[CIMC-work] Fw: FW: Buena Vista Social Group denied visas

[nscchicago]

Tom Baker here. FYI and action. Click on the address
below and send your message. Please pass around as you
feel will help.

What is further outraged.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chuck Kaufman" <chuck at nicanet.org>
To: <lasolidarity at topica.com>
Sent: Friday, February 06, 2004 1:31 PM
Subject: LASC: FW: Buena Vista Social Group denied visas


>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cuba Central [mailto:alerts at action.ciponline.org]
> Sent: Friday, February 06, 2004 2:25 PM
> To: chuck at afgj.org
> Subject: Buena Vista Social Group denied visas
>
>
> "Welcome Mat" Pulled For Buena Vista's Grammy Award Appearance
>
> Dear Friends:
>
> We need you to add your voice to protest the U.S. government's
> discriminatory decision to stop the Buena Vista Social Club artists from
> entering the United States and attending the Grammy Awards.
>
> The State Department has ruled that permitting aging musicians like
Ibrahim
> Ferrer, 76 year-old member of the Buena Vista Social Club, to attend the
> Grammy's would be "detrimental to the interests" of our country.
>
> Obviously, turning down their visas does nothing to protect America, but
> sends a political signal to the Cuban exile community that President Bush
is
> still letting Miami run Cuba policy in Washington.
>
> We need to reverse this decision and expose it as the craven act of
> political pandering that it is.
>
> Go to: http://action.ciponline.org/ctt.asp?u=1705796&l=17120 now to send
an
> automatic message to Secretary Powell protesting this decision.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Sarah Stephens and Eva Boster
> For the Cubacentral Coalition
>
>
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