Mexico donates 100 tons of meat to Cuba in support of families affected by Hurricane Oscar.

The Mexican Embassy in Cuba, together with the Mexican company Richmeat, has donated 100 tons of meat to families affected after Hurricane Oscar passed through the eastern area of the Island.

In a post shared on the social network X (formerly Twitter), the Embassy of Mexico in Cuba asserts that "the Cuban people are not alone" and declares its unconditional support for the dictatorship of Miguel Díaz-Canel. "United, today and always."

This was not the only post from the Mexican diplomatic delegation in Cuba. There were more comments in the same pamphlet-like tone: "Solidarity in action," "Together we will overcome this challenge," the Embassy of Mexico adds to the propaganda of the shipment of 100 tons of meat to families affected after the passage of Hurricane Oscar.

The cyclone left at least seven dead in Guantánamo, although other testimonies suggest that these figures may be conservative because the actual numbers would exceed 76 missing in the floods. This does not account for the substantial material damages. Many families have lost everything they had in a country where it is expensive and difficult to replace appliances and household items in the short term.

According to the Mexican newspaper La Jornada, the donation made by the Mexican Embassy in Cuba and the Mexican company Richmeat, the first to invest in the Mariel Special Development Zone, consists of 250,000 packages of 400 grams each of seasoned ground meat, which can be used to prepare 750,000 servings of food.

The Mexican newspaper adds that the donation will leave this Friday for Guantánamo in five refrigerated trucks and will be delivered to the delegation of the Ministry of Domestic Trade this Saturday so they can distribute it to the population. It remains to be seen if, as has happened on other occasions, the Cuban authorities sell the donation instead of distributing it for free among those affected by Hurricane Oscar.

According to Marcos Rodríguez Costa, Mexico's ambassador to Cuba, "the donation is a worthy example of the deep relationship" between the two countries.

According to the Cuban News Agency, Richmeat produces about 3,000 metric tons of ground meat monthly and in 2023 had more than 160 workers. A pioneer in establishing itself in Mariel, it started its journey with only 30 jobs. It has grown since 2019, despite the fact that the quality of its product does not convince Cubans.

Richmeat also produces sausages under the brand "Favorita" and other meat products that are sold in dollars in stores operated by the military-business conglomerate GAESA.

The Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum, from the ruling party Morena, has shown in her first days in office where her foreign policy will head. Alongside vetoing the King of Spain, Felipe VI, at her inauguration for not apologizing for what happened five centuries ago, she is one of the few countries that has sided with the dictatorship of Díaz-Canel after the widespread blackouts, the protests on the Island, and the damage caused by Hurricane Oscar.