MIAMI, United States. – The campaign Saving Lives (Saving Lives) announced this week that it will hold an event ―next Saturday, July 27, at the north campus of Florida International University (FIU)― to collect humanitarian aid and advocate against the United States embargo on the island’s regime.
The event, titled “Saving Lives: From Our Hearts to Cuba,” will take place from 4:30 to 7:00 p.m. in the AC-1 room, room 194.
According to flyers distributed by Saving Lives, speakers at the event will be: Carlos Lazoorganizer of the movement Bridges of Love; Max Lesnik, from Radio Miami; and Oscar Alvarez, from YDSA at FIU; as well as representatives from various organizations such as the Democratic Socialists of America in Miami, young Palestinians studying at the Latin American School of Medicine (ELAM) in Havana.
The event seeks to raise $250,000 to send 300 or more pacemakers to Cuba, where a shortage of these devices has left heart patients in critical condition. “Cubans with heart conditions are dying or confined to hospital beds due to a lack of pacemakers to implant,” reads the event announcement.
According to Saving Lives, each pacemaker costs $500 and will be implanted by Cuban surgeons at no cost to patients.
The campaign also aims to denounce the United States economic embargo against the island’s regime and advocate for Cuba’s exit from the list of State Sponsors of Terrorism“Urge your representatives in Congress and the White House: Take Cuba off the list! It is literally a matter of life or death,” the statement reads.
The event organizers include the Miami Coalition to End the US Blockade of Cuba, Miami Caravan, Democratic Socialists of America in Miami, Miami-Dade Green Party, Antonio Maceo Brigade, Círculo Bolivariano de Miami, Casa de la Colombianidad, Code Pink and FIU YDSA.
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