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Thomas Graham in Tijuana

Mexico’s president says cancellation of oil shipment to Cuba is ‘sovereign’ decision

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Claudia Sheinbaum on 21 January 2026 in Mexico City, Mexico. Photograph: Carlos Santiago/Eyepix Group/Shutterstock

Mexico has cancelled a shipment of oil to Cuba, the country’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, appeared to confirm on Tuesday, but she insisted the decision was “sovereign” and not a response to pressure from the US.

Fuel shortages are causing increasingly severe blackouts in Cuba, and Mexico has been the island’s biggest oil supplier since the US blocked shipments from Venezuela last month.

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