New Friendshipment for Cuba

New Friendshipment for Cuba

MINNEAPOLIS — Another Pastors for Peace material aid caravan is rolling through the United States and Canada towards Cuba.

The fourth US-Cuba Friendshipment got under way on October 31 from the western United States. Another dozen routes will begin this week across the US, and two will set out from Canada.

According to Tom Hansen, Friendshipment national coordinator, the more than 200 volunteers will be carrying computers, bicycles, powdered milk and a great many badly needed medicines. Unfortunately, said Hansen, Washington's embargo against Cuba includes banning foods and medicines. Pastors for Peace believes it is immoral to punish people with starvation and sickness for their political ideas.

The 14 US routes will converge on Washington, DC, on November 12, where caravaners will participate in a national demonstration against the US blockade against Cuba. From there the Friendshipment heads north to Buffalo, New York, where it will cross over into Canada for its destination of Montreal. There the donation will be loaded on to a Cuban freighter for delivery.

[From Radio Havana via Pegasus.]

From GLW issue 166