According to the coordinator of the group, Carlos Lazo, the boy, after living for a time in the state of Texas with his brothers, “had the misfortune of suffering a catastrophic accident that left him immobile and unconscious for months.” In that demarcation he underwent surgery and was treated in a hospital, but specialists considered the patient hopeless because his chances of recovering and surviving are slim, the activist added on his official Facebook account.
Lazo said the young man’s mother, who lives in Cuba, as well as his brothers, contacted Puentes de Amor to help manage his repatriation, to see the possibility of him receiving medical attention on the island.
“After several days of long travel to Texas, where members of the project picked him up and transported him to the city of Miami, this afternoon, we just landed in Cuba with the boy,” the Cuban resident professor emphasized in his publication in Seattle.
The coordinator of the initiative conveyed his thanks to the American doctors who initially treated the injured man, to his brothers, who took care of him since he left the hospital, and to all the people who in one way or another made this reunification trip possible.
In turn, Lazo conveyed his gratitude to the authorities in Havana, the Department of Attention to Cubans Residing Abroad, and the Cuban embassy here, “for becoming aware of this case and facilitating the documentation and procedures quickly, as well as how to coordinate in Cuba the reception and medical attention of the patient”.
Every month Puentes de Amor convenes solidarity caravans that, among other demands, defend the family reunification program, the sending of remittances and trips to Cuba, affected by the more than 240 measures imposed during the mandate of Donald Trump (2017-2021) and that are still valid.
They also collect donations to buy products such as powdered milk and then bring them to pediatric hospitals, day care centers and nursing homes on the island.
The platform supports the growing network of solidarity with Havana within the United States, which demands that the Joe Biden administration return to the path of understanding between the two countries and demands that the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by Washington be lifted more than six years ago. decades.
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