14ymedio, Havana, 13 December 2023 — The province of Artemisa, considered until recently one of Cuba’s granaries and a supplier of agricultural products to Havana, increasingly depends on the generosity of international cooperation for its own food. After donations of tractors and other materials from Mexico, it was China’s turn this Tuesday to deliver food for the basic family basket sold through the ration system — in particular, rice, wheat flour and milk.
According to the Xinhua agency, the donation was delivered by the Asian country’s ambassador to Cuba, Ma Hui, and received by the first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) in Artemisa, Gladys Martínez Verdecia, who said that these products will also benefit health centers and families in vulnerable situations.
Ma explained during the signing of the gift’s delivery that it is not a large donation in quantity or value. However, “it is a ’small and beautiful’ project with enormous significance for both countries” that constitutes a joint action between the Chinese and Cuban parties to promote “the philosophy of development centered on the people.”
“This is a vivid example of the promotion of the joint construction of a shared future between China and Cuba,” said the Chinese ambass