Medical supplies and essential goods for the Cuban population exhausted by continuous power blackouts, with devastating consequences, especially in hospitals. The Italian solidarity container is arriving in Cuba.
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The initiative
The initiative is launched, as stated on the Vatican News website, by the association Seeds of Peace, which started a national campaign called “Cuba in the Heart” across Italy last March. A project that has mobilized schools, parishes, associations, and Italian institutions across the board and has now resulted in the arrival on the island of a large container full of humanitarian aid.
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Severe energy crisis
Cuba has been experiencing a severe energy crisis since mid-2024, worsened by the oil embargo imposed by the United States in January, which has led to record power outages. In recent weeks, blackouts have reached unprecedented levels, with simultaneous interruptions affecting between 70% and 72% of the country during peak demand. A situation that has also reignited protests by the population against the ruling Castro regime.
Bondi: a caress amid so much suffering
For the president of the association Luca Bondi, the initiative will be a caress for the Cuban population amid so much suffering. “They are not only useful materials for hospitals, schools, centers for the elderly and disabled,” he said, “but above all a demonstration of our closeness to a kind and peaceful people.” In short, aid that Bondi also defines as a necessary act of brotherhood and reciprocity, recalling the recent past marked by the Covid-19 epidemic, when over 50 healthcare workers arrived from Cuba to support Italian hospitals.
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