On July 31, Pastors for Peace wrapped up their latest “Friendshipment Caravan” to Cuba. During their 10-day sojourn on the island, caravan co-directors Gail Walker and Luis Barrios told Prensa Latina that “the continuity of the solidarity movement with Cuba is a must for people with conscience.”
The Rev. Luis Barrios, Ph.D., is a liberation theologian and co-director of Pastors for Peace with Gail Walker, daughter of Pastors for Peace founder Rev. Lucius Walter, a former associate general secretary of the National Council of Churches. In 2000, Rev. Walker formed a national committee to return Elian Gonzalez, then only six years old, to Cuba. When Cuban dictator Fidel Castro visited New York, the Rev. Walker arranged his meetings. Rev. Walker died in 2010 but this year’s caravan paid him tribute and got a reward in return.
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