A group called Pastors for Peace is bringing 100 tons of goods to Cuba in defiance of the Bush Administration. Reuters reports:
A caravan of vehicles carrying 100 tons of goods crossed into Mexico from Texas on Wednesday bound for Cuba in a show of civil disobedience toward the U.S. embargo of the communist-run island.It is the 15th year the Pastors for Peace humanitarian organization has delivered food, medicine and equipment to Cuba, but this year's trip comes as the Bush administration has toughened travel restrictions to put pressure on Cuban leader Fidel Castro.
Pastors for Peace is an arm of the Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization, "whose mission is to help forward the struggles of oppressed people for justice and self-determination," according to a statement on its web site.
"We feel this is a very crucial time to go because of the issues and hostilities being created between our country and other people of the world," director Lucius Walker said in a telephone interview from the Mexican border city of Reynosa.
"We're doing civil disobedience and we're prepared to suffer the consequences."
You can learn more about Pastors for Peace on the web site of the Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization.
