March 29, 2026
crew members of the final boats arriving in the Nuestra América Solidarity Convoy to Cuba.
The National Coordinator of the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution (CDR), Gerardo Hernández, welcomed the members of the sailboats of the Nuestra América Solidarity Convoy to Cuba as they arrived in the harbor of Havana.
Upon receiving them at the Havana Cruise Terminal, the Hero of the Republic told them that they had arrived in a country under siege and suffering from shortages of medicine, food, and electricity, but also full of love, peace, solidarity, and gratitude toward them.
The two vessels, which set sail from Isla Mujeres, Mexico, on March 21 to participate in the initiative launched by the Nuestra América Convoy, carried nine activists of various nationalities.
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel also celebrated the arrival in Havana of the Nuestra America Convoy sailboats, which transported supplies from Mexico as a show of solidarity in the face of the complex situation the island is currently experiencing. “Finally in Cuba, these sailboats of the #OurAmericaConvoy, which had us anxiously awaiting for a time, the horizon, and the slightest communication about their routes.”
Díaz-Canel emphasized that the expedition arrived “with its cargo of necessary resources but, above all, with its cargo of love in defense of just causes,” and highlighted that a three-year-old girl is the youngest crew member of this expedition, which reiterates that #CubaIsNotAlone.
Gerardo Hernandez greets the flotilla.
The group’s leader, Adnaan Stumo, from the United States, explained to the press that the journey was delayed because they had to detour due to bad weather and change their route several times.
He also affirmed that Cuba can count on the solidarity of the world’s people, and that they will fight against the maximum pressure policy being imposed on it by the United States.
“After concluding my visit to this beautiful island, I will go to Spain to prepare another global flotilla to go to Gaza.”
Of the members of the convoy, five are French, including a four-year-old girl, two are from the United States, one is from Germany, and one is from the Netherlands.
These activists brought medical supplies and food to share with the Cuban people as a display of solidarity and as a way to break the United States’ blockade of the island.
Translation: Ed Newman
Source: Radio Havana Cuba (RHC)