Anamely Ramos

Anamely Ramos González is a Cuban art curator and activist. She was born on January 22. She is one of the most prominent 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 doctorate in Anthropology at Universidad Iberoamericana (IBERO) in Mexico. Anamely herself stated that the repressors harassing her warned her that there was no future for her in Cuba and advised her "for her own good" to leave the country so that she would no longer be 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 those who hold an ideology independent of the Cuban government. On November 25, 2020, she announced that she would join the hunger strike being carried out by several of her colleagues.

Since then, everyone involved with the San Isidro Movement has remained under house arrest, with police and patrols permanently stationed outside their homes.

In February 2021, Ramos was part of a delegation of artists, activists, and representatives from Cuban civil society who participated in a virtual meeting of the European Parliament advocating for freedom and an end to repression on the island. Among those present were Yotuel Romero, Willy Chirino, jazz musician Arturo Sandoval, Gente de Zona, Maykel Osorbo, and scientist Ariel Ruiz Urquiola, among others.

Anamelys is one of the leading activists who has raised her voice against the management of the Cuban government through her Facebook page. She has referred to the acts of repudiation against Cuban activists as "state crimes" and has criticized the political-economic elite that clings to power in Cuba, labeling them 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 working relationships, and create networks of solidarity without being left vulnerable to state control.