Mexico Joins in Expressing Solidarity with Haiti After Hurricane Matthew Xinhua
go to original October 9, 2016

Listen: Hundreds of people were killed and thousands displaced after Hurricane Matthew struck Haiti this week. Washington Post Mexico City bureau chief Joshua Partlow speaks from Les Cayes, Haiti. (NPR.org)

Update: Health Conditions Worsen as Aid Trickles into Remote Haiti (The Associated Press)

Several governments in Latin America have expressed their solidarity with Haiti and have offered humanitarian aid after Hurricane Matthew caused over 800 deaths and significant material losses in the Caribbean nation.

Food, bottled water, mattresses as well as machinery to remove rubble and medical staff form part of the convoys that different Latin American countries have sent to help the island.

Venezuela was one of the first nations to take action and sent three lots of humanitarian aid, the last of which was sent on Friday and contained 660 tonnes of food, medication, water, blankets and mattresses. The batch also included 450 tonnes of heavy machinery to remove rubble and rehabilitate roads.

Cuba, despite also suffering at the hands of Hurricane Matthew, announced on Friday that it would send "38 doctors specialized in facing disasters" to Haiti.

The group will be made up of members of the "Henry Reeve" International Contingent of Doctors Specialized in Disaster Situations and Serious Epidemics.

Mexico is also playing its part and standing in solidarity with the island nation. President Enrique Pena Nieto said that "Mexico regrets the pain and loss of human life that the people of Haiti are suffering."

The president said that "humanitarian support and aid during the relief and recovery stage" will be sent from Mexico.

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Related: Aid Arrives in Haiti, But Desperation Grows in Cut-Off Towns (Associated Press)

Related: Haiti Takes Stock of Hurricane as Death Toll Climbs, International Aid Mobilized (New China)

Related: Post Hurricane – Determination to Make It to United States Grows (Reuters)

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