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      <h1 class="gmail-reader-title">US Blockade Prevents Medical Supplies From Reaching Cuba</h1>
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                                                <p>Cuba was unable to 
receive a plane with medical supplies and aid from China on March 
31 because of the U.S. blockade. The resources were sent by the Chinese 
entrepreneur and philanthropist Jack Ma.</p>                                                      
                                        
                                                                
                                            
                                                 
                                                
                                                 
<p>According to the official Twitter profile of the Cuban President, 
Cuba announced that the donation of medical supplies from the Alibaba 
Foundation to the Island-Nation to combat the COVID19 has not been able 
to arrive due to the regulations of the criminal blockade of the United 
States government against our people. The President of Cuba, Miguel 
Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, also said this fact is an aggression against the 
human rights of the Cuban people.</p>                                                     
                                        
                                                                
                                            
                                                 
                                                
                                                 
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 <strong>The imperial government's criminal blockade violates the human rights of the Cuban people"</strong>
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<p><br> Jack Ma, a Chinese entrepreneur and founder of Alibaba, 
allocated a donation of masks, rapid diagnostic kits, and ventilators. 
This aid was intended for the patients affected by COVID-19 and the 
medical staff on the island.</p>                                                  
                                        
                                                                
                                            
                                                 
                                                
                                                <p>On March 22, the 
businessman announced this shipment, which was to arrive at its 
destination on the 30th. “One world, one fight! We will donate emergency
 supplies - 2 million masks, 400K test kits, 104 ventilators - to 24 
Latin American countries including Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, 
Ecuador, Dominican Republic, and Peru. We will ship long-distance, and 
we will hurry! WE ARE ONE!” Ma also announced extra supplies in the 
donative, like ventilators, disposable gloves, and medical gowns. </p>                                                   
                                        
                                                                
                                            
                                                 
                                                
                                                <p>However, due to 
Helms-Burton Law, the airship with the donatives was unable to arrive in
 Cuba under the argument that "the regulations of the economic, 
commercial and financial blockade imposed against the country of 
destination.</p>                                                  
                                        
                                                                
                                            
                                                 
                                                
                                                <p>Carlos Miguel Pereira
 Hernández, Cuban Ambassador in China, said: “The commendable efforts of
 the founder of Alibaba and the Jack Ma Foundation, which had managed to
 reach over fifty countries around the world, could not touch Cuban 
soil, no matter how necessary those resources might be in support of the
 battle being waged by the small, besieged and blockaded Antillean 
island.</p>                                                       
                                        
                                                                
                                            
                                                 
                                                
                                                <p>Jack Ma has sent 
medical supplies and aid to COVID-19 affected nations, as Afganistán, 
Bangladesh, Cambodia, Laos, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan
 y Sri Lanka. Alongside,  Azerbaiyán, Bután, India, Kazajistán, 
Kirguistán, Uzbekistán and Vietnam also received aids shipment.</p>                                                     
                                        
                                                                
                                            
                                                 
                                                
                                                <p>Cuba is facing the 
COVID-19 threat on its territory, with 186 confirmed positive cases and 
2,837 suspected patients. Besides, the Caribbean island provides medical
 assistance to more than 14 countries.</p>                                                        
                                        
                                                                
                                            
                                                 
                                                
                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                                                        
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