Progreso, Mexico, (EFE).- The ‘Nuestra América’ (Our America) flotilla began loading essential supplies and food at Progreso port in Yucatán, southeastern Mexico, on Thursday, as it is scheduled to sail for Cuba a few hours after loading is complete.
The convoy, which is scheduled to depart Thursday afternoon and arrive in Havana on Saturday, Mar. 21, is transporting food, medicine, hygiene products, and solar panels collected by various civil society organizations to Cuba, which is currently facing economic deterioration and an ongoing embargo imposed by the United States.
During the loading process, representatives of the flotilla sharply criticized US foreign policy, citing the bombing of countries like Iran and Lebanon, the “genocide” in Palestine, and threats to nations such as Mexico, Brazil, and Colombia.
“We do not want to live in a world where a man, the president of the union, (Jeffrey) Epstein, Donald Trump, who thinks he owns the world, believes he can subject people to police control, who thinks he can kidnap presidents like Nicolás Maduro,” stated members of the delegation during a brief press statement.
The activists, for their part, emphasized the purely humanitarian nature of their actions.
“We are bringing food, medicine, solar panels, but above all, we are bringing a message. Solidarity cannot be blocked,” stressed the activists, which include the Brazilian Thiago Ávila.
They also criticized the attitude of US President Donald Trump, asserting that he is filled with “his hatred, his violence, his bombs, and his weapons.”
“The people of the world have everything else. They have solidarity; they have the history of the colonial struggle, the history of revolutions,” they added.
The mission is part of the “Nuestra América” Convoy, an international initiative aiming to deliver supplies to Cuba in response to the economic and energy crisis facing the island, which has been exacerbated by the US embargo.
During her daily press conference on Thursday morning, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum defended her support for Cuba and emphasized Mexico’s right to maintain commercial and humanitarian relations.
“We are looking at different schemes (to support Cuba), we will report soon, we are considering different possibilities,” she noted.
She also recalled that Cuba has recently experienced massive power outages “precisely due to a lack of fuel” and highlighted that the Mexican population “is in favor of supporting humanitarian aid.”
The convoy is backed by international organizations and joins other recent initiatives to support Cuba from Mexico, amid a context of renewed tensions between Washington and Havana. EFE
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