TOLERANCE & SOLIDARITY .
An article from Cuban News Agency (translation by CPNN)
A contingent of more than one hundred activists, representing some 50 solidarity, political, and labor organizations from 17 countries, arrived Tuesday night at Havana’s José Martí International Airport with about five tons of medical supplies and other essential items.
This gesture of support for Cuba is part of the European leg of the Nuestra América (Our America) convoy, from which other groups will arrive in the coming days from different geographical areas, carrying similar cargo intended to alleviate the current tensions caused by the intensification of the policy of maximum suffocation applied by the United States government against Cuba.
Rigoberto Zarza, director for Europe at the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples, explained that the shipment, valued at approximately 500,000 euros, will be distributed in coordination with Cuban institutions to four hospitals in Havana.
He specified that the initiative was coordinated by the Italian Agency for Cultural and Economic Exchange with Cuba and the call from the Progressive International, which resonated across various platforms. This allowed for the collection of contributions from some 700 individuals and several solidarity groups in Europe, with representation from Morocco and Algeria in North Africa.
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He praised this action as being of great importance, not only for its material significance at this time from a medical and humanitarian perspective, but also for its awareness of the particularly complex energy situation facing the archipelago, which is also reflected in the shipment of photovoltaic systems
Belgian MEP Marc Botenga defined the presence on the island in these circumstances as a duty of solidarity with Cuba, which is a victim of Washington’s criminal policy of strangulation and which has historically offered its support to the rest of the world in other particularly delicate episodes.
He recalled the presence of the Cuban medical brigade in Italy during the peak of the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic and how its healthcare professionals played a decisive role in containing the virus in Italy.
“We are here to remind you that Cuba is not alone, that we stand with you from our countries and return this great solidarity!” he emphasized.
French MEP Emma Fourreau insisted that the first thing to do for the cause of the Caribbean nation is to speak about it throughout the world and how it is affected by the economic war being waged against it.
She pointed out that by experiencing the Cuban reality firsthand, they can be spokespeople for this struggle at the international level.
“The most important thing is to listen and learn what Cubans have to say; this is a first step, a symbolic action that will attract the attention of the rest of the world,” she concluded.
The Cuban ambassador to Italy, Jorge Luis Cepero, went to Rome’s Fiumicino Airport on Tuesday to see off the members of the European Solidarity Convoy as they departed for Havana.
In statements to reporters at the airport, the diplomat emphasized the significance of the gesture, a demonstration of the close ties of friendship between the people of Italy and Cuba, and of the strong rejection in Italy of the genocidal economic, commercial, and financial blockade imposed by the United States against the island.
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