Key facts
- Mexico intends to restart oil shipments to Cuba using private companies.
- Previous shipments by state-owned Pemex were halted due to U.S. tariff threats.
- Cuba faces a severe energy crisis with prolonged power outages and shortages.
- Mexico will continue to provide humanitarian aid to Cuba.
- The plan aims to utilize Cuba's recently approved free-market reforms.
Mexico plans to restart oil shipments to Cuba using private companies, aiming to alleviate the island's deepening energy crisis. President Claudia Sheinbaum announced that commercial transport, rather than state-led efforts by Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex), would be utilized. Previous shipments were halted after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened tariffs on nations supplying fuel to Cuba.