Cuban-American professor and activist Carlos Lazo, leader of the Bridges of Love project, delivered a donation to the Pepe Portilla pediatric hospital in the western province of Pinar del Río, national television reported today.
Here we are those who love and found, said Lazo in his second visit this year to the hospital, accompanied on this occasion by Israel Rojas, director of the Buena Fe duo, and Spanish journalist Ana Hurtado.
The cargo, collected from U.S. territory, is valued at more than 70 thousand dollars and includes 10 thousand pounds of powdered milk, about 27 thousand surgical gloves, medicines and food, to support the recovery of Pinar del Río, hit by Hurricane Ian last September.
We continue to do our bit to help Cuba in the face of Washington's economic blockade," said the activist.
We are part of this people and thanks to the generosity of Americans, Cuban-Americans, Cuban emigrants and people of good will in the United States and around the world, we were able to achieve this burden, he said.
The solidarity gesture was also carried out by the Code Pink organization, as well as other solidarity groups.
This is an aid full of love, friendship and a gesture representative of the "shame we Americans feel with the policies of Joe Biden's administration," said Medea Benjamin, leader of Code Pink upon her arrival the day before at Havana's José Martí International Airport.
Meanwhile, Lazo reiterated his demand to the U.S. president to fulfill his electoral promises and put an end to these 60 years of economic war against the island.