Defend the Latin American medical school students
Following is a message from IFCO/Pastors for
Peace.
The new Treasury Department regulations about
Cuba travel threaten the legal status of the U.S. students at
the Latin American School of Medicine.
Please join us right now in defending the students!
Our friends and allies in the Congres sional Black Caucus
and other members of Congress have been putting some serious
pressure on the Bush administration to protect the LASM
students' right to study in Cuba on full scholarship.
We understand that the possibility of a special exemption
that will apply to the students at the Latin American School of
Medicine is currently under consideration--which is why we need
you to call as soon as possible.
Call Kevin Whitaker, director, Cuba Desk, State Department:
202-647-9272; and Richard Newcomb, director, Office of Foreign
Assets Control, U.S. Treasury Department: 202-266-2510.
Insist that the students (present and future) in the
scholarship program at the Latin American School of Medicine be
given a special exemption from the Cuba travel restrictions, so
that they can continue studying, become physicians, and return
home to serve as doctors in their communities.
Keep calling--send it out to your friends and email lists.
Let them know we care about freedom to travel and freedom to
study!
For more information, visit www.ifconews.org.
Reprinted from the July 8, 2004, issue of
Workers World newspaper
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