Cuba Has Agreed To Consider A U.S. Offer Of Humanitarian Aid

• 14.05.2026, 19:00

On May 14, a wave of protests swept through Havana.

Cuban authorities are ready to consider a $100 million U.S. humanitarian aid offer, the island nation's Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla said on social network X.

"The Cuban government has no practice of rejecting foreign aid offered out of good intentions and with sincere goals of cooperation, whether bilateral or multilateral," Rodriguez Parrilla said. - We are ready to listen to the details of the proposal and learn how it will be implemented."

The Cuban foreign minister said the island's government also has a long and positive experience of working together with the Catholic Church. Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla said he hoped the aid would be free of political maneuvering and attempts to capitalize on the "pain of the people" of Cuba. Washington, the minister added, has also not yet specified whether it will be provided in cash or in kind and whether it will be able to quickly meet the population's immediate needs for fuel, food and medicine.

The minister said this is the first time the U.S. has openly announced an offer of aid. Nevertheless, the best assistance the U.S. authorities could provide is an end to the energy and economic blockade, which is tighter than ever before, the Cuban foreign minister emphasized.

On May 13, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced an offer to Cuba of $100 million in humanitarian aid for the population. He said Washington had previously offered aid, but Cuban authorities had declined. Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla reported at the time that "nobody knows about the first offer in Cuba." On May 14, a wave of protests swept through Havana because of power outages caused by the U.S. embargo.