Lo sucedido en días recientes en Cuba, a raíz de la huelga de hambre realizada por miembros del Movimiento San Isidro, ha puesto sobre el tapete la demanda, por parte de un sector diverso y nada desdeñable de la sociedad civil, de cambios que conduzcan a la democratización de la sociedad y la política cubanas. Los sucesos pasados han hecho evidente, además, la disposición mayoritaria al diálogo como vehículo de cambio, y desde diversas publicaciones académicos formados en universidades cubanas han abogado también por un diálogo efectivo entre la sociedad y el gobierno de la Isla, que incluya a todos los actores y del cual emerjan soluciones democratizantes reales.

Ante la organización por parte de diferentes voceros de la sociedad civil de una agenda de diálogo abierto y transparente, las autoridades cubanas han respondido con una campaña de difamación mediática de algunos actores, muchos de los cuales se encuentran sometidos a vigilancia, acoso policial, interrogatorios y arrestos arbitrarios y constantes. La noche del 27 de noviembre pasado, cuando cientos de manifestantes se congregaron frente al Ministerio de Cultura para protestar la violencia estatal ejercida contra los miembros del Movimiento San Isidro, y exigir de manera pacífica la apertura de canales de diálogo, la policía acordonó las calles aledañas, impidiendo el acceso incluso de personas que llevaban agua y comida para los manifestantes.

Los firmantes de esta carta, académicos en su mayoría cubanistas de dentro y fuera de la Isla, rechazamos las posturas antidemocráticas que el gobierno cubano ha desplegado como respuesta a lo que consideramos reclamos justos de la sociedad civil, y urgimos a las autoridades a entablar un diálogo nacional, sin discriminación de actores ni posturas, y sin represalias para ninguno de los participantes, del cual emerjan acuerdos vinculantes que permitan la implementación de soluciones a la actual crisis política que atraviesa el país. Aspiramos a una Cuba abierta, diversa y plural. Una Cuba para y con todos.

Abel Sierra Madero, Researcher (History), New York University

Achy Obejas, Creative Writing, Independent Scholar

Adrian López-Denis, Historian, Independent Scholar

Adrián Pablo Fanjul, Profesor (Letras), Universidade de São Paulo

Adriana Kanzepolsky, Profesora (Letras), Universidade de São Paulo

Ahmed Correa Alvarez, PhD Candidate (Interdisciplinary Humanities), University of California, Merced

Alberto Sosa-Cabanas, Faculty (Spanish), Florida International University

Alder Soto, Doctorando (Letras), Universidade de São Paulo

Alejandro Anreus, Professor (Art History, Latin American Studies), William Paterson University

Alex Borucki, Professor (History), University of California, Irvine

Alexander Correa Iglesias, Historian, Independent Scholar

Alexei Padilla Herrera, Doctorando (Comunicación), Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Ana Cecilia Olmos, Profesora (Literatura), Universidade de São Paulo

Ana Eichenbronner, Docente e Investigadora (Literatura), Universidad de Buenos Aires

Ana María Ochoa, Professor and Chair (Musicology), Columbia University

Andrea Scapolo, Assistant Professor (Italian), Kennesaw State University 

Andrés Isaac Santana, Art Historian, Independent Scholar

Antonio Correa Iglesias, Adjunct Faculty (Philosophy), University of Miami

Aristides Falcon-Paradi, Adjunct Assistant Professor (Spanish), City University of New York, John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Armando Chaguaceda, Investigador (Ciencia Política), Universidad Francisco de Vitoria

Armando Valdés-Zamora, Profesor Titular (Historia Cultural), Université Paris-Est Créteil, Paris 12

Arturo Matute Castro, Assistant Professor (Spanish), Kennesaw State University

Beatriz Revuelta, Académica (Ciencia Política), Universidad Central de Chile

Carlos Manuel Rodríguez Arechavaleta, Profesor (Ciencia Política), Universidad Iberoamericana

Carlos Aníbal Alonso Castilla, Instructor y Editor (Literatura), Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro

Carmelo Mesa-Lago, Professor Emeritus (Economics and Latin American Studies), University of Pittsburgh

Cesar Salgado, Associate Professor (Spanish, Comparative Literature), University of Texas, Austin

Christina García, Assistant Professor (Spanish), College of Charleston 

Cindy Ermus, Assistant Professor (History), University of Texas, San Antonio

Coco Fusco, Professor (Art), Cooper Union

Damaris Punales-Alpizar, Associate Professor and Chair (Modern Languages and Literatures), Case Western Reserve University

Danae C Dieguez, Faculty (Spanish), Nova South University 

Daniel A. Rodríguez, Assistant Professor (History), Brown University

Danny Roque, Anthropologist, Independent Scholar

Dashel E Hernandez Guirado           , Creative Writing & Visual Arts, Independent Scholar

David Canela, Faculty (Spanish), Florida International University

David Sartorius, Associate Professor (History), University of Maryland

David Tenorio, Assistant Professor (Spanish), University of Pittsburgh

Daylet Domínguez, Associate Professor (Spanish), University of California, Berkeley

Dayron Carrillo-Morell , PhD Student (Art History), University of Zurich

Dunja Fehimovic, Assistant Professor (Hispanic Studies), Newcastle University

Edgardo Dobry, Profesor (Filología Hispánica), Universidad de Barcelona

Edisabel Marrero Tejeda, Doctorando (Historia del Arte), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Eduardo Frías Etayo, Profesor (Antropología), Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Puerto Rico y el Caribe

Elaine Acosta González, Visiting Scholar (Sociology), Florida International University

Elena Martinez, Professor (Latin American Literature), City University of New York, Baruch College

Elizabeth Cerejido, Faculty (Art History), University of Miami 

Elizabeth Schwall, Assistant Professor (History), Northern Arizona University

Elvis Fuentes, Adjunct Lecturer (Art History), City University of New York, City College

Elzbieta Sklodowska, Professor (Literature), Washington University in Saint Louis

Emily Maguire, Associate Professor (Literature), Northwestern University

Enrique Chacón, Assistant Professor (Spanish), Southern Oregon University

Enrique Del Risco, Lecturer (Creative Writing), New York University

Ernesto Calvo Álvarez, Profesor (Sociología), Universidad de Costa Rica

Ernesto Menendez-Conde, Assistant Professor (Spanish), City University of New York, LaGuardia Community College

Estela Martínez, PhD Student (Spanish), Syracuse University

Esther Hernández, Adjunct Faculty (Spanish), Claremont McKenna College

Florencia Picasso, Académica Asociada (Sociología), Universidad de la República, Uruguay; Universidad Alberto Hurtado

Francisco Morán, Professor Emeritus (Spanish), Southern Methodist University

Francisco Zaragoza Zaldívar, Profesor (Letras), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

Gerardo Mosquera, Art Historian, Independent Scholar

Gretther Yedra Rodríguez, Estudiante de Posgrado (Literatura), Universidad de la Rioja

Guillermina De Ferrari, Professor (Literature), University of Wisconsin-Madison

Gustavo Pérez Firmat , Professor (Humanities), Columbia University

Hans Carrillo Guach, Docente (Sociología), Universidade Federal de Goiás

Haroldo Dilla Alfonso, Profesor Titular (Sociología), Universidad Arturo Prat

Helena de Madureira Marques, Estudiante Graduada (Letras), Universidade de São Paulo

Henry Eric Hernández, Social Scientist, Independent Scholar

Herminia Gonzálvez Torralbo            , Académica (Antropología Social), Universidad Central de Chile

Hilda Landrove Torres, Doctorando (Estudios Mesoamericanos), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Hugo García González, Associate Professor (Literature), Western Washington University

Idalia Morejón Arnaiz, Profesora (Literatura), Universidade de São Paulo

Idania Machado, Profesor (Comunicación), Universidad de Las Américas, Ecuador

Ignacio Iriarte, Profesor (Literatura), Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata

Iliana Cepero, Assistant Professor (Art History), The New School

Iria Puyosa, Profesora Asociada (Ciencia Política), Universidad Central de Venezuela

Isaac Caro, Académico (Ciencia Política), Universidad Alberto Hurtado

Isdanny Morales, Estudiante de Doctorado (Estética y Teoría del Arte), Universidad de Chile

Ivan Darias Alfonso, Researcher (Social Sciences), University of London, Birkbeck

Jacqueline Loss, Professor (Literatures, Cultures, and Languages)           , University of Connecticut

James Buckwalter-Arias, Professor (Spanish), Hanover College

Janet Batet, Art Historian, Independent Scholar

Jasmine Chohan, Associate Lecturer (Art History), Courtauld Institute of Art

Jennifer Lambe, Associate Professor (History), Brown University

Jesús J. Barquet, Professor Emeritus (Spanish), New Mexico State University

Jesús Sanjurjo, Lecturer (Spanish), Cardiff University

Joao Felipe Goncalves, Profesor (Antropología), Universidade de São Paulo

Johanna Cilano Peláez, Investigadora (Historia), Universidad Francisco de Vitoria

John Gutiérrez, Assistant Professor (History), City University of New York, John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Jorge Brioso, Professor (Literature), Carleton College

Jorge Camacho, Professor (Comparative Literature, Latin American Studies), University of South Carolina

Jorge Felipe Gonzalez, Assistant Professor (History), University of Texas, San Antonio

Jorge Luis Arcos, Profesor (Literatura), Universidad Nacional de Rio Negro

Jose Moya, Professor (History), Columbia University

José Quiroga, Professor (Comparative Literature), Emory University

Joseph L. Scarpaci, Researcher (Economics), Center for Study of Cuban Culture & Economy

Jossianna Arroyo-Martinez, Professor (Latin American and Caribbean Literatures and Cultures), University of Texas, Austin

Juan Carlos Quintero Herencia, Professor (Latin American and Caribbean Literature and Cultures), University of Maryland, College Park

Juan Carlos Rivera Quintana, Profesor (Periodismo), Instituto Sudamericano para la Enseñanza de la Comunicación 

Juan Carlos Rodriguez, Associate Professor (Spanish), Georgia Institute of Technology

Juan Cristóbal Castro, Docente (Literatura), Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso 

Juan Luis Morales, Professor (Architecture), École Nationale Supérieure D’architecture de Paris, La Villette

Juan Pablo Gómez, Investigador (Filología), Universidad de Salamanca

Julie Skurski, Distinguished Lecturer (Anthropology), City University of New York, The Graduate Center

Julio Moracen Naranjo, Profesor Adjunto (Patrimonio Cultural Inmaterial), Universidade Federal de São Paulo

Julio Ramos, Professor Emeritus (Spanish), University of California, Berkeley

Kenya C. Dworkin, Professor (Hispanic Studies), Carnegie Mellon University

Kris Juncker, Art Historian, Independent Scholar

Laura Janina Hosiasson, Profesora (Letras), Universidade de São Paulo

Laura Redruello, Associate Professor (Spanish), Manhattan College

Lázaro Benítez, Investigador (Danza), Université Paris 8

Lázaro Estrada, Docente (Arte), Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra

Lennier Lopez, PhD Student (Political Science), Florida International University

Lillian Manzor, Professor (Spanish), University of Miami 

Lilyam Padrón Reyes, Profesora (Historia), Universidad de Cádiz

Lizabel Mónica, PhD Candidate (Literature), Princeton University 

Lucia Piedra Galarraga, Profesora, Investigadora (Historia del Arte), Universitat Oberta de Catalunya

Lucila Navarrete, Profesora (Estudios Latinoamericanos), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Luis Martinez-Fernandez, Professor (History), University of Central Florida

Luis Miguel Isava, Profesor Titular (Literatura), Universidad Simón Bolívar

Mabel Cuesta, Associate Professor (US Latino and Caribbean Literature), University of Houston

Magdalena Lopez, Researcher (Latin American Literature), University of Notre Dame

Maida Donate, Professor, Retired (Spanish), Barry University

Mailyn Machado, Art Historian, Independent Scholar 

Manuel Barcia, Professor (History), University of Leeds

Manuel Garcia-Perez, Professor (Bioenergy), Washington State University

Manuel Piña B, Professor (Art), The University of British Columbia

Marcela Perticara, Profesora Asistente (Economía), Universidad Alberto Hurtado

María A. Cabrera Arús, Adjunct Faculty (Sociology), New York University

María A. Gutiérrez Bascón, Postdoctoral Researcher (Latin American Literature), University of Turku

Maria Caridad Cumana, Adjunct Faculty (Film and Media Studies), Miami Dade College

María Julia Rossi, Assistant Professor (Spanish), City University of New York, John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Maria Marques, Profesor (Economía), Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo

María Victoria Véliz, PhD Candidate (Modern Languages and Literatures), University of Miami

Marial Iglesias Utset, Visiting Research Scholar (History), Harvard University

Marie Laure Geoffray, Adjunct Faculty (Political Science), Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris 3

Marlene Azor Hernández, Profesora Retirada (Ciencia Política), Universidad de La Habana

Marta Hernández Salván, Associate Professor (Hispanic Studies), University of California, Riverside

Martin Gaspar, Associate Professor (Spanish, Comparative Literature, Latin American Studies), Bryn Mawr College

Maybel Mesa Morales, Visiting Assistant Professor (Spanish), Providence College

Melissa Cordero Novo, Social Scientist, Independent Scholar

Meyken Barreto, Adjunct Lecturer (Art History), City University of New York, City College

Michael H. Miranda, Faculty (Spanish), University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Michael J. Bustamante, Assistant Professor (History), Florida International University

Michel Mendoza, PhD Student (Literature), City University of New York, The Graduate Center

Michelle Leigh Farrell, Associate Professor (Spanish), Fairfield University 

Mirta Suquet, Assistant Professor (Spanish), Susquehanna University

Mónica Ayala, Associate Professor (History), Denison University

Mónica Simal, Associate Professor (Spanish), Providence College

Nancy Calomarde, Profesora Titilar (Literatura), Universidad Nacional de Córdoba 

Nanne Timmer, Associate Professor (Latin American Literature), Leiden University

Nelson Cárdenas, Assistant Professor (Creative Writing), University of Texas, El Paso

Nivia Marina Brismat, Docente e Investigadora (Sociología), Universidad Autónoma de la Ciudad de México

Orlando Justo, Associate Professor (Economics), City University of New York, Borough of Manhattan Community College

Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo, PhD Candidate (Comparative Literature), Washington University in Saint Louis

Oscar J. Montero, Professor Emeritus (Literature), City University of New York, Lehman College

Osmany Suárez, Profesor, Investigador (Antropología), Universidad Iberoamericana

Pablo Baler, Professor (Latin American Literature), California State University, Los Angeles

Pablo Gasparini, Profesor (Literatura), Universidade de São Paulo

Paloma Duong, Assistant Professor (Latin American and Media Studies), Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Perla Rozencvaig, Professor, Retired (Spanish), Columbia University

Pilar Cabrera Fonte, Associate Professor (Spanish), Augustana University 

Rachel Alfonso, Doctorando (Ciencias Sociales), Universidad de Chile

Rachel Price, Associate Professor (Spanish and Portuguese), Princeton University

Rafael DiazCasas, Lecturer (Art History), School of Visual Art

Rafael Gutierrez, Profesor Adjunto (Literatura Hispanoamericana), Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

Rafael Rojas, Profesor Investigador (Historia), El Colegio de México

Rafael Sanchez, Senior Lecturer (Anthropology), Graduate Institute Geneva

Raúl Rubio, Associate Professor and Chair (Hispanic Studies), The New School

Raynier Hernández, Académico (Ciencias Sociales), Universidad de las Américas, Chile

Remy Hernández, Profesor (Arte), Escuela Pedagógica Eduardo García Delgado

Rezvaneh Ganji, Researcher (Sociology, Human Rights), University of Maine

Rita Martin, Professor (Spanish), Radford University

Roberto Garcés Marrero, Doctorando (Antropología Social)           , Universidad Iberoamericana

Roberto Ignacio Díaz, Associate Professor (Comparative Literature), University of Southern California 

Rogney Piedra Arencibia, Faculty (Philosophy), Queen’s University

Román Munguía Huato, Académico Retirado (Historia de la Arquitectura), Universidad de Guadalajara

Romy Sánchez, Assistant Research Professor (History), Université de Lille

Rubén Alberto Chababo, Profesor (Ciencias Sociales), Universidad Nacional de Rosario

Salomé García Bacallao, Estudiante Graduada (Restauración), Universitat Politécnica de Valencia

Samuel Farber, Professor Emeritus (Political Science), City University of New York, Brooklyn College

Sarah Beckjord, Associate Professor (Hispanic Studies), Boston College

Sarah Piña, Assistant Professor (Latina/o Literature), University of Wisconsin-Parkside

Sergio Ángel Baquero , Profesor Investigador (Ciencia Política), Universidad Sergio Arboleda

Sergio Díaz-Briquets, Historian, Independent Scholar

Sergio Ibisate Lemus, Doctorando (Antropología), Universidad Nacional de Córdoba

Sergio Ortiz Leroux, Profesor Investigador (Ciencia Política), Universidad Autónoma de la Ciudad de México

Shannon Rose Riley, Professor and Chair (Humanities), San José State University 

Silvia Pedraza, Professor (Sociology), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Ståle Wig, Postdoctoral Fellow (Social Anthropology), University of Oslo

Susannah Rodríguez Drissi, Faculty (Creative Writing), University of California, Los Angeles

Suset Sánchez Sánchez, Art Historian, Independent Scholar

Tania Pérez Cano, Assistant Professor (Latin American and Peninsular Literature), University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth

Ted A. Henken, Associate Professor (Sociology), City University of New York, Baruch College

Teresa Díaz Canals, Sociologist, Independent Scholar

Tomas Castellanos, Graduate Student (Literature), City University of New York, City College

Vincent Bloch, Research Associate (Sociology), École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales

Vítor Kawakami, Doctorando (Letras), Universidade de São Paulo

Waldo Pérez Cino, Literary Criticism, Independent Scholar

Walfrido Dorta, Assistant Professor (Spanish), Susquehanna University

William Kelly, PhD Candidate (History), Rutgers University

Yanet Rosabal Navarro, Coordinadora de Posgrado, Universidad Fermín Toro

Yesenia F. Selier, Adjunct Professor (Media, Culture, and Communication), New York University

Yoandy Cabrera, Assistant Professor (Spanish), Rockford University

Yvon Grenier, Professor (Political Science), St. Francis Xavier University

Zaya Rustamova, Assistant Professor (Spanish), Kennesaw State University 

(La recolección de firmas cerró el miércoles 9 de diciembre, 8:00 am. Total: 209).

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