Solidarity Caravan Heads
for Cuba
The 19th Pastors for
Peace Caravan is
expected to arrive
Saturday in Havana with
humanitarian aid for the
Cuban people,
challenging the US
government blockade on
the island state.
The group had to
negotiate obstacles at
the US-Mexico border,
where US Customs
authorities confiscated
several computers.
Andres Luis Morejon,
representative from the
Cuban Institute of
Friendship with the
Peoples, said Pastors
for Peace initiative is
to defy Washington
restrictions of
travelling to Cuba.
Morejon said "caravan
members are led by the
Interreligious
Foundation for Community
Organization (IFCO),
Pastors for Peace, a US
ecumenical institution
created in 1967 to fight
for social justice."
Morejon told the Cuban
News Agency that the aid
includes some 100 tons
of medical, education,
artistic and sports
equipment, as well as
eight buses.
Since 1992, the group
has being condemning the
US economic, trade and
financial blockade
against Cuba, which has
caused the island losses
valued at over $90
billion in almost 50
years.
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