"Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum has announced that her country will ship humanitarian aid to Cuba, as she continues to negotiate with United States President Donald Trump to relax the oil blockade he has imposed on the island nation. Speaking on Friday from Michoacan, Sheinbaum added that her government would be delivering the aid imminently. list of 3 itemsend of list We are planning to send this aid, if not this weekend, then on Monday at the latest, she said. It is mainly food and some other supplies that they have requested."
"Her remarks come after Trump issued an executive order last week declaring that Cuba's communist government constituted an unusual and extraordinary threat to the US, thereby requiring a national emergency declaration. Trump cited reports of human rights violations on the island, the mass exodus of migrants and asylum seekers from Cuba, and the country's ties to Russia, China and Iran."
Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum announced imminent shipment of humanitarian aid to Cuba consisting mainly of food and other requested supplies. Sheinbaum is negotiating with the United States to restore Cuba's access to oil, needed to power the island's electrical grid. The United States has threatened tariffs against any country that provides oil to Cuba, whether directly or indirectly. Sheinbaum said Mexico does not want sanctions. The US issued an executive order declaring Cuba an unusual and extraordinary threat citing human rights abuses, migrant exodus, and ties to Russia, China and Iran, and pledged tariffs on oil suppliers.
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