May 12 (UPI) -- Cuba's foreign minister has denied his government received a $100 million offer in humanitarian aid from the United States, after Secretary of State Marco Rubio publicly claimed Washington tried to send assistance and Cuban authorities refused to distribute it.
In a message posted on X, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla described Rubio's version as a "fable" and a "$100 million lie," and questioned who would finance the aid, how it would be distributed and whether it would consist of cash, fuel, food or medicine.
"Someone should ask the U.S. secretary of state about the fable of the alleged offer of $100 million in humanitarian aid to Cuba, which nobody here knows anything about," Rodríguez wrote.
Alguien debería preguntar al Secretario de Estado de #EEUU sobre la fábula del supuesto ofrecimiento de 100 millones de dólares en ayuda humanitaria a #Cuba, que aquí nadie conoce.
Sería bueno saber quién específicamente aportaría el dinero, si se entregaría en efectivo para... pic.twitter.com/g5WKDDt0EY— Bruno Rodríguez P (@BrunoRguezP) May 12, 2026
