Cabrera emphasized that this spirit of solidarity is what motivates broad sectors of the Dominican people today, who have historically maintained fraternal ties with that nation.

  She explained that a Solidarity Committee has been formed in the country, bringing together people of diverse ideological positions, ordinary citizens, families, as well as social, community, and labor organizations, including the National Confederation of Trade Union Unity (CNUC) and the Dominican Teachers Association (ADP), which are working on initiatives to support Cuba.

  This committee is promoting the national solidarity campaign “Cuba is not alone!”, whose first donation was delivered to the Cuban embassy last Sunday, March 29, according to the committee member.

  She stated that the restrictions, especially the Trump administration’s ban on fuel access, have exacerbated the difficulties on the island.

  As a proof of Cuba’s internationalist commitment, the political leader highlighted the deployment of hundreds of healthcare professionals to the hardest-hit regions of West Africa during the Ebola epidemic, an unprecedented event in history.

  She also mentioned that the Caribbean nation was the only one to allow a cruise ship with several confirmed cases of COVID-19 to dock on the island for humanitarian reasons during the pandemic, and guaranteed the safe and immediate return of those passengers to the United Kingdom.

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