City Councilman Takes Medical Supplies to Cuba
City Councilman William Paparian arrived in Cuba on Thursday with more than $150,000 in medical supplies collected by a Los Angeles relief organization for hospitals.
Paparian’s frequent visits to Cuba began two years ago while he was mayor and have ignited controversy among local conservatives.
The former mayor said he is participating in a humanitarian mission to save the lives of Cuba’s children. Paparian, who has advocated that Congress lift the three-decade-old Cuban embargo, delivered another package of supplies earlier this year.
Today Paparian was scheduled to be a guest lecturer at the Center for U.S. Studies at the University of Havana.
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