End the Cuba blockade: Father Michael Lapsley's urgent plea to Trump
Father Michael Lapsley, a Cape Town priest and anti-apartheid activist, calls on the US to end its blockade of Cuba, highlighting the severe power cuts affecting the island and the humanitarian crisis it has caused.
Father Michael Lapsley, a Cape Town priest who lost both hands to a letter bomb during apartheid, has urged the United States to end its embargo on Cuba. The shortage of oil in Cuba is causing severe power cuts, blackouts, and economic damage, with $8 billion lost over the past year. Lapsley, who is visiting Havana, will address a colloquium celebrating 100 years since Fidel Castro's birth, the leader of the Cuban revolution.
His address, titled "I Am a Fidelist," emphasizes the positive impact of the Cuban revolution, particularly in healthcare, and criticizes the US blockade, calling it a violation of international law and energy starvation.
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