Lake Street-Marshall Bridge

• Cuba is NOT threat to the U.S. national security:

• Cuba poses no military threat to the United States. Cuba has never invaded another county, nor has it been involved in any acts of terrorism against the United States. In fact, Cuba has been an important mediator in resolving conflicts in the region (negotiating conflicts in Colombia).

• Cuba continues to make international commitments to combat terrorism, has ratified numerous international counterterrorism conventions, and has signed a bilateral agreement with the United States on counterterrorism. Cuba has collaborated with the U.S. counter-drug traffic efforts, interdicting narcotic shipments in the Caribbean, and the United States Government publicly thanked Cuba for this cooperation. Cuba is a sponsor of the Colombian peace talks, and the Cuban government is playing a constructive mediating role in these talks to end one of the region’s longest-standing conflicts.

• Keeping Cuba on the SSOT list, has led to greater suffering the Cuban people.

• Banks, financial institutions, and international vendors ceased helping facilitate both regular trade and cooperation with faith groups seeking to provide humanitarian and development support to Cuba. As a result, Cuba faces shortages of necessary items, including a lack of access to clean water, sanitation, and hygiene articles, and materials essential for public health, such as medicines and medical devices.

• Keeping Cuba on the State Sponsors of Terrorism list undermines the Biden administration’s stated foreign policy goals.

SIGNS AND BANNERS WILL BE PROVIDED OR BRING YOUR OWN.

Sponsored by: Solidarity Committee Of The Americas, MN Cuba Committee and Witness for Peace

The weekly vigil is sponsored by the WAMM End War Committee. Starting in 1999, every Wednesday activists in the Twin Cities have gathered to stand in solidarity with all those affected by US militarism and to call for peace.