One of the measures the Cuban government took in response to the unrest was to allow travellers to bring in medicine, food and sanitary products without paying import duties. In the two weeks following that move, travellers brought in 112 tonnes of such goods via Havana international airport, Cuban customs said.Volunteers welcomed that move but said its impact was limited given the few flights operating to Cuba after the government restricted them due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
"The biggest diaspora community is in Florida but we went from 50 flights per week from the United States to Cuba to three," said Florida-based volunteer Enrique Guzman Karell. Those flights were booked up until next year, he said, meaning volunteers had to fly via Madrid, from where there were more flights - an "absurd, very expensive trip to deliver humanitarian aid".At a church in Madrid, boxes piled high as volunteers sorted shipments donated by hospitals, pharmacies and individuals and bound for various Cuban provinces.
Over the past three weeks, the organisation has sent a tonne of medicines and other aid that is then distributed by other volunteers. "We mainly send antibiotics and drugs which combat COVID-19 because there is just nothing there at the moment," said Hilda Landrove, a Cuban student who is part of another volunteer group based in Mexico City.
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