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*Venezuela Sending More Aid to Cuba/Haiti* Posted By *Circles Robinson* On November 1, 2012 @ 1:13 pm In *Business & Economy,Recent Posts,Updates* | *Following Hurricane Sandy * HAVANA TIMES (dpa) The Venezuelan government today sent 93 tons of foods to Cuba on an air bridge that will continue transporting humanitarian assistance in the wake of the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy, reported Venezuelas minister of the Interior, Nestor Reverol. The official added that another airplane will take foods to Haiti and that the air bridge will become operational over the next seven days. Venezuela had already sent 553 tons of foods, water, medicine and teams to support recovery efforts following the landfall of the hurricane. President Hugo Chavez has also formed a governmental commission to evaluate the damage and to support the reconstruction of the affected areas. Over these next seven days we will be sending all of what is required by both countries. This is a vast expression of support for our sister peoples of Haiti and Cuba, said Reverol, who pointed out that some 646 tons of additional material assistance will be sent next week to help the two nations. Were ratifying our commitment of solidarity and our affection for these peoples who have been hit so hardly. We are sure that the people of Haiti and Cuba will come out of this crisis, he asserted. The ambassador of Cuba in Venezuela, Rogelio Polanco, expressed his thanks for the humanitarian assistance, which he said demonstrates the sensitivity of President Hugo Chavez and the vocation of solidary of the Bolivarian Revolution. Polanco reported that the pounding by Hurricane Sandy left 11 dead and seriously damaged or destroyed at least 130,000 houses in Cuba. This shipment has great spiritual value for our people, in addition to the physical value that it already entails, he indicated. *Share this post:* ------------------------------ Article printed from Havana Times.org: *http://www.havanatimes.org* URL to article: *http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=81340* URLs in this post: [1] Image: *http://www.linkwithin.com/* ** ** ** *Bolivia to Send Water and Food to Cuba November 1, 2012 | [image: Email]<http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=81328&emailpopup=1> Email <http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=81328&emailpopup=1> | [image: Print]<http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=81328&print=1> Print <http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=81328&print=1> | 0 3 HAVANA TIMES The government of Evo Morales approved on Wednesday the sending of 120 tons of humanitarian assistance to Cuba to help address the destruction caused by the Hurricane Sandy, reported Bolivian Minister of Defense Ruben Saavedra. The official specified that the first 60 tons will be sent on Saturday and a second shipment of a similar quantity will go out three or four days later in fulfillment with the Supreme Ordinance approved by the national government. The Bolivian state expressed its solidarity with those countries hit by the hurricane and caused enormous losses, particularly in Cuba, where it was reported that 11 people died and over 150,000 homes were damaged or destroyed Share this post: Post-Sandy: Castro Realistic & Optimistic November 1, 2012 | [image: Email]<http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=81345&emailpopup=1> Email <http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=81345&emailpopup=1> | [image: Print]<http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=81345&print=1> Print <http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=81345&print=1> | 4 146 <http://www.havanatimes.org/?attachment_id=81346> Raul Castro has been touring the hurricane damage and bringing a message of hope in Santiago de Cuba and Guantanamo. Photo: Estudios Revolución. HAVANA TIMES After touring Santiago de Cuba earlier in the week Cuban President Raul Castro is in Guantanamo today one of the three provinces hit hardest by Hurricane Sandy a week ago. Castros main message is asking people not to lose hope and assuring they will not be abandoned. The latest destruction reports show over 180,000 damaged or destroyed homes along with over 100,000 hectares (245,000 acres) of crops destroyed, the hardest hit being the sugar crop, along with plantains and other bananas, vegetables and other basic crops. It was a truly hard blow; it was a powerful hurricane that developed very quickly. The reality [of the damage] exceeds the photos and images in the press and television: Santiago has been shaken; it looks like a bombed city. But we will recover. You are a tough people. Weve known that for over a half century, said Castro. First vice-president Jose Ramon Machado, who is accompanying Castro in the tour of the affected regions, said one of the greatest problems in the coming months is going to be providing food for the people. Cuba imports over half its basic foods. Cuba already had a shortage of building materials and skilled construction workers before hurricane damage, tensing the situation in the coming period. In fact, reconstruction from the 2008 earthquake Ike was still not completed in Holguin, the other province hit hard by Sandy. * [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:[email protected]?subject=laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! 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