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The flotillaOur America convoy” set sail from Mexico within the course of Cuba. The goal is break the power block imposed in current months by the United States and convey solidarity support to the island. In complete there are three boats which are a part of the mission. The first, by motor, left from the city of Progreso and is anticipated to reach on the afternoon of Saturday 21 March in Havana, native time. The different two crusing boats, which set sail from Isla Mujeres, ought to as a substitute arrive on the coasts of the Cuban capital on March 23.

Who is on board the flotilla

There are additionally 4 Italians on board the boats: Martina Steinwurzel, Umberto Cerutti e Paul Tangarymembers of the European Convoy, the European part of the Italian-led expedition by means of Aicec (Cultural and Economic Exchange Agency with Cuba), along with a consultant of the Camalli of Genoa, José Nivoi. «Today we loaded a few hundred photo voltaic panels, important for properties and colleges, in addition to roughly 50 tons of products amongst rice, oats, beans and medicines already saved. Now we’re ending arranging the final issues and ending the upkeep and we’ll depart quickly” declared before departure Nivoi, a Calp Usb activist who participated in the Gaza Flotilla in September. «We don’t yet know when we will arrive because we have to understand how many miles the cargo travels. However, we will always keep within the national waters of Mexico and Cuba without crossing the line for avoid US intervention. Our route will be the same one followed by Che Guevara with the Granma, which is why we wanted to rename our ship.” The reference is to the Granma 2.0 freighter, the primary vessel of the Flotilla.

Solidarity with Cuba

Meanwhile right now, in view of the departure of the convoy by sea in Genoa, an initiative was held solidarity with Cuba hosted by the San Bernardo membership and arranged by Usb, Calp and the Italia Cuba affiliation with interventions by among the a whole bunch of volunteers and activists. In current weeks, the grassroots union launched the “A drug for Cuba” marketing campaign with which they’ve already been raised 25 thousand euros of medicine. The convoy has partly already arrived in Cuba by air 19 international locationsgreater than 50 associations and collectives, 13 political and commerce union actions e 4 MEPsand has already contributed to the supply of greater than that 5 tons of medicines and medical provides. The mission’s first actions have already concerned the distribution of medicines and primary requirements to Cuban well being services.