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Havana, Aug 6 (EFE).- A shipment of humanitarian aid sent by the Government of Nicaragua arrived in Cuba Friday to help the Caribbean country from a serious shortage of food, medicine and other basic products amid the worst outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Nicaraguan merchant ship Augusto César Sandino brought a load of 30 containers of food to the container terminal of the Special Development Zone, in the western port of Mariel, 45 kilometers west of Havana. (Camera: FELIPE BORREGO). SHOT LIST: THE ARRIVAL OF THE HUMANITARIAN AID SENT BY NICARAGUA AT THE MARIEL PORT IN SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT ZONE, IN THE CITY OF ARTEMISA, CUBA. SOUND BITES: CUBA'S MINISTER OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT (CITMA), ELBA ROSA PÉREZ (IN SPANISH). TRANSLATION: - On behalf of the Government and the people of Cuba, I would like to thank the Nicaraguan people and government for this gesture of solidarity towards the Cuban people. We highly appreciate the shipment of donation that we have just received, as well as the signs of support that we have always received from the people of Nicaragua.
Yangon, Jul 19 (EFE/EPA).-Myanmar's shadow National Unity Government (NUG), in opposition to the military junta, has requested urgent humanitarian assistance from the United Nations to tackle the escalating Covid-19 crisis in the country.The NUG, formed after the coup by politicians and activists opposed to the military regime, called for international emergency help to deal with the new wave of the virus that has "spiraled out of control with a death toll that is increasing daily under the mismanagement of the coup council," it said in a letter to the UN on Sunday night.The opposition group, which declares itself the legitimate government and maintains its loyalty to deposed leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, said that the official data issued by the military junta is just "the tip of the iceberg" due to lack of systemic data collection, limited testing and the inability to access and deploy vaccines. (Camera: ARCHIVE). ARCHIVE FOOTAGE OF CORONAVIRUS SITUATION, VACCINATION DRIVES, AND ANTI-COUP PROTESTS IN YANGON, MYANMAR.
Caracas, Venezuela Sep 10 (EFE), (Camera: Jackdwin Sáez).- Blanca, Ángel and Alí can't wait for Monday. They are elderly people who live alone in Caracas, hard hot by the pandemic and the crisis but, at the beginning of the week, they receive meals for the next five days from the Good Neighbour, a solidarity initiative that helps 1,000 people per month.FOOTAGE OF "GOOD NEIGHBOUR" VOLUNTEERS DELIVERING FOOD AND MASK PRODUCTION:SOUNDBITES OF:-BLANCA DÍAZ:"We receive a pension of some 400,000 bolivars, which is equivalent to 1.30 dollars per month. What can a person do with 1,30 dollars per month?-VERÓNICA GÓMEZ, JOURNALIST AND VOLUNTEER OF GOOD NEIGHBOUR:"No, I don't want to go to nursing homes. I want to go to the houses of those old people who don't have their children here because they had to leave the country.""Little by little, we have grown and that 50 meals now have turned into 1,000 meals per week. Today we deliver food to 200 people every week. They alternate so those who receive their meals this week won't get them next week but in 15 days so this way we can deliver meals to 1,000 people during a month.""Most of them are retired, their children live abroad and they're over 60. In our database, most of them are between 60 and 70 years old...They are alone at home and the neighbours are who register them and, on some occasions, the neighbours were the ones helping them so when they knew about the Good Neighbour they saw it as economic relief for themselves. They now know that, apart from the community, they have other people who can help them.""In a recent interview with a friend, he asked me 'do you see these old people worse now?' And I said "A lot." Some of them, 5 months ago, looked impeccable, shaved, with their (clean) clothes...the clothes are now too big, they don't shave, they don't tuck in their shirts...They are alone, they don't speak with anyone. I always say that the best part of the Good Neighbour is not the food but the company. They even have our personal numbers."-ANGELO RANGEL, LEADER OF MASK INITIATIVE IN CARACAS:"A month ago we wanted to start the production of masks. The initiative was born due to the need because there aren't masks. It is uncomfortable because we are showing a reality that shouldn't exist, I mean, it should be a state that guarantees all this."
Caracas Sep 10 (EFE) (CAMERA: Jackdwin Sáez) .- Local aid networks strive to combat the Covid-19 crisis handing out food packages to elderly neighbors in Caracas, Venezuela.
New York City, Sep 24 (EFE).- Several former Latin American presidents highlighted Friday during the second day of the Global Forum on Latin America and the Caribbean the lack of unity among the leaders of the region and advocated for unity and independence to face the problems that Covid-19 has left them. (Camera: EFE).B-ROLL OF THE GLOBAL FORUM ON LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN IN NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, US.
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