Mexican Volunteers Load Boats with Aid for Energy‑strapped Cuba

Mexican volunteers load boats with aid for energy‑strapped Cuba

Volunteers in Mexico loaded a fleet of modest boats bound for Cuba with rice, baby wipes and other supplies in a growing grassroots effort to help the island as it grapples with the fallout of a U.S. squeeze on oil imports that has led to power outages and a worsening economic crisis.

Mexican volunteers load boats with aid for energy-strapped Cuba

PROGRESO, Mexico - Volunteers in Mexico loaded a fleet of modest boats bound for Cuba with rice, baby wipes and other supplies in a growing grassroots effort to help the island as it grapples with the fallout of a US squeeze on oil imports that has led to power outages and a worsening economic crisis.