{"article":{"id":133458,"heading":"Pastors For Peace Need Urgent Help!","author":"Help Pastors For Peace","created":"2005-07-22 15:59:49","modified":"2005-08-04 09:30:18","last_modified":"Thu, 04 Aug 2005 16:30:18","article":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>The Pastors For Peace convoy of aid to the people of Cuba is being held at the border ny Homeland Security.   <br><br> As of this report (12 Noon, Thursday. 7\/21\/05) The Pastors For Peace Humanitarian Aid convoy to Cuba is being held at the U.S.\/Mexico border at Hidalgo, Texas (across from Reynoso, Mex.). <br><br> They are being held by Homeland Security and no one is allowed on or off the buses.  The government has seized a computer.   Homeland Security is telling them that they need a permit from the U.S. Commerce Department. <br><br> They are attempting to deliver their convoy of humanitarian supplies (many hurricane relief items) to the people of Cuba.   <br><br> The Pastors for Peace convoy consists of a 150 members ranging in ages of 12 to 75.   <br><br> Please, please come to the aid of Pastors For Peace!!  Call your elected official, the media or the U.S. Commerce Department and urge that they be released and the convoy be allowed to proceed as planned and has it always has in the past.   <br>  <br> <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","contact":"","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"\r\nAs of this report (12 Noon, Thursday. 7\/21\/05) The Pastors For Peace Humanitarian Aid convoy to Cuba is being held at the U.S.\/Mexico border at Hidalgo, Texas (across from Reynoso, Mex.).","numcomment":3,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2005\/07\/133458.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[{"id":133510,"heading":"Update & Action Alert","article":"EMERGENCY ACTION ALERT\r\nPastors Cuba Caravan Barred at US-Mexico Border\r\n\r\nURGENT- PLEASE CONTACT THE COMMERCE DEPARTMENT AND YOUR CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVES, EMERGENCY NETWORKS AND PRESS CONTACTS:\r\nSPREAD THE WORD FAR AND WIDE! \r\n\r\n\r\nAs of 1:30 pm EDT, July 21, 2005, 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 &quot;only licensable goods will be allowed to cross into Mexico.&quot;\r\n\r\nPastors for Peace does not accept or apply for a license to deliver humanitarian aid to Cuba.\r\n\r\nThere 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...\r\nPLEASE TAKE ACTION NOW!\r\n\r\n1) Call Scott Kamen, Congressional Aide of Affairs at the Department of Commerce, at 202-482-0097 and demand that the Caravan be allowed to cross the border with all of its humanitarian cargo.\r\n\r\n2) Call your Congressperson and ask them to call Secretary of  Commerce Carlos Gutierrez at 202-482-2000, or Scott Kamen  at 202-482-0097. If you don\u2019t know how to reach your Congressperson, go to http:\/\/www.house.gov\/ and enter your zip code. That will take you to the Congresspersons home web page where you can find phone and email information.  \r\n\r\nFor California Senators:\r\nSenator Dianne Feinstein   202-224-3841   FAX 202-228-3954\r\nSenator Barabara Boxer     202-224-3553   FAX 213-894-5042\r\n\r\nFor updates:  http:\/\/www.caravan16.blogspot.com\/\r\n\r\n","author":"Pachamama","parent_id":133458,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2005-07-22 22:04:22","modified":"2013-11-11 00:35:08","fileurl":""},{"id":133511,"heading":"Update & Action Alert","article":"EMERGENCY ACTION ALERT\r\nPastors Cuba Caravan Barred at US-Mexico Border\r\n\r\nURGENT- PLEASE CONTACT THE COMMERCE DEPARTMENT AND YOUR CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVES, EMERGENCY NETWORKS AND PRESS CONTACTS:\r\nSPREAD THE WORD FAR AND WIDE! \r\n\r\n\r\nAs of 1:30 pm EDT, July 21, 2005, 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 &quot;only licensable goods will be allowed to cross into Mexico.&quot;\r\n\r\nPastors for Peace does not accept or apply for a license to deliver humanitarian aid to Cuba.\r\n\r\nThere 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...\r\nPLEASE TAKE ACTION NOW!\r\n\r\n1) Call Scott Kamen, Congressional Aide of Affairs at the Department of Commerce, at 202-482-0097 and demand that the Caravan be allowed to cross the border with all of its humanitarian cargo.\r\n\r\n2) Call your Congressperson and ask them to call Secretary of  Commerce Carlos Gutierrez at 202-482-2000, or Scott Kamen  at 202-482-0097. If you don\u2019t know how to reach your Congressperson, go to http:\/\/www.house.gov\/ and enter your zip code. That will take you to the Congresspersons home web page where you can find phone and email information.  \r\n\r\nFor California Senators:\r\nSenator Dianne Feinstein   202-224-3841   FAX 202-228-3954\r\nSenator Barabara Boxer     202-224-3553   FAX 213-894-5042\r\n\r\nFor updates:  http:\/\/www.caravan16.blogspot.com\/\r\n\r\n","author":"Pachamama","parent_id":133458,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2005-07-22 22:04:40","modified":"2013-11-11 00:35:08","fileurl":""},{"id":134252,"heading":"Help Pastors for Peace","article":"dear pachamama, thanks so much for all your help with the Pastors for Peace, the original post was from my daughter, i was on the caravan, she did the best she could in getting the word out, and yours really helped in getting the numbers to call. it was a difficult situation.  Thanks so much for your response,\r\nyours in peace lynda \r\np.s we are still trying to get the aid returned! ","author":"lynda llamas","parent_id":133458,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2005-08-04 09:30:18","modified":"2005-08-04 09:30:18","fileurl":""}]}