Nicaragua sends 729 tons of food to Cuba

Published 2021년 9월 3일

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Nicaragua has dispatched a shipment of 729 tons of food, including beans and vegetable oil, to Cuba via the "Augusto C. Sandino" merchant ship from the Arlen Siu port. This is the second shipment to Cuba, following a similar one in August, as both countries continue to experience challenges, including food shortages and economic crises exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The shipment is expected to arrive at Mariel port on September 7 and has been appreciated by the Cuban ambassador to Nicaragua. The countries have enjoyed a close relationship under the leadership of Daniel Ortega, particularly in the framework of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of America.

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EFE.- Nicaragua sent a ship with 729 tons of food to Cuba on Friday to support its shortage of provisions, medicines and other basic products, accentuated because of the covid-19 pandemic, the Government reported. The Nicaraguan merchant ship "Augusto C. Sandino" set sail in the morning from the Arlen Siu port, in the Nicaraguan Caribbean, with 30 containers, of which 25 were loaded with beans and five with vegetable oil, according to official information. Nicaraguan authorities expect the shipment to arrive at Mariel port, in northwestern Cuba, on the 7th. The Cuban ambassador to Nicaragua, Juan Carlos Hernández, thanked the Government of Managua for its support. “Thank you Nicaragua! For the support at the necessary time, for sharing bread and giving lessons of peace and love, so necessary in this unequal world, "the Cuban diplomat published on his social networks. Read: Variante Mu arrives in Guatemala, first two cases detected This is the second shipment of food that Nicaragua ...

Source: Forbescentroamerica