Mexico has temporarily ended oil shipments to Cuba, adding to President Donald Trump’s efforts to isolate the island and push for a change in the Cuban government.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum announced that her country is temporarily suspending oil shipments to Cuba. She claimed that the measure was due to fluctuations in oil supplies and unrelated to U.S. policy.
Sheinbaum said at a Tuesday press conference that state oil company Pemex “makes decisions in the contractual relationship it has with Cuba.” She added that “suspending is a sovereign decision and is taken when necessary,” according to the Associated Press.
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Mexico’s move to temporarily stall oil shipments to Cuba comes as Trump weighs his options to force regime change in the Cuban government. The administration is weighing
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