Two Mexican Navy ships docked this Saturday in Havana Bay with a second shipment of humanitarian aid for the island, with 1,200 tons of food, sent to alleviate the worsening crisis in Cuba. for the US oil siege
The logistical support ships Papalopan and Huasteco, which left Veracruz this Tuesday, entered shortly before eight in the morning through the narrow mouth of the capital’s bay with local technical help, so very similar to the first shipment weeks ago.
“At this moment, a ship of the Mexican Navy makes its entry into Havana with the help of the Government and the brother people of Mexico for the people of Cuba. Thank you!” wrote the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba, Josefina Vidal, on social networks.
The Papaloapan carried 1,078 tons of beans and powdered milk, while the Huasteco transported 92 tons of beans, in addition to 23 tons of “various foodstuffs,” which were collected by different social organizations with support from the Government of Mexico City.
The Mexican Foreign Ministry announced this Tuesday the decision to send a second humanitarian aid package to Cuba, which follows the one announced on February 12, with more than 814 tons of food and hygiene products.
The president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, has reiterated that her Government will maintain support for the island with food, but without including oil, after a blockade promoted by Washington and the threat of tariffs on countries that supply crude oil to Cuba.
The Mexican Government framed this new shipment in a “tradition of solidarity” with Latin American countries and, in particular, with Cuba, and maintained that in recent months it also sent aid to other parts of the continent affected by emergencies, such as the fires in California, the United States and Chile, as well as the floods in Texas.
The receipt of the shipment has not been public, nor was it the first, compared to what is usually common in Cuba when allied or friendly countries make a solidarity shipment.
