{"id":8731,"date":"2026-03-10T23:03:49","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T23:03:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/?p=8731"},"modified":"2026-03-10T23:04:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T23:04:30","slug":"urgent-appeal-medical-aid-for-cuba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/urgent-appeal-medical-aid-for-cuba\/","title":{"rendered":"Urgent Appeal: Medical Aid for Cuba"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The situation Cuba is coping with right now is extremely complex, and evolving. The shortage of fuel, the difficulties in guaranteeing the electricity supply, and illegal international financial restrictions all have a direct impact on the Cuban health system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From Havana, they convey serenity and dignity, but also a clear warning: the coming weeks may be particularly hard. In this context, concrete solidarity, the kind that translates into medical equipment and life-saving medicines, is not symbolic. It is decisive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cuba Support Group Ireland is in a position to offer you a means to help Cuba diectly in this, its hour of need. We have engineered a means to circumvent the US\/EU sanctions and allow you donate cash to buy urgent medicines and equipemnt specifically requested by the Cuban Minestry for Health.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our in-country partner, MediCuba-Europa, will ensure end-to-end delivery. For our part, we will process your donation for free so that all of it gets to Cuba. This is your chance to be a part of history and to make a real difference.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No matter how small, every donation is precious at this critical juncture and we thank you most sincerely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-background-color has-background has-text-align-center wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.csgimembers.info\/donate\/\">Donate to MediCuba<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The situation Cuba is coping with right now is extremely complex, and evolving. The shortage of fuel, the difficulties in guaranteeing the electricity supply, and illegal international financial restrictions all have a direct impact on the Cuban health system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8260,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7133,"url":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/media-advisory-on-the-matanzas-fire-disaster-in-cuba\/","url_meta":{"origin":8731,"position":0},"title":"MEDIA ADVISORY ON THE MATANZAS FIRE DISASTER IN CUBA","author":"Editorial Team","date":"August 12, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"The EU Commission has today, at the request of the government of Cuba, initiated its Civil Protection assistance mechanism in relation to the recent catastrophic fire at the Matanzas oil terminal in Cuba. 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