Nuestra América Convoy leaves for Cuba

“Together, we can break the siege, save lives, and stand up for the cause of Cuban self-determination.”

By Progressive International

On the morning of 17^th March 2026, 220 suitcases filled with medicine left Milan for Cuba.

Inside them: cancer drugs, antibiotics, pain medication, surgical materials, and treatments for chronic conditions.

They are the first shipment of the Nuestra América Convoy to Cuba – a global mobilisation delivering humanitarian aid to the island as Donald Trump’s illegal siege plunges it into darkness.

More than four tonnes of aid, gathered by the Italian Agency for Cultural Economic Exchange (AICEC) – part of the 20+ tonnes of food, medicines, solar equipment, and humanitarian supplies the Convoy will deliver to Cuba.

These materials will help:

• Hospitals keep the lights on during blackouts.
• Cancer patients continue their life-saving treatments.
• Children get the vitamins and nutrition they need.
• Doctors take care of their patients.

All of it was made possible by support from around the world.

Solidarity is now moving – in the form of solar generators, medical supplies, and cancer treatments – toward Havana.

Once there, the aid will be distributed by Cuban civil society organisations, including the Instituto Cubano de Amistad con Los Pueblos (ICAP), and delivered directly to hospitals and clinics across the island.

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Because the consequences of the siege are measured in empty pharmacies, darkened homes, and lives put at risk.

“I can do anything I want with it,” Donald Trump said of Cuba on 16 March.

The Convoy is our answer.

In the coming days, other delegations from around the world will follow – by air, land and sea.

This is only the beginning. Together, we can break the siege, save lives, and stand up for the cause of Cuban self-determination.

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