CUBA: Writers of the island are critical of Spanish intellectuals.
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Among the signers of the manifesto are Roberto Fernandez Retamar, Miguel Barnet, César López, Pablo Armando Fernandez, Nancy Morejon and Aitana Alberti. . Alberti, daughter of English poet Rafael Alberti and resident of Cuba for 26 years, read the text of the statement.
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A group of poets and intellectuals criticized Cuban English intellectuals to make "the game to the eternal enemies of the island," a statement in response to the platform for the democratization of Cuba presented recently in Madrid.
The document was issued by the organizers of the International Poetry Festival of Havana, which will take place between 24 and May 30 and includes the signature of writers such as Roberto Fernandez Retamar, Miguel Barnet, César López, Pablo Armando Fernandez, Nancy Morejon and Aitana Alberti, among others.
Alberti, daughter of English poet Rafael Alberti and resident of Cuba for 26 years, read the text of the statement at a press conference in Havana, where he also announced that all the poets who participate in the Festival will add its signature.
"Together with known anti-Cuba propaganda spokesmen, honest people, perhaps without the information and knowledge, influenced by the 'fierce and painful' media campaign against Cuba, they accuse us, and in doing so, assume a posture that tries to harm the sovereignty of our country, "the statement said.
Cuban intellectuals also critical that this position" plays into the eternal enemies of the island that have not ceased in the last 200 years of statehood and stroke his colonial dream. "Cuba has built a proper and legitimate democracy, supported by the vast majority of its people," the statement said.
adds that "seek to keep Cuba in the dock" , while "the words democracy, freedom and human rights have been kidnapped." That some people try to attack us, is not Spain that we have loved and admired Forever: The Spain of Juan Ramon Jimenez, Antonio Machado and Felipe León, that of Federico García Lorca, Rafael Alberti and Miguel Hernández, the Maria Teresa León and María Zambrano, that of Pablo Casals and Pablo Picasso ", the text continues .
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Source: Latin America Information and Analysis.
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