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Two sailboats carrying humanitarian aid from southern Mexico, with at least eight people aboard, landed in Havana after the Mexican navy located them amid bad weather; convoy coordinator Adnaan Stumo said delays were weather-related and the Nuestra América Convoy said the mission to deliver aid to Cubans remains on track.
Mexico’s navy is searching for two vessels carrying humanitarian aid to Cuba that sailed from Isla Mujeres on March 20; with crews of multiple nationalities aboard, there has been no communication or confirmation of Havana arrival, triggering international search-and-rescue coordination and a Navy appeal for sightings as the vessels are part of the Nuestra America Convoy aiding Cuba amid a humanitarian crisis.
Mexico’s navy activated a search-and-rescue operation for two sailboats carrying humanitarian aid to Cuba after they failed to arrive in Havana on schedule; nine crew members of various nationalities were aboard, and the vessels departed Isla Mujeres last week with an expected March 24–25 arrival. The boats are part of the Nuestra America Convoy delivering rice, baby wipes, beans, baby formula, medicine and energy-related goods amid Cuba’s power outages and economic crisis; another convoy vessel arrived in Havana, and authorities are coordinating with maritime rescue centers in Poland, France, Cuba and the U.S., plus the countries of origin.