US offers Cuba $2 million in aid after Hurricane Ian

Washington announced on Tuesday that it will provide emergency financial aid worth two million dollars to Havana, with the Cuban government announcing that it accepts this US initiative.

The U.S. will provide Cuban citizens with “critical humanitarian assistance” through USAID, the Agency for International Development, and “trusted international partners” who will work directly with communities devastated by the cyclone, spokesman Ned Price said. of the State Department, in the press release it released.

“We are grateful for the offer of humanitarian aid from the USA,” Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez said on Twitter.

That two million dollars will “contribute to our efforts to rebuild and support” citizens affected by the cyclone, he added.

Hurricane Ian hit the Caribbean island in late September, costing the lives of two people and causing significant property damage while plunging Cuba into darkness.

Then it hit the USA, claiming the lives of over a hundred people in the states of the American South, mainly in Florida.

Relations with Cuba remain an extremely sensitive issue politically in the US, which is home to a large community of Cuban exiles, especially in Florida.

Democratic President Joe Biden promised when he took office in 2021 that he would overhaul US policy toward Havana, which has been embargoed since 1962. But his tone became much tougher after Cuban authorities cracked down on anti-government protests in July 2021. .

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