On a modified bicycle that serves as a wheelchair, Teodardo Debardet returns home after receiving a humanitarian aid package sent by the United States to victims of Hurricane Melissa, which struck eastern Cuba last year. Despite the oil blockade and the tightening of economic sanctions against Cuba, Washington continues to provide assistance to Melissa’s victims […] The post Rural Cuba Still Struggles After Last Year’s Hurricane as U.S. Aid Arrives appeared first on The Tico Times | Costa Rica News | Travel | Real Estate .