The president of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, expressed concern this Friday, March 27, about two vessels from the 'Convoy Nuestra América' that went missing in the Caribbean while transporting humanitarian aid to the island. The sailboats, carrying activists including two women, six men, and a three-year-old child, were part of an initiative that began last week to publicly show solidarity with Cuba and criticize the U.S. oil blockade against the island. 'We express our special concern for the two Mexican vessels transporting solidarity aid to Cuba as part of the Nuestra América convoy,' the Cuban president stated. The vessels had departed on March 21 from Isla Mujeres (southeast Mexico) and there has been no communication or confirmation of their arrival. In response, Mexico's Secretariat of the Navy (Semar) activated a search and rescue plan to locate the vessels with crew members of various nationalities. The Semar called on the international maritime community to report any information or sightings of the missing vessels to the nearest naval authorities.
