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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