Diaz-Canel highlights support for message of artists and intellectuals

Havana, October 16 (RHC)-- Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel today highlighted the more than 1,100 signatures in support of the appeal by intellectuals and artists of the Caribbean country, published several days ago in the cultural magazine La Jiribilla.

From his official Twitter profile, the president pointed out that this sovereign and dignified document defends the essence of the Cuban nation and has the support of 90 thinkers and social fighters from 16 states such as France, Italy, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico and Venezuela.

Among the international personalities are: journalist Ignacio Ramonet, writer Frei Betto, philosopher Fernando Buen Abad, political scientist Atilio Borón, anthropologist Héctor Díaz, singer Cecilia Todd, theater director Manuel Santos and economist Geraldina Colotti.

The message from representatives of various sectors of society on the island, among them more than 50 national awards in different artistic manifestations, Philosophy and History and Journalism, expresses their commitment, based on ideals and patriotic principles.

It also recognizes the unrestricted attachment of the subscribers to independence, sovereignty and anti-imperialism and their certainty in the possibility of building a more united society, based on the cult of the full dignity of man, one of the proclamations of the apostle José Martí.