They are in our hemisphere. Their people are not responsible for the a-holes in charge.
And don’t you think Plywood with “Donated by the people of the USA” printed on the side will hold any sway?
Its easy to hate. It can be kind of hard to do the right thing.
Helping those people in need is the morally proper thing to do.
Roll up your sleeves and fly down to Puerto Rico.
Giving the wrong people resources (or control over it) can lead to catastrophic results.
Communists are not people I trust.
For example, Fidel Castro was supplied with two women/girls a day. It is unclear if these women/girls were willing or not.
I guess one woman/girl was for the morning, the other for the evening.
I am not against Red Cross, Catholic Relief Services, etc., helping, but not resources that will be needed not for Florida but:
Puerto Rico (US Territory), US Virgin Islands (US Territory).
Then comes, as a priority: British Virgin Islands, Haiti, Dominican Republic and other Island nations such as Barbados that are going to get slammed hard by the most powerful hurricane on record in the Atlantic.
H. Harvey had a barometric pressure of 967 at one point. Let Russia help Cuba, unless we can guarantee the right people get help.
There is more than one case in the last 20 years where humanitarian food has been used as a weapon, and people were starved to make a political point.