From our Bureau of Great Business Opportunities for Socialist Dictatorships
Castro, Inc. is being showered with gifts. Those gifts are intended for hurricane victims, but Castro, Inc has a habit of selling whatever is sent for profit, usually at inflated prices. What will they do with the aid being sent by UNICEF? How can they profit from medical supplies? Stupid question. They will find a way. It’s that brutally simple. No one can ignore the fact that those gifts might even be sold to other nations.
Loosely translated from Periodico Cubano
Hurricane Oscar, which entered Cuba on Sunday, October 20 as a category 1 hurricane, left a preliminary balance of seven dead
The drugs include 60 kits that include analgesics, antipyretics, antibiotics, antifungals and other supplies for medical emergencies. (Screenshot © Canal Caribe – YouTube)
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), in collaboration with the General Directorate of Civil Protection and European Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO), sent international humanitarian aid to assist people affected by the passage of Hurricane Oscar through the eastern part of the Island.
The donation, which arrived on a direct flight to Havana, includes 1.5 tons of medicines and other medical supplies. Among the drugs are 60 kits that include analgesics, antipyretics, antibiotics, antifungals and other supplies for medical emergencies. In addition to surgical materials, intended primarily for the care of pregnant women, children and adolescents.
According to Alejandra Trossero, UNICEF representative in Cuba, the purpose of this aid is to “support national recovery efforts in the most affected areas, ensuring that children and families in Guantánamo have basic services.”
The collaboration between UNICEF and ECHO is also intended for the rehabilitation of 74 schools in Guantánamo. For this purpose, they delivered a thousand roof sheets, 680 purlins and 4,700 screws. The educational centers with the greatest reported damage were those located in the municipalities of San Antonio del Sur, Imías, Baracoa and Maisí.
Hurricane Oscar, which entered Cuba on Sunday, October 20 as a category 1, left a preliminary balance of seven dead, several missing and caused severe material damage, especially due to the rainfall. Heavy rains caused flooding and landslides, especially in the mountains of Guantánamo, cutting off several localities and preventing immediate access for