B/N: Venezuela Delivers Massive Humanitarian Aid to Hurricane-Hit Cuba

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A Venezuelan ship carrying 5,000 tons of humanitarian aid has arrived in Santiago de Cuba to support recovery efforts after Hurricane Melissa. The shipment includes construction materials, medicines, food, and electrical equipment, alongside a brigade of 22 electrical technicians to help restore power. Cuban authorities reported widespread damage including 17 destroyed bridges, 108 kilometers of blocked roads, and over 40,000 affected homes—5,000 completely destroyed. This second major aid delivery from Venezuela demonstrates strong regional solidarity, with President Maduro stating, "If Cuba needs us now, Venezuela is present."

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00:00in this minute as we can see the it is the ship from venezuela has just arrived here

00:16to santiago in this minute we are going to talk to with beatrice johnson the top authority and

00:22the president of the prohibition council in santiago of cuba this is the second arrival

00:27from brothers in venezuela good morning everyone it is a historical moment

00:35that shows the brotherhood between the two countries and we appreciate from our hearts

00:43of people from santiago cubans this hub that is arriving in a very important moment for the life

00:49in our country we have seen very cruel image from damages of the hurricane yesterday in the early

00:57morning there was a brigade of electrician men that is supporting just some areas that are

01:04communicated the impact of melisa has been very strong there we're still counting the damages

01:13from the economical point of view and what it is doing in the structure in the houses and also

01:21the net of the electricity communications and here it is also the help that is offering the brother

01:30cancer from venezuela yesterday we received the engineers which are doing the identification of the

01:40bridges that we need of course a collaboration and also we were evaluating all affected things and possible

01:49solutions to these damages it's been very beautiful this organic gesture from all the regions in the

01:57country from the capital from the cdr the women's federation is not what we have left over it is all

02:04everything we can just give from our heart it is the gift that is given people from santiago that came out

02:13uh took the streets to clean the south santiago is from cuba and really all cuba is looking at santiago

02:24and is offering the solidarity to support to recover our dear city our dear province from every part of from

02:33the country we have received electricity and men communicators people just identify the damages in the

02:41houses in the houses in the everything in the economy political and social we have here friends brothers

02:52fellows from fight them to support this recovering process of our beautiful promise and of course we have

03:00no question that we will overcome all always when we work with integration are the principles for the victory

03:10nicola maduro the president from venezuela he has insisted what what else can i do for cuba

03:16and the president from cuba has reiterated his his appreciation from the authorities yesterday there was

03:24another ship that was coming and will arrive in the next days

03:30he is what happens when there are extensions in the caribbean there are brother countries that are crossing

03:39the caribbean that's very important because also after this uh phenomenon with uh so deep incidents for a

03:49mouse from the social point of view it is strategic this help this intention to help that is being given

03:56it is not it is not only saying but it's concrete we have seen the gestures from the people of santiago to

04:06the president of the republic visiting the most affected country 24 hours before the crossing of melissa the

04:14president was passing through all the country he's been with uh with the steps on the strip with other people yes

04:26it's nothing new it is part of the policy revolution fidel did like that fidel august did that was his teaching

04:38and if we are if we are fidel that is being reality with facts thank you very much it is what is happening

04:44thanks to you secretary it is what is happening as you can see in this minute the ship is entry

04:51in the harbor of the cuba harbor this ship that is coming from venezuela thousands of uh heroic actions

05:00in in the middle of danger we have lived in are about five provinces in a very very in a question of

05:10few hours almost a million of people with courage that hasn't lost a second or effort to save life

05:20everything it is in this crossroads and amphibians cars everything about a craft raft everything is

05:33valuable in this crossroad it is speak about salvation that was called from the civil defense

05:42also with the council of defense in our country the army

05:51facing this uh this powerful uh hurricane that impacted the caribbean

06:01everything in the rain in a few minutes just fill all the dams in the in this part of the country

06:08so rivers were flooded destroyed uh houses crops uh infrastructure electrical infrastructure everything

06:17was damaged or destroyed together with us in evacuation journeys rescue here looking for some shelter for more

06:27more than three thousand hundred people

06:32to to serve food for these people medical uh shelters everything it was the procedure of our country

06:42in this minute i can tell you that it is the news venezuela say yesterday and another ship with 3 000 tons

06:50with food uh mattress and other things for people who were affected with this early morning

07:00in guillermo moncada port it is it was announced and it is a reality that this ship is coming directly

07:08from venezuela and the flags are waving together from venezuela and cuba this minute

07:15the ship at harbor and it was entering last at the middle of the 19 cuban waters for with thousands of

07:29tons for people who were strict striking by the hurricane things first necessity things and things for

07:37the recovery political authorities and from the government in the territory in the territory they

07:44are in this moment right here in this moment the representation from the venezuela that is receiving

07:51officially in this minute are accessing tapio or list of the vice prime minister of this republic

07:59together together with jorge luis broche lores the main member of the communist part secretary of

08:04communist party of cuba and the maximum at the top authorities political authorities in san

08:09chico de cuba in this minute we are it is here also the venezuelan ambassador in cuba

08:20and the vice minister of public uh works from venezuela

08:25vice minister we know about uh this brigade solidarity brigade we have contacted uh the complex situation

08:38we were finishing last night to your operations and it is working a lot it has been a constant

08:45preoccupation of the president what can i do what else can i do for cuba yes first is very important

08:52because the president is following step by step all things that are happening he's asking to evaluate

08:58evaluate in a real time all the effect all the damages that melissa did and well we are deployed

09:06an action plan to go together with our brother people of cuba because when he they have helped us

09:16if cuba needs so now now venezuela is present here really we have been working without taking out the

09:23power of the road and here is the representation of venezuela in our trip just watching yesterday we

09:32visualized seven municipalities of the nine that are in this province santiago province where we can we

09:40could see more than 17 bridges that were destroyed uh around 108 kilometers kilometers that were abstracted

09:52we also have two kilometers uh two municipalities which were going to arrive today because it was

09:57impossible yesterday because due to the affectations we could visualize it from the air we have more than

10:0640 000 homes uh there were 5 000 of them destroyed completely and the engineers team from the

10:16transportation ministry uh people the electrician men they are trying to help with the connections

10:23with the electrical system we have a plan to support to mitigate a little all damage that have been

10:30caused by the hurricane thank you very much really in this minute the cuban authorities from the place

10:37together with venezuelan authorities are in this place too it's mr ambassador we are here for from

10:45telesur there are difficult moments in cuba but they have been constant uh president maduro was in constant

10:54adjust contact this is the second arrival that we have today yes today we say venezuela is present the

11:02venezuela press uh people is present with a great from the president clas mayuro from the bolivarian government

11:11with here with the regional uh authorities from santiago de cuba we are receiving alba ship with 5 000

11:19tons of cargo with different things construction material medicines food but also strategic material

11:30electric electric one because together with uh yesterday arrived another uh brigade of 22 technicians

11:38in electricity vials they began yesterday itself and today they are going to keep on doing their job it is

11:49going on working just in order to determine which are what things that are required and take immediate

11:56actions in the next days this is a solidarity gesture mainly in this time when the latin america and caribbean

12:07is threatened by usa this is the maximum expression of humanity the humanity that has always character

12:14characterized our people today when we are under this threatened condition there is no barrier venezuela and

12:21cuba are keeping this union and brotherhood this is the teaching of our uh forefathers it is the teaching of

12:31our commanders chavez and fidel that is that is deepened in this brotherhood between nicolas maduro and

12:40the escenet presidents which day after day are working to guarantee the wellness peace and security of our

12:49people's martin said to help to the one who needs is not a duty but it it is a necessity these two flags

12:59together cuba venezuela fidel and chavez together for always forever venezuela also have help in in other

13:08before events i remember when the bridge in baracoa zone was affected they came they came and they have

13:18just arrived also again in this minute they are doing some watching from the air and there is a proposal

13:25presented in order to support cuba in all this uh road reconstruction yes yesterday we had the opportunity

13:33to participate in a meeting to check all the advances that has been carried out the authorities in cuba with

13:42our specialist teams and we could watch a very important affectation in the roads about 107 kilometers

13:51of road but also an amount of bridges that are main are important for the flow logistical flow and the

14:01economies in the region in the east of the country thank you very much ambassador this is what is happening

14:07right now right now i propose you to come back to studios and in the way the process is advancing the

14:15reception in this ship and the activities that are going to be developed in this port we are going to

14:20be back and with another contest alive from Santiago de Cuba thank you very much for this content it is what

14:26is happening right now the arrival of this ship from the brother bolivarian republic of venezuela so

14:38we are live to Santiago de Cuba with our correspondent in the island jordanis rodríguez after minutes after the

14:45arrival of an alba tcp shipment of humanitarian aid at the central container terminal a shipment that departed

14:52from la guayra venezuela on sunday with much needed aid to help those affected in cuba by hurricane melisa in

14:59a powerful demonstration of regional unity 5 000 tons of critical humanitarian supplies that will reach

15:07the hands of those who need them the most on the island this is all for the moment but stay tuned with

15:12tell us to english for more information on this solidarity event

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