Mexico City, Mexico — Mexico has sent more than 800 tons of humanitarian aid to Cuba by sea. The people of Mexico maintain their tradition of solidarity with the peoples of Latin America, and particularly with the people of Cuba.
Mexico has always provided assistance to sister nations in need. In recent months, Mexico has sent aid to various countries that have required support. Those include the wildfires in California, the United States and Chile, the floods in Texas, and the tragedies caused by natural disasters in several nations across the continent.
The Secretariat of the Navy reported humanitarian aid has been sent to the Republic of Cuba aboard the Logistics Support Ships Papaloapan and Isla Holbox.
Both ships departed from the port of Veracruz with a cargo of more than 814 tons of food supplies destined for the civilian population of the island of Cuba.
The supplies from the Central Naval Region were concentrated at the dock of the National Port System Administration (Asipona) Veracruz, from where the corresponding shipment was made.
The Papaloapan Ship transported essential food items including liquid milk, meat products, cookies, beans, rice, tuna, sardines and vegetable oil. Personal hygiene items with a cargo of around 536 tons of these goods was also included.
Meanwhile, on the Isla Holbox ship, just over 277 tons of powdered milk were loaded for the same purpose.
It is important to note that the Papaloapan vessel departed from the Port of Veracruz at 8:00 a.m. Sunday and the Isla Holbox vessel at noon. Both vessels arrived Wednesday night.
The Secretariat of the Navy said another shipment of 1,500 tons of powdered milk and beans are still pending.
The Government of Mexico reaffirms the humanist principles and solidarity that guide it, as well as its commitment to international cooperation among nations, especially with those who, in situations of emergency and vulnerability, require humanitarian aid.
Cuba and Mexico are sister nations, heirs to a long history of solidarity that we honor today.
