Mexico’s president says cancellation of oil shipment to Cuba is ‘sovereign’ decision

<p>Claudia Sheinbaum denied move was response to pressure from the US, after Trump said ‘zero’ oil would go to Cuba</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/mexico">Mexico</a> has cancelled a shipment of oil to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/cuba">Cuba</a>, the country’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, appeared to confirm on Tuesday, but she insisted the decision was “sovereign” and not the response to pressure from the US.</p><p>Fuel shortages are causing increasingly severe blackouts in Cuba, and Mexico has been the island’s biggest oil supplier since the US blocked shipments from Venezuela last month.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/27/mexico-cuba-trump-oil">Continue reading...</a>