Brazil, Mexico, Spain pledge to send more aid to Cuba


Activists from the Nuestra America Convoy embrace after disembarking in Havana Bay after they were located by the Mexican Navy after they went missing while carrying humanitarian aid from Mexico to Cuba, in Havana, Cuba, March 28, 2026. REUTERS/Norlys Perez

MADRID, April ⁠18 (Reuters) - The governments of ⁠Brazil, Spain and Mexico ‌on Saturday vowed to step up coordinated aid to Cuba to alleviate ​what they described ⁠as a ⁠humanitarian crisis caused by the U.S. ⁠blockade ‌of the Caribbean island.

In a joint ⁠statement, the three countries called for ​sincere ‌dialogue in line with ⁠the U.N. ​Charter, adding that the Cuban people must be ⁠free to determine their ​own future.

The statement came after Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez ⁠hosted Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and the leader of Mexico, Claudia ​Scheinbaum, in ⁠Barcelona for an international summit ​aimed at mobilising ‌against the far ​right.

(Reporting by David Latona; Editing by Nick Zieminski)

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