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Pastors for Peace Caravanistas Exchange with Cuban Impaired People

CUBA, July 29, 2009. Members of the 20th US-Cuba Friendshipment Caravan visiting the central province of Sancti Spíritus met with impaired people and health authorities of the area and discussed the effects of the US economic blockade against Cuba.

Social Assistance Office director Lidia Caballero thanked the visitors on behalf of hundreds of disabled people in the province for having been able to collect more than 100 tons of aid to bring this year to the island.

The 38 members of the caravan, led by the US Pastors for Peace Inter-religious Foundation, were touched by testimonies from visually impaired and deaf and mute people whose condition affects all the members of their families.

Local health authorities explained that one of the difficulties caused by the US blockade is the lack of medical sets of instruments in the case of dental services. They also mentioned the lack of gasometers that measures the oxygen level of a patient in a serious condition, as the Cuban government is not allowed to buy such equipment in the US or from any other American company based elsewhere in the world.

The Caravan’s national coordinator Manolo de los Santos assured that for those who had never been to Cuba before, sharing time and experiences with the Cubans during this trip would change the perception they brought from the US, particularly in the case of youngsters.

This Tuesday, the group will travel to the colonial town of Trinidad located in the southern coast of the central province of Sancti Spiritus. They will learn first hand of terrorist actions against the Cuban people that have been financed and conducted by the United States since the triumph of the Cuban Revolution.

This group of the 20th US-Cuba Friendshipment Caravan, with 130 members, traveled to Sancti Spiritus on Saturday July 25 to learn about the social, economic and cultural aspects of the province and visit all of its six municipalities. (Cubaminrex- ACN)

 

 

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