In a statement to Prensa Latina, Anaic president Marco Papacci said that the purpose of this initiative is also to express solidarity with the Cuban people, who have also been hit by a recent energy crisis, mainly as a result of the US economic, commercial and financial blockade against that nation.
In a recent communiqué, this friendship group pointed out that the criminal US blockade, which violates human rights, “affects all sectors of Cuban society and affects the lives of the population on a daily basis,” and urged to increase actions to denounce it and demand its end.
As a result of the initiative with the theme Energy for Life, a fund-raising campaign in favor of the Cuban people, managed to collect more than 11,000 Euros in only two days.
Papacci specified that, of that total, 5,000 euros were contributed by Anaic at the central level and the remaining 6,000 came from members of that organization and from many Italians who are joining this call, while the financial contributions continue to arrive.
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel reported on October 22 that the death toll caused by hurricane Oscar rose to seven, while the material damage in the easternmost part of the country was high.
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