HAVANA.- The Puentes de Amor solidarity platform expressed from the United States its solidarity with Cuba in the face of the losses caused by the large-scale fire suffered in the industrial zone of Matanzas, at the same time that it urged the White House to lift the blockade imposed on the people of the Caribbean nation.
On the social network Twitter, the movement asked its members and sympathizers to give their support for Matanzas, and specified that it is now that Cuba needs bridges of love.
He also asked President Joe Biden to eliminate the sanctions that harm the Cuban family, and urged that government to provide immediate technical assistance that Cuba requires to deal with this serious accident, caused when lightning struck one of the tanks this Friday. from the Supertanker Base located near Matanzas Bay.
“We are the same humanity, which the White House is waiting for,” this tweet from that platform also refers to.
“Now the Cuban people need #PuentesDeAmor. @POTUS provide immediate technical assistance to #Cuba now! Lift sanctions that suffocate the Cuban family. We are the same humanity. What does the @WhiteHouse expect,” exposes the message under the hashtag #EliminaElBloqueo #unblockcuba
The platform led by Cuban-American professor Carlos Lazo, who is in Matanzas, presented this Sunday a fundraising campaign for the victims of the large-scale fire in the industrial zone of that territory.
“Urgent! We won’t wait another minute! We are going to help the Cuban people, now!”, pointed out the call of the Bridges of Love movement and CodePink, with the participation also of the Italian Agency for Cultural and Economic Exchange with Cuba.
The text underlined that the “Cuban people live hours of sadness and uncertainty,” according to Prensa Latina.
In the face of the tragedy, which has immediate health repercussions for the general well-being of the population in that province and for Cuba, we must help our brothers and sisters on the island, he emphasized.
The commitment of the supportive friends is to raise about 10,000 dollars, which will be used to purchase medicines, medical supplies and health materials, as well as resources to help the victims.
“Let’s build #PuentesDeAmor,” said the call that also bears the labels #FuerzaMatanzas #FuerzaCuba.
In Matanzas Lazo and representatives of other solidarity organizations spoke with authorities of this province to learn about the main effects of the residents due to the large-scale fire in the industrial zone and their needs in the face of this contingency.
In statements to the press, he explained that it is necessary to help this people who are so tremendous and brave, to do their bit to get out of this difficult situation that the people of Matanzas are experiencing.