To get much-needed (and very legal) humanitarian aid to Cuba, MCC had to spend months navigating a complicated web of regulations, worsened by confusion around those regulations. @PaulicyCarroll and Bonnie Klassen on the role of US sanctions in Cuba's humanitarian crisis ๐
Whatever oneโs views on the role of #Cuba's economic policies in its current crises, the impact of US sanctions has been unmistakably severe.
From @PaulicyCarroll & Bonnie Klassen: https://t.co/I9M5vhGKcc
"The Cuban people are truly experiencing very difficult times," MCC partners in Cuba tell us. Sanctions and travel restrictions limit engagement between families and faith partners and restrict access to basic items like food and hygiene items. Sign and share!
"La paz no se limita, entonces, a poner fin a los disparos ni a los conflictos; implica procesos sociales como el que estamos viviendo y frente al cual la Iglesia menonita se ha puesto del lado del pueblo."
#Colombia
Mi columna en @elespectador sobre el aporte de los menonitas ante la crisis.
La paz depende de "la capacidad de imaginarnos en una red de relaciones que incluya a nuestros enemigos", ha dicho Juan Pablo Lederach
@EEColombia2020
https://t.co/oVwb8cc7qV