Brazil Sends Food, Medicine to Cuba as Crisis Deepens

A bicycle taxi operator in front of the rubble of the National School of Design in Havana on March 16. — A bicycle taxi operator in front of the rubble of the National School of Design in Havana on March 16.
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By Daniela Milanese

March 18, 2026 at 10:10 PM UTC

Leia em português.

Brazil is sending humanitarian aid to Cuba as the island faces a deepening economic crisis under increasing pressure from the Donald Trump administration.