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Pastors for Peace head to Cuba

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A caravan carrying 100 tons of “humanitarian” aid is scheduled to cross into Cuba today, leaders of Pastors for Peace said Tuesday at a news conference at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in McAllen, Texas.

The has broken the U.S. embargo against Cuba 20 times previously. The embargo includes travel and trade restrictions.

Pastors for Peace is an outreach of the New York-based Interreligious Foundation for Community, which delivers aid to Latin America and the Carribean.

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The Rev. Lucius Walker Jr., executive director, said in a written statement Tuesday, that this year’s caravan is focused on helping children.

“If the people of the United States were aware of how the U.S. blockade deprives Cuban children — not only of medicines but also school supplies, art and sports equipment, and so many things — the blockade would have ended long ago,” he said.

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RELATED LINKS

Cuban News Agency: “Pastors for Peace to bring humanitarian aid”
New York Times: “Communist teacher blamed for improper Cuba trip”
The Monitor (McAllen, Texas): “Pastors for Peace en route to deliver aid to Cuba
ELCA: “Evangelical Church of the Lutheran Confession in Cuba”

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