{"id":213420,"date":"2020-02-08T12:08:49","date_gmt":"2020-02-08T17:08:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=213420"},"modified":"2020-02-08T12:08:49","modified_gmt":"2020-02-08T17:08:49","slug":"caravan-today-in-miami-to-protest-suspension-of-flights-to-cuba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba-usa\/caravan-today-in-miami-to-protest-suspension-of-flights-to-cuba\/","title":{"rendered":"Caravan today in Miami to protest suspension of flights to Cuba"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Alianza Martiana group, which is in favor of a \u201cnormalization\u201d of relations between Cuba and the United States, has convened an automobile caravan that this Saturday will pass through Calle Ocho in Miami, Florida, to demand that the Trump administration restore charter flights to the island.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhat\u2019s important is the will to defend the rights to travel to Cuba and visit the family. Those are also human rights,\u201d Max Lesnik, president of the Alianza Martiana, whose headquarters is located in this Florida city, told EFE<\/em> this Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n

The caravan, under the slogan \u201cNothing and no one against the Cuban family,\u201d will pass through the famous Calle Ocho, the meeting point of the anti-Castro Cuban exile.<\/span><\/p>\n

The call is for \u201cthe cars to travel the route with posters for family reunion.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Also \u201cagainst the Trump measures that affect Cuban families,\u201d said Lesnik.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIn healthy peace and without seeking conflict with anyone, not even with those who defend Trump,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

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*Important*: This Saturday, February 8 at 11:00 AM, demonstration in #Miami in favor of #No restrictions to trips to #Cuba. 12 St. SW between 97 and 95 avenues. Raise your voice! See you there! <3<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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Last January, the United States announced the suspension of all public charter flights to Cuba, except Havana, which will affect nine airports on the island, except for Jos\u00e9 Mart\u00ed in the Cuban capital, which even so will be limited in this type of flights.<\/span><\/p>\n

But earlier, at the end of October 2019, Washington announced the ban on commercial flights from its territory to all cities in Cuba with the exception of Havana.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cToday\u2019s step will further restrict the Cuban regime\u2019s ability to obtain revenue, which it uses to finance its ongoing repression of the Cuban people and its unconscionable support for dictator Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela,\u201d said Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in January.<\/span><\/p>\n

Pompeo stressed that the step represents a new obstacle for the Cuban government to have access to hard currencies through American travelers.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lesnik, who has been criticized by the Cuban exile for his policy of rapprochement with the island, and in whose office in Miami you can see photographs of Fidel Castro, Ernesto Che Guevara and the five Cuban spies processed and imprisoned in the United States, whom the government of the island calls \u201cheroes,\u201d said he was \u201cunaware\u201d of how many people can participate in the caravan.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe have summoned the organizations involved in the cause of defending the rights to visit relatives in Cuba. People who constantly travel to Cuba and are being affected by this measure,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Asked if he expected some kind of aggression from exiled compatriots in the streets of Miami (the caravan will culminate in the downtown area of \u200b\u200bthe city), Lesnik replied that \u201cI don’t think they are so stupid to attack what the fellowship of Cubans represents.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Is there a revival of cultural intolerance among Miami’s Cubans?<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n