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Cuban President: Chinese Rice to Reach ‘Millions of Consumers’
The first batch is part of a promised 60,000-ton donation as Cuba faces shortages of food and medicine, officials said.
- On Sunday, Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel announced that a 15,000-tonne shipment of rice from China arrived at the port of Havana, marking the first installment of a promised 60,000-tonne emergency aid donation.
- The Caribbean nation faces chronic food and medicine shortages under a United States trade embargo since 1962, while energy blackouts have intensified after the U.S. began directing energy policy and blocked Venezuelan oil imports.
- Earlier this month, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that Cuba accepted $100 million in U.S. aid distributed through church charities, requiring funds bypass the sanctioned Cuban military conglomerate GAESA.
- President Miguel Diaz-Canel wrote on social media that the aid will support health and education institutions, pledging "That noble gesture of solidarity will reach millions of consumers" across all provinces and Isla de la Juventud.
- Beijing's support for Havana extends beyond rice, including strategic debt restructuring, credit lines, and solar energy infrastructure investments, even as the United States government views the Chinese and Russian presence in Cuba as a national security threat.
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15,000 tons of rice arrived on the island, as part of a total aid of 60,000 tons that will be delivered gradually
15,000 tons of rice of the 60 thousand that China gradually sent to Cuba in the next few weeks reached the port of Havana.
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- 38% of the sources lean Left, 37% of the sources are Center
38% Left
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C 37%
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