Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Tuesday the 27th that her government had temporarily halted oil shipments to Cuba, but adopted an ambiguous tone, saying that the pause was part of general fluctuations in oil supplies and that it was a “sovereign decision” not taken under pressure from the United States.
Sheinbaum was responding to questions about whether state oil company Pemex had cut oil shipments to Cuba amid growing pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump for Mexico to distance itself from the Cuban government.
“Pemex makes decisions in the contractual relationship it has with Cuba,” Sheinbaum said at his morning press conference. “Suspending is a sovereign decision and is taken when necessary.”
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The vague statements come as Trump seeks to isolate Cuba and further increase pressure on the island, a longtime adversary under strict economic sanctions from Washington.
*Source: Associated Press.
*Content translated with the help of Artificial Intelligence, reviewed and edited by the editorial team of BroadcastGrupo Estado’s real-time news system
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