First int’l aid convoy arrives in crisis-hit Cuba

The first shipment of international aid for crisis-hit Cuba has arrived in the country on Wednesday in the shape of five tons of medical supplies.

A delegation of around 100 European activists arrived overnight at Havana airport with the aid, which will be distributed to hospitals, the official sources said.Cuba had been mired in an economic crisis exacerbated by the sudden suspension of oil supplies from Venezuela in January while battling the effects of the US fuel blockade against Cuba.