Solidarity campaign with Cuba collects 63 thousand euros

The Association Cuba Coopération France (CubaCoop) highlighted today that its solidarity campaign to support vulnerable sectors of the island reached 63 thousand euros and confirmed the shipment of a first container with powdered milk.

In a statement, the organization with almost 30 years of economic and social cooperation with Cuba specified that its immediate objective is to reach the 76 thousand euros collected, in order to send a second load of powdered milk, intended to alleviate the impact of the US blockade. in the population, particularly children and the elderly.

We must maintain this effort, he stressed in a message accompanied by gratitude to the people and entities that have given their contribution.

CubaCoop launched the initiative in March, inviting citizens, local authorities, public and private companies, foundations, unions, political forces and solidarity associations in France to participate.

For more than six decades, the Antillean nation has suffered the economic, commercial and financial blockade of the United States, a policy with a severe impact on all sectors of society.

According to the association, its modest campaign to contribute to the feeding of children, women and the elderly will see the first result in May, when a container with 10 tons of powdered milk will be sent, which will arrive in Cuba in mid-June.

The Cuban ambassador to France, Otto Vaillant, reiterated his gratitude for the solidarity initiative and took advantage of the opportunity to ratify the condemnation of the US blockade, which he denounced for its extraterritorial nature, in open defiance of International Law and the Charter of the United Nations.