“Mexico is in the best condition, in the best position to do so, but obviously, it has to be accepted by both sides. But on this occasion, we didn’t discuss this issue,” she said in response to a question about whether she had spoken about the island with her US counterpart, Donald Trump.

The president held a call with the Republican on Monday, after the magnate declared in recent days that he would begin ground attacks against the cartels, in a context marked by Washington’s recent aggression against Venezuela and the threat to other countries, including Cuba.

Sheinbaum highlighted on December 22 the historical ties between her nation and Cuba. “The Mexico-Cuba relationship is historic. Mexico was the only country that opposed the blockade (imposed by the United States) from the outset.

Therefore, regardless of the political party in power, there has always been a Mexico-Cuba relationship,” she emphasized.

In this way, the head of the Executive Branch responded to a question about oil shipments to Cuba, a nation besieged for more than 60 years by an economic, commercial, and financial embargo imposed by Washington, which experts consider the main obstacle to the island’s development.

Mentioning energy cooperation and the visits of Cuban leaders to Mexico and vice versa over decades, regardless of the political affiliation of the leaders in the United States, Sheinbaum stressed that the ties with the Caribbean nation are not new.

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