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| Volume 55 Number 27, November 8, 2025 | ARCHIVE | HOME | JBCENTRE | SUBSCRIBE |
Cuba montage dealing with the effects of the
hurricane
Hurricane Melissa caused widespread devastation across the Caribbean, including in eastern Cuba.
As the Cuba Solidarity Campaign (CSC) writes in its Cuba update:
"As they always have done, the Cubans mobilised en masse ahead of the storm in defence of human life. Over 735,000 Cubans were evacuated by Civil Defence teams before Melissa made landfall and, thankfully, no deaths have been recorded in Cuba.
"However, the storm has wreaked havoc in the provinces of Santiago, Granma, Holguín, Guantánamo, and Las Tunas. Officials have reported extensive damage to property, infrastructure and agriculture, with many communities isolated as a result of heavy rainfall and flooding."
CSC writes in its campaign news:
In response to the devastating impact of Hurricane Melissa, the Cuba Solidarity Campaign took the immediate decision to donate £50,000 to Cuba's relief efforts.
CSC Patron Jeremy Corbyn MP joined CSC Director Rob
Miller to formally hand over the donation to the Cuban Ambassador, HE Ismara
Vargas Walter
The donation will be used directly by the Cuban authorities to provide urgent assistance with humanitarian priorities in the provinces most affected, including much-needed medical help.
CSC Patron Jeremy Corbyn MP joined CSC Director Rob Miller to formally hand over the donation to the Cuban Ambassador, HE Ismara Vargas Walter.
"We hope this donation will go some way in helping the people of Cuba at this difficult time. The increasingly dangerous threats of hurricanes across the Caribbean makes international solidarity across borders more important than ever. I would urge countries across the globe to reject the policies of the climate change deniers and step up and do more to counter the impacts of global warming, which is clearly responsible for the increased dangers from such natural disasters," Jeremy Corbyn said.
Expressing gratitude on behalf of her country, Ismara Vargas Walter said: "We thank you all from the bottom of our hearts for this wonderful donation which will be put to immediate use in the relief effort. As Cubans always do we will work together to rebuild, but the assistance we receive by friends such as yourselves will make that battle a little bit easier."
CSC launched the Hurricane Melissa Relief Appeal in response to the devastation. All donations will go directly to relief efforts on the island.
DONATE to Hurricane Melissa relief: