Aid flotilla vessel arrives in Cuba amid US-driven energy crisis
Al Jazeera
Activists say that aid delivery is small ‘gesture of solidarity’ meant to draw attention to US energy blockade.
The first boat in a humanitarian aid flotilla has arrived in Cuba to support the island amid a worsening US energy blockade that is deepening its economic and energy crises.
A boat carrying about 30 people, including food, medicine, solar panels, and bicycles, arrived in Havana, the capital city, on Tuesday, part of the “Nuestra America” or “Our America” convoy that set out from Mexico last week.
“This type of economic warfare shouldn’t exist, this attitude of a pirate state that doesn’t respect international law,” activist Thiago Avila said of the US blockade, which Cuban authorities say has resulted in a nearly total ban on petroleum imports over the last three months.
“These ships are a drop in an ocean of need,” Avila said. “At the same time, it’s a gesture of solidarity.”
The convoy comes as US President Donald Trump and his allies continue to express their desire for regime change in Cuba, using greater energy restrictions to further degrade the Cuban economy. Trump has stated that he could “take” Cuba and select a government more amenable to US demands.
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