Cuba has asked the United States for immediate assistance due to Hurricane Yen.

According to APA, The Wall Street Journal newspaper reported on this.

This request was unexpected because the relations between the two countries are tense.

The former head of the White House, Donald Trump, accused Cuba of financing terrorism.

The current president, Joe Biden, has not done serious work for the normalization of relations.

The newspaper writes that if Washington fulfills the request, there may be a serious turn in diplomatic relations.

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07.13

Hurricane Yen destroyed more than 8,500 hectares of farmland in Cuba.

APA informs that "Tribuna de La Habana" published information about this.

As a result of the natural disaster, 5,200 hectares of banana and 1,400 hectares of cocoa plantations were destroyed.

In addition, the hurricane destroyed tomato, rice and corn fields.

In the province of Pinar del Rio, a natural disaster made 200 tons of dried tobacco leaves unusable.