Mexico City, March 2 (Prensa Latina) Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum announced today the arrival of a second shipment of humanitarian aid from Mexico to Cuba and confirmed that shipments to the Caribbean nation will continue.
“By the way, humanitarian aid has arrived and we will continue sending aid to Cuba,” the head of the Executive Branch stated during her usual press conference.
On Saturday, the ships Papaloapan and Huasteco, of the Mexican Navy, arrived at the port of Havana with a total of 1,193 tons of food supplies, in a context marked by the tightening of the economic blockade that the United States has imposed on the island for more than six decades.
The ships had departed from the port of Veracruz on February 24 and transported food such as beans and powdered milk.
According to the Foreign Ministry, a total of 23 tons of material aid included in the shipment were delivered by various social organizations with the support of the Mexico City Government at the collection center set up in the Historic Center, and this corresponds to the first delivery.
The shipment is the second from Mexico to the island, following the arrival in Havana on February 12 of some 814 tons of basic food and hygiene items.
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