HARLEM-BASED PASTOR MEETS WITH CUBAN LEADERS RAUL AND FIDEL CASTRO

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Lucius Walker and Fidel Castro Jul 31, 2009

 

August 12, 2009    

HARLEM-BASED PASTOR MEETS WITH CUBAN LEADERS RAUL AND FIDEL CASTROON EVE OF 83RD BIRTHDAY, FIRST PUBLIC PHOTOS OF FIDEL SINCE FEBRUARY 2009 

Rev. Lucius Walker, Jr., founder and executive director of IFCO/Pastors for Peace, had the unusual opportunity to have extended meetings with Cuban President Raul Castro Ruz and with ex-President Fidel Castro Ruz.  The meetings took place when Rev. Walker was in Cuba recently with the 20th Pastors for Peace Caravan.

Rev. Walker indicated that he came away from these meetings with a renewed sense of the potential that exists for improving US/Cuba relations.  "Both leaders made it clear that Cuba is ready for talks covering any and all points of interest to both parties” said Rev. Walker.

The 20th US/Cuba Friendshipment Caravan organized by IFCO/Pastors for Peace returned from Cuba last week.  Its 130 participants successfully delivered 132 tons of humanitarian aid to the people of Cuba.

Since 1992, Pastors for Peace caravans have delivered more than 3132 tons of humanitarian aid to Cuba. The aid includes hurricane reconstruction supplies, medical and educational equipment, computers, and school buses.  Members of the 20th caravan visited Havana and several rural provinces, where they saw and participated in ongoing efforts to recover from the three hurricanes that hit Cuba in the summer of 2008.

Rev. Walker is available for interviews and appearances on talk shows. Pastors for Peace is a project of the Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization (IFCO), which has been working for racial, social, and economic justice since 1967.  Photos, video clips, and more information are available at www.pastorsforpeace.org  

Lucia Bruno   (212) 926-5757 or (347) 426-4330 or Ellen Bernstein (646) 319-5902.

ALL PHOTOS COURTESY OF IFCO/PASTORS FOR PEACE

Citation: Bruno, Lucia and Bernstein, Ellen. “Harlem-Based Pastor Meets with Cuban Leaders Raul and Fidel Castro.” 12 August 2009. Retrieved 27 August 2009. www.pastorsforpeace.org.