Pastors for Peace Caravan

The U.S custom requisite five computers donated to the Cuban people by residents in Vancouver, Canada, which were given to the nation by the 21st Pastors for Peace Caravan.

“I consider is just a threatening tactic” expressed to the Canadian tabloid format newspaper The Province, the member of the Community of Solidarity with Cuba in Vancouver, Janine Solanki who accompanied the Humanitarian Caravan along other four residents in Vancouver.

The reason that U.S. officials argued for the forfeiture was that they should investigate if computers could be used for military purposes.

"Those computers are Pentium 4 with five years of use, it's a ridiculous charge," said Solanki. "This situation makes no sense because they confiscated five and 55 other computers left us"

"It's something we've seen in the past. In 1996, they confiscated 400 computers and we did a hunger strike for 94 days until they returned them because of international pressure "

This Friday the caravan from the U.S., Canada, Mexico and Europe will fly from Tampico, Mexico to Havana. Among them will be Janine Solanki, the 23 year old Canadian student who said "the U.S. economic embargo is something that hits much to the Cuban economy and therefore harmful to the Cuban people. It is illegal under international law and should stop. "

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