[NYTr] Cuban Culture Has Lost Over 20.3 Million Dollars Due to US Blockade
 
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 20:15:57 -0500 (CDT)

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Cuban Culture Has Lost Over 20.3 Million Dollars Due to US Blockade

Havana, Sept 27 (acn)  The damage caused to Cuban culture by the US
economic, financial and commercial blockade over the last four decades
amounts to more than 20.3 million dollars.

Washington's hostile policy against the island has led to the weakening
of the cultural bonds between Cuba and the United States, the annulment
of the contracts of a number of Cuban artists, and the failure to pay
several Cuban writers' royalties.

The Report by Cuba on Resolution 61/11 of the United Nations General
Assembly includes a chapter devoted to the negative impact of the
blockade on the Cuban culture.

One of the most illustrative examples of this brutal measure is the
violation of an agreement over the restoration of the Hemingway Museum
in Havana signed by several US organizations and the Council for the
Cuban Cultural Heritage.

In response to the US administration's denial of support for the
project, the Cuban government assumed the expenses of the restoration of
Hemingway Museum which hosts the largest legacy of the renowned writer's
life and work.

The absence of Cuba at the recently held International Book Fair in
Puerto Rico and the Latin Grammies' Award Ceremony also show the
negative impact of the blockade on the island's cultural life.

Washington has also established severe travel restrictions to Cuba which
prevented the choir of the San Francisco State University Chamber
Singers from participating in the America Cantat, a continental event
that brings together a large number of prestigious choral associations.

On October 30, Cuba will present a report, for 16th time, on the
necessity to put an end to the commercial, financial and economic
blockade imposed by the United States on the island for almost fifty
years.
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