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Cienfuegos, Cuba, Jul 25 (Prensa Latina) The 32nd Pastors for Peace Friendshipment Caravan is participating in the events being held in Cienfuegos to commemorate the 69th anniversary of the attacks on the Moncada and Carlos Manuel de Cespedes garrisons.

Washington, Jul 18 (Prensa Latina) The 32nd Pastors for Peace Caravan will travel to Cuba on Monday, in a new embrace of solidarity despite the blockade imposed by the United States on the island for more than six decades.

Washington, Jul 14 (Prensa Latina) In a new defiance of the US blockade against Cuba, members of 32nd Pastors for Peace Friendship Caravan will arrive in Havana on Monday.

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The following excerpted remarks were given during a Philadelphia Workers World webinar promoting the upcoming November Caravan to Cuba sponsored by IFCO/Pastors for Peace. Speakers were Gail Walker, executive directive of IFCO; Dr. Samira Addrey, IFCO’s ELAM (Latin America School of Medicine) coordinator; and Vijay Prashad, executive director of Tri-Continental…

When Raul Castro decided to retire, both as leader of Cuba and head of the Communist Party last April, it was the end of a politically adventurous era for a country most American leaders loved to hate.In the late 1950s, it was Raul and his more famous older brother, Fidel Castro, who led an insurgency that toppled the American-backed dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista.Fidel was described as one of the last of the world’s die-hard socialists – and...

31 de mayo de 2021, 21:18Havana, May 31 (Prensa Latina) We will make Cubas image even bigger in the United States and the world, said Gail Walker, executive director IFCO-Pastores por la Paz, upon receiving the ICAP 60th anniversary commemorative stamp toda

Gail Walker: US Govt maintains old policies against Cuba Gail Walker: US Govt maintains old policies against Cuba Havana, May 31 (Prensa Latina) The current United States administration maintains some old policies characterized by a confrontational approach towards Cuba, said Gail Walker, executive director of the Interreligious Foundation for the Community Organization (IFCO)/Pastors for Peace. In an interview with Prensa Latina, Walker criticized the recent pronouncements of the US Government...

President Joseph R. Biden, We, the Medical Advisory Committee of The Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization (IFCO), appeal for the humane restoration of diplomatic relations with Cuba to relieve the suffering of the Cuban people,... Read morewww.change.org

Final Call News Secretary-General António Guterres (left) meets with Bruno Eduardo Rodríguez Parrilla, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba. Cuban government diplomatic officials, an international coalition of allies, the leaders of more than 180 countries and civil rights, social justice and human rights activists are gearing up to create a critical mass of support that will bring America’s embargo of the Caribbean island to an end. Individuals and groups who took part in t...