The regime questions U.S. aid to the Cuban people: “Promises beans while blocking fuel.”

The Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister, Carlos Fernández de Cossío, dismissed the new humanitarian aid package of six million dollars announced by the United States this Thursday, and accused Washington of acting with “proverbial hypocrisy.”

In a message posted on his social media, the official criticized that the U.S. government promises to “send a little bit of beans, rice, canned goods, and rechargeable lamps” to a group of Cubans in the eastern provinces, while —he stated— subjecting the entire country to a relentless economic war that deprives the Island of fuel.

Fernández de Cossío stated that the coercive measures imposed by Washington exceed 5 billion dollars annually, with a direct impact on food production, electricity generation, healthcare services, water supply, and transportation, among other sectors.

"The U.S. government imposes sanctions that harm the daily lives of millions of Cubans while promising humanitarian aid with products at exorbitant prices to make a dirty political deal," wrote the diplomat.

The deputy minister also stated that if the representatives of the United States were honest, they would acknowledge the "effective track record of the Cuban authorities" in the distribution of international aid, supported —according to him— by agencies of the United Nations System and allied governments.

The statements from Fernández de Cossío respond to the announcement from the State Department, which confirmed the provision of an additional six million dollars in direct assistance for the Cuban people, in collaboration with the Catholic Church and Caritas.
The funds will be allocated for basic food and essential supplies for the victims of Hurricane Melissa, which devastated eastern Cuba in October 2025.

Washington has insisted that the resources will not be funneled through the Cuban regime, but rather delivered directly by local parishes, in order to avoid diversion or political control over the aid.

In its statement, the State Department warned Miguel Díaz-Canel's government that any attempt to interfere with the distribution of resources "will have consequences" and reiterated that the assistance aims to benefit the population directly, not the power structures in Havana.

Meanwhile, the Cuban regime maintains its rhetoric of resistance and accuses Washington of intensifying economic pressure, just as the country faces one of the worst energy and food crises in its recent history.