Petition to End the Embargo against Cuba
- Should we deny a three-year-old cancer patient life-saving chemotherapy medicine?
- Should America deprive Cuban families of nutritious food?
- Should the U.S. prevent Americans from visiting their dying parents in Cuba?
End the U.S. Blockade of Cuba Now!
Now more than ever, we must challenge an immoral policy that denies women, children, the elderly and the sick essential food and medicine.
And we must continue to struggle for our right to free trade and travel, as well as the unrestricted exchange of information and ideas.
I support an end to the U.S. embargo of Cuba. Need more information? Click here.
Please send an email to your friends and encourage them to sign the petition against the embargo as well.
Sign the petition:
Signatures:
Signatures to date: 791
| Name | Country | Comments | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Julia Resnick | USA | Tuesday, July 11, 2006 at 11:31:12 (PDT) | |
| Julia Resnick | USA | Tuesday, July 11, 2006 at 11:30:16 (PDT) | |
| inika | USA | Thursday, July 06, 2006 at 10:07:54 (PDT) | |
| Cathleen Redus | USA | Wednesday, July 05, 2006 at 15:13:07 (PDT) | |
| Amelia McDonald | USA | I gladly stand in solidarity with people who value people. I am an unfortunate benefactor of my governments inhumane and violent acts aimed towards maintainence of the racist hegemonic world order. I no longer want to participate and blindly support my government- I stand with Cuba as I stand with all peoples oppressed by the elite ruling class. | Saturday, July 01, 2006 at 09:06:21 (PDT) |
| tamayo yvan | france | Tuesday, June 13, 2006 at 04:41:23 (PDT) | |
| mac reddin | USA | Wednesday, June 07, 2006 at 10:51:27 (PDT) | |
| Elizabeth Morrow | USA | Monday, June 05, 2006 at 21:33:53 (PDT) | |
| Christopher Tanner | USA | Saturday, June 03, 2006 at 22:22:45 (PDT) | |
| Adela Brent | Australia | I stand in solidarity with the people of Cuba. Most people know that the fundamental premise behind the US emabargo against Cuba is that by cuting off the flow of money to Cuba, the Cuban people will experience hunger and poverty and thereby be provoked into government change on the island. To promote hunger abroad as a foreing policy tool is repugnant and immoral. It is also a violation of International Law. LIFT THE EMBARGO NOW! | Wednesday, May 10, 2006 at 18:51:58 (PDT) |
| Cati Virginia de los Rios | USA | Monday, May 08, 2006 at 12:34:16 (PDT) | |
| Eugenia Han | USA | Wednesday, May 03, 2006 at 13:10:35 (PDT) | |
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| Eileen Sickle | USA | The U.S. Cuban embargo is a violaton of basic human rights. Our country used to protect human rights but more and more we are the ones committing the atrocies. | Saturday, April 29, 2006 at 22:05:35 (PDT) |
| John Lynn | USA | Saturday, April 29, 2006 at 05:48:22 (PDT) | |
| Brittany Hansen | USA | Friday, April 28, 2006 at 21:34:06 (PDT) | |
| Rosa Ibarra | USA | Friday, April 28, 2006 at 14:24:50 (PDT) | |
| Christopher Ulbright | USA | Friday, April 28, 2006 at 13:37:46 (PDT) | |
| Mike | USA | Cuba may have been a threat with the Soviet Union in power, but a repeat of the Cuban Missile Crisis is not bound to happen anytime soon. Cuba is too poor to pose a military threat to the United States. End this trade embargo now. | Monday, April 24, 2006 at 07:14:17 (PDT) |
| Jason LaVoy | USA | Cuban cigars rock!! | Tuesday, April 18, 2006 at 10:36:02 (PDT) |
| Josh | USA | Monday, April 10, 2006 at 14:16:48 (PDT) | |
| Angela Ju | USA | I had the pleasure of participating in a study abroad in Cuba program in winter of 2006. My time in Cuba reaffirmed what I had thought all along: the "embargo" against Cuba (which is really a blockade) is considered by Cubans to be an act of war and a human rights violation. There is so much need in Cuba, and there should be no excuse for the world's wealtiest country to continue the prevention of providing Cubans with the bare necessities. U.S. claims that Cuba is a human rights violator is absolutely unfounded. The primary human rights abuses that occur in Cuba occur in Guantanamo Bay, which is occupied by the U.S. | Sunday, April 09, 2006 at 22:13:18 (PDT) |
| Juanita Leonard | USA | Monday, April 03, 2006 at 21:04:58 (PDT) | |
| ronald kerzner | USA | stop this wrong ful embargo i want to go to cuba i have wanted to go for years and so has every body else. 1 day we will go and not need licences or go thur canada or mexico. i would like to have a house there when i retire and have it as a winter home. this must stop | Tuesday, March 28, 2006 at 18:27:48 (PST) |
| Margaret Schulte | USA | The embargo makes NO sense. | Saturday, March 18, 2006 at 16:59:44 (PST) |
| tracey richards | united kindom | tracey richards | Wednesday, March 15, 2006 at 01:18:53 (PST) |
| tracey richards | united kingdom | Wednesday, March 15, 2006 at 01:17:32 (PST) | |
| David Harvell | USA | The blockade must be stopped. Cuba is not, and never has been, an ememy of the United States. | Tuesday, March 14, 2006 at 17:45:46 (PST) |
| Richard Totoy | USA | Unfortunately, I have witnessed first hand the harmful effects of the U.S. mandated embargo on the people of Cuba. It is a shameful act that has perdured for too long, only amplifying the imperialistic intentions of a government that has no respect for the civil liberties of others. It needs to be stopped. | Tuesday, March 14, 2006 at 15:58:00 (PST) |
| Matthew R Smith | Canada | Saturday, March 11, 2006 at 16:52:27 (PST) | |
| Dora Fernandez | USA | Wednesday, February 08, 2006 at 17:44:10 (PST) | |
| Marina Fiol | USA | Wednesday, February 08, 2006 at 17:43:36 (PST) | |
| Korana Fiol | USA | Wednesday, February 08, 2006 at 17:43:01 (PST) | |
| Margaret Hulse | USA | I think that the U.S. policy towards Cuba is full of hypocrisy! Also, Cuba has done incredibily well with its own resources and I am sure that they would be able to accomplish some much more if they were given the support and resouces that they deserve and that so many other countries receive! Please reconsider your policies! Sincerely, Margaret Hulse | Saturday, February 04, 2006 at 18:22:37 (PST) |
| Chuck Harmston | USA | Tuesday, January 24, 2006 at 08:31:48 (PST) | |
| Edward Rich | USA | I visited Cuba (legally!) two years ago and saw with my own eyes what our embargo policy has done to a beautiful country with beautiful people, people who remain proud and vibrant in spite of the many deprivations they must endure. Everyone I met seemed to understand the political climate which prolongs the embargo; it did not interfere with their ability to welcome us as Americans and to treat us as the friends and neighbors that we are. Please end this unjust and inhumane embargo - and help the Cuban people live the better life that they deserve. Thank you! | Sunday, January 22, 2006 at 06:13:42 (PST) |
| Rosa Heidi | USA | Thursday, January 12, 2006 at 21:48:37 (PST) | |
| Jill E. Schneider | USA | One of my best friends, Hilda, and her family live in Manicaragua, Villa Clara, Cuba. My friend struggles each day to take care of her mother who has senile dementia and her adult stepdaughter who is mentally and physically disabled. Both of these women are incontinent and require Hilda's full time care, which she has provided with grace and love for over 4 years now . Due to the troubled economy of that country and the embargo that our country has enforced for many years, she does this phenomenal duty without the necessary medical supplies or soap. Even if Hilda were my own mother, because of these restrictions, I would not be able to go to Cuba and help her, or even to send soap and other necessities (the latest restrictions prohibit visits by relatives except for once every 3 years). What can our government possibly be thinking by supporting these restrictions? What Cuban-American votes would be gained? Are those votes worth the cruelty and the shame such cruelty brings upon our country? For many years the U.S. embargo has been used masterfully by the Cuban government as a scapegoat for its economic difficulties. Why continue to hurt the Cuban people while repeatedly playing into the Castro government's strategic plan? Last year Hurricane Dennis devastated Cuba, and the situation there deteriorated beyond comprehension. Enough is enough. Please show some human dignity and end these useless, cruel restrictions. Why not instead empower Cuban-Americans and friends of Cuba to help in this time of need? No, I do not agree with all of Hilda's political beliefs, and neither do I agree with yours. Hilda, however, is my friend and I must help her in her most difficult time. Please suspend these travel and postal restrictions, even temporarily, so that those of us who have some conscience can aid our families and friends at this critical time. Show the world that we are a free country: free to travel where we choose, free to help our friends. | Saturday, December 31, 2005 at 13:46:33 (PST) |
| deborah gorman | USA | Enough already!!! | Wednesday, December 28, 2005 at 11:00:31 (PST) |
| keren bloomfield | USA | The embargo is illegal and against all human rights issues. We must open the trade with this incredible country. We have much to share between us. Our power should be to aid and interchange ideas with respect. It should not be abusive and harmful because leaders work with their disfunctional egos instead of heart and commmon sense. | Thursday, December 22, 2005 at 09:28:37 (PST) |
| GEEGEE MORGAN | USA | Friday, December 16, 2005 at 14:22:18 (PST) | |
| Ray Kozel | USA | Wednesday, December 14, 2005 at 20:29:26 (PST) | |
| Ramon Pavon | USA | end economic war fare | Thursday, December 08, 2005 at 23:39:30 (PST) |
| Bob Lippold | USA | Lift the embargo you parasitic criminals! Its a good thing the rest of the world doesn't embargo what they consider terrorist states--we'd never be able to import anything! | Friday, December 02, 2005 at 15:16:56 (PST) |
| Christine Le Roux | USA | Wednesday, November 30, 2005 at 16:24:59 (PST) | |
| Stan Hardin | USA | I personally have seen the suffering of the people of Cuba. Whether it is because of the Embargo or not, this needs to change because 30+ years of an embargo has done nothing to help. Time for a different plan! | Tuesday, November 29, 2005 at 08:47:06 (PST) |
| Keith Gormezano | United States | You may also use my name publicly in your newspaper ads. I am the former chair of the Seattle Animal Control Commission, former Operations and Office Manager for Stuart Silk Architects, and am listed in Who's Who in America. | Saturday, November 19, 2005 at 18:47:42 (PST) |
| R.Damewood | USA | Friday, November 18, 2005 at 12:36:31 (PST) | |
| caroline | USA | Friday, November 18, 2005 at 02:37:43 (PST) | |
| Roger Vill | USA | Even JFK wanted the embargo ended- Hmmm wonder if this has anything to do with------- NO can't be , we're too civilized for that. | Thursday, November 17, 2005 at 09:18:44 (PST) |
| Laura Hanks | USA | I've just been to Cuba and have seen the painful effects of the US blockade in person. It is way past time to end this unjust and harmful policy. | Sunday, October 30, 2005 at 19:37:34 (PST) |
| Amy Lofton | USA | Stop this embargo. It benefits no one, whether from US or Cuba. If it is Castro that you are worried about, you are only giving him more strength by making yourselves the enemy. The only way to change things ever is to help the people; there is no other way to win the hearts and minds of people. | Saturday, October 29, 2005 at 14:50:56 (PDT) |
| Zara Barazzutti | Italy | Help us to stop this world dictature against men 's freedom | Wednesday, October 26, 2005 at 04:50:56 (PDT) |
| Eugene Denson | USA | Saturday, October 15, 2005 at 08:11:43 (PDT) | |
| derek Tiefer | USA | Friday, October 14, 2005 at 16:59:04 (PDT) | |
| Edward A ALejandro | USA | Please end the blockaid | Friday, October 14, 2005 at 16:45:32 (PDT) |
| Margaret Wilkinson | USA | Cuba is our neighbor and could be our friend. End the embargo and let the US join the hemisphere. | Friday, October 14, 2005 at 16:05:22 (PDT) |
| Cait Ni Dhuibhir | USA | Thursday, October 13, 2005 at 21:28:41 (PDT) | |
| sheila harmsworth | canada | i don't like the ways of our world... | Tuesday, October 04, 2005 at 09:57:38 (PDT) |
| Nduluka Gceba | RSA | Cuba is a beacon of hope to those who do not haves, To me in South Africa Republic of Cuba under the Leadership of Commandante EL Fidel Castro is on Track. Stop this Brutal Blockedge to the People of Cuba... | Thursday, September 22, 2005 at 00:46:23 (PDT) |
| O. Gagne | USA | Friday, September 16, 2005 at 20:39:09 (PDT) | |
| Lorenza Cavatorta | ITALY | pls, STOP embargo! | Friday, September 16, 2005 at 01:20:57 (PDT) |
| diana vitale | italy | Friday, September 16, 2005 at 01:13:31 (PDT) | |
| DOMENICO OLIVA | ITALIA | Friday, September 16, 2005 at 00:54:59 (PDT) | |
| Victor Chechanover | USA | Thursday, September 15, 2005 at 21:07:08 (PDT) | |
| RiccoDo | HR | be kind...please ! think with new mind. God is looking and New Orleans is teaching | Thursday, September 15, 2005 at 10:30:18 (PDT) |
| Bibi Berno | HR | be kind...peace please | Thursday, September 15, 2005 at 10:25:35 (PDT) |
| Ghirelli Romana | Italy | Please, stop Embargo .... target of USA efforts needs to be another | Thursday, September 15, 2005 at 09:53:24 (PDT) |
| Fiamminghi Silvano | Italy | Please, stop Embargo .... target of USA efforts needs to be another | Thursday, September 15, 2005 at 09:52:04 (PDT) |
| Guerzoni Maura | Italy | Thursday, September 15, 2005 at 09:49:31 (PDT) | |
| Fiamminghi Vanna | Italy | The only thing the embargo accomplishes is to devastate the cuban people and deprive them of their basic necessities. | Thursday, September 15, 2005 at 09:48:16 (PDT) |
| Catani Silvana | ITALY | Thursday, September 15, 2005 at 09:45:56 (PDT) | |
| Fiamminghi Meris | ITALY | Thursday, September 15, 2005 at 09:45:08 (PDT) | |
| Manuel Fabian | USA | We want to be allowed to visit our FAMILY in Cuba. The American Government should not be the one deciding on what family members can be visited when traveling to Cuba. The Latin countries by tradition believe in the EXTENDED family. | Thursday, September 15, 2005 at 08:40:44 (PDT) |
| Diane Shisk | USA | Tuesday, September 13, 2005 at 06:51:27 (PDT) | |
| Brice Carlson | USA | I support the abolition of travel restricitons by U.S. citizens to Cuba and more so the inhumane treatment we are perpetrating on the poor citizens of Cuba. | Monday, September 12, 2005 at 14:56:19 (PDT) |
| Michael Barrett | USA | Sunday, September 11, 2005 at 22:50:40 (PDT) | |
| Eva S. Moseley | USA | Saturday, August 27, 2005 at 08:07:11 (PDT) | |
| Brenda Jordan | USA | Wednesday, August 24, 2005 at 13:12:48 (PDT) | |
| Nadine de Barros | USA | Much to the detriment of the wonderful and special people of Cuba, every presidency in the US (particularly in the last decade) has let itself be pressured by a special interest group (mostly in Florida- a critical state in terms of elections. Go figure!) because of a personal grudge against one man: Fidel. Because of this powerful lobbying group’s unrelenting need for revenge against Castro, they continue to push the US government to strengthen the embargo, threatening to take their votes away if any candidate should not support their cause. The people of Cuba (their people, and our neighbors) are barely subsisting. Many don’t eat breakfast, can’t buy clothes, and the basic necessities. It is mind-boggling to think that a country only 90 miles away has almost no computers, internet, cell phones, that horses are still a common form of transportation, that pork is the only meat they can afford to buy, that their ration cards only permit them one small piece of bread a day. Tourism and trade will be the only way to better the terrible state of their economy since the fall of the Iron Curtain. Compassion is needed for the people of Cuba; end this stupid embargo! | Monday, August 22, 2005 at 15:31:53 (PDT) |
| colette de barros | USA | Monday, August 22, 2005 at 14:17:46 (PDT) | |
| Dr. James Polk | USA | The time for ending the embargo against the citizens of Cuba is long overdue. It is maintained by weak-kneed politicians pandering for Cuban-American votes in South Florida, and by a mistaken assumption that it will end the reign of Fidel Castro. The Cuban nation has "never" lifted a finger to physically harm "any" US citizen. To the contrary, corporations and politicians spent decades abusing them. If we can be friends with other communist nations, why not be friends with our neighbors? | Sunday, August 21, 2005 at 09:04:34 (PDT) |
| Enrico Guy | Canada | In the spirit of Reagan’s immortal words: “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!” Mr. Bush I implore you to tear down this blockade! | Friday, August 19, 2005 at 18:58:53 (PDT) |
| Trausti Hraunfjord | Icelander in Peru | Exiled Cubans living in the US, demanding things of the Cuban government... You are cowards. Go back to Cuba, and fight your fight there and stop whining like spoiled brats! Here a little lesson for you all, which shows how "humane" the US has been towards Cuba (just one of many countries abused/raped by the US): __________________________________ 1962 USA and Cuba Cuba begins to improve education and health for its people as well as redistribute land, previously owned by multinational companies. By 1973 Cuba will have the lowest child mortality and the highest literacy in Latin America. In spite of these measures, popular with the majority of the population, the USA puts pressure on its allies to exclude Cuba from various inter-American forums. The USA continues to blockade the country and even attempts to assassinate the president, Fidel Castro. A UK freighter bound from Cuba to the USSR with 80,000 bags of sugar stops in Puerto Rico for repairs. Agents from the USA CIA contaminate the sugar with a harmless chemical that makes the sugar unpalatable. A CIA official later reveals: "There was lots of sugar being sent out from Cuba, and we were putting a lot of contaminates in it." The USA president, John Kennedy, is angry when he hears of the operation because it had occurred on USA territory and could hand the USSR a propaganda weapon. A Canadian worker in Cuba is paid $5,000 "by an American military intelligence agent" to infect turkeys with a fatal disease; 8,000 turkeys die. A group of CIA dispatched rebels blow up an industrial facility killing 400 workers. __________________________________ 1971 Cuba The USA CIA gives Cuban exiles living in Florida (USA) a virus that causes African swine fever. Less than 2 months later, the disease breaks out in Cuba causing the slaughter of 500,000 pigs. This was the first outbreak in the Americas. __________________________________ 1980 USA and Cuba The USA attempts to infect Cuba with bacteria. A Cuban exile, Eduardo Victor Arocena Perz, carries the germs in a ship from Florida (USA). __________________________________ 1996 USA and Cuba A crop duster aircraft operated by the USA State Department is spotted releasing a mist over Matanzas province in Cuba by another pilot. The plane had permission to fly from the USA to Colombia via the Grand Caymen and to overfly Cuba. Two months later a plague of Thrips Palmi, a pesticide resistant insect, is observed in the area. This spreads rapidly affecting corn, beans, squash, cucumbers and other crops. When questioned, the USA replies that the pilot had sprayed smoke to indicate his position. This is contradicted by the USA Federal Aviation Administration which knows of "no regulation calling for this practice". In 1977 a released CIA document had admitted that it "maintained a clandestine anti-crop warfare research program targeted during the 1960s at a number of countries around the world". __________________________________ And for the laughs: __________________________________ 1960 USA and Cuba The USA imposes a trade embargo on Cuba and bans its own citizens from visiting. The USA attempts to persuade and coerce other countries to join the boycott of Cuba, saying that the country is a threat to the Western Hemisphere. A Mexican diplomat responds with "If we publicly declare that Cuba is a threat to our security, forty million Mexicans will die laughing". __________________________________ Such is the humanity of th US... and such is the courage :( If you'd like to know more, go here: h**p://www.hraunfjord.org/1/pages/ABCofWhatAmericaStandsFor/index.htm Informed people are much better at explaining themselves than those who know nothing. USA=good Cuba=bad is a direct lie.... now, educate yourselves Stop the FAZI (Nazi-Fascist) methods and end the embargo... | Monday, August 08, 2005 at 17:37:10 (PDT) |
| Katherine Catu | USA | The only thing the embargo accomplishes is to devastate the cuban people and deprive them of their basic necessities. It must end. Now. | Sunday, August 07, 2005 at 14:22:14 (PDT) |
| Badia | USA | I have been reading the comments for the petitioners and have realized how easily the public is fooled. The claims of higher literacy rates and infant mortalities are unproven and considering that the source of this information is the Government of Cuba it is probably false. Everything with the government is false. I am a Cuban American and I have traveled to Cuba to visit family. I am fully aware of the injustices by the Cuban Government. I am also very aware of the exportation of Cuban services and exploitation of Cuban citizens being sent to these countries like Venezuela - all in the name of brotherly love. People, are you easily fooled. What is really happening is that these countries pay for these services. It is Fidel and his Mafia that are becoming wealthy at the expense of the Cuban population. I am for lifting the Embargo against Cuba with conditions. As a member of an exile group and an American citizen we have the right to ask for these conditions before we lift the embargo. 1) Establish a form of government freely elected by the people, 2) the respect of human rights, 3) the respect of civil rights – specifically, the right to freely protest and the right to speak freely, 4) the right to create just laws to defend the innocent and punish the guilty, 5) the right to change the laws that are unjust. Those of you who disagree have the right to do so, but you are free. The 12 million that are in Cuba are not - think about that. | Saturday, August 06, 2005 at 17:05:26 (PDT) |
| Jean Fisher | USA | The U.S. embargo is a crime against humanity. | Monday, August 01, 2005 at 18:35:24 (PDT) |
| Anders Blomberg | Sweden | Looking forward to see an american president that knows how to handle foreign affairs the right way. I don´t understand why the american people don´t understand what´s best for them and vote for a child like George W Bush, well I don´t understand why the election system in the US is built up like it is either. Castro is a hard headed communist and he is taking care of 11 million slaves his way, but still nobody sleeps on the streets, nobody starve and everybody can read. As long as Castro and Bush are presidents this issue will remain status quo. | Tuesday, July 26, 2005 at 12:11:26 (PDT) |
| Kristina Verde-Murphy | USA | Monday, July 25, 2005 at 08:40:41 (PDT) | |
| Cassar | France | Usa abuses of its power and Cold War was up to date a long time ago, we are in 2005, now. | Saturday, July 23, 2005 at 13:19:47 (PDT) |
| Andrew | USA | Friday, July 22, 2005 at 08:10:57 (PDT) | |
| Rebecca Peterhansen | USA | Sunday, July 10, 2005 at 23:00:38 (PDT) | |
| Megan Ryan | USA | Saturday, July 09, 2005 at 16:43:41 (PDT) | |
| Khalil Azarani | USA | Wednesday, July 06, 2005 at 10:44:08 (PDT) | |
| John Kroondyk | USA | The embargo only hurts Cuba. It's time for a change. | Wednesday, June 29, 2005 at 10:25:43 (PDT) |
| Deborah Crowe | USA | It's time to end the hypocricy. Lift the embargo. How cruel is it to disallow trade with one's closest neighbor? Why? Because they had the nerve to arm themselves against anothter country that had previously attacked them and were going to attack them again? Their history of working for human rights go way beyond ours. They say people are more important than corporations, and back their words with actions. | Thursday, June 23, 2005 at 13:08:40 (PDT) |
| tom blanchester | USA | Monday, June 20, 2005 at 16:41:32 (PDT) | |
| Kenneth Robinson | USA | Sunday, June 19, 2005 at 07:01:27 (PDT) | |
| Lori Sallee | USA | Sunday, June 19, 2005 at 02:13:02 (PDT) | |
| Steve Sallee | USA | higher cuban literacy rates vs U.S.,lower cuban infant mortality rates vs U.S. are just a few measures that perhaps our state department's views on Cuba are not just. continued attempts by U.S. to isolate Cuba is an archaic and misguided policy. | Sunday, June 12, 2005 at 06:16:45 (PDT) |
| Jenee Sallee | USA | Friday, June 10, 2005 at 09:49:18 (PDT) | |
| Simona Musa | Italy | Friday, June 10, 2005 at 01:09:37 (PDT) | |
| Ruth Valdez | USA | We can learn a lot from Cuba. With the Soviet collapse and end of its oil exports to Cuba, 8000 meetings were held throughtout the island, involving 85% of the workers. The ideas from these meeting were then incorporated into government policy. How's that for democracy! Cuba has survived and become a world model for organic agriculture. They have medical care for all and higher literacy rates than US and they have a home ownership rate of 85%. The Cuban people are not our enemy. This embargo/blockade is illegal by international law and by the US Constitution. It is immoral for any nation to punish the innocent civilians of another. | Thursday, June 09, 2005 at 10:57:32 (PDT) |
| Ellen Farmer | USA | Let Cuba Trade! End the Embargo NOW. US Congress -- this is for you -- Pass a Veto-Proof Bill! Keep up the steady pressure!! | Thursday, June 09, 2005 at 07:38:06 (PDT) |
| Nawncy Abbey | USA | This embargo is inhumane, disrespectful of Cuba's sovereignty and a bad-neighbor policy. Let it go!!! | Thursday, June 09, 2005 at 07:32:31 (PDT) |
| R. Paul Glassen | Canada | I am a US citizen and was a state social worker in Washington who left in the mid-1990s because of our govenment's actions. The country's foreign policies and domestic practices since have only re-enforced my gratefulness to Canada for offering an alternative. I am a mental health worker and found your site while doing research on Guatemala to assist a refugee from there I am counselling. She has lost family members and friends to the murderous government supported by the U.S. Like myself, she is thankful to find refuge in Canada. | Tuesday, June 07, 2005 at 09:43:43 (PDT) |
| Cheryl McArthur | USA | Monday, May 30, 2005 at 06:22:46 (PDT) | |
| Elaine Dorough Johnson | USA | The embargo is not only perverse and destructive to the Cuban people, it is an example of the hypocrisy that underlies U.S. foreign policy. I urge you to end it now!! | Friday, May 27, 2005 at 09:52:31 (PDT) |
| Stepan Safarloo | USA | Cuba will continue | Thursday, May 26, 2005 at 13:57:10 (PDT) |
| deborah m sanchez | USA | End the hypocrisy! | Thursday, May 26, 2005 at 11:20:25 (PDT) |
| Ricardo | USA | Thursday, May 26, 2005 at 10:37:03 (PDT) | |
| Nduluka Gceba | RSA | Cuba is a beacon of hope, The contribution of Cuban people was unconditionary when the were assisting libaration Movements in Southern Africa, Cuban show the humanity, Today in my Country South Africa we are just 11 years of our Democracy just becouse of Cuban People under the leadership of Commandante Fidel Castro, They show the international duty (Solidarity with the People of the world) Look in South Africa we have Coban Doctors,Engineers, Mathamatic and Science Educators and Proffersors, Thats realy solidarity from Cubans. I pleased all the progressive forces around the world must defend the fact about Cuba fight againts the Neo-Leberal aganda from US goverment Administartion, The History will observed us. I am a South African I`m progressive. Check me at ndura.che.cuba@37.com RSA, Hasta la victoria siempre. | 05/26/05 05:42:12 PDT |
| Nduluka Gceba | South Africa | 05/26/05 05:26:57 PDT | |
| Kathleen Wang | USA | The Cuban people are not our enemy. We trade with China. Cuba has some remarkable things to share with the world. Though a poor country they have medical care for all. They have higher literacy rates than US and they have a goal to be sure all have shelter and food. Why don't we? As Americans we should have the freedom to go where we want when we travel | 05/25/05 23:49:53 PDT |
| Carlos Ixquiac | USA | 05/25/05 22:06:02 PDT | |
| Jon Levin | USA | Don't punish the wonderful Cuban people for the sake of your pride Mr. Bush! America needs to liberate itself from gangs, drugs and immorality before it can set an example to others! The world doesn't need to be greedy and rich! | 05/25/05 20:14:49 PDT |
| daniel Orlock | USA | 05/25/05 19:58:47 PDT | |
| daniel Orlock | USA | 05/25/05 19:58:03 PDT | |
| Erika Crenshaw | USA | 05/25/05 16:25:35 PDT | |
| Michael D. Rozsa | USA | Forty five years of failure and suffering have shown that this embargo has been wrong. It is extortion under the guise of promoting freedom. We trade with Communist China (President Nixon's geatest move) and Vietnam, where we lost more than 54,000 Americans. The normalization of relations with Cuba should be a priority for our country. The people in Miami who are opposed to this are the decsendents of Spanish landlords and their police, who enslaved the Cuban people and systematically denied them democratic freedoms for over 400 years. The more interaction we have with the Cubans, the more positive influence we can have on them. If El Presidente Fidel Castro is a tough negotiator with the United States, it is to be expected considering the number of ways America(CIA) has tried to eliminate him. Ther should be open negotiations with no corporate backroon deals. The Cuban people should own and control their own country. No more Platt Amendments. I bet Castro would love to retire, knowing that he left his beloved Cuba in a position to control it's own destiny and in an equitable and harmonious relationship with the United States. | 05/25/05 14:18:09 PDT |
| Lynda LLamas | USA | Help end the embargo, join us; www.pastorsforpeace.org For 15 years pastors has donated material aid and our buses to Cuba through the Martin Luther King Center in Havana Cuba. We will once again set out in our caravan in July. Join us for an amazing journey! | 05/25/05 10:53:32 PDT |
| Erik Donaldson | USA | I think the embargo is criminal, and since the collapse of the Soviet Union it doesn't even bring any semblance of benefit for the US. | 05/25/05 10:39:54 PDT |
| Kurt Berggren | USA | 05/25/05 08:00:55 PDT | |
| Corey Feldman | USA | The time has long past to end this four and a half decade long immoral embargo. | 05/21/05 11:47:15 PDT |
| Bernice Lasker | USA | It would be nice if there were a way to unplug the ears of those who are passing these pointless rules, and maybe to come to realize that one catches more flies with honey than with vinegar. They might also try to imagine how they would feel if the shoe were on the other foot. I wish I had a more positive idea of their imagination and their hearing. | 05/19/05 10:40:59 PDT |
| Bernice Lasker | USA | 05/19/05 10:24:30 PDT | |
| Hans-Gert Müller | Germany | Stop that embargo you ignorant, arrogant, egoistic polititions!!!! This goes especially to you, Mr. Super-dumb-Bush. Don't only think of money and power for one single time and end it!!!! It's one of the many good examples showing the extreme stupidity of American policy. It's not worth anything as we saw for 40 (!!!!) years!!!! It's only discriminating against and deteriorating the life conditions of the inocent cuban people! | 05/17/05 11:11:13 PDT |
| bess blacquiere | USA | 05/14/05 14:16:05 PDT | |
| bess blacquiere | USA | 05/14/05 14:15:48 PDT | |
| Julie du Bois | USA | Enough is enough. Let's move on. Embargos are old tapes from old times. We are move evolved now, right? We are more humane and brotherly now, right? We are more global and above petty, ridiculous behaviors of the past. Let's end the embargo against Cuba. We are all brothers and sisters of the same family. Let us sit at the same table and break bread together. | 05/13/05 00:50:33 PDT |
| Lesley McQuarrie | USA | Please please end the blockade now. I want to go to Cuba and I can't, I am not allowed. Well actually, because my husband is Cuban, we can officially go three years from now but only for 14 days. The laws regarding Cuba are stupid and inhumane on every level. My husband is an only child and his parents and family, some of which are not blood related can not see him for three years to the date he came to this country. The rules were stupid and continue to get more stupid with this Administration. Democracy has to be fought for by the people who want it and can not be instituted. That method has proven not to work yet we continue to spend an ungodly amount of money to enforce it worldwide. Cuba is a wonderful country with wonderful people and I want the freedom to go there. I want all Americans to have the chance to visit if the want to. Now the current administration is imposing its will not only on Americans, Cuban-Americans but now, Europeans are not allowed to travel there because the US has its hand in business worldwide and we tell foreign companies; "if you want to do business with the US, you can not have any contact with Cuba". How is that supposed to work? We are acting like big bullies and I do not and can not support these measures. I have hope that someone, somewhere with some power will do the right thing., get some common sense, and end the stupid Cuba travel restrictions as well as the blockade. We do business with a lot of countries that the government perceives as "undemocratic". Bush got the Florida vote, can't he lift this embargo? If not for humanity, for good business. Let's end the hypocrisy NOW! | 05/11/05 12:22:21 PDT |
| Madeline Pummill | USA | 05/10/05 17:25:11 PDT | |
| Sarah | USA | This embargo needs to end now. It's time the U.S. and Cuba opened a direct dialogue with one another instead of using Switzerland as a go-between. | 05/08/05 11:48:09 PDT |
| Diarmaid McManus | Ireland | 05/07/05 11:29:38 PDT | |
| Alexandra Klein | Germany | I lived quite a time with a very lovely Cuban family and I got to know life´s misery in Cuba due to this silly and unfair Helm´s Burton Law (Embargo). JUST STOP IT! | 05/06/05 12:25:41 PDT |
| Jennifer Gibson | USA | 05/04/05 12:00:04 PDT | |
| Allison Gill | USA | 05/01/05 19:23:37 PDT | |
| Takuji Soyama | Japan | 04/30/05 18:37:23 PDT | |
| Valerie Martin | USA | I had a rare opportunity to travel to Cuba with the University of Wa's Study Abroad Program in the Spring of 2004. I believe in freedom for "all" and this should include open travel to and from Cuba. Why should citizens in the U.S. who wish to travel to Cuba miss out on the opportunity to experience such a rich and historical culture. Isn't life about learning and teaching each other? What better way to embrace another culture then to experience it first hand. We can learn from each person we meet in life, as long as it is about principles, not personalities. Haven't the Cubans been punished long enough? The political point has been made. Cuba has shown the U.S. how one person can make a difference and the question in this case...Is it for the good of the people? | 04/27/05 20:52:37 PDT |
| Michael Johnson | USA | VIVA CUBA VIVA COLOMBIA thanks for your work keep it up, I know it is difficult now to be an activist in the USA with 85% obese, greedy,arrogant,xenophobic,ignorant americans, but keep it up God still blesses i work with fishermen in the third world, mainly Central America, www.senorpescado.com PAZ and of course Cuba is the most educated and health-wise people in North America they are always the first to arrive at disasters in Central America, i know from experience, Hurricane Mitch and the earthquakes i was in El salvador since 1994, but Colombia is the best country i have ever been in(well Thailand is nice, but no SURF!!) cuidate and Dios bendiga todos and as Bubba Johnson say's "eat mo' fish"! | 04/27/05 20:46:19 PDT |
| vandensteen Helene | Belgium | Il ya toujours une solution a un conflit!disons que le monde a besoin de paix! prendre les armes et les vendres est la loi du plus fort et la loi des idiot!pas pour moi!quel exemple pour les generations a venire! demander a tous les hommes de pouvoir de changer ca et de surtout ne jamais oubliée l'histoire! quel avenire allez vous donnez a nos generation! pour tout ca moi je suis contre les armes je fais pas partie de ces idiot! de toute facon il ya un ras le bol ds armes du sang!on en parle par tout merci au regee | 04/27/05 13:02:23 PDT |
| Silvia | Italy | STOP STOP STOP IT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | 04/27/05 12:12:23 PDT |
| Narineh Avanessian | USA | 04/26/05 09:10:11 PDT | |
| Ruairi Nolan | Northern Ireland | 04/26/05 08:18:13 PDT | |
| Alana Gutierrez | USA | 04/23/05 13:00:17 PDT | |
| doug campbell | USA | 04/22/05 15:20:21 PDT | |
| kristina hernandez | USA | 04/20/05 20:26:57 PDT | |
| Moch Nuroini | Indonesia | 04/18/05 07:15:25 PDT | |
| Tunggal Pawestri | Indonesia | STOP IT! | 04/18/05 07:11:18 PDT |
| john cosentino | USA | For over 45 years the U.S. has engaged in this senseless blockade of Cuba which has not accomplished its stated government objective. The blockade has done nothing but harm the freedoms and human rights of the Cuban people whom the U.S. says it seeks to protect. If this government's long time enemy Russia can now be considered a "friend" and we can engage in trade and diplomatic relations with well-known documented governments such as North Korea and China, I don't understand this idiotic policy of isolation that has done nothing but make the U.S. look like hypocrites and sell-outs to individual interests. | 04/18/05 05:16:16 PDT |
| Tammy Maitland | USA | The leaders of embargoed countries have the power and wealth to get what they want so it is the civilians who are hurt most. Please show some compassion for Cuban citizens. Thank you. | 04/14/05 14:35:52 PDT |
| Adele R. Greenberg | USA | So much of our country's foreign policy is stupid and self-defeating, but this has been one of the dumbest over the years! | 04/14/05 12:27:12 PDT |
| Seemin Qayum | USA | 04/13/05 09:14:55 PDT | |
| benita lubic | USA | We have relationships with every country of the world, some with worse human rights experiences, but we are prohibited from dealing with Cuba except under very restricted circumstances. The embargo should be ended NOW. | 04/13/05 08:23:46 PDT |
| Erin Crouch | USA | We need to maintane healthy international relations, and end all of the suffering that is occuring due to our pride. Pride can kill, and can cause needless suffering. | 04/13/05 07:20:06 PDT |
| Waldemar A. Palutke, M.D. | USA | 04/13/05 06:47:20 PDT | |
| jay murphy | USA | My family and I are tired of the obstinancy of our un-elected officials regarding the embargo/blockade. END IT! | 04/12/05 16:28:51 PDT |
| Erin Gamet | USA | let's support the global community and work for sustainability and equality for all! | 04/12/05 10:21:25 PDT |
| Bernard Parrish | USA | I am writing to urge Congress to end this stupid embargo with Cuba. Only the people suffer from our embargo. Let's end it. | 04/12/05 09:54:30 PDT |
| Bernard Zwick | USA | 04/10/05 19:56:58 PDT | |
| Michael L. Marlin | USA | Cubans will always be happier living under a government that tries to serve them than Americans who are advised to "just go shopping." | 04/10/05 17:39:38 PDT |
| Lorne Resnick | USA | For a country (USA) that proclaims itself to value freedom above all else, it is contradictory to forbid American citizen to travel as tourists to a country that it is not actively (yet) at war with. A 4 and a half-decade failed policy. See what one-person’s view of Cuba is really like from my upcoming book: http://cubadreaming.com/ | 04/08/05 15:09:44 PDT |
| Jorge | USA | 04/08/05 08:51:14 PDT | |
| Deborah M Sanchez | USA | 04/08/05 07:30:48 PDT | |
| Zach Roberts | USA | 04/07/05 17:47:05 PDT | |
| Ali La Pointe | USA | An embargo only injures the people it is supposedly "protecting." End all embargos and sanctions against all countries...they are counter-productive and kill hundreds of innocents, who have done nothing wrong and do not deserve to die. Hasta a la Victoria Siempre. | 04/07/05 17:27:27 PDT |
| Sandy Waters | USA | The Cuban embargo and the new tighter restrictions placed on top of the failing policy by the Bush administration have only proven that this administration is NOT about family values, as they have seen fit to divide and redefine the Cuban family. So although I have cousins, aunts and uncles in Cuba, I am no longer considered family and do not have permission to travel there anymore. My mother can only travel to see her aging siblings only once every 3 years. Her eldest sister is 92 years old. This is a cruel and inhumane policy and only solidifies my resolve that the Bush administration (more than the previous admins. who continued the 46 year old blockade) is truly the the "axis of evil"!!! | 04/07/05 10:59:15 PDT |
| Ase Larsen | Norway | 04/07/05 07:23:07 PDT | |
| Renji George Joseph | India | 04/07/05 02:28:43 PDT | |
| Nora Hebshie | USA | It's just stupid and doesn't make sense! Take it off | 04/06/05 18:18:55 PDT |
| Kathleen Loepker | USA | 04/06/05 15:15:49 PDT | |
| Grant Kothiringer | USA | 04/06/05 13:23:28 PDT | |
| PATRICIAI BURTON | USA | after visiting Cuba last year, I feel that the embargo is inhumane. The people of Cuba are wonderful and I am sure would accomplish more change if the embargo were lifted. They will stay strong in the face of many challenges. | Wednesday, April 06, 2005 at 08:13:34 (PDT) |
| michael mccarthy | USA | Wednesday, April 06, 2005 at 08:08:31 (PDT) | |
| Peter Gunther | USA | Wednesday, April 06, 2005 at 05:48:21 (PDT) | |
| Susan Oster | USA | Wednesday, April 06, 2005 at 03:42:10 (PDT) | |
| Brock Johnson | USA | Tuesday, April 05, 2005 at 23:49:00 (PDT) | |
| Vibeke Gjertsen | Norway | Tuesday, April 05, 2005 at 23:43:14 (PDT) | |
| Irving Gershenberg | USA | Tuesday, April 05, 2005 at 20:51:44 (PDT) | |
| carla jimenez | USA | Tuesday, April 05, 2005 at 20:01:36 (PDT) | |
| oscar molina | USA | Tuesday, April 05, 2005 at 19:11:18 (PDT) | |
| stuart skusa | uk/germany/ south africa |
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| Eliza Priest | USA | Tuesday, April 05, 2005 at 18:12:47 (PDT) | |
| bronwyn holmes | USA | End the blockade to Cuba NOW! NO more destruction of peoples lives....we directly feel the consequences in our lives of others suffering and will eventually.... | Tuesday, April 05, 2005 at 18:08:50 (PDT) |
| Paul Krehbiel | USA | Our government does business with China and hundreds of other countries around the world, yet tries to strangle Cuba. It is another example of the US imperial empire trying to bully others! Cuba has eradicated illiteracy, starvation, and diseases that kill and disable millions of people in neighboring countries. This has been accomplished in spite of this terrible US blockade, which only causes pain and suffering to the Cuban people. End the blockade now! | Tuesday, April 05, 2005 at 17:47:28 (PDT) |
| Isabel Badia Hewett | USA | BECOME INFORMED AMERICANS---THE EMBARGO IS GIVING FIDEL CASTRO AMMUNITION!!! SHOULD WE EVEN THINK ABOUT CHINA...OR JUST DO BUSINESS WITH THEM????????? TURN OVER EVERYTHING IN YOUR HOUSE...IT IS MADE IN CHINA???? Hello, are they communist?? Shouldn't consistency be critical for a world power?? Aside from the embargo, how can I summarize the injustice of the new regulations imposed by Mr. Bush last summer??? I am a U.S. citizen-- my government regulates how often (once every 3 years) and for how long I can visit my family. As if that is not enough, the regulation also mandate that if my grandmother where on her death bed, (and I have been to visit within the last 3 years) I cannot go. As the woman from the U.S. treasury department told me, "As of now, the white house has not issued any exceptions. There are NO exceptions." Hardly sounds like the land of the free. Am I alone in strongly believing that this is the antithesis of the reason my parents fled Cuba???? Why does it seem to me that we as Americans only really care when injustice knocks on our personal door??? SHOW ME WRONG...SPREAD THE WORD TO YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND BE A TRUE AMERICAN.......SPEAK FOR JUSTICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! badia-hewett@jam.rr.com | Tuesday, April 05, 2005 at 17:45:18 (PDT) |
| Keri Dhondup | USA | Tuesday, April 05, 2005 at 16:34:04 (PDT) | |
| Zach McIver | USA | Tuesday, April 05, 2005 at 16:06:18 (PDT) | |
| Mitchel D. Moore | USA | Having spent substantial time in Cuba and built meaningful relationships with many Cubans, I am in full support of ending the embargo now! | Tuesday, April 05, 2005 at 16:04:41 (PDT) |
| Jane Glasby | USA | Tuesday, April 05, 2005 at 13:51:54 (PDT) | |
| Daniel Orlock | USA | peace................................................ | Tuesday, April 05, 2005 at 13:40:15 (PDT) |
| Charles Pennell | USA | This embargo does not help our farmers nor the good people of Cuba or their relatives here. The current impasse cannot last forever, nor should it, as it has never accomplished anything but to impoverish the Cuban people for the perceived sins of their leadership. Cuba is not a failed state, and the people who have remained in Cuba after the fall of Batista will never be happy to have their lives run from Washington should the U.S. ultimately prevail in our needless blockade. End it now and let the free flow of ideas again fluorish. | Tuesday, April 05, 2005 at 13:25:23 (PDT) |
| Larry R. Oberg | USA | Tuesday, April 05, 2005 at 13:22:59 (PDT) | |
| Diana Marcus | USA | A US embargo would crush most governments, but not Cuba. That country has not only survived a devastating embargo, but can take pride in achieving some of the hightest ratings in health and education in the hemisphere. Moreover Cuba's political system, organized for maximum grassroots participation,allows for a far deeper democratic process and for civil rights that could provide needed lessons for this country. What could Cuba not accomplish if it could pursue normal trade relations! But this potential is exactly why the embargo persists. The US government is terrified of having a succesful example of what is possible in the developing world without the IMF, the WTO, FTAA and all the other acronyms. Go Cuba! | Tuesday, April 05, 2005 at 13:01:43 (PDT) |
| Sonia Garner | USA | This administration says it values life, but it really doesn't. The embargo has always been morally wrong. Countless innocent people have suffered because of it. It would be nice if Bush would do the right thing, but then, he's never done that. | Tuesday, April 05, 2005 at 12:48:46 (PDT) |
| Jim Forsyth | USA | Tuesday, April 05, 2005 at 12:47:27 (PDT) | |
| Jonathan Robert Lemons | USA | Tuesday, April 05, 2005 at 12:24:06 (PDT) | |
| Kelly Wright | USA | Tuesday, April 05, 2005 at 12:03:00 (PDT) | |
| Roberta Frye | USA | Tuesday, April 05, 2005 at 11:47:47 (PDT) | |
| dini schut | USA | Tuesday, April 05, 2005 at 11:44:49 (PDT) | |
| harold s olson | USA | be kind | Tuesday, April 05, 2005 at 11:40:14 (PDT) |
| harold s olson | USA | Tuesday, April 05, 2005 at 11:38:33 (PDT) | |
| Vanessa Bransburg | USA | Tuesday, April 05, 2005 at 11:25:22 (PDT) | |
| Pam Pethtel | USA | Tuesday, April 05, 2005 at 11:21:42 (PDT) | |
| Rory Litwin | USA | Tuesday, April 05, 2005 at 11:01:54 (PDT) | |
| Robert J. Todd | USA | Why do I have less freedom than Canadians and Mexicans who can freely visit Cuba? Why do Americans have to worry about health care and the huge cost of a college education, both of which are virtually free in Cuba. Why do we send arms and troops to other countries while Cuba sends teams of doctors? Why do we have an embargo against Cuba when it is one of the few countries where we have a positive trade balance? Why don't our schools have resonable class sizes-in Cuba the average class is twenty students. Why does the USA have a higher infant mortality rate than Cuba. | Tuesday, April 05, 2005 at 10:21:52 (PDT) |
| Richard Khanlian | USA | What positive results have come from the more than 40 years the embargo has been in force? It's a stupid, hypocritical and vindictive policy. End it now! | Tuesday, April 05, 2005 at 09:51:42 (PDT) |
| Al Kagan | USA | Tuesday, April 05, 2005 at 09:51:03 (PDT) | |
| DOLORES GRIGGS | USA | IF WE CAN TRADE WITH CHINA, THOUSANDS OF MILES AWAY, ISN'T IT ABOUT TIME TO TRADE WITH OUR NEIGHBOR ONLY 90 MILES FROM OUR SHORE..END ALL RESTRICTIONS ON TRADE WITH CUBA..NOW. | Tuesday, April 05, 2005 at 09:43:01 (PDT) |
| Miguel Ramos | USA | Tuesday, April 05, 2005 at 09:26:50 (PDT) | |
| John McAuliff | USA | Fund for Reconciliation and Development http://www.ffrd.org/cuba/index.html | Tuesday, April 05, 2005 at 09:01:26 (PDT) |
| Yvette Fabian | USA | If the American government would of flooded Cuba with American goods the Cuban people would not have believed the lies they have been told by Castro and would of insisted on change a long time ago. Instead they what they are told by their government - which is they are hungry and lacking bare essentials because of our government's policy against them. | Tuesday, April 05, 2005 at 08:58:05 (PDT) |
| STEVEN SIGAL | USA | Tuesday, April 05, 2005 at 08:48:12 (PDT) | |
| Alejandra Arce | USA | Stop the embargo on Cuba now, and stop the double standard for human rights! | Sunday, April 03, 2005 at 19:56:03 (PDT) |
| Ali Mantar | USA | Emabargo by the U.S. has paralized the people of Cuba, especially those in the grassroot level who are the most prone to any economic measures, just for a goal made solely by Bush's regime. | Sunday, April 03, 2005 at 09:39:24 (PDT) |
| dewi susana | Indonesia | U.S. Embargo on Cuba is mistargeted n thus won't result in what the U.S. wants to achieve. I don't know if Cuban government has been repressive to its people, but putting the people in a worse condition won't necessarily send the message to the government who, may become more powerful in trying to secure their regime. | Sunday, April 03, 2005 at 09:31:35 (PDT) |
| Carol Cross | USA | Let's not even talk about the suffering caused to the Cuban people. Let's talk instead about how meanspirited, foolish, and hypocritical our Cuba Policy makes us look in the eyes of the rest of the world. Shame on us! | Sunday, April 03, 2005 at 09:11:49 (PDT) |
| Diane Sargent | USA | Saturday, April 02, 2005 at 16:26:32 (PST) | |
| James Cockcroft | USA | See my article "Rogue State Threatens Cuba," www.cubanow.net/ | Friday, April 01, 2005 at 14:01:02 (PST) |
| PRISCILA SATORI | BRASIL | Friday, April 01, 2005 at 05:12:08 (PST) | |
| Jerusha Wienecke-Rascoe | USA | Thursday, March 31, 2005 at 22:32:31 (PST) | |
| FERNANDO R. GRACIA | USA | Thursday, March 31, 2005 at 21:18:15 (PST) | |
| Marisol Baidanshin | USA | My husband was recently deported back to Colombia after thirty years of being a legal resident. Colombia needs help. | Thursday, March 31, 2005 at 18:44:11 (PST) |
| Marisol Baidanshin | USA | Thursday, March 31, 2005 at 18:42:14 (PST) | |
| Lisa Brynildsen | USA | Why must entire nations suffer? Lets set an example on what it means to "Love Thy Neighbor" | Thursday, March 31, 2005 at 15:55:14 (PST) |
| CRISTIANE PEREIRA DA SILVA | BRAZIL | Thursday, March 31, 2005 at 13:14:00 (PST) | |
| Judith Taylor | USA | Thursday, March 31, 2005 at 11:01:01 (PST) | |
| Shirley Bauer | USA | Why continue punishing the people of Cuba to spite the leaders? Let's heal the old wounds...we have with other countries...why not with Cuba? It's time to "live and let live" | Thursday, March 31, 2005 at 10:35:01 (PST) |
| anthony kenny | ireland | its wrong. everyone knows its wrong. everyone except israel supports it in the u.n. it must stop | Thursday, March 31, 2005 at 09:10:53 (PST) |
| KARYN | USA | I BELIEVE THAT THIS HAS BECOME A FOOLISH VENTURE IN LIGHT OF TODAY'S WORLD EVENTS. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE ENDED. IF WE HAVE EMBARGO'S ON ANY COUNTRY, CUBA SHOULD NOT BE A PRIORITY CONCERN. LET IT END. | Thursday, March 31, 2005 at 08:31:01 (PST) |
| KARYN BLAIR | USA | Thursday, March 31, 2005 at 08:26:17 (PST) | |
| Sheila Andrews | USA | This embargo is foolish. The Cuban people are warm and wonderful people. We do not have an embargo with the Chinese whose human rights record is deplorable, in fact we are supporting their economy with our foolish trade practices. The Cuban people have suffered in the past due to this embargo. It is time to end it now! | Thursday, March 31, 2005 at 08:11:06 (PST) |
| Mary Michailov | USA | Let stop fighting and open up a dialog. This has gone on for too long. | Thursday, March 31, 2005 at 07:09:58 (PST) |
| paget allis | USA | Thursday, March 31, 2005 at 03:14:37 (PST) | |
| todd b | USA | fuck bush | Wednesday, March 30, 2005 at 22:55:18 (PST) |
| Bill Wayt | USA | Stop the nonsense. End all embargoes. Stop the needless suffering. | Wednesday, March 30, 2005 at 22:41:32 (PST) |
| remy | USA | I would like to go to Cuba and see for myself. | Wednesday, March 30, 2005 at 20:50:17 (PST) |
| L:arry Klein | USA | The embargoes are ruthless and unnecessary. Stop them now. | Wednesday, March 30, 2005 at 14:37:55 (PST) |
| Elizabeth LaMarche | USA | Wednesday, March 30, 2005 at 14:36:15 (PST) | |
| David P. Mills | USA | Diplomatic pressure, economic sanctions, etc, are preferable to all-out war and sometimes will work to accomplish democratic objectives. The Cuban embargo has gone on way too long and has hurt the common folk of Cuba far more than anyone else. It's long past time to stop punishing the people of Cuba. No more embargo! | Wednesday, March 30, 2005 at 12:40:13 (PST) |
| Brook Bernini-Galup | USA | Tuesday, March 29, 2005 at 12:38:53 (PST) | |
| Laura Goetz | USA | Tuesday, March 29, 2005 at 08:59:52 (PST) | |
| Salvatore M. Sirabella | USA | Tuesday, March 29, 2005 at 08:30:31 (PST) | |
| Mary Rose Goetz | USA | The embargo is hurting the common people and is being implemented for the wrong political reasons. We have relations with countries whose human rights records are truly abhorrent and yet we do nothing to them. What we are doing to Cuba is a travesty! | Tuesday, March 29, 2005 at 08:19:00 (PST) |
| Catani Silvana | Italy | The embargo is making innocent people suffer | Tuesday, March 29, 2005 at 07:58:12 (PST) |
| Fiamminghi Meris | Italy | petition against the embargo Meris Fiamminghi | Tuesday, March 29, 2005 at 07:53:35 (PST) |
| Mannaerts Philippe | Belgium (EU) | Tuesday, March 29, 2005 at 04:00:28 (PST) | |
| Kathleen Rogers | USA | Monday, March 28, 2005 at 21:32:12 (PST) | |
| Janet Gallo | USA | Monday, March 28, 2005 at 14:09:02 (PST) | |
| Jose Gonzalez | USA | Monday, March 28, 2005 at 10:04:43 (PST) | |
| Jose Llamas | USA | Monday, March 28, 2005 at 09:36:51 (PST) | |
| Peter G. Hendrickson | USA | I share my sister's comments (see Karen Hendrickson below, Friday March 25) | Monday, March 28, 2005 at 08:49:29 (PST) |
| Leanne Stump | USA | Monday, March 28, 2005 at 07:35:08 (PST) | |
| Kristen Spears | USA | Monday, March 28, 2005 at 03:24:28 (PST) | |
| Eli Draizen | USA | The embargo was originally created because the US was afraid of The Soviet Union. Now with The Soviet Union gone, what are we still afraid of? | Sunday, March 27, 2005 at 22:32:23 (PST) |
| Amy Draizen | USA | Sunday, March 27, 2005 at 22:28:36 (PST) | |
| Carol Cross | USA | How long would a scientist continue to be funded if s/he kept repeating the same failed experiment? Could we show a little sense here, and drop the embargo? | Sunday, March 27, 2005 at 19:55:05 (PST) |
| lynn thompson | USA | Please end the embargo now!!! Its way past the time to do it. Lynn Thompson | Sunday, March 27, 2005 at 19:36:21 (PST) |
| Ramon Espinal | USA | The 45 year old U.S's embargo against Cuba with all its hostilities, military aggressions and terrorist acts has not only failed its stated objectives but has instead caused a lot of human sufferings and the lost of over $70 billion to the Cuban economy. The continuation of such policy by the United States constitute an injustice and a total disregard for international law. It also constitute a violation of U.S citizens rights to travel and a violation many international treaties for which this country is a signatory. I hope that the day when Cuba and the U.S normalize their diplomatic relationhsips is not far into the future. Lets put an end to the embargo and the criminal Cuban Adjustment Act now! We must not continue to allow a small segment of the population, based mainly in Miami, to have absolute veto power over our country's political, diplomatic and economic relations with Cuba. | Sunday, March 27, 2005 at 19:33:30 (PST) |
| Marlene Santoyo | USA | Sunday, March 27, 2005 at 17:14:55 (PST) | |
| Porter Kirkwood | USA | We need to end the embargo now. It is harmful and stupid. We need to open our relations with Cuba. | Sunday, March 27, 2005 at 11:32:58 (PST) |
| Eugene E. Ruyle | USA | Sunday, March 27, 2005 at 11:21:10 (PST) | |
| Joe Bruno | USA | What's to say? It's despicable what we have been doing to Cuba--not only since the embargo but since we stole her revolution and turned Jose Marti's success against the Spanish colonialists into an opportunity for us to step in with our own brand of no less coercive and corrupt colonialism. End the embargo now--we defile ourselves everyday it continues. No wonder our society is falling to pieces! | Sunday, March 27, 2005 at 00:43:20 (PST) |
| Ralph Johansen | USA | Saturday, March 26, 2005 at 21:57:02 (PST) | |
| Marcel Hatch | Canada | The ban on travel to Cuba is unconstitutional. As long as it remains in place it allows Bush and future administrations to further erode the U.S. constitution and bill of rights. Support for ending the travel ban and the U.S. embargo of the island aid the freedom American as well as Cuban people. www.cubafriends.ca | Saturday, March 26, 2005 at 21:32:48 (PST) |
| Elisa Dunn | USA | Saturday, March 26, 2005 at 20:48:16 (PST) | |
| Tabra Tunoa | USA | Leave Cuba alone and concentrate on our own problems. | Saturday, March 26, 2005 at 20:02:22 (PST) |
| Banbose Shango | USA | No US War on Cuba | Saturday, March 26, 2005 at 17:05:06 (PST) |
| Gail Jonas | USA | Our administration's "head in the sand" approach to Cuba is totally ineffective. Cuba does not represent a threat to our nation, and it is creating hardship for both the Cubans and the relatives of Cubans in our country. | Saturday, March 26, 2005 at 15:58:10 (PST) |
| David H. Jackson | USA | The so-called boycott is a political scheme by the right-wing nuts. | Saturday, March 26, 2005 at 15:21:57 (PST) |
| Mark Precious | USA | These inhumane embargoes aren't only monstrous; they never even work. The regime we're trying to starve out just turns to their people and says, "See what monsters we're up against?" Thus they gain the support they'd otherwise lose. | Saturday, March 26, 2005 at 15:00:52 (PST) |
| HILDA BOLDEN | USA | END THE BLOCKADE! | Saturday, March 26, 2005 at 12:33:55 (PST) |
| Beverly Bravo | USA | Ending the embargo would boost the US economy! | Saturday, March 26, 2005 at 11:06:49 (PST) |
| Peggy Muirhead | USA | Saturday, March 26, 2005 at 10:14:08 (PST) | |
| Nancy Abbey | USA | Saturday, March 26, 2005 at 08:23:05 (PST) | |
| Clifford A. Vaughs | Mexico | Friday, March 25, 2005 at 18:25:02 (PST) | |
| Diana Barahona | USA | Friday, March 25, 2005 at 17:09:50 (PST) | |
| Susan Greene | USA | END THE BLOCKADE NOW!!! VENCEREMOS! | Friday, March 25, 2005 at 16:45:33 (PST) |
| Karen Hendrickson | USA | I agree with Vonda that: For over 45 years the U.S. has engaged in this senseless blockade of Cuba which has not accomplished its stated government objective. The blockade has done nothing but harm the freedoms and human rights of the Cuban people whom the U.S. says it seeks to protect. If this government's long time enemy Russia can now be considered a "friend" and we can engage in trade and diplomatic relations with well-known documented governments such as North Korea and China, I don't understand this idiotic policy of isolation that has done nothing but make the U.S. look like hypocrites and sell-outs to individual interests. | Friday, March 25, 2005 at 14:51:23 (PST) |
| Vonda Marshall | USA | For over 45 years the U.S. has engaged in this senseless blockade of Cuba which has not accomplished its stated government objective. The blockade has done nothing but harm the freedoms and human rights of the Cuban people whom the U.S. says it seeks to protect. If this government's long time enemy Russia can now be considered a "friend" and we can engage in trade and diplomatic relations with well-known documented governments such as North Korea and China, I don't understand this idiotic policy of isolation that has done nothing but make the U.S. look like hypocrites and sell-outs to individual interests. | Friday, March 25, 2005 at 12:36:19 (PST) |
| Kathleen Hernandez | USA | Friday, March 25, 2005 at 12:22:08 (PST) | |
| Vivian Stromberg | USA | Friday, March 25, 2005 at 10:07:43 (PST) | |
| Peter Oster | USA | Friday, March 25, 2005 at 09:35:52 (PST) | |
| Daniel Lavelle | USA | Friday, March 25, 2005 at 09:12:48 (PST) | |
| Jitters | USA | I don't think we as a "people" get it. Regardless of our innocent, non-violent efforts to condemn the almost 50 year war against Cuba by the United States, my only real comment is "DUH"! US politicians are soaking the Cuban-American exile community for every penny they can get: it's called prostitution. Yet, in this immoral role the present Bush Administration would starve those lovely Cuban people to death to be able to return its political financial saviors back to the island as the upper classes; e.g., Bacardi, the sugar barons, etc. It is an immoral policy as well as a failed one, eh what? Let's hope YOU get it. And,remember when you vote. | Friday, March 25, 2005 at 08:55:31 (PST) |
| Rain Cater | USA | Friday, March 25, 2005 at 07:56:28 (PST) | |
| Joan Malerich | USA | The embargo (actually a one-blockade) is an act of war. The US agression against Cuba and other Latin American countries must stop before we can even talk about peace. Agressors are not suited to being peacemakers. | Friday, March 25, 2005 at 01:07:19 (PST) |
| Mary Daly | USA | End the embargo now! | Thursday, March 24, 2005 at 20:45:57 (PST) |
| Kathleen Hughart | USA | Cuba deserves our friendship. | Thursday, March 24, 2005 at 20:40:18 (PST) |
| James Odling | USA | The "embargo" is misnamed. It is a blockade that prevents more than Cuban trade with the US. US law (yes, LAW) keeps other countries from freely trading from Cuba. What an arrogant crime against a people who themselves extend rights of life, promoted through education, health care and elect leaders without the "free speech" of purchased elections US style. End the blockade that kills Cubans and harms the world, including the people of our USA. | Thursday, March 24, 2005 at 19:35:51 (PST) |
| Jeffrey Segal | USA | Thursday, March 24, 2005 at 18:21:46 (PST) | |
| Betty Garcia | USA | Thursday, March 24, 2005 at 17:21:19 (PST) | |
| pamela groves | USA | It's inhumane, it's outdated, it hasn't accomplished it's objective.... it's just wrong! END THE CRUEL EMBARGO AGAINST CUBA AND ALLOW US CITIZENS TO TRAVEL FREELY TO THE ISLAND. | Thursday, March 24, 2005 at 17:15:54 (PST) |
| Augustine Alves | USA | Thursday, March 24, 2005 at 17:13:49 (PST) | |
| Susanne Kerenyi | USA | Thursday, March 24, 2005 at 16:30:09 (PST) | |
| Tom Willard | USA | Stop the madness! End the embargo. | Thursday, March 24, 2005 at 15:30:07 (PST) |
| Trodville Roach | USA | The embargo is unjust and hypocritical | Thursday, March 24, 2005 at 14:27:14 (PST) |
| Barbara Honig | USA | Thursday, March 24, 2005 at 13:32:03 (PST) | |
| erin molitor | USA | Thursday, March 24, 2005 at 13:27:44 (PST) | |
| Dwight Smith | USA | It is time to extend the hand of peace to these people, who are not our enemies. The United States has an opportunity now to help lead all humanity to a more noble way. Our kindness and compassion toward our Cuban family will guide others to more enlightened behavior, and this should be the goal of all wise people. | Thursday, March 24, 2005 at 12:51:45 (PST) |
| Peggy Carlisle | USA | Thursday, March 24, 2005 at 12:07:34 (PST) | |
| Joseph Gregersen | USA | The cold war is over. It is time to leave the past behind and move on into the 21st century - new age - new world. The embargo has only hurt the innocent. Cuba is our neighbor, let us treat her as such. | Thursday, March 24, 2005 at 11:22:36 (PST) |
| James Mayor | USA | The embargo must end. It is a travesty what this country has done to the peoples of Cuba. Friends make the best neighbors, not enemies. | Thursday, March 24, 2005 at 10:59:42 (PST) |
| Antiqua Lewis | USA | I have been to Cuba and the people were some of the most friendly and loving people I have ever met. It is time the truth be told about the true Cuba and its people. | Thursday, March 24, 2005 at 10:23:41 (PST) |
| lara bandler | USA | Thursday, March 24, 2005 at 10:22:42 (PST) | |
| Howard W Hoafd | USA | It is truly time to allow the Cuban people the freedom to travel and have the support of the people of the USA. Stop the continous embargo of Cuba. | Thursday, March 24, 2005 at 10:11:44 (PST) |
| Lance Bonamy | USA | Thursday, March 24, 2005 at 10:09:34 (PST) | |
| Heinar Campos | USA | It's about time that the world gets to know the real Cuba. The Cuba's portrayal that the main media, some US government Republican official and the Cuban Americans sell us is an old fantasy that's obsolete in the new world. The embargo has proven useless to top the Cuban government, but it does directly hurt the people, which it is suppossed to help. Cuban people have more relative freedom than all the Latin american people together. Cubans are secured free food, shelter, education, clothing and health care. Their Latin American counter parts are not. | Thursday, March 24, 2005 at 10:03:07 (PST) |
| Nicolas Laperriere | USA | Thursday, March 24, 2005 at 09:17:56 (PST) | |
| Jay Beyersdorf | USA | End the embago now! Why are we trading with China? | Thursday, March 24, 2005 at 08:59:16 (PST) |
| Russ Bursch | USA | An organized group in a single state has driven support for this immoral and bankrupt policy for 50 years. If we truly proclaim that Americans support human rights, now is the time for the voices of hundreds of thousands of others across the U.S. to be heard. We do not support the continuance of this obscene practice and it should end immediately. | Thursday, March 24, 2005 at 08:54:23 (PST) |
| Yvan Tamayo | France | Dicen llamarse un pais democratico, donde esta su democracia, y la libertad de su pueblo, ABAJO EL BLOQUEO | Thursday, March 24, 2005 at 08:32:13 (PST) |
| Elisa Facio | USA | For more than four decades, the US government has employed state-sanctioned violence against the Cuban people. Let Cuba Live! Lift the Blockade and free the Cuban Five! | Thursday, March 24, 2005 at 08:08:32 (PST) |
| J.P. Cantillon | USA | They're our neighbors for christ's sake. | Thursday, March 24, 2005 at 07:43:29 (PST) |
| Roberto J Mercado | USA | End the Blocade and free the Cuban Five! | Thursday, March 24, 2005 at 06:52:57 (PST) |
| John Joseph Cantillon | USA | Thursday, March 24, 2005 at 06:52:48 (PST) | |
| Alexander Nathan Maxwell | USA | An alternative lifestyle, on in which the people come first, lets let it breath. | Thursday, March 24, 2005 at 06:24:33 (PST) |
| Julie du Bois | USA | We are advanced as a society now, correct? Then lets stop playing by the old rules and grow up and learn to live and work with each other. We need to for we all share this earth and our children will inherit it. Let's make it safe, clean, and intelligent. No more wars. No more hunger. No more stupid games. Let's share the wealth and raise our consciousness! | Thursday, March 24, 2005 at 01:57:04 (PST) |
| Babette Grunow | USA | Thursday, March 24, 2005 at 00:24:00 (PST) | |
| Eva Kataja | USA | Wednesday, March 23, 2005 at 23:34:19 (PST) | |
| Claudia Udy | USA | Wednesday, March 23, 2005 at 21:36:21 (PST) | |
| Joaquin Sanchez | USA | This blockade is inhumane, un-American and an un-Christian treatment of our fellow man...It must end now! | Wednesday, March 23, 2005 at 20:36:24 (PST) |
| Andrew Moriarty | USA | Wednesday, March 23, 2005 at 20:01:38 (PST) | |
| Callie Stone | USA | Pledged supporter of the United Church of Christ Cuba Seminar--5 trips and 1 recommended by the UCC Office of Communications for Cuba Solidarity. Pledge to a Book Fund at Matanzas Theological Seminary for biblical resources for graduates and honoring our Seminar guide. Correspond frequently with our partner church in Santiago de Cuba via Pastors Gisela and Elmer Lavastida.Bibles to the Cuban Council of Churches as possible. | Wednesday, March 23, 2005 at 19:57:04 (PST) |
| Anasuya Polacek | USA | Wednesday, March 23, 2005 at 19:40:19 (PST) | |
| Margaret Keller | USA | We are supposed to be a compassionate country however, the US-Cuba embargo makes us a bully. After 40 plus years of failure, how about a new approach-normalizing relations-live and let live. | Wednesday, March 23, 2005 at 19:33:32 (PST) |
| Therese A. Ludvigson | USA | Let Cuba live in peace. | Wednesday, March 23, 2005 at 19:32:44 (PST) |
| Max Nelson | USA | Please end the unjust embargo against Cuba and it's people today. Americans are ashamed of the policy and want it to end immediately. | Wednesday, March 23, 2005 at 18:43:05 (PST) |
| kate yavenditti | USA | Wednesday, March 23, 2005 at 17:35:14 (PST) | |
| Huck Rorick | USA | Wednesday, March 23, 2005 at 17:31:12 (PST) | |
| Larry Deutsch | USA | Wednesday, March 23, 2005 at 17:09:27 (PST) | |
| Michael J. Wahl | USA | Our leaders are greatly hurting the good people of Cuba with their cruel and unusual embargo ('bloqueo'), as they previously did by supporting the dictator Batista, and as they do to the rest of the world presently by masking greed with "democratization". | Wednesday, March 23, 2005 at 17:03:42 (PST) |
| Geri Kenyon | USA | Let's grow up and stop this ridiculous blockade of Cuba. | Wednesday, March 23, 2005 at 16:02:54 (PST) |
| Emily Paddison | USA | End the embargo! | Wednesday, March 23, 2005 at 15:18:01 (PST) |
| Dorcas Haller | USA | Wednesday, March 23, 2005 at 15:09:29 (PST) | |
| Elinor | USA | the embargo has not eliminated Castro to date and wont now. All it does is hurt innocent Cuban citizens | Wednesday, March 23, 2005 at 14:03:46 (PST) |
| Elinor Yahm | USA | Wednesday, March 23, 2005 at 13:57:45 (PST) | |
| Joseph Pena | USA | You would think that after 45 years the US could recognize a failed policy such as the Cuban embargo. This embargo has only hurt the people of Cuba, restricted many American business's from making money, restricted Americans from their right of freedom of travel and association, given a boon to foreign business's with a foothold in Cuba and isolated Cuba and Cubans in Cuba from the United States.I cannot think of a foreign policy that the United States has ever engaged in that was as big a failure as the Cuban embargo. Please have the sense of ending it once and for all. | Wednesday, March 23, 2005 at 13:54:20 (PST) |
| Patrick Hooker | USA | Wednesday, March 23, 2005 at 13:38:12 (PST) | |
| Michael Sabina | USA | The cold war is over. Cuba is our neighbor. | Wednesday, March 23, 2005 at 13:28:35 (PST) |
| Bruce Pearson | USA | Wednesday, March 23, 2005 at 13:24:43 (PST) | |
| Felix Rigau | USA | The reality is we are all one ... | Wednesday, March 23, 2005 at 13:13:29 (PST) |
| Adriana Gomez | USA | Wednesday, March 23, 2005 at 13:13:16 (PST) | |
| Emily Coffey | USA | DON'T CALL IT AN EMBARGO, IT IS A BLOCKADE!!!!! | Wednesday, March 23, 2005 at 12:59:23 (PST) |
| Jacob Llamas | USA | Think of the children! | Wednesday, March 23, 2005 at 12:32:36 (PST) |
| Sabrina Johnson | CANADA | The US is simply afraid of the example that Cuba would be to the world without the idiotic embargo and the US government sponsored terrorist activities on the island! Hasta la Victoria Siempre! Venceremos! Patria o Muerte! | Wednesday, March 23, 2005 at 12:19:58 (PST) |
| Philip D. Schaefer | USA | The embargo against Cuba makes absolutely no sense, and imposes suffering on so many people.! | Wednesday, March 23, 2005 at 12:06:25 (PST) |
| Lisa M. Sparaco, PhD | USA | Having grown up in Florida in the 1950s, I have had the opportunity to observe the Cuban Revolution from various perspectives. Based on travels and studies of world history and current global affairs, I can place great hope in the efforts and achievements of the Cuban people -- against great odds! LIFT THE EMBARGO AGAINST THE CUBAN PEOPLE SO THAT THEY MAY CONTINUE TO CARE FOR THEIR OWN AND WE MIGHT LEARN FROM THEIR SUCCESSES AND CHALLENGES!! | Wednesday, March 23, 2005 at 12:04:08 (PST) |
| Nancy Snedden | USA | We are committing a huge political blunder to keep going down the road we're on. There are no arguments to support the embargo. The Cuban people are creative, spiritual, talented, warm and hospitable. They need to be free of this nonsense to develop their own future on their terms. | Wednesday, March 23, 2005 at 11:59:28 (PST) |
| Amy Pitt | USA | Wednesday, March 23, 2005 at 11:39:12 (PST) | |
| Lynda Llamas | USA | END THE BLOCKADE NOW! Help us this summer, Pastors for Peace; ifconews.org Don't Miss The Bus, and your chance to help effect change! | Wednesday, March 23, 2005 at 11:25:42 (PST) |
| Robert Stevenson | USA | This foolish bullying has to stop! | Wednesday, March 23, 2005 at 11:21:42 (PST) |
| Gary Bacon | USA | I have visited the beautiful island republic of Cuba and found wonderful people living in material austerity and spiritual abundance. I took 23 high school students to Cuba who dove into the culture, interviewed a cross section of people, and documented their experience with 60 hours of videotape. We were all inspired by what we found. Many of us had already visited other regions of Central and South America where we had witnessed real poverty first hand--but not in Cuba. Cuba has responded to the international criminal act of the US blockade by remaining true to its ideals. The people work to benefit the whole of society, and they do not sacrifice the greater needs of all the people and the environment by greedy materialism, which benefits only the few. This is a country that lives its ideals. The small minority of US politicians that make political deals to maintain its strangle hold on the Cuban people are the ones that should be thwarted, not the men, woman and children of Cuba. | Wednesday, March 23, 2005 at 11:15:47 (PST) |
| Betsy Lawrence | USA | Wednesday, March 23, 2005 at 11:07:39 (PST) | |
| Maurice Sone | USA | Ya Basta!! | Wednesday, March 23, 2005 at 10:57:01 (PST) |
| Christine Rousseau | USA | Wednesday, March 23, 2005 at 10:53:07 (PST) | |
| K.DeMars | USA | Wednesday, March 23, 2005 at 10:48:37 (PST) | |
| Susan Levinson | USA | Wednesday, March 23, 2005 at 10:39:41 (PST) | |
| Theron Stevenson | USA | Wednesday, March 23, 2005 at 10:15:11 (PST) | |
| Vicki Ryder | USA | Denying food and medicine to children is NOT a family value! Cuba is not our enemy! End the blockade now -- and support our right to travel freely! | Wednesday, March 23, 2005 at 10:14:53 (PST) |
| Kamran Nayeri | USA | End the embargo NOW! | Wednesday, March 23, 2005 at 09:51:24 (PST) |
| Benjamin Willmott | USA | Wednesday, March 23, 2005 at 09:41:44 (PST) | |
| Tom Crumpacker | USA | Cuba si, yankee no! | Wednesday, March 23, 2005 at 09:27:30 (PST) |
| Sue Shepard | USA | Politically, economically, and socially, the embargo is a grave mistake. | Wednesday, March 23, 2005 at 08:46:59 (PST) |
| Amy Bannon | USA | End the embargo...don't allow sick children and grannies and so many others to suffer needlessly.... | Wednesday, March 23, 2005 at 08:14:20 (PST) |
| elisabeth Heefner | USA | i have traveled to Cuba with my church group. Almost every family discussed how their families have been negatively affected by the embargo. To give credance to our claim of valuing "family", we need to end the embargo. | Wednesday, March 23, 2005 at 08:00:29 (PST) |
| Dorli T Rainey | USA | This embargo has not diminished Fidel Castro's power, it only serves to make the US a bully without a cause. | Wednesday, March 23, 2005 at 07:59:48 (PST) |
| Siobhan Faning | USA | Wednesday, March 23, 2005 at 07:49:00 (PST) | |
| Mathurin Jerome | USA | Wednesday, March 23, 2005 at 07:21:28 (PST) | |
| Dana Lubow | USA | Wednesday, March 23, 2005 at 07:00:05 (PST) | |
| Amy Landaw | USA | Wednesday, March 23, 2005 at 06:57:21 (PST) | |
| shawna chaffee | USA | Wednesday, March 23, 2005 at 06:40:17 (PST) | |
| Neil J Berman | USA | A foolish idea does not improve with age. | Wednesday, March 23, 2005 at 06:32:48 (PST) |
| richard small | USA | ENOUGH!! It is time for the interests of displaced big corporations and a small number of Cubans who fled their country to be put aside. We need more unity in this world, and to let go of the past. Yes, Fidel is a swine as well as the US corporations who exloited the pre-Catro Cuba. | Wednesday, March 23, 2005 at 05:47:35 (PST) |
| Don Hiller | USA | I've been to Cuba. Illegaly -no license. | Wednesday, March 23, 2005 at 05:35:44 (PST) |
| Bill Montross | USA | Wednesday, March 23, 2005 at 05:22:14 (PST) | |
| Kent Newton | USA | The embargo is immoral and ineffective. | Wednesday, March 23, 2005 at 05:11:21 (PST) |
| Brenda McElnea | USA | Wednesday, March 23, 2005 at 03:48:48 (PST) | |
| BRENDAN O'NEILL | USA | CUBA MAY NOT BE PERFECT. BUT WE'RE FAR FROM PERFECT OURSELVES.WE'VE ENACTED A CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY,FAR TOO GREAT TO QUANTIFY. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. END THE BLOCKADE NOW! | Wednesday, March 23, 2005 at 03:37:12 (PST) |
| michael bordenave | USA | End the blockade! | Wednesday, March 23, 2005 at 00:56:24 (PST) |
| Thomas W. Warner | USA | Tuesday, March 22, 2005 at 22:23:19 (PST) | |
| Hazel N. Thomas | USA | Tuesday, March 22, 2005 at 21:43:39 (PST) | |
| Danielle Horn | USA | Tuesday, March 22, 2005 at 21:42:17 (PST) | |
| monica zepeda | USA | Tuesday, March 22, 2005 at 21:37:34 (PST) | |
| Faith Garfiled | USA | Tuesday, March 22, 2005 at 21:24:52 (PST) | |
| Faith Garfield | USA | Tuesday, March 22, 2005 at 21:24:05 (PST) | |
| L. w. Holt | USA | Amen to what is so well said by others who have signed. | Tuesday, March 22, 2005 at 21:11:52 (PST) |
| Tonia Young | USA | The U.S. government sends bombs and militia into other countries to kill and destroy, while Cuba sends educators and doctors to teach and heal. Actions speak louder than words. Stop isolating Cuba. Let's learn from them, instead of destroying them. | Tuesday, March 22, 2005 at 21:05:19 (PST) |
| M. K. Brussel | USA | The viciousness of the embargo/blockade of Cuba is just another one of those "empire" things; how dare Cuba thwart the will of the great USA? I'm afraid that Cuba is in dire danger from the US. Petitions may assuage our consciences, but are likely to have minimal effect on the junta now ruling the USA. | Tuesday, March 22, 2005 at 20:54:39 (PST) |
| Walter Lippmann | USA | Your work is known by me, contributed to by me, and appreciated by me. That's enough for one message. I shoujld say, however, that it's not an embargo, it's a BLOCKADE. An embargo exists when the government of one country tells its citizens it cannot travel to or do business with another country. A BLOCKADE exists when the government of one country tries to prevent the citizens and businesses of OTHER countries not to visit or do business with a third country. Dont' mean to lecture you, but it IS a blockade. Your work is very much appreciated. For more news and information on Cuba: http://www.walterlippmann.com Thanks, Walter Lippmann | Tuesday, March 22, 2005 at 20:46:45 (PST) |
| Stephen Von Sychowski | Canada | Tuesday, March 22, 2005 at 20:04:42 (PST) | |
| M ICHAEL GRACIA | USA | Tuesday, March 22, 2005 at 19:59:37 (PST) | |
| Barbara Leon | USA | Tuesday, March 22, 2005 at 19:58:30 (PST) | |
| deborah gorman | USA | Enough already!!!!! | Tuesday, March 22, 2005 at 19:41:11 (PST) |