Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum stated on Monday that mechanisms are being developed to allow private companies to transport fuel to Cuba, which is under a US energy blockade.
“We are working on it. Primarily through—it hasn’t exactly restarted—but the mechanism would be through private companies that have the permit to ship fuel to Cuba,” she asserted in response to a question about whether oil trade between the two countries had resumed.
During her daily press conference, the head of the Executive Branch stated from the National Palace that work on this has been underway for some time.
“We hope that trade can resume soon. This isn’t a humanitarian issue, but a commercial one,” she clarified.
“Humanitarian support continues,” she added, “(now it would be) the commercial aspect, which also hasn’t been shut down, but with the new characteristics approved by the Cuban Congress and Government. From there, there can be greater commercial relations with Mexican businesses in Cuba.”
On June 9, the head of the Executive Branch reaffirmed her country’s decision to continue sending material aid to the Caribbean nation, amidst the strengthening of the economic, commercial, financial, and energy blockade imposed by Washington.
For more than six decades, the United States has maintained a blockade against Cuba, which was tightened last January through an executive order signed by US President Donald Trump.
The lack of access to fuel resulting from this intensification affects such critical areas as electricity generation, the operation of hospitals, food production and distribution, and water pumping in the Caribbean nation.
Washington’s threats and other measures against Cuba have sparked rejection and condemnation from popular sectors, governments and politicians in Mexico and various nations around the world.
[ SOURCE: PRENSA LATINA ]
