U.S. activists sent 40,000 pounds of humanitarian aid to Cuba for the victims of Hurricane Ian, which destroyed infrastructure and homes in the western part of the island last September.
The shipment, from the port of Everglades, Florida, will arrive at the port of Mariel, Cuba, and includes corrugated iron roofing, concrete, electrical plants, windows, plywood, drills and other essential items.
The donation is made possible by the collaboration of associations such as the ANSWER Coalition, The People's Forum, the National Hostosian Independence Movement of Puerto Rico, the Alianza Martiana, the Cuba-Western Sydney Solidarity Committee (Australia), and the Mexico Solidarity Network of the United States.
A press release from the Hatuey project, which groups several of these organizations in solidarity with Cuba, pointed out that this entity managed to receive an export license from the Department of Commerce, and had previously transferred to the island an emergency shipment of special medicines for people burned in the fire at the Matanzas Supertanker Base on August 5.