Cuba doesn’t make a habit of asking the United States for help. The two countries haven’t had formal diplomatic relations for 50 years. So when Havana hesitantly raises the issue of disaster aid with a U.S. Coast Guard officer while on a boat in the middle of the Caribbean where nobody can see or hear them talking — that’s probably important, right?
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=107084