Despite the regime's low investment in agriculture, the FAO blames the US for the food shortage in Cuba.

According to the state agency, he did not indicate whether the aid includes fuel. Its absence would indicate that the government of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva would not be willing to challenge Washington to help its ally. The Brazilian Ministry of Agrarian Development informed the Cuban state agency that the action is being coordinated by the Brazilian Cooperation Agency of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. According to Prensa Latina, the latter Brazilian entity said that the country is developing a cooperation program with Cuba, which includes the initiatives announced during Lula's visit to Havana on the occasion of the G77 + China Summit. The agency recalled that, during an event commemorating the 46th anniversary of the Workers' Party (PT), the Brazilian president expressed his country's solidarity with the Cuban people, who, he said, “are victims of a speculative massacre by the United States,” and urged the PT to find a way to help the island.