Hurricane Ike update, God help Cuba

The latest news has Cuba taking a direct hit, and it's been upgraded to a Catagory 3. As Firefly commented in another post, any donations we give to charitable organizations are confiscated by the regime and never make it to the Cuban people who need them. So what is there to do besides pray? This is making me crazy...

Again, borrowing from Firefly's comment, tell them this and ask them to intercede on behalf of the CUBAN PEOPLE:
It’s customary for the Cuban government to give charitable contributions they receive to other countries affected by Hurricanes. During Katrina all contributions made to CARITAS and other non-profit organizations were diverted to Jamaica and Haiti “from the Cuban government.” This is how they work their propaganda machine. Several years ago donations of milk and other perishables made by the Spanish government were sold in the “tiendas para divisas” in DOLLARS. Ask the UN to apply pressure on Cuba (as they did in Meynar) to accept foreign aid from the U.S. and the E.U. Otherwise, those in need will NEVER see any of it.

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs - The Americas and the Caribbean:

ReliefWeb New York
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
United Nations
New York, NY 10017, USA
Tel. +1.212.963.1234

The White House:

The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500

Phone Numbers

Comments: 202-456-1111
Switchboard: 202-456-1414
FAX: 202-456-2461
E-Mail: comments@whitehouse.gov

United States Mission to the United Nations:

Mailing Address:
Press and Public Diplomacy Section
United States Mission to the United Nations
140 East 45th Street
New York, N.Y. 10017

Press inquiries and opinions: 212-415-4050
Fax: 212-415-4053
Email: USUNPublicAffairs@state.gov

Posted by Ziva at September 6, 2008 03:25 PM

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