Mexico\u2019s President Claudia Sheinbaum says she plans to send humanitarian aid to Cuba this week, including food and other supplies<\/b>
\nMexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum announced Sunday she plans to send humanitarian aid to Cuba this week, including food and other humanitarian aid.
Sheinbaum’s comments came after U.S. President Donald Trump said he asked the Mexican leader to suspend oil shipments to the Caribbean island.
Sheinbaum said at a public event in the northern state of Sonora that she did not discuss Cuban affairs in a phone conversation with Trump on Thursday. She added that her government seeks to \u201c diplomatically solve everything related to the oil shipments (to Cuba) for humanitarian reasons.\u201d
Earlier, Trump told reporters that he told the Mexican president not to send oil to Cuba.
Mexico then became the main supplier of crude oil and refined products to Havana.
Mexican oil has long acted as a key lifeline for Cuba. In its most recent report, Pemex said it shipped nearly 20,000 barrels of oil per day to Cuba from January through Sept. 30, 2025.
In September, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio visited Mexico City. Afterward, Jorge Pi\u00f1on, an expert at the University of Texas Energy Institute who tracks shipments using satellite technology, said the figure had fallen to about 7,000 barrels.<\/p>\n