The Mexican president, Claudia Sheinbaum, confirmed on Monday that petrol was being shipped from Mexico to Cuba as part of "energy and monetary cooperation" and" consistency with a series of support" that have been "historically" given to the Caribbean island.

The leader stated at her morning press conference following EFE's report that Mexico had delivered 80 000 barrels of fuel to the Caribbean island in order to ease the shutdown problems that" we are doing this within a legal framework as a royal nation. "" Secondly, we are continuing a series of support measures that our country has previously provided to Cuba," the president said. The president did not provide information about the volumes or prices of the barrels Petroleos Mexicanos ( Pemex ) delivered to Cuba. She did, however, make it clear that "everything is legal and is a part of something that has been done" with the island" for a while. Sheinbaum stated that Pemex would later disclose the cost of the shipment as well as transportation, loading, and unloading costs, but that these deliveries were also made for "humanitarian reasons" for Cubans. Mexico was the only nation to oppose the first" Despite the blockade ( at the Organization of American States ( OAS) ), there has always been a Mexico-Cuba relationship, regardless of the political party in power. The Mexican president emphasized at the National Palace that this is nothing new and that everything is done within the meaning of the law. Since 1994, when Mexico contributed$ 350 million to the "modernization" of the Cuban refinery Camilo Cienfuegos, Sheinbaum has provided a timeline of this bilateral relationship to the media. She also noted that former presidents Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and Luis Echeverria's administration have made official visits to the Caribbean island between the years of 1970 and 1976, despite the fact that she stated that she "has no plans" to travel to Cuba at this time.

According to data from the University of Texas Energy Institute ( USA ), two ships from Mexico last week left for Cuba to help with the island's blackout crisis, according to Sheinbaum's response.

At a crucial time for Cuba, which experiences power outages lasting 20 hours or more per day in large areas of its territory, and amid doubts that Venezuela will remain its main oil supplier as a result of US military pressure, the two ships will deliver hydrocarbons to the island. EFE

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