DECLARATION OF CONSENSO CUBANO REGARDING THE PRESENT HUMANITARIAN
EMERGENCY IN CUBA
In relation to the disaster caused by Hurricane Gustav and the
possibility this situation can get even worse during the present
season, Consenso Cubano declares the following:
1) Consistent with the foundational Pillars of Consenso Cubano, we
consider ourselves called upon to extend unconditional and generous
solidarity to our sisters and brothers on the island, guided
exclusively by a humanist and humanitarian spirit.
2) We call on Caritas, and other institutions that enjoy credibility
before all parties, to assume the leadership in these works. We also
call upon the rest to offer their support in obtaining the donations
and to facilitate the deliveries and distribution. No one should
attempt to politicize the aid.
3) Inspired by our Humanitarian Agenda for the Cuban Family, we
identify ourselves with and wholly support the initiatives
soliciting the President of the United States to lift, at least
temporarily, all U.S. restrictions that could impede these
humanitarian efforts and create difficulties for affected families
to communicate and support one another.
4) We solicit the Cuban Government to lift, at least temporarily,
all restrictions in place that could hinder or impede these
humanitarian efforts and impose difficulties for affected families
to communicate and support one another. We also ask that, in the
same manner, they support the gestures of Caritas and other
humanitarian organizations without reserve, accepting their
disinterested donations, taking any other measures that further this
solidarity among Cubans.
With the highest spirit of national unity, we exhort all sectors of
the Cuban Diaspora to further these humanitarian gestures. We ask
all Cubans, everywhere, along with all peoples of the world, to do
the same.
September 2008
Miami, FL. United States