{"id":217931,"date":"2020-04-23T14:59:53","date_gmt":"2020-04-23T18:59:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=217931"},"modified":"2020-04-23T14:59:53","modified_gmt":"2020-04-23T18:59:53","slug":"transfers-and-donations-from-switzerland-for-cuban-public-health-blocked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/transfers-and-donations-from-switzerland-for-cuban-public-health-blocked\/","title":{"rendered":"Transfers and donations from Switzerland for Cuban public health blocked"},"content":{"rendered":"

Three associations based in Switzerland denounced the effect of the U.S. embargo on humanitarian aid for Cuban public health in its fight against COVID-19, the international service of the Swiss Radio and Television Broadcasting Association<\/a><\/em> announced this Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The document promoted from the MediCuba-Switzerland website stresses that Cuba, like almost all countries in the world, must mobilize significant efforts to combat the pandemic and that today, more than ever, it needs medicines, food, fuel, medical equipment and access to foreign exchange.<\/p>\n

Despite this, Swiss banks have almost completely interrupted the traffic of international payments to Havana, despite the fact that \u201cthe government of Switzerland rejects the blockade imposed by the United States on the island for almost 60 years ago, and maintains historic relations of friendship and cooperation with Cuba.\u201d<\/p>\n

Both MediCuba-Suiza<\/a> and the Switzerland-Cuba Association denounced that their banks have blocked the transfer of donations intended to support the emergency aid project #CubavsCovid19#CubavsCovid19.<\/p>\n