'Cuba Action Day' to protest U.S. travel ban.More than 700 Americans from 35 states have registered to participate in a so-called "Cuba Action Day" on Apr. 27, according to organizers, "to demand that Congress end the Cuba travel ban that divides families, denies Americans their fundamental right to travel, harms Cubans, and impedes the creation of American jobs." The all-day event is being co-sponsored by the Center for International Policy, Latin American Working Group (LAWG LAWG Latin America Working Group LAWG Louisiana Wing (Civil Air Patrol) LAWG Live Action War Games LAWG Lunar Architecture Working Group ), Washington Office on Latin America The Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) is an American non-governmental organization (NGO) whose stated goal is to monitor the impact of US foreign policy on human rights, democracy and equitable development in Latin America. (WOLA WOLA Washington Office on Latin America WOLA Western Outlaw-Lawman History Association ) and 15 other organizations. It is to take place at the Dirksen Senate Office Building The Dirksen Senate Office Building was the second office building constructed for members of the United States Senate in Washington, D.C. and was named after the late Minority Leader Everett Dirksen from Illinois in 1972. , with participants to include Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT), Mike Enzi (R-WY), Rep. Bill Delahunt (D-MA) and Rep. Jeff Flake (R-AZ). Army Sgt. Carlos Lazo, who is serving in Iraq but is unable to visit his sons in Cuba, will speak, as will "other victims of the travel ban, as well as Cuban-American family members and representatives of the faith community." Details: Mavis Anderson or Philip Schmidt, LAWG, Washington. Tel: (202) 546-7010. Geoff Thale or Rachel Farley, WOLA, Washington. Tel: (202) 797-2171. URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. : www.cubaactionday.org. |
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