Anamely Ramos González is a Cuban art curator and activist. She was born on January 22. She is one of the most visible faces of the San Isidro Movement (MSI) to which she belongs.
Graduated from the University of Havana as an art historian, she worked for twelve years as a professor and researcher at the Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA), from which she was expelled. Since January 10, 2021, she has been pursuing a PhD in Anthropology at the Ibero-American University (IBERO) in Mexico. Anamely herself stated that the authorities harassing her warned her that there was no future for her in Cuba and advised her “for her own good” to leave the country to stop being a problematic case for them.
Anamely was among the MSI activists who took refuge on November 16, 2020, at Damas 955, in Old Havana, demanding the release of the dissenting rapper Denis Solís and advocating for freedom of expression, as well as an end to censorship and repression against all who hold an independent ideology from that of the Cuban government. On November 25, 2020, she announced that she was joining the hunger strike organized by several of her fellow activists.
In February 2021, Ramos was part of a delegation of artists, activists, and representatives of Cuban civil society who attended a virtual meeting of the European Parliament for freedom and an end to repression on the island. Among them were Yotuel Romero, Willy Chirino, jazz musician Arturo Sandoval, Gente de Zona, Maykel Osorbo, scientist Ariel Ruiz Urquiola, and others.
Anamelys is one of the activists who has most vocally opposed the Cuban government's management through her Facebook page. She has labeled the acts of repudiation against Cuban activists as "state crimes" and has criticized the political-economic elite that clings to power in Cuba, which she describes as a "mafia without ideology that hinders the freedom and progress of the country and its citizens." Ramos advocated before the European Parliament for the legalization of independent projects and associations as a way to regenerate the social fabric that has been lost in Cuba, foster healthy work relationships, and create networks of solidarity without being left vulnerable to state control.
