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Cuban Intellectuals and Artists Call for End to Blockade Cuban intellectuals and artists have reiterated their demand for the end of the economic blockade the country has been subjected to for over five decades in an October 15 statement. Made public by the president of the Cuban Association of Writers and Artists (UNEAC), Miguel Barnet, the document takes into account that on October 26 the island will present at the UN, for the 19th time in a row, the Resolution on the Necessity of Putting an End to the Economic, Commercial and Financial Blockade Imposed by the United States on Cuba. At the institution's Villena Hall, a group of members of the UNEAC, on behalf of the organization, expressed their support for the proclamation, which acknowledges how unsuccessful the attempts of successive US administrations have been to try to crush the Cuban Revolution by way of economic strangulation, subversion and media and psychological wars. Convinced of the importance of denouncing it to the world, Cuban intellectuals and artists called all those who love peace and justice, honest people and people of good will, to join the voices that have risen against this crime damaging the Cuban people. Direct economic damages caused until December, 2009 to the Cuban people as a result of the implementation of that policy, at current prices and at a conservative estimate, total over 100.1 billion dollars, states the document to be presented by Cuba at the United Nations. (Cuban News Agency)