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Marco Rubio Says U.S. Will Offer Hurricane Relief to Cuba, but Not Through the Government There
The U.S. plans to deliver aid through local partners to Cuba and nearby Caribbean nations after Hurricane Melissa caused widespread destruction with 185 mph winds, officials said.
- Secretary of State Marco Rubio declared Thursday that the U.S. is prepared to offer immediate humanitarian aid to Cuba, with State Department teams expected to arrive in the Caribbean as early as Thursday after Hurricane Melissa struck Jamaica on Tuesday.
- Damage assessments show Hurricane Melissa destroyed homes, washed out roads and uprooted trees before moving on to eastern Cuba, but the full extent of the damage remains unknown across the Caribbean.
- The State Department said it will issue a Declaration of Humanitarian Assistance for Cuba and provide aid via local partners, noting `U.S. law includes exemptions and authorizations relating to private donations of food, medicine, and other humanitarian goods to Cuba, as well as disaster response`.
- The U.S. government will direct rescue and response teams with lifesaving supplies to Jamaica through government-established platforms, Rubio said.
- The State Department urged Americans in affected countries to contact U.S. embassies and posted State Department website guidance, while Rubio, a Cuban American critic, recommended relief pass through nongovernmental organizations amid President Donald Trump's policy reversal from former President Joe Biden.
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Havana, Cuba contacted the U.S. Department of State to learn about its announced willingness to help the Caribbean country after Hurricane Melissa, Vice Chancellor Carlos Fernández de Cossío reported yesterday.
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Rubio says US is ready to offer 'immediate humanitarian aid' to people of Cuba impacted by Hurricane Melissa
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Thursday that the U.S. is "prepared to offer immediate humanitarian aid" to people in Cuba following the devastating effects of Hurricane Melissa.
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The U.S. offered humanitarian aid to Cuba, as it did to Caribbean neighbours, after the passage of Hurricane 'Melissa', reported Marco Rubio.
·Mexico City, Mexico
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