Spanish campaign sends aid to Cuba amid US blockade

The Spanish initiative 'Rumbo a Cuba' is delivering vital aid to Cuba, including photovoltaic equipment and medical supplies for a pediatric hospital. Miguel Urbán, coordinator of the campaign, stated that the Cuban people are demonstrating heroism in the face of what he described as the United States' "medieval" oil blockade and other measures.

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who is doing something heroic is the Cuban people

Urbán, a former Spanish Member of the European Parliament, likened the US actions to Israel's blockade of Gaza, cutting off essential services. He criticized European governments for not taking concrete steps to dismantle the blockade, despite voting against it. The campaign, supported by over 150 social, union, and political organizations, along with the humanitarian group Open Arms, aims to bolster the energy autonomy of the Juan Manuel Márquez pediatric hospital's intensive care unit.

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who is doing something heroic and who is doing something extraordinary is the Cuban people day by day

The aid, arriving on the Open Arms sailboat 'Astral,' includes solar panels and batteries intended to provide approximately ten hours of uninterrupted electricity for the ICU. This aims to prevent situations where medical staff are forced to manually assist patients with oxygen. Urbán stressed that the initiative is an act of "basic justice," funded entirely through self-management and the contributions of over 4,000 donors, with a total collection exceeding 160,000 euros. He asserted that the campaign was born from a decision to act when governments failed, embodying the principle that "only the people save the people."

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If our governments did nothing, we would do it ourselves because we understood that only the people save the people