The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Party and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, welcomed the 32nd Caravan of Pastors for Peace, which arrived in 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.
Welcome to Cuba, dear brothers and sisters. Thank you for these 30 years of love, solidarity and accompaniment to our people in their hardest battles, said the President on Twitter.
The group, which departed from Miami International Airport, the city where they arrived after merging there the caravans that traveled, in three different routes, to more than 22 U.S. cities with the message against the unilateral siege applied by the White House, is made up of about 90 persons, mostly young people between 18 and 30 years old who had never visited the Caribbean country before.
The caravanists collected donations, mainly medical material, "but also educating the American people about the history of the Cuban Revolution", said Reverend Dorlymar Lebrón Malave to Granma, who pointed out that they managed to collect 1.5 tons of resources for the island.
Reverend Patricia Bonilla Márquez is visiting Cuba for the first time, together with her son Gabriel Silfredo Landaverde, 13 years old: "I want him to be one of the new generation of revolutionaries, of people with conscience, and to be inspired and continue the struggle for social justice". Under the slogan Love never gives up, the group will carry out an intense program of activities including their participation in the July 26th celebration in Cienfuegos.
They will also visit the Fidel Castro Center, the Latin American School of Medicine and scientific institutes, carry out religious activities and exchanges with the population and will be updated on the Code of Families`project.
