{"id":15084,"date":"2026-02-10T10:46:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T15:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/?p=15084"},"modified":"2026-02-10T10:56:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T15:56:35","slug":"cuban-president-diaz-canel-thanks-mexico-for-its-humanitarian-aid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/cuban-president-diaz-canel-thanks-mexico-for-its-humanitarian-aid\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuban President D\u00edaz-Canel Thanks Mexico for its Humanitarian Aid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15079\" src=\"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/mex-ship.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/mex-ship.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/mex-ship-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/mex-ship-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/mex-ship-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/mex-ship-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/>Guantanamo.- Cuban President Miguel D\u00edaz-Canel thanked Mexico for sending more than 814 tons of humanitarian aid, amid the tightening of the US blockade against the Caribbean nation.<\/p>\n<p>D\u00edaz-Canel expressed his deep gratitude, highlighting the warmth and historical affection that unites both nations. The Cuban president appreciated Mexico\u2019s support at a time when intensifying external pressures are seeking to strangle the island\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n<p>The Cuban leader emphasized that this solidarity comes in a critical context of shortages, reaffirming that Mexican support represents significant relief for Cuban families enduring the impact of coercive measures.<\/p>\n<p>On his Twitter account, the president expressed: \u201cThank you, #Mexico. For the solidarity, the affection, the always warm embrace of #Cuba.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, the ships Papaloapan and Isla Holbox set sail from the port of Veracruz, carrying aid that \u201cwill help alleviate the consequences of the cruel economic war against Cuba,\u201d the ambassador said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"es\">Gracias <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/M%C3%A9xico?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#M\u00e9xico<\/a>. Por la solidaridad, el afecto, el abrazo siempre c\u00e1lido a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Cuba?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Cuba<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/f5sFRUbeE1\">https:\/\/t.co\/f5sFRUbeE1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Miguel D\u00edaz-Canel Berm\u00fadez (@DiazCanelB) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DiazCanelB\/status\/2020839726467735995?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 9, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In a statement, the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs detailed that the Papaloapan is transporting essential food items, including liquid milk, meat products, cookies, beans, rice, canned tuna in water, sardines, and vegetable oil, as well as personal hygiene products, with a cargo of approximately 536 tons.<\/p>\n<p>The Isla Holbox, meanwhile, is carrying just over 277 tons of powdered milk.<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry announced that the ships are expected to arrive at their destination in four days, and that more than 1,500 tons of powdered milk and beans remain to be shipped.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCuba and Mexico are sister nations, heirs to a long history of solidarity that we honor today,\u201d the statement emphasized, confirming compliance with \u201cPresident Claudia Sheinbaum\u2019s instructions.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guantanamo.- Cuban President Miguel D\u00edaz-Canel thanked Mexico for sending more than 814 tons of humanitarian aid, amid the tightening of the US blockade against the Caribbean nation. D\u00edaz-Canel expressed his deep gratitude, highlighting the warmth and historical affection that unites both nations. The Cuban president appreciated Mexico\u2019s support at a time when intensifying external pressures [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6567,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cuba","category-internacionales"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15084"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15084\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15087,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15084\/revisions\/15087"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}