The Cuban government confirmed this Monday that it has maintained contacts with the United States in relation to the material damage suffered by Hurricane Ian last week.
Havana thus confirms information recently released by The Wall Street Journal in which it was ensured that the Island had contacted the United States Government.
“The governments of Cuba and the United States have exchanged information on the considerable damage and unfortunate losses caused by Hurricane Ian in both countries,” the Cuban Foreign Ministry said on the social network Twitter.
The brief message added that the Government of Cuba also maintains communication “with other governments interested in the ravages and needs for recovery in Cuba.”
The Wall Street Journal published this Friday an exclusive entitled Cuba makes an unusual request for US help after the devastation of Hurricane Ian, in which he explained that the Cuban government had requested “emergency assistance” from Washington and that the Administration of President Joe Biden was in contact with the island’s authorities to find out how much help was needed.
From Mexico, a plane landed this Monday in Havana with more than 10 tons of electrical insulators, according to the official press.
In recent days, various types of assistance have arrived in Cuba from Mexico, Venezuela and Argentina, as well as from the World Health Organization (WHO) and its regional subsidiary in the Americas.
From Mexico, a plane landed this Monday in Havana with more than 10 tons of electrical insulators, according to reports. the official presswhich are integrated into the “more than 100 tons of solidarity aid” transported “in four planes of the Mexican Air Force, which made 16 flights working uninterruptedly for 96 hours”, after the cyclone.
US civil society groups close to Cuba asked this saturday in an ad in New York Times the US government to temporarily lift sanctions on the island to facilitate reconstruction after the passage of Ian.
Hurricane Ian crossed the western end of Cuba from south to north on Tuesday, with intense rains and winds of up to 200 kilometers per hour, leaving for the moment five dead and considerable material damage.
Due to issues not fully clarified, the passage of the hurricane generated a complete blackout on the Island, damaging some 200,000 homes and seriously affecting crops and infrastructure.
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