Bridges of Love calls for Mass Caravan Against U.S. Blockade of Cuba

Washington, July 24 (RHC)-- The Bridges of Love movement in the U.S. has called for international caravans on Sunday, July 28th -- to demand an end to Washington's blockade of Cuba.

Once again, as we have done since 2020, on the last weekend of each month, we will take to the streets to demand an end to the blockade and the removal of Cuba from the list of terrorist countries, said activist Carlos Lazo, coordinator of Puentes de Amor.

The call, published on social networks, invited "all men and women of good will to participate in the activities that will take place in their city" and "if there is no caravan, be the caravan, raise your voice for the Cuban family".

In the city of Miami, a meeting is planned in the park of the flags of the airport of that city, added Lazo, who called for "the cessation of the economic war against the Cuban people.

Last July 13, Puentes de Amor sent 2,750 pounds of milk to Cuba for the Guanajay Children's Hospital (Artemisa), the Güines Children's Hospital (Mayabeque) and the Solidarity with Panama School (Havana).

This contribution was part of more than 60,000 pounds of powdered milk received by children's hospitals and homes for the elderly in Cuba, thanks to the solidarity efforts in the United States of Puentes de Amor and CodePink, said the Seattle professor.

Despite the hate campaigns and intimidations that try to discredit and prevent Cubans emigrating from the island from contributing to the "Milk for Cuba" effort, we have surpassed the initial idea of 40,000 pounds, he emphasized at the time.

He reiterated that they covered the 15 provinces of the country "and we and CodePink (pacifist organization) will continue to do the same to help those in  need, the children, the people who are in hospitals, as long as the blockade of the U.S. government is in place.

“I believe that this is our duty; the duty of those who are here asking for the blockade to be lifted; of every emigrant from the island. We must be in solidarity with the Cuban family, these are bridges that are difficult to break; and we must continue in our efforts to remove this unilateral siege of so many decades” Lazo added.

The caravans were born four years ago - recalled Lazo - after the bicycle tour from Seattle to Washington DC, to carry the voice of the struggle against the blockade throughout the United States and to ask then President Donald Trump to lift the sanctions against Cuba in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic.