The cargo of a third ship carrying aid sent by Venezuela, within the framework of ALBA-TCP, began to be unloaded this Thursday in Santiago de Cuba to assist in the recovery efforts following Hurricane Melissa. The supplies include machinery, materials for the construction and repair of homes, bridges, and roads, as well as mattresses and other essential items.

The ship arrived at the Guillermón Moncada Port in the province of Santiago de Cuba. There, local authorities are coordinating the unloading of the supplies, which will be distributed immediately to the areas affected by the storm.

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These operations are being carried out continuously for 22 hours a day, including night shifts, to expedite the delivery of aid. This effort is part of the Cuban government’s response to the emergency.

This aid comes in addition to that sent in previous weeks, when Venezuela and the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America – Peoples’ Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP) sent shipments of approximately 8,000 tons of aid to affected families.

With this initiative, the Governments of Cuba and Venezuela reiterate their commitment to mutual support in addressing common challenges, both climatic and geopolitical, and ensuring the well-being of their people.

Hurricane Melissa struck the eastern region of the Caribbean nation on October 29, causing extensive material damage but no fatalities.

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This Thursday, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez met with Domiciano Graterol, Venezuela’s Vice Minister of Public Works, who is leading a group of Venezuelan specialists who arrived in eastern Cuba to assist in the assessment and reconstruction of damaged road infrastructure.

From the “Plaza de la Revolución Mayor General Antonio Maceo Grajales” Monumental Complex, Díaz-Canel stated that the presence of these young people in Cuba, ready to provide technical and construction assistance, “is related to the brotherhood and friendship between two peoples, between two revolutions.”

The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba reflected that both countries are facing a common situation: “a provocative U.S. military presence in the Caribbean, which threatens the Bolivarian Revolution and undermines the security of the region.”

President Díaz-Canel noted that this fraternal hand “is an example of the types of relationships that are more common in today’s world and are based on pressure, deception, and coercion.” Photo: Estudios Revolución

Amid these conditions, Venezuela, “with an altruistic gesture,” is sending its citizens to work on the island. Díaz-Canel also highlighted Cuba’s cooperation with Venezuela “in the midst of a situation of intensified blockade.”

After the meeting, Vice Minister Graterol reported on the progress of the work, which includes a “point-by-point” review of roads, bridges, and more than one hundred thousand homes affected in the five eastern provinces.

The Venezuelan official explained that the work is divided into three phases: the first, an evaluation phase, has already been completed; the second, to connect the most important crossings between the towns, has also been completed; and the third, focused on specific bridge, road section, and housing projects. The machinery and materials needed for this phase arrived with the recent arrival of the ship.

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