A second shipment of humanitarian aid for Cuba is being prepared in Mexico, following the arrival in Cuban territory of the Papaloapan and Isla Holbox Navy support ships, carrying more than 800 tons of products.
“Once the first shipment arrives, the ship will return and a second shipment will be made, and so it will continue to be sent,” said President Claudia Sheinbaum at her morning conference on Wednesday.
In this regard, she added that mechanisms will be put in place to facilitate the participation of civil organizations that promote solidarity collections.
“I know that there are groups in society that are organizing to collect food supplies, and they can deliver them,” she said. In this regard, she instructed the Ministry of the Interior to act as a liaison in coordination with federal authorities regarding the space available on official shipments, where this aid would be added.
She noted that “there are organizations that are calling for this collection. We are not doing so yet because we are sending what we had, in addition to the support that is normally provided through Amexcid (Mexican Agency for International Development Cooperation).”
On the other hand, the president emphasized that Mexican flights to the island have not been suspended.
FROM PEOPLE TO PEOPLE
The campaign “From town to town, let’s end the blockade,” promoted by the Militant Solidarity Collective Va por Cuba and the Association of Cuban Residents in Mexico, will be held in the Zócalo from February 14 to 22.
The initiative will not only show, once again, that the Caribbean nation is not alone in its confrontation with the blockade, but will also serve to collect food and medicine to help alleviate the consequences of this genocidal policy.
In an official statement, both organizations assured that “the Mexican people—known for their solidarity, fraternity, and historic brotherhood with the Cuban people—are responding decisively to prevent the unjust punishment” of the Greater Antilles. They also stated: “What the blockade denies, solidarity delivers,” hence every product that arrives in Cuba “breaks the imperial siege.”