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(Bloomberg) — Mexico will continue sending aid shipments of crude oil to Cuba, in a potential clash with Donald Trump’s pledge to deprive the impoverished island of such energy assistance.
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President Claudia Sheinbaum, who described the shipments as humanitarian in nature, told reporters the oil exports to communist-run Cuba and other unspecified countries would be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
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“The humanitarian aid will continue, as it does to other countries,” she said. “We have to determine it based on the requests,” Sheinbaum added.
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For years, Sheinbaum’s leftist Morena party has emphasized its solidarity with Cuba and continued Mexico’s decades-long oil diplomacy to the Caribbean island.
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The Mexican leader’s latest comments reiterating her support for the Cuban oil aid come after state-owned Pemex removed a cargo destined for Cuba from its schedule earlier this month. The ship was set to load its crude cargo in mid-January and would have docked in Cuba before the end of the month, according to a company document obtained by Bloomberg News.
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Earlier this month, Trump announced that no more oil or money would be going to Cuba, though he didn’t explain how the restrictions would be enforced. Trump’s move to tighten the pressure on the longtime US foe came after he flexed his military muscle in the region by capturing Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro in a shock early morning raid.
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Mexico’s oil shipments are “a sovereign decision, and Pemex makes its own decisions,” Sheinbaum stressed earlier this week. “Cuba has experienced blockades which have generated shortages and Mexico has always been supportive.”
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