A ship carrying about 100 tons of meals and provides arrived in Cuba from Colombia on Friday as a part of humanitarian support despatched by a number of nations to Cuba amid the continued US power embargo.
The ship, which left Cartagena in early June, crossed the Havana Bay Strait within the early morning, flying the Colombian flag and being escorted by a small Cuban auxiliary vessel.
Colombia’s Presidential Company for Worldwide Cooperation stated the shipments, ordered by President Gustavo Petro, included non-perishable meals, medication, hospital provides, electrical supplies and photo voltaic panels.
The ship additionally carried seven tons of provides collected by solidarity teams.
Final weekend, one other ship arrived in Havana from Mexico and Belize carrying 1,700 tons of important items.
Sanctions in opposition to Cuba
The US authorities introduced sanctions on Cuba’s state-run oil and fuel firm on Thursday, in what was anticipated to be an escalation in tensions between the 2 nations.
The announcement got here almost per week after the U.S. authorities sanctioned Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel and different officers and a number of other establishments.
Cuba is already struggling beneath a decades-long embargo and oil shortages as america continues to push for modifications in its financial and political mannequin.
Energy outages, already frequent given the financial and power disaster that has gripped the island over the previous 5 years, have intensified since President Trump in late January threatened to impose tariffs on nations that promote or present oil to Cuba.
The Cuban authorities introduced Wednesday that the U.S. oil blockade that has crippled the island is stopping the United Nations from distributing 170 containers of humanitarian support.
Cuba’s Overseas Minister Bruno Rodríguez stated 170 containers of U.N. support value $6.3 million (5.4 million euros) “haven’t reached the beneficiaries on account of gas shortages.”
Writing in X, he harassed that the blockade “not solely hinders the efficiency of the Cuban financial system” but in addition impacts the work of worldwide organizations.
Each nations have acknowledged that they’ve held talks, however the scope of the talks is unclear.
In the meantime, President Trump has continued to threaten army motion in Cuba for the reason that U.S. army invaded Venezuela and arrested former President Nicolas Maduro.
President Trump stated final Thursday that Cuba had “form of collapsed” and that as quickly because the army operation in Iran “is over, we’ll take care of it.”
