The cargo, valued at some 300,000 euros, contains medicines and other materials purchased with funds donated by Cuban troubadour Silvio Rodriguez, thanks to his last two concerts in the Spanish capital, as well as by several groups belonging to the State Movement of Solidarity with Cuba (MESC).

The Cuban ambassador in Spain, Marcelino Medina, thanked the gesture that coincided with the official presentation of the campaign Tons of Solidarity against the Blockade of Cuba of the MESC.

It was a special moment marked by the 60th anniversary of the official imposition of the economic, financial and commercial siege against Cuba by the United States.

Antibiotics, antipyretics, anti-inflammatory drugs, surgical and examination gloves, probes, masks, epis, syringes and face shields are essentially the items loaded in the container.

The purchase was made with funds contributed by Rodríguez, but also by MediCuba España; the Valencian Association of Friendship with Cuba José Martí; the Miguel Hernández Association of Alicante; Euskadi-Cuba; the Ernesto Guevara Association of Solidarity and Cooperation of Torrejón de Ardoz; the Spanish-Cuban Friendship of Málaga; the Communist Party of Spain and the Defensem Cuba platform of Catalonia.

As detailed to Prensa Latina by the portal Cubainformación, directed by José Manzaneda, the shipping company NIRINT also collaborated in this shipment.

Previously, the Catalan solidarity platform Defensem Cuba sent a container to the Caribbean island loaded with sanitary and orthopedic material from the port of Barcelona to the port of Mariel.

Defensem Cuba counted on the collaboration of the company, Cotransa, after collecting donations for months for the largest of the Antilles.

The Catalan association explained that "with this small grain of sand we want to show that Cuba is not alone, that there are millions of us in the world who support the brave Cuban people and the model of society they choose, without interference".

The MESC, made up of 58 collectives in Spain, expects to soon send more donations from Catalonia and the Canary Islands.

The campaign has already had a successful precedent, with the days to collect syringes for Cuba, with which the MESC sent four million of these accessories along with needles for the vaccination against Covid-19 in the largest of the Antilles.

The MESC organizations have opened 15 bank accounts for the campaign Tons of Solidarity against the Blockade of Cuba, which will end on July 26 this year.