BREAKING NEWS l Venezuela: Sends aid shipment to Cuba to help areas affected by hurricane Melissa

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00:00We are live in Caracas as a humanitarian

00:08achievement is going to be sent to Cuba. We are listening to the statements of Render Pena.

00:12At these hours we are from the International Airport,

00:16Simón Bolívar, in the name of the President Nicolas Maduro with

00:2022 professionals of the areas of electric energy,

00:24transportation and public works. 22 professionals

00:28that were selected and the best in each of these sectors

00:32that are going to help the teams in Cuba after

00:36what has been the past of the Hurricane Melissa which caused

00:40damage in the Brother Republic of Cuba.

00:44You have to understand that this envoy that will re-force the

00:48teams there have the purpose of helping to recover the

00:52electric system and then to continue sending help that will

00:56continue to arrive in the next hours.

00:58A few hours ago we sent over

01:005000 tons among

01:02foods, toys, medicine

01:04and all

01:06types of help

01:08hours after

01:10the Hurricane passed Venezuela

01:12we asked the Ambassador

01:14when is the airport opening and

01:16he said around 8 or 9 in the morning

01:18and the help and the aid from

01:20Venezuela was already there. We have to be

01:22clear that that this that we're

01:24seeing today

01:26as the sending of this professional, it's

01:28the manifestation of the love from

01:30a people to another. This

01:32is what we were taught by Commander

01:34Chavez and by the President Nicolás

01:36Maduro Moros and the Commander Fidel

01:38and the

01:40Commander of the Army Raul Castro

01:42and also the President Miguel

01:44Díaz-Canel. This is a historical

01:46mandate to do what we have to.

01:48It should be very

01:50clear what is the

01:52idea of what Venezuela needs

01:54and when Cuba needs

01:56each of the countries will be there and this is a

02:00a demonstration of the infinite

02:02hug as the one of

02:041994 among

02:06Commander Hugo Chavez and Fidel and we will

02:08continue embracing and we will be

02:10in all of the moments and all of the

02:12circumstances together. Vice

02:14Minister, this is also going to

02:16help to the reestablishing

02:18of the relationship

02:20due to all of the work of

02:22all of these protocols that have

02:24been activated and guaranteed that

02:26no Cuban life be lost

02:28because of this hurricane.

02:30When we were seeing the pass of

02:32the hurricane we were expecting for the

02:34worst actually the Cuban government

02:36had warned the Cuban population

02:38to prepare for very difficult situations

02:40but immediately the Cuban

02:42people activated

02:44the protocols

02:46for the damage to be as

02:48few as possible and that's what

02:50happened. Thanks to

02:52the happy acts and the

02:54quick acts of the Cuban government

02:56we can say that there was no

02:58life lost in the island

03:00hurricane caused many damages

03:02around 70,000

03:04homes that was affected

03:06by the passing of the hurricane so

03:08all of what we have done

03:10have been immediate demonstrations

03:12of love and it's what

03:14has been historically with the

03:16Commander Hugo Chavez and Fidel Castro

03:18Cuba and Venezuela and as a good

03:20son President Nicolás Maduro continues

03:22continues to do so. We have

03:24to be paying attention because

03:26the help will continue from

03:28Venezuela and it will continue

03:30arriving to the brother people of

03:31Venezuela and they should know

03:32that they will always have in the

03:34Venezuelan people and in the

03:36Valdebarian government a

03:38brother hand. Their destiny is

03:42linked to ours. So we have to

03:44protect ourselves. This is the

03:46demonstration of this protection

03:48that our countries are having

03:50to when some when one of us

03:52needs of the other the other

03:54one will always be there. What

03:56is your message especially in

03:58these moments of aggression by a

04:00power to the countries of Latin

04:02America and the Caribbean with

04:03the deployment of warships

04:04Venezuela and Cuba are deploying

04:07solidarity and going beyond from

04:11an ideology we are talking about

04:13saving lives a few hours ago we

04:15we were saying and when the ship

04:17of Alba over 5,000 tons of foods

04:21and medicines and more was

04:23sailing through the Caribbean

04:25Sea the same sea that they are

04:27looking to threaten with their

04:29military deployment of hurting

04:32the Caribbean Sea if there's

04:33something that Venezuela has proven

04:35is that the only ships that come

04:37out of here are the ships that

04:39are filled with solutions hope and

04:41love infinite to other peoples and

04:43that will continue to be the Caribbean

04:45Sea is a sea where it has been

04:48sailed and it will continue to

04:50sail ships with solutions and

04:53proc soon to Cuba will arrive the

04:56ship from Alba that sailed from

04:58here through the Caribbean Sea

05:00that's why from Venezuela we

05:01condemn not only Venezuela and Cuba

05:03it's all of the Latin America we

05:05condemn the military deployment

05:07that is vulgar that the US is

05:10having in the Caribbean Sea because

05:12it affects the peace that the

05:14Latin Americans have declared in

05:162014 when the presidents and

05:18chiefs of state in the middle of

05:20the meeting of the select said

05:21that Latin America is a peace

05:23zone and we're going to continue

05:25protecting it like that and we see

05:27the letter that President Nicolás

05:29Maduro made public in recent

05:31hours when he was talking about a

05:33peace zone should be a an oath that

05:38the different countries and the

05:40presidents have to do to protect it

05:42and avoid any attention of military

05:45threat that foreign powers pretend on

05:48Latin America we will not allow it on

05:50the front the best way to not allow

05:52that is with actions that contradict

05:54all of that that they're trying to

05:56inoculate in the minds of the world we

05:58on the country will continue to do

06:00what we know how to do which is to

06:02which is to give a friend hand a

06:04friendly hand and send solidarity

06:06and time to give what we have all

06:08that we can have to help the

06:10brother people of Cuba we will

06:12continue doing it we were talking

06:14with them we talked with them and

06:18they could be very trying very

06:22serene in their houses but they

06:24decided to tend their hands to a

06:26brother people that we love as much

06:28as much as we love our own nationals

06:32well ambassador give us your

06:36impressions for this new humanitarian

06:38aid the third that is being sent to

06:40the nation we're expecting others

06:43also to be developed in these days

06:46we're talking about how the current

06:50state is in Cuba and how the

06:52Venezuelan people has contributed to

06:54the establishment of the service as

06:56well before a great greeting to the

06:59Venezuelan people the Bolivarian

07:00people the president Nicolas Maduro

07:02and Delcy Rodriguez the vice

07:04president and all of the team of

07:06the government I believe that this

07:10also with the greetings we want to

07:12extend a thank you from all of the

07:14people of Cuba for this invaluable

07:16and very valuable help that the

07:19Bolivarian government is giving to

07:21us in these conditions that we are

07:22facing in the moment effectively this

07:25would be the third action of

07:29reinforcement to the solidarity that

07:31we are permanently receiving from the

07:33Venezuelan people it has really been

07:35very integral we have seen as the

07:38vice foreign minister has said helps

07:41of all kinds electric posts mattresses

07:45covers for the houses this was a

07:48hurricane that if it didn't take any

07:51lives due to the preparation that the

07:54Cuban people went through it did have a

07:56very devastating effect over 72,000

08:01homes have been affected and some have

08:05been destroyed over 108 kilometers of

08:09roads have been affected with the

08:10floodings have done the breakage of

08:13roads and even streets and many communities

08:18communities have been isolated and the

08:20damage has been very strong especially

08:22due to the strong winds and the

08:24rains and the floodings that we have

08:26had this is the third convoy that has

08:31been sent and has an important group of

08:33electrician workers that are going to

08:35be arriving in the early hours of

08:37tomorrow and when the ship that we just

08:41said goodbye to a few hours ago that even

08:44had electric material to be able to

08:47rebuild all of this system really we

08:49are very thankful we have reiterated in

08:54more than one occasion that this is a

08:56reinforcements a reinforcement of a

08:59battalion and a help that has been

09:00permanent in Cuba since the beginning

09:02of the volume revolution I believe that

09:05this has been exemplary the commitment

09:07and this delivery we have been talking

09:09with each one of them the ministry of

09:13public works and the transportation

09:15ministry as well with an enthusiasm

09:18and there there is an immense hog

09:20waiting for the arrival of each one of

09:22you we consider that it is truly a

09:25grandiose thing it was the first help

09:28aid that we received in this

09:30opportunity and we are really more than

09:33thankful and satisfied for this gesture

09:37gesture of love that you have given to our

09:39country thank you very much tomorrow

09:41another new boat will be sailing with

09:44more help yes we will continue sending

09:46help to the brother people of Cuba and

09:50in the name of president Nicolas Maduro

09:52we will say this everything that Cuba

09:53needs and Venezuela can give we are going

09:55to give it the saying is simple when

09:58Cuba needs Venezuela is there when

10:01Venezuela needs Cuba is always there thank

10:03you very much we are seeing live how these

10:07men are also pardoned technicians we have

10:09also said that there are women as well

10:12that are part of this multidisciplinary

10:14team that are going to help reactivating

10:16the electric grid of the service in Cuba

10:20and all of the eastern area that was

10:22devastated due to the passage of

10:24Hurricane Melissa on October 26 in the

10:29Bolivar Brotherhood Republic of Cuba

10:33as they are pleading farewell to this

10:43delegation of workers that are going to

10:45come to Cuba and assist in the recovery

10:47efforts in the east of the nation

10:49following the passage of the powerful

10:51Hurricane Melissa that trigger that cause

10:54important damages in the eastern area

10:56especially in the electrical grid in the

10:58power grid as well as in the road and

11:00bridges that's why right now on this

11:02plane that is lifting off in a few

11:05minutes from now from the micati airport

11:07in Venezuela is carrying only 20

11:10technicians in within with different

11:12specialties there are 15 specialists in

11:15power in everything that has to do with

11:17electricity electricity and free that

11:20are specializing everything that has to do

11:23with roads and to in the issue of

11:26bridges and these technicians are

11:28traveling from Venezuela to Cuba as we

11:30were saying to provide support on the

11:32recovery effort that is right now taking

11:34place in the east of the island are

11:37going to be supporting the all the

11:39the brigades that are right now

11:41deployed in the east working against

11:44against time walking around the clock

11:4624 hours to recover as quickly as

11:49possible all the different infrastructures

11:52that were damaged by Hurricane Melissa

11:55after it passed a few days back and

11:58triggered devastating material losses

12:02although thankfully no life had was

12:05were lost thanks to the quick

12:07activation of the civil defense which

12:08is something that Cuba has had a lot

12:11of experience in the past years as the

12:14island is right in the middle of the

12:15Caribbean and is prone to receive the

12:18impacts of hurricanes and therefore

12:20during the years since the triumph of

12:22the revolution in 1959 the civil defense

12:24is something that has been highly

12:26trained and is highly experienced in

12:28facing these kind of challenges and

12:30thousands of people were quickly

12:32evacuated from at risk areas but the

12:36200 kilometer winds force did not lay

12:39down they did not stop down and they

12:42brought down many of the infrastructure

12:45that has that was built over there in

12:48the east of the region especially

12:50hitting the provinces of Santiago

12:52Guantanamo grandma all king which

12:56were the most affected this is also

12:59happening as we were traveling from

13:01Venezuela to Cuba on this plane that

13:03is lifting off right now from the

13:05Makati airport tomorrow on Monday the

13:08country Santiago is also going to

13:10receive a second shipment from the

13:12Alba TCP ship called Manuel Gual

13:16which will bring over 5,000 tons of

13:19human terrain aid with all the

13:20different equipment that these

13:21technicians and all food aid and

13:23everything else that they are going

13:24to need for the recovery of the

13:26region as well as also tomorrow and

13:28another shipment another ship is

13:30departing from Venezuelan ports also

13:31carrying over 3,000 tons also of

13:34food aid and mattresses as well to

13:36continue and to show the exemplary

13:38relationship of brotherhood that exists

13:41between the Republic of Cuba and the

13:42Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

13:44this is the latest information coming

13:45from the Makati airport stay tuned with

13:47Telesory English for more

13:48thanks for more

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