Mexico is engaged in all diplomatic efforts to be able to redirect oil to Cuba. 'We do it for humanitarian reasons; also for commercial reasons, it is part of our trade,' the official informed during the morning press conference at the National Palace midweek. However, after US intervention in the Venezuelan government, Mexico became the main fuel supplier to Cuba, which faces increasing energy problems, while the Trump administration seeks to deepen this agony. He indicated that he has not yet spoken with Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel, but will seek him out 'if necessary.' Pemex sold Cuba USD 496 million in crude and petroleum products in 2025. According to the report from last Wednesday by Rodríguez Padilla, the Mexican state-owned oil company sold Cuba $496 million last year through an open contract that depends on the Cuban government's requirements and Pemex's availability, and, like any commercial contract, punctual payment is obtained for the transaction. Claudia Sheinbaum confirmed this Friday that dialogue with the US government of Donald Trump is maintained to continue supplying crude oil to Cuba without being sanctioned with tariffs. Since President Trump threatened this week to impose new tariffs on countries supplying energy to the island, the president said they would evaluate this new order, but without stopping humanitarian aid, which includes food and other inputs that will be sent this week or at the latest on Monday, as reported by the president this morning. But this morning she also revealed that there are dialogues to continue sending barrels of oil, which according to Víctor Rodríguez, director of Pemex, after days of speculation, it results in less than 1% of what the company produces. 'Obviously, we do not want sanctions for Mexico, but we are in that dialogue process,' she said from Morelia, Michoacán, where she held her morning press conference this morning. She explained that in charge of these negotiations is Lázaro Cárdenas Batel, head of the President's Office and Foreign Relations. 'It is very, very little, it really represents for us.'
