“As I said yesterday, we consider it very unfair to impose tariffs on those who send oil to Cuba, and we will continue to help (the island) with various types of humanitarian aid,” the head of the Executive Branch reaffirmed from the National Palace.

“At this moment, we are taking all the necessary steps to be able to send oil again, which is very necessary for the people of Cuba, and to ensure that it does not affect the people of Mexico,” the president stated.

She mentioned, as on previous occasions, that most of the crude oil that this nation sent to Cuba was through a purchase contract, just as with any country in the world, and another portion was for humanitarian reasons.

According to Mexico’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, some 814 tons of humanitarian aid departed for Cuba from the port of Veracruz aboard the Navy’s logistics support ships Papaloapan and Isla Holbox.

Yesterday, Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel thanked Mexico for “the solidarity, the affection, the ever-warm embrace of Cuba.”

Various voices in Mexico, from members of parliament to social organizations and political parties such as the ruling Morena party and the Labor Party, have expressed their support for the Caribbean nation in the face of the United States’ energy blockade, which they have also described as cruel and anachronistic.

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