Mexico reaffirmed the humanistic principles and the solidarian vocation that guide it, as well as its commitment to international cooperation among peoples, especially with those who, in situations of emergency and vulnerability, require humanitarian aid, the Mexican Foreign Ministry emphasized.
In turn, the Chilean government announced on Thursday that it will make a contribution to the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) to collaborate with Cuba.
Buenos Aires, February 13 (NA) -- After the President of the United States, Donald Trump, warned about the possible application of tariffs on countries that supply oil to Cuba, two Mexican Navy ships with humanitarian aid arrived at the Caribbean island with more than 814 tons of food destined for the civilian population.
The Secretariat of Foreign Relations (SRE) of Mexico indicated in a statement that at the request of President Claudia Sheinbaum and in compliance with the country's solidarity tradition, the Secretariat of the Navy transported the cargo aboard the Logistic Support Ships Papaloapan and Isla Holbox, which departed from the port of Veracruz on February 8.
As the Argentine News Agency was able to find out, the Papaloapan ship transported approximately 536 tons of basic necessities, including liquid milk, meat products, cookies, beans, rice, tuna in water, sardines, and vegetable oil, as well as personal hygiene items.
The support will be channeled through the Chilean Fund against Hunger and Poverty of the International Cooperation Agency for Development (AGCID), the Chilean Foreign Ministry reported in a statement.
In this sense, it stated that Chile "expresses solidarity with the Cuban people and the humanitarian catastrophe they are experiencing, a situation that has been aggravated by the tightening of the economic and energy blockade the country is facing".
In this context, the Nuestra América flotilla (an international coalition of social movements, humanitarian groups, and unions) will depart from the Caribbean next month with a group of volunteers and will carry food, medicine, and essential supplies to the island.
From Argentina, so far the only initiative to help Cuba corresponds to the House of Argentine-Cuban Friendship, which organizes the sending of resources to the island.
