Overview
- The Mexican president said deliveries to Cuba follow longstanding contracts and humanitarian assistance, and she asked Pemex to publish detailed figures while the foreign ministry provides historical context.
- Financial Times, citing Kpler, reports Mexico supplied about 44% of Cuba’s crude imports in 2025 versus 34% from Venezuela, averaging roughly 12,284 bpd to the island.
- Investigations by MCCI document continued late‑2025 flows, including a November 24 export of about 13 million liters of diesel and December voyages by the Liberia‑flagged tanker Ocean Mariner to Havana.
- Pemex disclosed to U.S. markets that its Gasolinas Bienestar unit shipped 17,200 barrels of crude and 2,000 barrels of products to Cuba in the nine months through September, valuing exports at about $400 million and asserting legal compliance.
- Reporters note Venezuela sharply reduced shipments to Cuba last year as Mexican cargoes grew more prominent, drawing renewed U.S. scrutiny of assistance to the Cuban government.