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Oscar Lopez in Mexico City

Mexico’s president pledges to send aid to Cuba despite US efforts to cut oil access

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President of Mexico Claudia Sheinbaum walks to a press conference at the Palacio Nacional on 18 September 2025, in Mexico City, Mexico. Photograph: Manuel Velasquez/Getty Images

Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, has pledged to send humanitarian aid this week to Cuba and said Mexico was “exploring all diplomatic avenues to be able to send fuel to the Cuban people”, despite efforts from Washington to cut off oil to the Caribbean nation.

Donald Trump last week signed an executive order allowing the US to slap tariffs on countries sending crude oil to Cuba and on Saturday said that Sheinbaum had agreed to halt shipments of oil at his request – a claim the Mexican leader rejected.

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