[pr-x] WED MARCH 17 - Virtual Picket to End the U.S. Blockade on Cuba!

[Tamara Hansen]

 ~ La versión en español sigue la versión en inglés ~

>> LIFT THE U.S. BLOCKADE ON CUBA!>> U.S. REMOVE CUBA FROM THE SO-CALLED "STATE SPONSORS OF TERRORISM" LIST!>> AWARD CUBA’S INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL BRIGADE THE NOBEL PRIZE!#Cubavsbloqueo #UnBlockCuba #SanctionsKill#Nobel4CubanDoctors #NobelCuba
Canadian Network on Cuba (CNC)Online Virtual Picket Action!~ Participate in English, French or Spanish! ~~ Participez en anglais, français ou espagnol! ~~ ¡Participa en inglés, francés o español! ~
Virtual PicketWEDNESDAY MARCH 17, 20214pm Pacific Time / 7pm Eastern Time / 8pm Atlantic TimeRegister online at:https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ZZ_td6IwQuefkt9sfyCeVw
>>> Featuring Speakers & Greetings from Across Canada and Around the World including:* CARLOS LAZO – Cuban-American who is organizing Car Caravans against the blockade on Cuba with his organization “Puentes de Amor” (Bridges of love). Lazo biked over 5,000 km from Seattle to Washington DC against the blockade in Summer 2020.* HILARY CASEY & NINA GONZALEZ – Joining from the Cuba Support Group Ireland (CGSI) to talk about their campaign #WalkingforCuba and how you can get involved!* CIKIAH THOMAS – Co-Chair of the Global Afrikan Congress* PLUS VIDEOS FROM: Australia-Cuba Friendship Society, Ottawa Cuba Connections & la Table de concertation et de solidarité Québec – Cuba and more!* Along with Greetings from CNC member groups!
>>> Event Co-Chairs:* TAMARA HANSEN - Executive member of the Canadian Network on Cuba, Coordinator of Vancouver Communities in Solidarity with Cuba (VCSC) & Author of “5 Decades of the Cuban Revolution: The Challenges of an Unwavering Leadership.”* ELIZABETH HILL – Co-chair of the Canadian Network on Cuba, President of the Canadian-Cuban Friendship Association - Toronto
*** Everyone is encouraged to make protest signs, display banners, or wear t-shirts against the blockade. These can be displayed in a group photo at the end of the virtual picket!1)    The program will begin with invited speakers and greetings.2)    In concluding the virtual picket, those who wish to participate in the photo will be invited by the co-chairs to turn on their cameras to join in! More specific instructions will be given by co-chairs during the virtual picket.3)    If you are unfamiliar with Zoom or require technical support, please contact: webmaster at canadiannetworkoncuba.ca
*** Everyone is also encouraged to share photos with their signs, t-shirts and banners on social media #Cubavsbloqueo #UnBlockCuba2021 #SanctionsKill
>From April 2019 to March 2020, the U.S. blockade affected Cuban tourism Amounting to losses of about $1,888,386,675. According to Cuban news agency Prensa Latina, "the imposition of new sanctions by the State Department to regulate travel to Cuba by US citizens, such as the ban on regular and charter flights to international airports, with the exception of the capital's 'Jose Marti,' contributed to this."
Ronald Sanders, from Antigua and Barbuda who is the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United States and the Organization of American States (OAS), recently recognized the important progress Cuba has made towards the production of Covid-19 vaccines despite the unjust and cruel United States blockade. He also hopes that members of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) could soon benefit from the Cuban vaccines.
After Sanders mentioned other vaccines produced by Cuba, the academic noted that this Covid-19 vaccine would help break the global control of the market by large pharmaceutical companies in United States and Europe. At the same time, he called the refusal of U.S. companies Pfizer and Moderna to facilitate exports, an ignorance of 'human rights, including the right to life and health.'
On the other hand, Cuba continues to lead the way in the world-wide struggle against the Covid-19 pandemic, both on the island and with medical professionals in 39 countries around the world!
The new Biden administration has a responsibility to immediately remove Cuba from the so-called list of “state sponsors of terrorism” and reverse all of the anti-Cuba measures implemented by the Trump administration over the last 4 years. But most of all, President Biden must end this cruel and inhuman U.S. government policy, which has been attempting to strangle Cuba for over 60 years.
We must redouble our efforts to end the U.S. blockade on Cuba in 2021, #UnBlockCuba2021
REGISTER ONLINE HERE:https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ZZ_td6IwQuefkt9sfyCeVw
** Please circulate this information to your friends and contacts. **
Organized by the Canadian Network on Cuba (CNC), a network of Cuba solidarity organizations across Canada promoting friendship and solidarity with Cuba and the Cuban people.http://www.canadiannetworkoncuba.ca    
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