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The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela sends a solidarity ship to sister nation of Cuba amidst recovery efforts following Hurricane Melissa through the eastern provinces. Our correspondent Rolando Segura is at Port La Guaira reporting live. teleSUR

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00:00Hello, join us as we go live to Venezuela where another shipment of humanitarian aid is about to

00:09set sail towards the eastern part of Cuba with much needed aid to help those affected by Hurricane

00:14Melissa. Let's listen. Humanitarian aid for Cuba. This sound of the ship announces that the ship is

00:28about to leave in from the port of La Guayra as a show of the humanitarian aid in favor of Cuba.

00:43Our people is going to in barely a few hours when this new ship arrives there hasn't been anything

00:54else but the continuity of an extraordinary effort of the Bolivarian Revolution and President

00:59Nicholas Maluta and his government team that has been paying attention following minute by minute

01:05each one of the details of how the Cuban people have faced this new challenge from nature and we

01:12have been let's say this would be the third shipment we had the first on October 30th when it was the

01:20commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the incorporation between both countries that started

01:28by Commander Hugo Chavez and Commander Fidel Castro and a few days ago as well we also sent a ship that

01:37is already in Santiago de Cuba with an extraordinary help and in the first case it was an airplane

01:44then the ship had over 1900 ish tons of aid and yesterday in the late hours we also sent a group of

01:57comrades that are also joining by this contingent of support from the public works ministry and the

02:05transportation ministry this has been a help very grandiose very integral with many facets that the Cuban

02:13people are very thankful you have been with witness during these days of the damages that have been

02:20done by this meteorological thing that happened on our country with our provinces that have been

02:30affected our homes four thousand houses were totally destroyed and over a hundred a hundred and ten

02:36kilometers of ways have been destroyed bridges over four thousand houses have been totally destroyed the crops as

02:46well but despite all of these difficulties we have had the support the inviolable support of the

02:56Bolivarian Brotherhood it has been many the examples of support from the Bolivarian government especially from the

03:06comrade nicolas from all of the foreign ministry from all of the comrades of the ports and the people of the National Guard

03:14it has been days truly uninterrupted and we have seen how even during the early hours of the day they

03:23haven't stopped trying to help yesterday when we were saying goodbye to the comrades of this ministries that I was mentioning

03:30they're already willing and working with our comrades there in Cuba and we were seeing the enthusiasm and

03:38the delivery without limits even said by the executive secretary of the Alba that they could have been with their own

03:47families but still they have been an example of that sisterhood that has grown for over 25 years really we would like to

03:56reiterate our thing our thank you to all of the people from La Vega and all of those who have been working here

04:04systematically it has been impressive in all of these efforts even in the midst of the threats and the siege

04:12that the Bolivarian revolution has despite all the sanctions what comes from this people is truly love and

04:21solidarity to the Cuban people we are very moved and very thankful we have reiterated in more than one

04:27occasion that this helped and in a concentrated way has arrived it is an effort because the solidarity

04:35and hope of the Bolivarian people and the government has been permanently in our country and we feel it

04:41like that each one of the Cuban people I am convinced that once this new aid reaches Cuban territory it will

04:48join all of that effort that has been doing truly Vice Foreign Minister we thank your presence as well

04:59and well thank you again here it is an honor for us to have again this gesture this third

05:10shipment and all of the humanitarian aid that we have sent in this occasion

05:14a ship with many tons of aid in containers of food mattresses that are also joining all of the helps

05:23that we have been working almost simultaneously reaching the ship that sailed on Friday and is

05:31reaching the Santiago port that also has humanitarian aid in the ship of Alba this joins also the technicians

05:39that are already in Havana in Cuba technicians in electric materials that are going to deploy in all the

05:47country to restitute the electric service they're experts in biology and recovery for us is fundamental Cuba

05:55knows that they have us and we know that we can count on them and this in moments when there is a threat a

06:03climate threat a threat that comes from climate change a military threat the threat of economic sanctions

06:11and coercive measures on our countries it is fundamental to reinforce the unity and this is an expression of

06:18that unity united we are stronger and invincible so we are convinced that it is going to have a positive

06:24impact you know that you can count ambassador and the Cuban people with all of our solidarity and all

06:31our support in the difficult situations and also in the joy so this recovery that comes again will

06:38continue building this path that we are setting with the Alba so we hope that in three days

06:46this ship will be reaching there and all of the best for the Cuban people thank you we were listening to

06:53the vice foreign minister for latin america of venezuela who was doing a balance of this humanitarian works

07:05this works of hope coordinated by the bolivarian alliance for the peoples of america to take this

07:12message of solidarity and help to cuba it is in this ship over 2500 tons among foods mattresses and

07:23electric things to solve the contingency that is being faced especially the eastern part of the island

07:31after the passing of the last hurricane that affected the eastern provinces of the country also he was

07:40commenting this aid humanitarian aid by the ambassador of cuba in venezuela jorge luis

07:48hermayo fernandez who was highlighting that it is about the second ship of humanitarian aid that sails

07:56towards cuba in barely a few hours at around 10 at night it will at around 10 at night will the first

08:05ship will reach the island with 5 000 tons of humanitarian aid and also a multidisciplinary team

08:11of over 20 professionals from venezuela many specialists in different activities have are

08:18already in the eastern part of cuba to start these works of humanitarian aid to collaborate in the

08:26restructure of the electric system in cuba let's remember that in over 93 000 houses were affected by the

08:37last hurricane and over 750 000 people were evacuated to prevent the effects that could be originated by

08:47this hurricane but in the end over 1500 schools were affected over 400 medical centers and 28 000

09:00thousand cows were affected and many hectares of crops have been destroyed by this hurricane but here

09:09is a ship filled with hope and solidarity that is willing to tend a bridge to establish this company

09:20to the island of cuba in this moment that is very hard and this ship that now starts to get far away

09:30from the coast of la guayra is sending that message of solidarity that message of hope and of company

09:38to the island of cuba especially to the eastern part of the island that has seen itself affected by

09:45hurricane melissa in the last days and has received the solidarity of different parts of the world but

09:52especially of venezuela with this message of solidarity and hope for to help those over 750 000

10:03people that have been affected by the hurricane melissa here is the hope to recover their mattress to

10:11recover their electricity they're covered in this great movement of solidarity leaded in the bolivarian

10:19alliance for the peoples of latin america by venezuela this was being highlighted by both the ambassador

10:27of cuba in venezuela jorge luis maya fernandez and also the vice foreign minister of venezuela for the

10:34caribbean raul licauce we are live at this hour to venezuela we are witnessing another shipment of

10:47humanitarian aid that is about that is setting sail towards the eastern part of cuba with much needed

10:55aid to help those affected by hurricane melissa in cuba hundreds of thousands of people and this in a

11:03powerful demonstration of regional unity venezuela is sending its second cargo shipment with critical

11:10humanitarian supplies that will reach the hands of those cubans who need them the most the aid vessel

11:18is carrying as our correspondent in venezuela segura mentioned is carrying deep symbolic weight solidarity

11:27hope in a context that is marked by threats and harassment against both nations against cuba against

11:35venezuela especially in this moment this help represents an alternate vision of international relations

11:44one that is based on mutual care historical memory and anti-imperialist solidarity this is a moment of hope

11:54as our correspondent in venezuela mentioned this is all for the moment but stay tuned with telesur

12:00english because we are going to keep updating you on all the latest details on this shipment

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