US EditionPresident Sheinbaum Defends Mexico's Right to Supply Oil to Cuba
Mexico sent about 19,200 barrels of fuel per day to Cuba in 2025 to prevent a deeper humanitarian crisis, with shipments valued at $3 billion during peak months, officials said.
- On Monday, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum asserted that Mexico has the right to send fuel to Cuba, emphasizing exports are justified on humanitarian or commercial grounds while seeking to avoid U.S. tariff increases.
- Before the February 2026 sanctions tightening, Mexico's exports reached record levels; a September 2025 visit by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio caused shipments to drop to around 7,000 barrels per day due to diplomatic pressure.
- Pemex reported shipments of about 19,200 barrels per day between January and September 2025, with peak activity delivering 58 shipments valued at about $3 billion, though exports account for less than 1% of national oil production.
- Private companies purchase oil from Pemex to resell to firms operating in Cuba, Sheinbaum noted, indicating energy flows involve more than government-to-government arrangements. Mexico is seeking to resume shipments in line with existing trade agreements.
- Criticizing external sanctions as "suffocating" the Cuban population, Sheinbaum described the U.S. embargo as unjust and donated $1,200 to a humanitarian aid fund for Cuba from personal funds, stressing it was not from public resources.
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The Mexican president said that both trade agreements with Cuba and humanitarian aid with the island have been given “for decades”
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said today that her country has every right to supply fuel to Cuba, whether for humanitarian or commercial reasons.
The Mexican government is in talks with several private companies wishing to buy fuel from the public company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) to sell it to Cuban companies, said Monday the President of Mexico Claudia Sheinbaum. ...
Mexico Defends Right to Fuel Trade with Cuba
Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum affirmed the nation's right to send fuel to Cuba, for humanitarian or commercial purposes. This statement follows U.S. President Trump's softened stance on oil shipments to Cuba and inquiries from Cuban private firms to Pemex, Mexico's state-owned energy company.
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