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(31 Jul 2021) Stocks of food, oxygen and other medical supplies arrived in Cuba on Friday as a donation from the Mexican government amid the severe economic crisis affecting the Caribbean nation.   
It was the first of three shipments which were ordered to be sent to Cuba by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
A second similar package is set to be delivered before the third will bring 100,000 barrels of diesel fuel for hospitals.
Mexican Ambassador to Cuba Miguel Díaz Reinoso said the aid was a "testimony of friendship, gratitude and solidarity".
Cuban Minister of Commerce and Foreign Investment Rodrigo Malmierca was also at Havana's harbor to receive the shipment.
It comes almost three weeks after unusual July 11 protests in which thousands of Cubans took to the streets in Havana and other cities to protest shortages, power outages and government policies.
They were the first such protests since the 1990s.
Trump-era restrictions and the lack of tourism due to the coronavirus pandemic have left Cuba in economic chaos affecting all walks of life.
But the Biden administrations imposed more sanctions earlier in July when the Cuban government cracked down on protests.

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