Dozens of Cuban emigrants on Sunday started a caravan from Miami, Florida, to the US capital in a demonstration to call for the lifting of the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States against Cuba.
Washington.- As a part of that trip, coordinated by the Bridges of Love organization headed by professor Carlos Lazo, part of the activists met on Saturday in the city of Tampa, in Florida, visited dozens of times by Cuban National Hero Jose Marti in the 19th century and where he carried out extensive work to unite Cuban emigrants to fight Spanish colonialism. There, in front of the monument to the Apostle of the Cuban independence, Lazo and his companions in this trip called for the lifting of Washington's unilateral sanctions that affect Cuban families so much.
Hundreds of people have carried out actions in several cities of the world for several months to call for the lifting of sanctions, which have been tightened even during the Covid-19 pandemic.
On Wednesday, for the 29th time since 1992, the countries of the world strongly called for the lifting of the blockade at the UN General Assembly.
A total of 184 member states of the United Nations has supported a new resolution that calls for the lifting of the blockade imposed by Washington for almost 60 years, while the United States and Israel voted against it and were isolated regarding the claim of most of the international community.
CUBA HAILS DEMONSTRATION AGAINST BLOCKADE IN THE US
Havana.- Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez on Sunday hailed the beginning of a new caravan in the United States to call on the US Government to lift the blockade against Cuba.
On his Twitter account, Rodríguez highlighted the tenacity of the Cubans and friends who are traveling from Miami to Washington DC to build bridges of love and call for the lifting of criminal policies that affect families in both countries.
Dozens of Cuban emigres and humanitarian people started the walk on Sunday in Miami, Florida, coordinated by the Bridges of Love organization, headed by Professor Carlos Lazo.
The participants will walk the 2,000 km between both cities to reiterate to President Joe Biden that “it is time to lift the sanctions against the Cuban family.”
Some of the demands are the reopening of the consular services of the US Embassy in Havana, the sending of remittances to Cuba, and the resumption of the family reunification plan suspended by former Republican President Donald Trump in 2017. (PL)
