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A shipment of humanitarian aid sent by the European Union (EU) arrived in Cuba for the victims of Hurricane Melissa.
“We thank the European Union for its willingness to send and deliver humanitarian aid to those affected by Hurricane Melissa in eastern #Cuba. Their support aids the recovery efforts that our government is undertaking in the impacted areas,” wrote Cuban regime Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parilla on X.
In early November, the EU announced it would allocate 125 tons of humanitarian aid, valued at over $500,000, for the response to Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica, Cuba, and Haiti.
The contents of this shipment that arrived in Cuba were not specified.
In the face of state inefficiency and a lack of resources, international assistance and civil society have become the means to help those who lost everything.
The EU's donation also adds to the solidarity provided by other countries, such as the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, and Colombia, as well as by the United Nations. However, the magnitude of the crisis exceeds the willingness of those offering help from abroad.
In a country where the infrastructure is collapsing and the State shows an inability to care for the most vulnerable, the arrival of this shipment highlights both the urgent need facing Cuba and the growing dependence of the population on international cooperation.
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