More than 5 tons of humanitarian help transported by the European Convoy to Cuba have arrived on the airport in Havana. The packages have been loaded onto vehicles and might be delivered to the hospitals within the capital. The island has been wanting vitality for weeks because of the tightening of the oil embargo imposed by the United States.
The mission
Over 5 tons of medicines, a world delegation made up of activists, social, commerce union and political organizations from throughout Europe and the participation of 4 European MEPs: the Italians Ilaria Salis and Mimmo Lucano, the French Emma Fourreau and the Belgian Marc Botenga. The delegates of the European Convoy for Cuba left on the morning of March 18 from Fiumicino and Malpensa airports, kicking off one other essential part of the Let Cuba Breathe marketing campaign, an initiative promoted by Aicec – Italian Agency for Foreign Trade with Cuba, which represents the European mobilization of Nuestra América Convoy to Cuba, the worldwide motion born to ship humanitarian help to the island and strengthen worldwide solidarity with the Cuban inhabitants.
“The objective is to overcome the economic blockade and restrictions imposed by the United States on the country: a situation that is pushing the Cuban population to the limit,” the promoters of the marketing campaign clarify in a observe.
«The departure of the Convoy marks the results of a primary part of nice mobilization – we learn once more within the observe -. In only a few weeks, the fundraising promoted by the Let Cuba Breathe marketing campaign promoted by Aicec has exceeded 45 thousand euros in donations, because of the contribution of huge organizations – together with Progressive International, Sinistra Italiana, CGIL and Fiom – but additionally to the participation of over 700 small donors, residents and activists who’ve determined to contribute on to the sending of humanitarian help to Cuba. All the sources collected have been used and can proceed for use to finance the acquisition and cargo of medical supplies meant for the well being system Cuban.”
A concrete network of solidarity with Cuba is growing
«The European Convoy demonstrates that a concrete network of solidarity with Cuba is growing throughout Europe. In just a few weeks we managed to mobilize dozens of social organisations, trade unions, political representatives and hundreds of citizens. This first trip is just the beginning: we will continue to support the Convoy and send humanitarian aid from Europe to Cuba whenever possible, strengthening an international solidarity that rejects the isolation imposed by the embargo”, declare the organizers of Let Cuba Breathe.
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