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Mexico's Sheinbaum Sidesteps Questions on Halting Oil Shipments to Cuba

Has Mexico finally stopped propping up Cuba's dictatorship or is the country exercising legitimate sovereignty in its oil policy?
Mexico's Sheinbaum Sidesteps Questions on Halting Oil Shipments to Cuba
Above: Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum speaks during her daily morning briefing on Jan. 26, 2026. Image credit: Jeannette Flores/ObturadorMX/Getty Images

The Spin

Pro-establishment narrative

Mexico props up Cuba's brutal dictatorship with billions in oil shipments while claiming humanitarian motives, deliberately hiding the true extent of support from the U.S. This ideological alliance entraps regular Mexicans in economic consequences during crucial trade negotiations — all to sustain a regime that denies basic human rights and keeps its people in poverty and darkness. It's great news that Mexico has finally stepped back.

Establishment-critical narrative

While it's indeed concerning that Sheinbaum has evaded questions about reports of a halted shipment to Cuba, one can only wait for Mexico to eventually explain this issue. Under her leadership and that of Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Mexico has exercised its legitimate sovereignty, refusing to subordinate national policy to foreign pressure. Hopefully, this anti-imperialist stance hasn't changed.

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