Washington/Prensa Latina
Wherever you are, raise your voice for the Cuban people, is the call for participation today, the last Sunday of the month, in the international caravan against the United States blockade of Cuba.
“International caravan this Sunday, March 31, 2024! In Miami! “Caravan for the end of the sanctions that suffocate the Cuban family!” says the exhortation published on social networks by activist Carlos Lazo, organizer of the Bridges of Love movement.
The coercive measures of the United States prevent the entry of food and medicine into Cuba, stated the Cuban-American professor, recalling that “the blockade seeks to starve and sicken children, the elderly, women and men” on the island.
“There is a lack of medications to treat children with cancer,” he warned. There is a lack of pacemakers to extend the lives of those who suffer from heart disease. There is a lack of lenses and supplies for those who are going blind and cannot have cataract surgery.” Choking the Cuban economy causes pain and death, Lazo stressed.
Previously, in statements to Prensa Latina, the activist said that “on behalf of Puentes de Amor he thanks the Cuban authorities and the competent organizations for having extended the extension for free entry to Cuba, the tariff exemption for food and medicine, and hygiene utensils.
He commented that this is something positive for the Cuban community; Also positive for the country, for our land; It is one of the ways in which bridges of love are built between Cuban emigrants and their nation.
Among all Cubans inside and outside the island, we can do a lot to mitigate the effects of the blockade, to fill it with gaps, he concluded.
On March 27, the Official Gazette of Cuba published the extension of the exemption time for these imports until June 30.
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