HAVANA, Cuba, Mar 11 (acn) Over 50 major representatives of the US publishing industry, authors and agents, petitioned the White House and Congress to end what they termed the Cuba Book Embargo, referring to the US blockade´s restrictions to send books and educational materials to the island.
According to National Public Radio (NPR), the calls explains that "the book embargo counters to American ideals of free expression and that books are catalysts for greater cross-cultural understanding, economic development, free expression and positive social change."
Publishers Weekly magazine will bring the petition on its cover on March 14 and already posted it on its website. The magazine says that "some 40 US publishing industry representatives met with their counterparts in Havana to build bridges of understanding and explore opportunities for greater cultural and economic collaboration," NPR reported.
The petition also notes that Cuba's adult literacy rate of nearly 100 percent is among the highest in the world.
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