US offers new relationship to Cuba in Rubio message
Rubio said the aid would go through churches and charities as U.S. officials prepare charges against Raúl Castro and more sanctions.
- On Wednesday, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio addressed the Cuban people in a Spanish-language video, offering $100 million in food and medicine to address the nation's humanitarian crisis.
- Rubio conditioned the aid on distribution via the Catholic Church to bypass GAESA, the military-linked conglomerate he accused of plundering national wealth instead of helping ordinary citizens.
- The U.S. Justice Department is expected to announce criminal charges against 94-year-old former President Raul Castro today, relating to the 1996 downing of two civilian planes operated by Brothers to the Rescue.
- Cuba's top diplomat, Lianys Torres Rivera, stated the country remains open to aid if provided in good faith, though few details of the proposal have been relayed to her.
- Heightened tensions follow the U.S. ouster of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in January, which cut off Cuba's oil supplies and deepened the island's severe energy blackouts and food shortages.
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On Thursday, 21 May, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio assured that Cuba had accepted a $100 million offer of humanitarian aid. The communist island has experienced repeated power failures and a shortage of oil since an American blockade was put in place. Donald Trump, for his part, has in recent months repeatedly repeated his willingness to take control of the island state. - "The United States favours a diplomatic solution": Cuba would have ac…
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Thursday that Cuba accepted a $100 million offer in humanitarian aid, but added that it was unclear whether Havana had endorsed Washington's conditions.
Deprived of oil due to the American blockade introduced in January, the island of Cuba is going through a major economic and energy crisis. Washington increased its pressure on Wednesday by indicting Raul Castro, former leader of the communist dictatorship.
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio states that Cuba has agreed to receive American emergency aid.
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