Recibe Díaz-Canel a Directora Ejecutiva de Pastores por la Paz (+Video)
En un ambiente amistoso, Gail expresó el compromiso de continuar organizando las caravanas de solidaridad con Cuba e intensificar las acciones por el levantamiento del bloqueo
Autor: Granma | internet@granma.cu
3 de junio de 2021 16:06:29

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El Primer Secretario del Comité Central del Partido Comunista de Cuba y Presidente de la República, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, recibió en la tarde de este miércoles a Gail Walker, Directora Ejecutiva de la Organización IFCO/Pastores por la Paz.
En un ambiente amistoso, Gail expresó el compromiso de continuar organizando las caravanas de solidaridad con Cuba e intensificar las acciones por el levantamiento del bloqueo.
Reiteró su admiración por la continuidad de la obra de Fidel, y elogió la labor de las brigadas médicas cubanas en la lucha contra la COVID-19 en diferentes partes del mundo.

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Durante el intercambio fue evocada la entrañable relación entre el Comandante en Jefe Fidel Castro Ruz y el líder de Pastores por la Paz Lucius Walker.
Participaron también en el encuentro Samira Addrey, integrante del ejecutivo de la organización norteamericana y graduada de la Escuela Latinoamericana de Medicina, así como Rogelio Polanco Fuentes, miembro del Secretariado del Comité Central del Partido, y Fernando González Llort, presidente del Instituto Cubano de Amistad con los Pueblos.

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Pastors for Peace sends Trump administration a strong message
The group’s solidarity caravan conveys a clear message to the U.S. – and the world – challenging the hostile policy toward Cuba being followed by the current government

Author: International news staff | informacion@granma.cu
june 11, 2019 14:06:59

Reverend Raúl Suárez, from Ebenezer Baptist Church in the Havana municipality of Marianao, emphasized the importance of the Cuba-U.S. Friendship Caravan project organized by Pastors for Peace to the struggle against the blockade.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Cuba’s ambassador to the United Nations, Ana Silvia Rodríguez, stated that the Pastors for Peace solidarity caravan this year is of great relevance, since it is taking place during a difficult period for relations between Cuba and the United States, amidst escalating U.S. sanctions on Cuba.

According to Prensa Latina, the work of Caravan participants is sending a clear message to the United States and the rest of the world, challenging the hostile policies of the current administration, the Cuban diplomat said during a solidarity event held in New York.

Anti-Cuban leaders have learned nothing over these years of resistance, she added, our people will not surrender to pressure or threats. Now Washington is tightening the siege of Cuba, increasing aggressive measures, re-activating the Helms-Burton Act’s Title III, for example.

Restrictions on travel to the island have been increased, “Perhaps they are afraid that the U.S. people will learn the true reality of my country,” the ambassador observed.

Since 1992, when the Pastors for Peace Caravans began, Caravan organizers and participants have faced the harassment of the different U.S. administrations and forces hostile to the normalization of relations between the two countries. Caravan activists have overcome thousands of obstacles, making great sacrifices to deliver solidarity support to Cuba, recalled Rodríguez, Cuba’s alternate permanent representative to the United Nations.

The executive director of the Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization-Pastors for Peace, Gail Walker, noted that the solidarity work they do allows them to debunk misinformation and lies spread by the Donald Trump administration.

The Caravan’s travels around the continental U.S. are taking place early in June this year, rescheduled to better meet their goals since the Venceremos Brigade organized by U.S. and Puerto Rican activists will be in Cuba to commemorate its 50th anniversary in July, she reported.

The travel license system imposed by the White House is meant to “control what we do, where we go (…), so we will travel without a license, love is our only license,” Walker insisted.

“Ours is a labor of love toward our friends in Cuba, reflecting our commitment to the cause of ending the blockade,” she concluded.

In addition to bringing solidarity aid to Cuba, the Pastors for Peace caravans, under the guidance of the unforgettable Reverend Lucius Walker, was founded with the objective of challenging the economic, commercial and financial blockade of Cuba, which the U.S. has maintained for almost 60 years.