{"id":2421,"date":"2021-08-28T13:02:57","date_gmt":"2021-08-28T11:02:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/old.holandaprocuba.nl\/?p=2421"},"modified":"2021-08-28T13:03:51","modified_gmt":"2021-08-28T11:03:51","slug":"solidariteit-in-usa-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/old.holandaprocuba.nl\/?p=2421","title":{"rendered":"Solidariteit in USA (Los Angeles)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Los Angeles U.S. Hands Off Cuba Committee<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"mailto:LA.US.HandsoffCuba@gmail.com\"><strong>LA.US.HandsoffCuba@gmail.com<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ushandsoffcubacommittee.com\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/ushandsoffcubacommittee.com\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1630234822494000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHSuEsfudCcZIDcD8kX7qEKQG6l9g\"><strong>http:\/\/ushandsoffcubacommittee.com\/<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><u>Coordinators: Brenda Lopez 310.259.9441\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mark Friedman 310.350.7515<\/u><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>For Immediate release: August 27, 2021<\/em><\/p>\n<table width=\"104%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"100%\">\n<table width=\"813\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"100%\">\n<p><strong><u>Puentes de Amor at L.A. Cuban Music Festival August 29.<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Support Cuban Families. Press conference &amp; caravan from East LA<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>When<\/strong>:\u00a012 noon, Sunday, August 29, 2021<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0Where<\/strong>:\u00a0LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes, 501 N. Main St.\u00a0 Los Angeles, CA 90012<\/p>\n<p>We join with hundreds of Cuban-Americans and others at this music festival who demand: end the US embargo and sanctions against Cuba, lift the travel and trade ban, allow financial remittances.<\/p>\n<p>Cuban-Americans recently marched from Miami to Washington, and arrived July 25 for a national demonstration delivering 50,000 petitions to Biden demanding an end to the blockade &amp; sanctions.<\/p>\n<p>We shall caravan from Atlantic Park\u00a0<strong>10 am<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>(<\/strong><strong>570 S Atlantic Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90022)\u00a0<\/strong>to the press conference after participating in the Chicano Moratorium anniversary.<\/p>\n<p><u>Press conference speakers will report on:<\/u><\/p>\n<p><em>1.<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<em>ILWU Resolution against the blockade and $10,000 donation of medical aid to Cuba<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>2.<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<em>LA Cuban Americans speak out against the embargo, sanctions for ending travel &amp; trade bans<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>3.<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<em>Medical aid collection efforts in LA,\u00a0<\/em>(<strong>#Syringes4Cuba<\/strong>\u00a0has sent 6 million worth $550,000)<\/p>\n<p><em>4.<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<em>Local, national and international efforts to end the US embargo, sanctions, trade and travel ban<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>5.<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<em>Exposing US backed disruptions in Cuba, #SOS campaign, threats of US military invasion<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<u>The hidden hand of the US in Cuban protests\u00a0should be understood in the context of a brutal \u00a0economic war waged by the United States against the island nation for more than 60 years.<\/u><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Cuban President D\u00edaz-Canel said\u201d There were four sectors involved in the protests: radical supporters of the United States who waved that country\u2019s flag during the protests and demanded intervention from Washington, criminals who took advantage of the situation to loot, people genuinely desperate due to the impact of the crisis due to the 60-year US embargo on their daily lives and young people who feel disenfranchised.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A cyber-attack and internet disinformation campaign against the Cuban government\u2019s website was part of the latest provocative interventions financed by Biden\u2019s $250 million to destabilize Cuba.\u00a0A large number of false accesses to the website came from 34 different I.P. addresses in the U.S., France, the U.K. and Turkey.\u00a0<strong>#SOSCuba<\/strong>\u00a0bot tweets coming from the US Embassy in Mexico to create the impression of mass anger. Use of phony pictures on Facebook, Instagram, CNN and other news services.<\/p>\n<p>Car caravans, in over 70 cities in U.S., Europe, Canada, Latin America and Africa, were initiated by Miami\u2019s\u00a0Cuban-Americans, demanding an end to the economic, trade, and banking sanctions causing great economic\u00a0 hardship in Cuba, an end to US attacks on right to travel, sending funds and family visits for residents of both nations.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Washington\u2019s aggression against Cuba is particularly criminal in face of the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0-30-<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong><u><a href=\"http:\/\/ushandsoffcubacommittee.com\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/ushandsoffcubacommittee.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1630234822494000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEGPAgYbhMGpTn6816hHnUe7e327w\">ushandsoffcubacommittee.com<\/a><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"mailto:LA.US.Handsoffcuba@gmail.com\">LA.US.Handsoffcuba@gmail.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Cell:\u00a0Mark Friedman: 310.350.7515,\u00a0Brenda Lopez: 310.259.9441<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>(Please call Mark first since he is more readily available)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>END THE US EMBARGO OF CUBA.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>End the sanctions of Trump\/Biden. LET CUBA LIVE.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles U.S. Hands Off Cuba Committee\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0LA.US.HandsoffCuba@gmail.com\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0http:\/\/ushandsoffcubacommittee.com\/ Coordinators: Brenda Lopez 310.259.9441\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mark Friedman 310.350.7515 For Immediate release: August 27, 2021 Puentes de Amor at L.A. Cuban Music Festival August 29. Support Cuban Families. Press conference &amp; caravan from East LA When:\u00a012 noon, Sunday, August 29, 2021 \u00a0 \u00a0Where:\u00a0LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes, 501 N. Main St.\u00a0 Los Angeles, CA 90012 We join with hundreds of Cuban-Americans and others at this music festival who demand: end the US embargo and sanctions against Cuba, lift the travel and trade ban, allow financial remittances. Cuban-Americans recently marched from Miami to Washington, and arrived July 25 for a national demonstration delivering 50,000 petitions to Biden demanding an end to the blockade &amp; sanctions. We shall caravan from Atlantic Park\u00a010 am\u00a0(570 S Atlantic Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90022)\u00a0to the press conference after participating in the Chicano Moratorium anniversary. Press conference speakers will report on: 1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0ILWU Resolution against the blockade and $10,000 donation of medical aid to Cuba 2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0LA Cuban Americans speak out against the embargo, sanctions for ending travel &amp; trade bans 3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Medical aid collection efforts in LA,\u00a0(#Syringes4Cuba\u00a0has sent 6 million worth $550,000) 4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Local, national and international efforts to end the US embargo, sanctions, trade and travel ban 5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Exposing US backed disruptions in Cuba, #SOS campaign, threats of US military invasion \u00a0 \u00a0The hidden hand of the US in Cuban protests\u00a0should be understood in the context of a brutal \u00a0economic war waged by the United States against the island nation for more than 60 years. \u00a0 Cuban President D\u00edaz-Canel said\u201d There were four sectors involved in the protests: radical supporters of the United States who waved that country\u2019s flag during the protests and demanded intervention from Washington, criminals who took advantage of the situation to loot, people genuinely desperate due to the impact of the crisis due to the 60-year US embargo on their daily lives and young people who feel disenfranchised.\u201d A cyber-attack and internet disinformation campaign against the Cuban government\u2019s website was part of the latest provocative interventions financed by Biden\u2019s $250 million to destabilize Cuba.\u00a0A large number of false accesses to the website came from 34 different I.P. addresses in the U.S., France, the U.K. and Turkey.\u00a0#SOSCuba\u00a0bot tweets coming \u2026 <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/old.holandaprocuba.nl\/?p=2421\">lees meer <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nieuws"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.holandaprocuba.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.holandaprocuba.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.holandaprocuba.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.holandaprocuba.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.holandaprocuba.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2421"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/old.holandaprocuba.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2421\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2423,"href":"https:\/\/old.holandaprocuba.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2421\/revisions\/2423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.holandaprocuba.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.holandaprocuba.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.holandaprocuba.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}