[NYTr] US-Cuba Friendshipment Caravan Tours North America
 
Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2007 16:47:53 -0500 (CDT)


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US-Cuba Friendshipment Caravan Tours North America

Havana, July 2 (acn) The 18th FCO/Pastors for Peace US-Cuba 
Friendshipment Caravan is expected to collect around 100 tons of 
humanitarian aid for the Cuban people during a two-week trip across 
North America, before kicking off its way to the Caribbean island.

The initiative, which this year focuses on the elderly, is run by over 
130 Pastors for Peace volunteers from the US, Canada and Europe in 
defiance on Washington's travel restrictions to the island.

According to New York transfer network, the group travelling in 14 
busses will traverse 14 separate routes stopping in 47 US states and 6 
Canadian provinces, and will meet on July 17 in Tampico, Mexico, from 
where the shipment will be brought to Cuba.

The humanitarian aid includes educational and medical supplies, as well 
as nursing-home specific supplies such as walkers, crutches, and dental 
supplies.

In statements to the press, executive Director of the Interreligious 
Foundation for Community Organization (IFCO), Rev. Lucius Walker Jr., 
harshly criticized the travel restrictions to the island imposed by 
Washington on US citizens.

"IFCO/Pastors for Peace rejects this licensing system as
both immoral and illegal. It is immoral because it endangers the lives 
of millions of Cubans and inflicts suffering on innocent children, as 
well as adults," said Walker.

Since 1992 Pastors for Peace has used hunger strikes and mass 
mobilizations to successfully challenge US government attempts to 
confiscate vehicles and humanitarian aid bound for Cuba. They have thus 
far delivered more than 2,500 tons of urgently needed assistance to the 
Cuban people without seeking a US Treasury license.
       
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