Mexico announces new aid shipment to US-blockaded Cuba
(FILES) An activist waves a Cuban flag on board the vessel Maguro — symbolically renamed “Granma 2.0” as a tribute to the yacht utilized by Fidel Castro’s guerrilla fighters to launch their revolution in 1956 — because it arrives from Mexico with humanitarian aid as a part of the Nuestra America convoy, docking on the port of Havana on March 24, 2026. Two sailboats that disappeared whereas taking humanitarian aid from Mexico to Cuba have been positioned by the Mexican Navy and its crew is secure, organizers and Mexican authorities stated on March 28, 2026. (Photo by YURI CORTEZ / AFP)
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum stated Monday that her authorities was sending a new shipment of humanitarian aid to Cuba, the place a United States (US) oil blockade has created a worsening financial and humanitarian disaster.
“Today a humanitarian aid boat leaves for Cuba,” Sheinbaum stated in his each day press convention, stressing that the shipment doesn’t embody oil.
“We’re orienting ourselves to other humanitarian support,” the left-leaning chief added.
US President Donald Trump has vowed to starve Cuba of oil after the US navy ouster of former president Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela in January, previously the nation’s primary provider of the commodity.
The scenario has deteriorated because the new measures have been carried out, main to each day blackouts that final a number of hours and shortages of provides in hospitals.
Tourism has additionally plummeted as many worldwide flights are unable to refuel.
In March, two Mexican Navy ships loaded with 1,000 tons of humanitarian aid arrived in Cuba.
On May 7, three UN particular rapporteurs stated the US gasoline blockade quantities to “energy starvation” and has “serious consequences” for human rights and growth.
“Cuba has been subjected to energy starvation by the United States, a condition in which the lack of fuel cripples the functioning of essential services required for a dignified life,” the consultants stated in a joint assertion.
