This manifesto, initially signed by individuals from the cultural sphere in the Spanish state and promoted by the MESC (State Movement of Solidarity with Cuba), joins other similar initiatives, such as "Let Cuba Live!", also led by personalities from U.S. culture.

To support the initiative, send your name, surname(s), profession, and organization/institution (the latter optional) to this email address: dejadviviracuba@gmail.com. We also ask for (it will not be published): your ID number.

Initial Signatures:

Javier Bardem, actor
Cristina del Valle, singer
Luis García Montero, poet
Juan Diego Botto, actor
Belén Gopegui, writer
Carlos Bardem, actor and writer
Luis Tosar, actor
Ignacio Ramonet, journalist and writer
Carmen Domingo, writer
Olga Rodríguez, journalist
Carlos Enrique Bayo, journalist and writer
Gabriela Flores, actress
Manuel Morón, actor
Willy Toledo, actor
Ismael Serrano, singer
Alberto Amman, actor
Pedro Casablanc, actor
Tamar Novas, actor
Rafa Castejón, actor
Juanca Vellido, actor
Críspulo Cabezas, actor
Pascual Serrano, journalist and writer
Javier Couso, audiovisual journalist
Rafael Fraguas, journalist
Mónica Grandes, editor
Aldo García, editor and bookseller
Chus Visor, editor and bookseller
Fonsi Loaiza, journalist and writer
Javier García, journalist
Javier Gallego, journalist
Rosana Torres, journalist
Joan Estrada, cultural agitator
Berta Marsé, writer
Constantino Bértolo, editor
Lidia Falcón, lawyer and writer
Juan Luis Cano, journalist
Manuel Guedán, editor
Gemma Lienas, writer
Silvia Casado, history professor and writer
José Sarrión Andaluz, professor at the University of Salamanca
Carlos González Penalva, philosopher, political and media analyst
José Manzaneda, journalist
Vicent Maurí Genovés, unionist and social activist
Teresa Esteve Ruiz, member of the Valencian Association of Friendship with Cuba José Martí
Isabel de la Cruz, anthropologist
Francesc Calatayud Arràez, retired professor
Marcelino Alonso Vallina, retiree, Lázaro Cárdenas Association
Ángel González, retiree, Coordinator of Associations for Democratic Memory of the Valencian Country (CAMDE-PV)
José A. López Camarillas, editor
Victoria Artola Andrés, primary school teacher, painter, and designer
Josep Maria Pijuan Utges, activist
José Antonio Salido Pérez, pensioner, Network of Activists of Seville (Spain)
Cristóbal Gil Ruiz, pensioner
Rafael Morales, president of the Sociocultural Association La Desbanda
Gloria Aguilar Reina, president of the Patrice Lumumba Association for International Cooperation
Mario Molina, worker
Jose Garcia Osorio
Carmen Morente Muñoz, writer
Eduardo Andradas, former Councilman of Alcobendas 2015/23, CCOO Unionist Alcampo Alcobendas
Manuel García Morales, retiree, president of the Hispano-Cuban Friendship Association of Málaga
Gonzalo Fuentes Guerrero
Milagros Andreu Abela, retired public employee
Luis Hospido Fernández, pensioner
María Soledad Ruiz Sánchez, retiree, activist
Rafael Domínguez Romero, pensioner, member of the Executive Commission of the Federation of Pensioners and Retirees of CCOO of Andalusia
Ángel Coello Infantes, pensioner, representing himself and United Left of Salobreña (Granada), Spain
Isabel Oriol Vallés, teacher
Salvadora Patón Ligero, retired teacher
José Enrique Medina, retired magistrate
José Luis Caballero Martínez, PhD in Communication Sciences
Alfredo Ollero Valles, history professor, IU/PCE
Ketty Castillo Pacheco, writer
Manuel Macías, from the Coordinating Committee for Solidarity with Cuba
Cristóbal Ráez Lobato: lawyer, head of the Network of Activists of Seville
Jorge Carrillo Menéndez: former unionist, writer
Fernando Marfil Aguilar, retired professor
Alfonso Gardi, musician and communicator, Canal Red
René Hermes González Ruisánchez, technical engineer in communications, retiree, ADAHC, MES
Natalia Carrero Puig, doodler
Francisco José Carranza Hidalgo, retiree
Fernando Sopeña Pérez
Pilar Boxó, geographer
Laureano Asoli, Argentine poet (Rosario)
Network of Activists of Seville, institutional endorsement of the manifesto
Segundo Romero Abajo, pensioner
Marta Molina Fernández, cleaner, La Gran Piedra Association
Jesús Taboada Ferrer, writer
Macarena García Gómez, graphic designer
Francisco José Gil Herrero, unemployed
Antonio Rodríguez Vázquez, retired pharmacist
Eduardo Zorrilla Díaz, Málaga City Council employee, Communist Party of Spain (PCE)
Rosendo Guijarro Merino
Alberto Gómez González
Carlos Jerez Mir, architect and retired professor
José Emilio Martín Segovia, retiree, EMT Union Platform
Mª Belén Botella Serrano, psychologist, Friends of Cuba "La Gran Piedra" Association
Miguel Martínez Gomez, farmer, Association of Friendship and Cooperation with Cuba LA GRAN PIEDRA (Granada)
Antonio Rodrigo Torrijos, former First Deputy Mayor of Seville
Enrique Daniel Carmona Fernández, retiree
Maria Isabel Alonso Morgado, retiree
Antonio Sánchez Illescas
Juan Luis Rincón Ares, retired teacher
Adela Megías González, civil servant of the Junta de Andalucía
María Consuelo Amián Novales, from Málaga Acoge
Eugeni Monge Rubio, editor/graphic arts
Jesús Mª Montero Delgado, university public employee, Complutense University of Madrid

"Let Cuba Live"

For the life, sovereignty, and dignity of a people

The president of the United States, Donald Trump, is promoting measures aimed at provoking a situation of hunger and suffering in Cuba. The latest "emergency" Executive Order prevents Cuba, a small island and sovereign nation, from importing oil or any energy source essential for sustaining daily life. This decision seeks to suffocate a people who exercise their sovereignty without accepting external mandates and acts as a distraction maneuver in the face of internal problems in the United States.

We who sign this manifesto—people from culture, creation, thought, science, education, and the arts—state clearly that using hunger as a political instrument constitutes an inadmissible aggression. Culture broadens life, illuminates it, and protects human dignity. Culture affirms the value of each human being and sustains coexistence among peoples.

During Trump's first term, 243 measures were added aimed at intensifying the blockade initiated in 1962 against the island, and Cuba was included in the list of state sponsors of terrorism. The Executive Order of January 29 classifies Cuba as an "unusual and extraordinary threat" to the United States. That assertion is used as a pretext to impose sanctions on third countries that attempt to trade with or supply energy to the island.

The new Executive Order deepens the siege that Cuba has endured for more than six decades and in practice constitutes an assault that directly impacts daily life:

• Families deprived of electricity for light, refrigeration, and cooking.
• Hospitals forced to make extreme decisions, with the risk of closing wards and suspending essential treatments; incubators, operating rooms, and dialysis machines subjected to energy instability.
• Paralysis of food and medicine distribution.
• Children, the elderly, and the sick bearing the greatest weight of the consequences.

Culture does not remain silent in the face of policies that seek to subdue an entire society through material deprivation. Artistic creation and critical thought are born from freedom and respect among peoples. Defending Cuba against this aggression means defending the principle of sovereignty, international law, and peaceful coexistence.

For more than 33 years, the UN General Assembly has voted annually, with an overwhelming majority, to condemn the U.S. blockade against Cuba. The international community has repeatedly expressed its rejection of a policy that violates the rights of an entire people and hinders their development.

The peoples of the world, including the American people themselves, aspire to normal relations with Cuba, based on equality and respect. Cuba possesses a profound cultural, solidary, and humanistic tradition, and has shared its art, music, literature, and medical knowledge with the entire world. Culture builds bridges and strengthens fraternity among nations.

For all these reasons, we call on artists, writers, filmmakers, musicians, academics, editors, actors, scientists, cultural managers, and cultural workers on all continents to endorse this manifesto and to raise their voices in defense of the life and dignity of the Cuban people.

Defending Cuba today means defending the right of all peoples to decide their destiny with full sovereignty and without collective punishment.

Let Cuba live!