President of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, endorsed this Sunday the call made on Saturday night by former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to support the Cuban people against the economic and fuel blockade imposed by the United States. 'The Cuban brothers are suffering, and it is a brotherly, close people,' she added. On Saturday night, former President López Obrador (2018-2024) reappeared on social media with a message in support of Cuba and called for helping the Cuban people by depositing money into a civil association's bank account. During his government, López Obrador signed an agreement with Cuba to hire doctors from the island and bring them to the country, and in turn, fulfilled oil shipments, both by contract and for humanitarian reasons. This Sunday, the President of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, thanked Mexico for its 'generous solidarity and support' in response to López Obrador's message. 'Yesterday, President López Obrador, who is now retired writing books, wrote something on his social networks and said: 'I feel very pained by what is happening to the people of Cuba,' because the people of Cuba have been under a blockade by the United States and other countries for many years, not allowing products to arrive,' Sheinbaum pointed out at an event in Compostela, in the state of Nayarit, northwest. 'That is one thing, but that should not make the people suffer.' On Friday, President Sheinbaum celebrated the rapprochement between Cuba and the United States and reiterated that her government will continue to promote diplomatic dialogue and support the Cuban people amid renewed tensions between Washington and Havana. The Communist Party of Cuba also confirmed on Friday that representatives of the island's government have held contacts with U.S. authorities to identify problems in the bilateral relationship and assess possible avenues for cooperation. The talks between the two governments take place in a context of prolonged tensions between Washington and Havana, including the economic embargo imposed by the United States on the island for decades and recent pressure blocking the entry of oil imports into the Caribbean country. 'Recently they made another blockade so that oil would not arrive.'
