US publishing industry players demand end of book blockade on Cuba

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.