{"id":216720,"date":"2020-04-02T15:19:40","date_gmt":"2020-04-02T19:19:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=216720"},"modified":"2020-04-02T15:19:40","modified_gmt":"2020-04-02T19:19:40","slug":"alibabas-sanitary-aid-to-cuba-thwarted-by-u-s-embargo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/alibabas-sanitary-aid-to-cuba-thwarted-by-u-s-embargo\/","title":{"rendered":"Alibaba&#8217;s sanitary aid to Cuba thwarted by U.S. embargo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cuba denounced this Wednesday that the restrictions of the U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/tag\/embargo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">embargo<\/a> thwarted the donation of masks, ventilators and tests to detect the <a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/tag\/coronavirus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">coronavirus<\/a> sent by the Chinese electronic giant Alibaba to the island.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor Cuba, things are always more difficult. Even in times of pandemic, we Cubans are not allowed a breather,\u201d said the Cuban ambassador to Beijing, Carlos Miguel Pereira, who tells how the transport company hired by Alibaba decided to not call at Cuban ports.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ElBloqueoEsReal?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ElBloqueoEsReal<\/a>. Y quien a\u00fan lo dude solo tiene q ver y leer lo que est\u00e1 pasando, incluso en tiempos d pandemia. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NoM%C3%A1sBloqueo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NoM\u00e1sBloqueo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/snC073s3QE\">https:\/\/t.co\/snC073s3QE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Juan Antonio Fern\u00e1ndez Palacios (@JuantonioFdez) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JuantonioFdez\/status\/1245301139656114178?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 1, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The U.S. entity \u201cdeclined at the last minute the shipment\u201d for Cuba hindered by the regulations of the \u201cblockade,\u201d as Havana calls the economic, financial and commercial embargo that Washington has maintained since 1962, strengthened since the arrival of President Donald Trump to the White House in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The siege prevents, among other restrictions, the island from using the dollar in international transactions, prohibits Cubans from purchasing a product with more than 10% of U.S. components, and establishes a penalty of 180 days before entering the United States for ships calling at Cuban ports.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration has tightened restrictive measures against Cuba to try to suffocate its already fragile economy in retaliation for alleged aid to Nicol\u00e1s Maduro in Venezuela.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Help for all, except for Cuba<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The aid announced by Alibaba founder Jack Ma includes two million facemasks, 400,000 rapid tests and 104 ventilators for 24 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, including Cuba, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, the Dominican Republic and Peru.<\/p>\n<p>Ma, one of the richest men in the world, had already sent similar humanitarian shipments to the United States, Japan, South Korea, Italy, Iran and Spain, among the countries most affected by the pandemic, through Alibaba and the foundation that bears his name.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"IrsIcvrITk\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/cuba\/cuba-se-beneficiara-de-una-donacion-de-alibaba-de-mascarillas-y-test-de-pruebas-para-america-latina\/\">Cuba se beneficiar\u00e1 de una donaci\u00f3n de Alibaba de mascarillas y test de pruebas para Am\u00e9rica Latina<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"\u00abCuba se beneficiar\u00e1 de una donaci\u00f3n de Alibaba de mascarillas y test de pruebas para Am\u00e9rica Latina\u00bb \u2014 OnCubaNews\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/cuba\/cuba-se-beneficiara-de-una-donacion-de-alibaba-de-mascarillas-y-test-de-pruebas-para-america-latina\/embed\/#?secret=KQQtRKfpJD#?secret=IrsIcvrITk\" data-secret=\"IrsIcvrITk\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Soon after, donations would also go to African and Asian countries.<\/p>\n<p>However, \u201cone of those shipments could not reach its final destination,\u201d confirmed the Cuban ambassador to China, who thanked Ma \u201cfor having thought\u201d about the Cubans and \u201cfor the efforts that he\u2019s still making to make his foundation\u2019s contribution to finally reach its destination.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe noble, enormous and commendable effort of Jack Ma, who had managed to reach more than 50 countries around the world, was unable to touch Cuban soil, no matter how necessary those resources might be in support of the battle that is being waged by the small besieged and blockaded island,\u201d the diplomat stressed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Solidarity in times of pandemic<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Many voices are being raised to call for the lifting of U.S. restrictions on countries like Iran, Venezuela and Cuba, at a time when the coronavirus pandemic is affecting healthcare systems and economies around the world hard.<\/p>\n<p>An online campaign on the citizen activism platform Change.org, started by Cubans residing in the United States, already has more than 15,800 signatures to ask the Trump administration to lift the embargo.<\/p>\n<p>The Cuban and U.S. Councils of Churches also called for the cessation of the \u201cblockade\u201d in a joint statement, where they demanded that \u201call manipulation and use of political and economic interests stop\u201d in the face of the current global humanitarian crisis, exacerbated and made visible by the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"bTkTxuWHwH\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/churches-of-cuba-and-u-s-ask-trump-to-lift-embargo-in-face-of-coronavirus\/\">Churches of Cuba and U.S. ask Trump to lift embargo in face of coronavirus<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Churches of Cuba and U.S. ask Trump to lift embargo in face of coronavirus&#8221; &#8212; OnCubaNews English\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/churches-of-cuba-and-u-s-ask-trump-to-lift-embargo-in-face-of-coronavirus\/embed\/#?secret=q6PVpGUlWM#?secret=bTkTxuWHwH\" data-secret=\"bTkTxuWHwH\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Until Wednesday Cuba registered six deaths and 212 confirmed cases of the disease, while keeping more than 2,700 people isolated in sanitary facilities.<\/p>\n<p>This Tuesday the Cuban government announced the total closure of borders and reinforced measures to confront the epidemic, including the suspension of the massive May Day parade on May 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cuba denounced this Wednesday that the restrictions of the U.S. embargo thwarted the donation of masks, ventilators and tests to detect the coronavirus sent by the Chinese electronic giant Alibaba to the island. \u201cFor Cuba, things are always more difficult. 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