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AMLO Administration Spent 387 Million Pesos on Cuban Textbooks Laced With Anti-U.S. Messaging

A watchdog’s latest disclosure shows federal agencies outsourced the printing of 15 million ideologically charged textbooks for Cuba under opaque contracts.

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Al menos 15 millones de libros de texto gratuitos fueron donados por el gobierno de López Obrador a Cuba. FOTO: Especial
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Overview

  • Documents obtained by MCCI reveal that Conaliteg hired state-owned IEPSA to print 15 million free textbooks for Cuban students at a cost of 387.4 million pesos.
  • Two separate contracts signed between 2023 and 2024 covered 5.225 million books for 163.4 million pesos and 9.936 million for 223.9 million pesos, while maritime shipping was paid by the Foreign Ministry.
  • Excerpts in seventh-grade texts praise Che Guevara, Fidel Castro and Hugo Chávez and accuse the United States and Donald Trump of causing Cuba’s humanitarian crisis, including allegations of a biological war.
  • The Education Ministry has not issued a statement on the contracts or the political content, prompting questions over procurement transparency and the politicization of state-produced materials.
  • This textbook deal adds to other AMLO-era cooperation with Cuba—fuel shipments by Pemex, Cuban medical personnel contracts and medicine purchases—intensifying scrutiny of bilateral support.