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<h1 class="reader-title">Mexico readies navy ships to bring
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data-testid="primary-image-caption">A Cuban flag flies
over a street amid concerns about the spread of the
coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in downtown Havana, Cuba,
July 18, 2021. Picture taken July 18, 2021.
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<p data-testid="paragraph-0">MEXICO CITY, July 22
(Reuters) - Mexico will send two navy ships loaded with
food and medical supplies to Cuba, the foreign ministry
said on Thursday, after President Andres Manuel Lopez
Obrador blamed the U.S. embargo for fomenting the
biggest unrest in Cuba in decades.</p>
<p data-testid="paragraph-1">The ships will leave the port
of Veracruz in the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday, taking
syringes, oxygen tanks and masks along with powered
milk, cans of tuna, beans, flour, cooking oil and
gasoline.</p>
<p data-testid="paragraph-2">The shipments exemplify
Mexico's policy of "international solidarity" and it
will keep offering humanitarian aid to help Latin
American and Caribbean countries tackle the coronavirus
pandemic, the foreign ministry said in a statement.</p>
<p data-testid="paragraph-3">The loading of the cargo
began early on Thursday, said Marisa Lopez, a
spokeswoman for the office of the mayor of Veracruz.</p>
<p data-testid="paragraph-4">The preparations came on the
same day that the U.S. government announced sanctions
against a Cuban security minister and a special forces
unit for their alleged role in the crackdown on the
anti-government protests that began this month. <a
href="https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/us-impose-sanctions-cuban-officials-over-crackdown-protests-source-2021-07-22/">
read more </a></p>
<p data-testid="paragraph-5">The Cuban embassy in Mexico
City did not immediately respond to a request for
comment.</p>
<p data-testid="paragraph-6">The Cuban government has
blamed the protests mostly on what it calls
U.S.-financed "counter-revolutionaries" exploiting
economic hardship caused by decades-old U.S. embargo.</p>
<p data-testid="paragraph-7">Latin American governments
have split along ideological lines over the protests in
Cuba.</p>
<p data-testid="paragraph-8">Mexico, run by leftist Lopez
Obrador, has sided with Cuba, while Chile and Peru have
urged the Communist government to allow pro-democracy
protests. <a
href="https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/mexico-foreign-minister-says-looking-into-humanitarian-aid-cuba-2021-07-13/">
read more </a></p>
<p><span>Editing by Drazen Jorgic; additional reporting by
Diego Ore; Editing by Stephen Coates, Robert Birsel</span></p>
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