Mexico's president seeks to restart oil shipments to Cuba as island's crises deepen
Sheinbaum said commercial firms could resume deliveries as Cuba faces fuel shortages that have cut work hours and caused power outages, officials said.
- On Monday, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum announced that Mexico aims to restart oil shipments to Cuba soon, utilizing private and commercial firms instead of state-owned companies.
- Shipments were previously suspended after President Donald Trump threatened tariffs on any nation supplying oil to the island, following the attack on Venezuela that halted critical supply chains.
- Sheinbaum plans to leverage existing Mexican business owners on the island and recent Cuban free-market reforms, with private companies holding transport permits serving as the new mechanism.
- Mexico will continue providing humanitarian aid as the island faces severe power outages, water shortages, and suspended surgeries amid the deepening energy crisis.
- Cuba currently produces only 40% of its required petroleum; since the attack on Venezuela, the island received only one Russian shipment of 730,000 barrels consumed within a month.
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Mexico wants to restart soon the shipment of oil to Cuba, but not through state companies but in a commercial way and with private companies, said on Monday President Claudia Sheinbaum during her ‘morning’ conference. Following the U.S. attack on Venezuela and the capture of then-President Nicolás Maduro on January 3, Donald Trump threatened to impose tariffs on any nation that sends fuel to Cuba, which aggravated the energy crisis that the isla…
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Mexico's president seeks to restart oil shipments to Cuba as island's crises deepen
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum says her country seeks to restart oil shipments to Cuba soon, a move that could provide much needed relief as the island’s crises deepen given a lack of petroleum.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said she wants Mexico to resume shipments of oil to Cuba
Mexico was a key supplier of oil to Cuba when Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was still in power, but the shipments were suspended when President Donald Trump threatened tariffs on any country that provides or sells oil to the island.
President Claudia Sheinbaum said that Mexico could soon resume the commercial supply of fuels to Cuba through private companies authorized to export hydrocarbons, a mechanism that is already under review. The president explained that the new provisions approved by the Cuban Government open opportunities to strengthen the bilateral trade relationship and expand the participation of Mexican businessmen in strategic sectors of the island. Sheinbaum…
TelesurTV_Latin American Summary June 22, 2026. According to President Claudia Sheinbaum, the resumption is not raised as a humanitarian issue, but as a trade exchange. “With the new characteristics approved by the Congress and the Government of Cuba, from there there there may be a greater commercial relationship with Mexican businessmen in Cuba,” he said. “The entry to Mexico. He plans to resume oil trade with Cuba through private companies wa…
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