Clergy, Concerned Citizens Challenge US Embargo of Cuba

Hundreds of volunteers from across the US, Mexico, Canada and Europe began a humanitarian aid caravan to Cuba recently to draw attention to the harsh effects of the US government's 42-year-old economic embargo against the Caribbean island. Starting on July 4, groups started from ten separate routes across the country, stopping in 100 US cities to collect 60 tons goods including ambulances and school buses donated by churches, schools and community groups. The caravan will attempt to deliver millions of dollars worth of medicines, computers, and medical equipment, all without a US Treasury license. This thirteenth US-Cuba caravan is organized by Pastors for Peace, a project of the Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization (IFCO), as a challenge to what organizers call an "immoral law" designed to create pain and suffering in Cuba. For more information contact IFCO/Pastors for Peace, 402 W 145th St, NY, NY 10031; www.ifconews.org