisis política que atraviesa el país. Aspiramos a una Cuba abierta, diversa y plural. Una Cuba para y con todos.
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Ahmed Correa Alvarez, PhD Candidate (Interdisciplinary Humanities), University of California, Merced
Alberto Sosa-Cabanas, Faculty (Spanish), Florida International University
Alder Soto, PhD Student (Languages), Universidade de São Paulo
Alejandro Anreus, Professor (Art History, Latin American Studies), William Paterson University
Alex Borucki, Professor (History), University of California, Irvine
Alexander Correa Iglesias, Historian, Independent Scholar
Alexei Padilla Herrera, PhD Student (Communication), Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Ana Cecilia Olmos, Faculty (Latin American Literature), Universidade de São Paulo
Ana Eichenbronner, Faculty (Literature), Universidad de Buenos Aires
Andrés Isaac Santana, Art Historian, Independent Scholar
Armando Chaguaceda, Researcher (Political Science), Universidad Francisco de Vitoria
Arturo Matute Castro, Assistant Professor (Spanish), Kennesaw State University
Beatriz Revuelta, Faculty (Political Science), Universidad Central de Chile
Carlos Manuel Rodríguez Arechavaleta, Professor (Political Science), Universidad Iberoamericana
Carlos Aníbal Alonso Castilla, Faculty (Literature), Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro
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Cesar Salgado, Associate Professor (Spanish, Comparative Literature), University of Texas, Austin
Christina García, Assistant Professor (Spanish), College of Charleston
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Coco Fusco, Professor (Art), Cooper Union
Damaris Punales-Alpizar, Associate Professor and Chair (Modern Languages and Literatures), Case Western Reserve University
Danae C Dieguez, Faculty (Spanish), Nova South University
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David Canela, Faculty (Spanish), Florida International University
David Tenorio, Assistant Professor (Spanish), University of Pittsburgh
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Dayron Carrillo-Morell, PhD Student (Art History), University of Zurich
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Elena Martinez, Professor (Latin American Literature), City University of New York, Baruch College
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Idania Machado, Faculty (Communication), Universidad de Las Américas, Ecuador
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Iliana Cepero, Assistant Professor (Art History), The New School
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Jacqueline Loss, Professor (Literatures, Cultures, and Languages), University of Connecticut
James Buckwalter-Arias, Professor (Spanish), Hanover College
Jasmine Chohan, Associate Lecturer (Art History), Courtauld Institute of Art
Jennifer Lambe, Associate Professor (History), Brown University
Jesús Sanjurjo, Lecturer (Spanish), Cardiff University
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Johanna Cilano Pelaez, Researcher (History), Universidad Francisco de Vitoria
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