President Sheinbaum on Cuba: "No to invasion, no to a violent solution"
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The President of Mexico reiterated her position on the US' blockade against Cuba. No fuel shipments from Mexico to Cuba have been announced.

This article by Emir Olivares and Alonso Urrutia originally appeared in the March 23, 2026 edition of La Jornada, Mexico’s premier left wing daily newspaper.

Editor’s note: President Sheinbaum has not said she will resume fuel shipments to Cuba, while she has said she is seeking to resume these shipments, she has not given a date or timeline as to when those shipments would resume. Mexico has sent multiple ships of humanitarian aid to Cuba, which the US government does not consider to be a violation of its illegal fuel blockade. The last fuel shipment from Mexico to Cuba was in early January and as of today, March 23, there are no scheduled fuel shipments.

As in previous statements, today President Sheinbaum reiterated her position which is that Mexico seeks to resume fuel shipments in a way that will not negatively affect Mexico, such as on February 26th after the US Supreme Court struck down President Trump’s ability to unilaterally impose tariffs, including the executive order which would tariff any government that shipped fuel to Cuba.

The President is repeatedly questioned during her morning press conferences about resuming fuel shipments to Cuba as the domestic solidarity movement with Cuba’s demand is that Mexico resume oil shipments to Cuba. If fuel shipments to Cuba from Mexico resume, Mexico Solidarity Media will have a story up as soon as possible!

Mexico City. Mexico will always uphold the Cuban people’s right to self-determination, President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo asserted, addressing the potential risk of armed conflict between Cuba and the United States.

He stressed that any conflict should be resolved through diplomatic, multilateral means and dialogue, and not through the intervention of one country in another, an invasion or a violent action.

When questioned at Monday’s morning press conference about the risk of a US intervention on the island, the head of the Executive Branch emphasized:

“We will continue sending humanitarian aid and will always uphold the Cuban people’s right to self-determination. And in any conflict, we will always pursue multilateral avenues. No one country over another, no invasion, no violent solution. We uphold the Cuban people’s right to self-determination and to define their own government.”

The federal leader considered that, given the situation facing the Cuban people—due to the tightening of Washington’s measures against the Caribbean country, especially the blockade preventing it from obtaining fuel—the United Nations should send humanitarian aid.

She recalled that since the beginning of the 1960s, Mexico has spoken out against the economic, financial and commercial blockade imposed by the United States against Cuba.

“And we are against preventing fuel from arriving, with reprisals against other countries to prevent it from arriving, both humanitarian aid and trade agreements that any country can have with another.”

“That will always be our position regarding Cuba, and we have made that clear to the United States; and Cuba knows it. We are seeking to ensure that fuel can reach Mexico, without affecting Mexico, through humanitarian aid and even through trade agreements,” the President stated.

The President indicated that it is public knowledge that talks are taking place between Washington and Havana, and therefore insisted that a peaceful solution must be found to the differences.

“We are talking with the Cuban and US governments, seeking mechanisms to let them know that Mexico is always present to prevent any conflict.”

President Sheinbaum reported that another Mexican ship carrying humanitarian aid for the island’s population is departing today. “And we’re going to send all the necessary humanitarian aid. International brigades have also left from Mexico; we’ve been assisting them by ensuring their boats aren’t alone, as some are small, so they don’t encounter problems along the way.”

President Sheinbaum also called on Mexican businesspeople to analyze the mechanisms for making investments in Cuba, since the island’s government has just announced that it is opening its economy in various ways.

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