Chile Agrees to Send Humanitarian Aid to Cuba, Joining Mexico

Chile’s outgoing government will give humanitarian aid to Cuba, the nation’s top diplomat said Thursday, days after Mexico sent two ships filled with tons of food to the struggling communist-run island.

The South American country will provide monetary assistance through multilateral organizations, Foreign Affairs Minister Alberto van Klaveren told reporters. When asked if the Chilean administration is concerned about any retaliation from Donald Trump — whose administration has pressured nations to cease oil shipments to Cuba — he replied that “the US won’t object to humanitarian aid.”

Chile is motivated to act “by a humanitarian crisis that has been ongoing ...