Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, today welcomed and expressed his gratitude to the advance group of the “Nuestra América” Convoy.
Through his official account on the social network X, the Cuban leader stated: “Solidarity always returns to those who practice it with no interest other than human well-being. THANK YOU.”
“An advance group of solidarity groups and individuals from many parts of the world—united in the #ConvoyNuestraAmérica—has now arrived in #Cuba. They bring shipments of aid to counter the attempt to suffocate us. Once again, the tenderness of the peoples is welcome. Solidarity always returns to those who practice it with no interest other than human well-being. THANK YOU. #CubaNoEstáSola”
The contingent, which arrived this Tuesday evening at José Martí International Airport, forms part of the European section of the convoy. It is composed of representatives from some 50 solidarity organizations, political groups, and trade union and workers’ collectives from 17 countries, with additional representation from Morocco and Algeria in North Africa.
Rigoberto Zarza, Director for Europe at the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP), detailed that the shipment—valued at approximately 500,000 euros—will be distributed, in coordination with Cuban institutions, to four hospitals in the capital.
The initiative was coordinated by the Agency for Cultural and Economic Exchange with Cuba (Italy) and the call issued by the Progressive International; it successfully gathered contributions from some 700 individuals acting in a personal capacity, as well as from various European solidarity collectives. Zarza deemed this initiative to be of great importance—not only for what it materially represents at this moment from a medical and humanitarian standpoint, but also for the recognition it demonstrates regarding the particularly complex situation the archipelago is currently facing in the energy sector, a reality further underscored by the shipment of photovoltaic systems.
In the coming days, additional groups from various geographic regions are expected to arrive in Cuba, bringing similar shipments intended to alleviate the current strains caused by the intensification of the “maximum suffocation” policy being implemented by the United States government against the largest island of the Antilles.
IMAGE CREDIT: ACN Editorial Staff | Photo: @DiazCanelB
[ SOURCE: AGENCIA CUBANA DE NOTICIAS ]
