The Mexican Navy, acting as the Coast Guard, activated Plan Marina this Thursday to deploy search and rescue operations to locate two sailboats with nine crew members of different nationalities. The vessels departed Mexico on March 20th bound for Cuba, carrying humanitarian aid, and there is currently no information or confirmation of their arrival.

Activists from the “Nuestra América” ​​Convoy expressed their desire for genuine dialogue between the United States and Cuba, during a visit in which they arrived on the island bearing humanitarian aid to help counter the economic blockade affecting the country.

Representatives of the United Nations are holding talks with the United States government to facilitate the shipment of fuel for humanitarian purposes to Cuba, amid the serious energy crisis facing the island as a result of the oil embargo imposed by President Donald Trump, the spokesperson for the Secretary-General of the organization, Stéphane Dujarric, reported this Tuesday.

A week of action in defense of Cuba begins this Sunday in the United States, organized by the National Network on Cuba (NNOC), comprised of more than 70 organizations that condemn the intensified blockade and threats against the Caribbean nation.