Mexico City — Mexico dispatched another humanitarian aid ship to Cuba on Thursday and pledged to continue supporting the island nation despite longstanding U.S. sanctions, President Claudia Sheinbaum announced.
Speaking at a press conference, Sheinbaum said her government remains committed to solidarity with Cuba and will facilitate civilian initiatives that have proper permits to deliver donations. “Solidarity with Cuba at this moment is solidarity with Latin America,” she said, echoing words from former President Lázaro Cárdenas in 1961. “That is the solidarity we are determined to give to the Cuban people.”
The Mexican Navy processed all necessary permits for the Nuestra América flotilla, a civilian initiative by Latin American activists, to depart from the port of Chelem in Yucatan. The Granma 2.0 vessel, part of this flotilla, left a day later than planned carrying supplies that will be delivered directly to people on the island.
Sheinbaum reiterated her government’s opposition to U.S. measures against Cuba, including decades of economic blockade and recent restrictions that isolate the country from fuel imports. “We will continue supporting the Cuban people and finding ways to provide fuel to Cubans without affecting Mexico,” she said.
The president emphasized that Cuba has faced economic sanctions for years, hindering its development. “We always defend the self-determination of peoples. It is the Cuban people themselves who should decide how to govern, without foreign intervention,” she stated.
Meanwhile, at the high-level forum between the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) and Africa in Bogotá, Colombia, Mexican Foreign Minister Juan Ramón de la Fuente met with his Cuban counterpart Bruno Rodríguez. De la Fuente reiterated that Mexico will maintain humanitarian aid and close bilateral relations with Cuba, “as instructed by President Sheinbaum.”
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