Mexico Ships Humanitarian Aid to Cuba

(MENAFN) Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum announced Monday that her government is dispatching a fifth vessel loaded with humanitarian supplies to Cuba, as the island nation grapples with deepening shortages driven by decades of economic pressure and a fresh wave of U.S. sanctions.

Sheinbaum made the announcement during her customary morning press conference, using the occasion to reaffirm Mexico's firm opposition to the economic, commercial, and financial blockade Washington has enforced against Havana since 1962.

"We are going to continue sending humanitarian aid. In fact, a ship carrying humanitarian aid is leaving for Cuba today. Mexico will always be fraternal and in solidarity with all nations of the world, and particularly with Cuba," said Sheinbaum.

The Mexican president clarified that the aid shipment does not include oil — a resource currently being covered by Russia — with Mexico instead channeling its efforts toward delivering other critical staples to ease the scarcity of everyday goods facing ordinary Cubans.

The announcement comes amid an escalating pressure campaign by Washington. In recent weeks, the U.S. government has signed two executive orders tightening the sanctions regime against Cuba, cutting off the country's access to fuel supplies and blacklisting several Cuban enterprises — moves that have significantly compounded the humanitarian strain on the island.

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