>From: Larry Oberg <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Carta de la Lic. Marcia Medina Cruzata (fwd)
>Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2003 11:38:48 -0700 (PDT)
>
>The attached posting from the Revista Polilla group (at the Jose Marti
>National Library in Havana) details recent problems Cuban librarians have
>had getting visas to travel to the US. (The particular case in point is
>the ACURIL (Caribbean librarians association) conference held recently in
>Puerto Rico.) They have always had problems like this, but it seems to be
>increasingly worse under the Bush administration.
>
>Larry Oberg.
>
>
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>Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2003 12:53:51 -0400
>From: Revista Polilla <[log in to unmask]>
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>To: "\"Lista de Bibliotecas Publicas Iberoamericanas\" <"
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>Subject: [biblio-progresistas] Carta de la Lic. Marcia Medina Cruzata
>
>Estimados colegas:
>
>Con pesar e indignación he recibido hace unas horas la
>negación de visa del gobierno de los Estados Unidos para
>participar en la XIII Asamblea General de Acuril celebrada
>en Puerto Rico, Asociación de la cual soy concejal y donde
>presentaba una intervención al panel-taller "Alianzas entre
>bibliotecas públicas, nacionales y escolares en el Caribe".
>
>Quiero recordar que en el año 2001 Cuba acogió, sin
>condiciones, la celebración de la XI Asamblea de esta
>organización garantizando la participación de todo el que
>quiso asistir sin exclusiones, recibiendo felicitaciones el
>Comité Local por su seriedad.
>
>Considero esta medida injustificada y una violación del
>derecho de los bibliotecarios cubanos a estar presente en
>los Foros y Organizaciones profesionales a los que
>pertenece y del derecho de los anfitriones puertorriqueños
>a garantizar la presencia de sus invitados.
>
>A partir de este año los bibliotecarios cubanos hemos
>sufrido tres negaciones de visa para intercambios
>académicos y profesionales, supuestamente permitidos por el
>férreo bloqueo que desde hace más de 40 años sufre nuestro
>pueblo.
>
>En estas amargas circunstancias de la cual es enteramente
>responsable los Estados Unidos hago llegar a mis colegas de
>Acuril mis saludos y deseos de éxitos en la presente
>Asamblea.
>Cordialmente,
>
>Marcia Medina Cruzata
>Concejal Acuril
>
>
>Dear colleagues.
>
>With sorrow and indignation I have received the visa
>negation of the government from the United States some
>hours ago, to participate in the XIII General Assembly of
>Acuril taken place in Puerto Rico, Association of which I
>am a councilman and where it would be presented an
>intervention with the theme "Alliances among public,
>national and school libraries in the Caribbean".
>I want to remember that in the year 2001 Cuba welcomed,
>without conditions, the celebration of the XI Assembly of
>this organization guaranteeing the participation of
>everybody who wanted to attend without exclusions,
>receiving congratulations the Local Committee for its
>seriousness.
>I consider this unjustified measure and a violation of the
>right of the Cuban librarians to be present in the Forums
>and professional Organizations to which it belongs and of
>the right of the Puerto Rican hosts to guarantee the
>presence of their guests.
>Starting from this year the Cuban librarians have suffered
>three visa negations for academic and professional
>exchanges, supposedly allowed by the strong blockade that
>for more than 40 years it suffers our people.
>In these bitter circumstances of which is entirely
>responsible the United States I want to send to my
>colleagues of Acuril my greetings and desires of successes
>in this present Assembly.
>
>Cordially,
>Marcia Medina Cruzata
>Councilman Acuril
>
>
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>Lic. Rosa C. Báez
>J' Edición y Redacción del
> Boletín La Polilla
> Biblioteca Nacional José Martí
> Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba
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