HAVANA: The debate over normalizing U.S. relations with Cuba made its way to the Roanoke Valley over the holiday weekend. The “Pastors for Peace Friendship Caravan to Cuba” is delivering donated school and other supplies to Cuba. The Caravan and its supporters cheer the recent restoration of diplomatic relations, and they now urge a lifting of the long-standing trade embargo. Critics say doing so would wrongly legitimize the Castro regime in the eyes of the world.
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