{"article":{"id":133455,"heading":"Humanitarian Aid to Cuba Held at Border","author":"Lynda Llamas","created":"2005-07-22 15:45:11","modified":"2005-07-22 16:03:00","last_modified":"Fri, 22 Jul 2005 23:03:00","article":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>IFCO\/Pastors for Peace 2005 Caravan to Cuba Thursday, July 21, 2005 <br>  <br> Pastors Barred at US-Mexico Border  <br><br> URGENT- PLEASE CONTACT  <br>  <br> THE COMMERCE DEPARTMENT <br>  <br> YOUR CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVES,  <br>  <br> EMERGENCY NETWORKS AND PRESS CONTACTS: <br>  <br> SPREAD THE WORD FAR AND WIDE!  <br><br> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.commerce.gov\">http:\/\/www.commerce.gov<\/a> 202-482-200 <br><br> Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez <a href=\"mailto:cgutierrez@commerce.gov\">cgutierrez@commerce.gov<\/a> <br><br> As of 1:30 pm EDT, The Pastors for Peace Friendshipment Caravan to Cuba is being held up at the US-Mexico border by US Commerce Department officials. They are threatening to search every vehicle and every item of humanitarian aid. They are telling us that \"only licensable goods will be allowed to cross into Mexico.\" <br><br> Pastors for Peace does not accept or apply for a license to deliver humanitarian aid to Cuba. <br><br> There are 130 US citizens traveling with the caravan. They and the humanitarian aid are traveling in eight busses, a box truck and two small cars. It will take days to inspect the 140 tons of aid. We are prepared to do whatever we need to do to deliver our humanitarian aid to Cuba. Stay posted...<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","contact":"","link":"http:\/\/www.caravan16.blogspot.com\/","address":"","phone":"818-438-7405","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"Pastors for Peace Friendshipment Caravan to Cuba is being held up at the US-Mexico border by US Commerce Department officials.","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2005\/07\/133455.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}