Today -- November 7th-2025 -- the two photos above show a ship from Colombia arriving in the Santiago de Cuba port will vital aid to help the Cubans devastated by the vicious Hurricane Melissa. Other nations such as Japan and Vietnam have also provided quick and valuable help.
Even as Hurricane Melissa was exiting Cuba, U. S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio officially posted the above notice saying that "The United States is prepared to provide immediate humanitarian assistance directly and via local partners who can most effectively deliver it to those in need."
Cuba's longtime Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez noted that Rubio's quick offer to help Cuba as it reeled from Hurricane Melissa's wrath made huge headlines in the US and in the UK but he was skeptical, and with reason. Such offers, he reasoned, were often excuses for the U. S. to offer help to Dissident Cubans on the island, not to help the Cuban government fight the perils of such natural disasters as Hurricane Melissa.
Indeed, it is well known that even many of the most powerful Cubans in Miami expressed admiration for how Cuba defends its people from Hurricanes. They have often espressed the belief that Miami should follow Cuba's Hurricane policies and learn from them. And, sure enough, Cuba's efforts before, during, and after Hurricane Melissa again impressed Miami because of the way Cuba tried to save its people. Some of those efforts are highlighted by the two photos shown above.
Even U. S. news sources such as Yahoo News reported {see above} about Cuba's herculean efforts to help its people before, during, and after the devastation of Hurricane Melissa. Yes, it is interesting to understand "why hurricanes rarely kill in Cuba." Knowing where and when Hurricane Melissa was going to hit hardest, Cuba evacuated thousands of people from those areas, and then also used its military and coast guard operatives to rescue as many people as possible.
The photo above shows a ship of rice being off-loaded at the harbor in Santiago de Cuba courtesy of Vietnam. More than any other nation, Vietnam was already helping the Cuban people survive food shortages and the frequent island-wide power blackouts.
As October turned into November in 2025 the vulnerable island-nation of Cuba was coping with massive destruction from Hurricane Melissa as the nations of the world at the United Nations in New York City were voting for the 33rd STRAIGHT YEAR to loudly condemn the U. S. EMBARGO-Blockade of Cuba. It began in 1962 and in 2025 it is now tighter and more stringent than ever. There are now 193 nations in the UN and for the past three decades usually only two nations -- the U. S. and Israel -- have voted to continue the U. S. EMBARGO/Blockade of Cuba. But in 2025 the U. S. had persuaded other nations to vote to continue it, so this year the vote had just 165 nations voting to end the BLOCKADE while 7 voted to continue it with 12 nations choosing not to vote at all. It is interesting to note that the 7 nations that voted to continue it were the United States, Israel, Argentina, Hungary, North Macedonia, Paraquay, and Ukraine.
While in 2025 there are now a record number of seven UN Nations that voted to continue the U. S. Embargo/Blockade of Cuba, for the 33rd straight year most nations in the world voted to end it. Below are some of the many speeches at the United Nations that begged most vehemently for the United States to finally end it:
The U. S. routinely ignores such words.
From 1962 to 2025 is a LONG time!!
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