On-line Petition: Cuba Trade & Travel Via NY Transfer News * All the News That Doesn't Fit [This comes from the Latin American Working Group. The petition drive is a joint project of the Latin American Working Group, Global Exchange, and the Center for International Policy. it is online at http://www.cubacentral.com/petition/ -- NY Transfer] source - Tom Warner May 20, 2002 Dear Cuba Policy Advocates: Last week we watched and listened as Jimmy Carter, our forward-thinking former President, traveled to Cuba in an effort to build bridges and to support engagement with Cuba. This was indeed a hope-building trip, and it pointed the way toward some common sense changes in policy toward Cuba. Today (Monday, May 20) we witnessed the squandering of this opportunity by President Bush in his speech on his administration's policy toward Cuba. We heard him talk of continuing the economic sanctions on Cuba, of continuing the ban on travel by US citizens to Cuba, of continuing to prohibit US financing for Cuban purchases of US agricultural goods. We witnessed President Bush ignoring the broad spectrum of Americans who want an end to the embargo on Cuba. We witnessed President Bush embracing policies toward Cuba that a wide coalition--Republicans and Democrats, churches and business leaders, farmers and artists, ordinary Americans like you and me--oppose. It's time that President Bush AGAIN hears what the rest of the United States thinks about his policy toward Cuba! Please take this opportunity NOW to visit a new and exciting website at http://www.CubaCentral.com/petition/ where you can raise your voice for a new US policy toward Cuba. Join thousands of other Americans in sending President Bush a message. Go to http://www.cubacentral.com right now and add your voice to this message. It will take you no more than two minutes to sign the letter to President Bush. Then forward this message on to your friends and colleagues, encouraging them to do the same. An immediate and overwhelming response to the President's speech today is crucial. Sincerely, Mavis Anderson Jordan Press Latin America Working Group http://www.lawg.org Petition: http://www.cubacentral.com/petition ================================================================= NY Transfer News Collective * A Service of Blythe Systems Since 1985 - Information for the Rest of Us 339 Lafayette St., New York, NY 10012 http://www.blythe.org e-mail: nyt@blythe.org ================================================================= nytact-05.20.02-21:44:58-3056