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Thomas Graham in Tijuana and Ruaridh Nicoll in Havana

Mexico president says Trump tariffs on Cuba’s oil suppliers could trigger humanitarian crisis

people ride tricycles on a street
Havana, Cuba, on Friday. Photograph: Yamil Lage/AFP/Getty Images

Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, has warned that Donald Trump’s move to slap new tariffs on countries sending oil to Cuba could trigger a humanitarian crisis on the island, which is already suffering from chronic fuel shortages and regular blackouts.

The US president signed an executive order on Thursday declaring a national emergency and laying the groundwork for such tariffs, ratcheting up the pressure to topple the communist government in Havana.

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