US-Cuba Friendshipment Caravan to Cross US-Mexico Border on Thursday

The 19th US-Cuba Friendshipment Caravan will try to cross the US-Mexico border on Thursday with humanitarian aid for the Cuban people in defiance of the US economic, trade and financial blockade against the Caribbean nation. HAVANA, Cuba, July 3 (acn) The Pastors for Peace Caravan, as it is also known, on this occasion groups more than 100 American and European activists who will try to cross the border from McAllen, Texas, into the Mexican city of Reynosa, where they will join Mexican activists. The Caravan, led by Rev. Lucius Walker, has toured several Canadian and US cities where they have collected some 100 tons of aid that include medical equipment and other items for the education, culture and sports sectors that will be benefit the Cuban people. The humanitarian load also includes eight buses, five of which have been... [read full story]