Members of the Va por Cuba collective and the José Martí Association of Cuban Residents in Mexico received tons of products yesterday in the capital’s Zócalo to send to the island. Photo Cristina Rodríguez
By Emir Olivares Alonso on February 17, 2026
The Mexican response to Donald Trump’s actions against Cuba continued to be expressed yesterday. At the end of the second day of the campaign to collect food and medicine for the Cuban people, set up in Mexico City’s Zócalo, almost six tons of products had been collected, organizers reported.
The collection demonstrated the solidarity of Mexicans with the island, which has been besieged by the recent oil embargo decreed by the US president.
The initiative, which began on Saturday, is being promoted by the Va por Cuba collective and the José Martí Association of Cuban Residents in Mexico.
Olivia Garza, vice president of the association, told this newspaper that various types of support have been collected both at the collection center set up in the Zócalo and during yesterday’s demonstration outside the Cuban embassy in Mexico.
“The response of the Mexican people has been extraordinary. I confess that several times I have been moved to tears seeing how elderly people carry their things; in general, everyone, including young people,” said the activist.
She stressed that the response has been “massive” and shows that, despite Trump’s actions against Cuba and the revolutionary government, international solidarity will not stop.
The collection center will remain open until February 22, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., and accepts non-perishable food, medical supplies—such as syringes—and medications.
Garza pointed out that, in general, the main demand of those who have come to deliver support is an end to the blockade against Cuba, imposed unilaterally by the United States for more than six decades and intensified under the Trump administration.
At the same time, she added, people have expressed that “Cuba is an example” of resistance and struggle.
Amid images of the historic Cuban leader, Commander Fidel Castro, and other important figures of the revolution, such as Ernesto “Che” Guevara, people continued to deliver aid, while volunteers received and sorted it.
Source: La Jornada, translation Resumen Latinoamericano – English