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A shipment of nearly six tons of food from Venezuela arrived in Havana last Wednesday as part of the solidarity campaign "Love is Paid with Love," coordinated between the Simón Bolívar Institute for Peace and Solidarity among Peoples and the Venezuela-Cuba Friendship and Solidarity Movement.
This marks the sixth shipment since the campaign was launched on February 25, raising the total of food, medicine, and medical supplies that have arrived on the island this year under this initiative to over 34 tons, which involves more than 40 Venezuelan social and popular movements, reported the embassy of that country in Havana.
The aid is primarily intended for hospitals, medical offices, and Cuban homes, according to a report from the Venezuelan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the note emphasizes.
On April 26, a shipment of 25 tons of food and medicine also arrived.
Shipments are coordinated through collection centers in all 24 Venezuelan states and are transported by the airline Conviasa.
These donations arrive amidst an unprecedented food crisis in Cuba. A survey published this Tuesday revealed that one in three Cuban households reported hunger in 2025, an increase of 9.3 percentage points compared to the previous year.
As of April 2026, 96.91% of the population lacked adequate access to food, according to the Food Monitor Program.
The provinces of Granma and Guantánamo report the highest levels of food insecurity, with 78.9% and 78.7% respectively, more than double the national average. Five provinces are at critical levels of food survival, according to recent reports.
Venezuela is not the only ally of the regime that has sent aid. Russia delivered a donation of medicines in April, and Mexico dispatched nearly 1,200 tons of food in February.
Meanwhile, the UN launched an emergency plan of $94.1 million to assist two million people in 63 Cuban municipalities, having raised only $26.2 million by mid-April.
The Venezuelan government and the movements promoting the campaign attribute the crisis to the U.S. embargo, a narrative that the Cuban regime also supports.
Independent organizations, on the other hand, point to the structural factors of the economic model imposed by over six decades of communist dictatorship as the root cause.
Blanca Eekhout, president of the Simón Bolívar Institute, stated at the launch of the campaign: "The children of Simón Bolívar will not leave Cuba alone, because our America is one. The destiny of one is the destiny of all, and the destiny will be one of victory, unity, solidarity, and love."
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