Alejandro Sanz Criticizes The Cuban Government

2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15

The Spanish singer showed solidarity with the Cuban people after a devastating tornado passed through the island. The interpreter of "Corazón departed" exploited on Twitter against the island's government, demanding that he stop hampering the delivery of humanitarian aid to those most in need. "How is it possible that the aid collected for the Cuban tornado does not arrive, that they place customs restrictions or that they appropriate them to be able to sell them to PEOPLE who have been left with nothing? I feel helpless and the government's silence does not help #Cuba #TornadoEnLaHabana ", he said, sharing a shocking image that shows the destruction in this Caribbean country.

According to official data from the Cuban government, the natural disaster has caused at least four deaths and 195 people have been injured, in addition to damaging some 1,200 homes. El Nuevo Herald reports that the Cuban American National Foundation will collect funds to assist the victims and ask the Miguel Diaz-Canel government to open a humanitarian channel for the distribution of this aid. In a statement, the Cuban American National Foundation strongly criticized the Cuban government: "Until now, the response of the regime has been deficient, in some cases non-existent."

Cuban artists such as the singer Haydee Milanés and the popular duo Yomil y el Dany, among other public figures, went to the most affected areas to deliver donated essential items and help clean up the rubble. This was reported by the reporter Luz Escobar of the independent newspaper 14ymedio founded by the blogger and activist Yoani Sánchez.

Social networks are full of requests to the island's government to allow humanitarian aid to enter without obstacles and to remove customs restrictions that limit the entry into Cuba of essential items for the people.