Sheinbaum promises continued humanitarian aid for Cuba — just not oil

President Claudia Sheinbaum connected Sunday denied that she had spoken to U.S. President Donald Trump astir cutting disconnected Mexico’s lipid shipments to Cuba, and announced that her authorities is preparing a consignment of nutrient and different non-oil supplies for the Caribbean land nation.

Sheinbaum’s remarks successful Guaymas, Sonora, came aft Trump asserted connected Saturday that helium had told the Mexican president not to nonstop lipid to Cuba.

🛢️🇺🇸 🇲🇽🇨🇺Trump aseguró que México nary está enviando petróleo a Cuba porque él mismo se lo solicitó a Sheinbaum

En una atención a medios a bordo del Air Force One habló sobre la situación de la isla y respondió que Sheinbaum dejó de enviar petróleo a Cuba a petición suya.

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While speaking to reporters connected Air Force One, Trump was asked what his effect was to Sheinbaum’s assertion connected Friday that the United States’ exertion of tariffs connected countries that proviso lipid to Cuba could trigger a humanitarian situation successful the land nation.

“Well, it doesn’t person to beryllium a humanitarian crisis. I deliberation they would astir apt travel to america and privation to marque a deal,” said the U.S. president, who connected Thursday issued an enforcement bid paving the mode for the United States to enforce tariffs connected imports from countries that proviso lipid to Cuba.

“So Cuba would beryllium escaped again. They’ll travel to us, they’ll marque a deal. But Cuba, really, they’ve got a problem. … They person nary money, they person nary oil. … They lived disconnected Venezuela wealth and oil, and nary of that’s coming now. And past the president of Mexico, President Sheinbaum, was precise good. I said, ‘Look, we don’t privation you sending lipid there,’ and she’s not sending lipid there,” Trump said.

Indeed, Mexico’s authorities lipid company, Pemex, canceled plans to nonstop a shipment of crude to Cuba this month. However, Sheinbaum asserted that Pemex’s determination was not influenced by unit from the United States, which is pressing for authorities alteration connected the communist-run Caribbean island.

Sheinbaum asserts she has ne'er spoken to Trump astir lipid shipments to Cuba 

Speaking astatine an lawsuit successful Guaymas astatine which she announced a program to grow the larboard successful the city, Sheinbaum declared that “we ne'er spoke with President Trump astir the contented of lipid with Cuba.”

The Mexican and U.S. presidents spoke by telephone connected Thursday morning, conscionable hours earlier Trump issued an enforcement bid announcing the United States’ volition to enforce tariffs connected goods from countries that proviso lipid to Cuba.

After the call, Sheinbaum said that “the contented of Cuba” wasn’t discussed successful her 40-minute telephone with the U.S. president.

On Sunday, she said that she hasn’t discussed Cuba and Mexico’s lipid shipments to the state successful immoderate of the galore telephone conversations she has had with Trump.

“When the contented was discussed was successful the speech that the Minister of Foreign Affairs [Juan Ramón de la Fuente] had with Secretary [of State] Marco Rubio [in January],” Sheinbaum said.

“… We are exploring each diplomatic avenues to beryllium capable to nonstop substance to the Cuban people, due to the fact that this isn’t a substance betwixt governments, but alternatively a substance of enactment to forestall a humanitarian situation successful Cuba,” she added.

“And successful the meantime, we’re going to nonstop nutrient and different important assistance to the island,” Sheinbaum said.

She said connected Friday that she didn’t privation to hazard further tariffs being imposed connected Mexican goods, but stressed that “there are different ways to support” the radical of Cuba isolated from with oil, and declared that Mexico “will ever amusement solidarity” with the land nation.

In 2025, Mexico became the apical lipid supplier to Cuba, an energy-strapped state that has agelong relied connected imports to conscionable request for petroleum products.

Mexican Navy to nonstop humanitarian assistance to Cuba

Sheinbaum said that the national government, “this week,” is preparing to nonstop a shipment of humanitarian assistance to Cuba.

#AlMomento 🚨 La presidenta Claudia Sheinbaum anunció el envío de ayuda humanitaria a Cuba: “Es una ayuda que va hacer la Secretaría de Marina de alimentación y otros productos”.

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“It’s assistance that the Ministry of the Navy volition provide, of nutrient and different products,” she said.

“… We’re already doing each the enactment to beryllium capable to nonstop … humanitarian assistance that the radical of Cuba need,” Sheinbaum said, explaining that the shipment would beryllium made up of “essential supplies,” excluding oil.

She said that the proviso of lipid is simply a “fundamental” signifier of humanitarian assistance for Cuba, but portion Mexico can’t nonstop crude to the land without moving the hazard of having further tariffs imposed connected its exports to the United States, “we’re going to nonstop different products that are indispensable for the Cuban people.”

Mexico has supplied lipid to Cuba some done Pemex contracts and arsenic humanitarian aid.

Sheinbaum told reporters connected Friday that Mexico has lone sent a minimal magnitude of lipid to Cuba, though the nonstop quantities shipped to the Communist-run land successful caller times are disputed.

With reports from La Jornada and Reforma