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A petition on the U.S. change.org<\/a> website is asking President Donald Trump to lift economic restrictions on Cuba during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n

Less than two hours after it was published, at least 400 people had signed it this Thursday night.<\/p>\n

The well-known teacher Carlos Lazo, author of the petition, invites Cubans living in the United States and around the world to sign the letter, \u201cmen and women of different political or religious beliefs who are joined by the desire for peace and reconciliation between our nations.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the face of the world emergency due to the coronavirus plague, we implore you to lift the commercial and financial restrictions established by the United States towards Cuba,\u201d says the petition, and then explains how the limitations hinder or prevent Cuba from acquiring medical equipment, food and medicines.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe beg that, at least for the duration of this calamity, the U.S. government extend a friendly and supportive hand to the Cuban people. Failure to do so could cause a humanitarian crisis of incalculable consequences in Cuba.\u201d<\/p>\n

And it adds: \u201cWe believe that, in this painful hour, political considerations should give way to human considerations.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lazo ended the petition alleging Trump’s own words in the face of the crisis about putting aside politics and partisanship, to face the catastrophe.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe support those words; at this moment, beyond the interests of a party or an individual, the interests of a family and a species must prevail: the human race,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n

If you want to sign the petition you can do it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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