Overview
- President Donald Trump said the U.S. is speaking with Cuba’s top leadership and suggested a possible agreement could be reached.
- Last week he signed an executive order authorizing tariffs on countries that sell or provide oil to Cuba, declaring a national emergency linked to Havana.
- Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum announced a Navy‑led humanitarian shipment of food and basic goods to Cuba this week.
- Sheinbaum denied discussing oil with Trump and said the fuel question is being handled by Foreign Minister Juan Ramón de la Fuente and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
- Mexico’s ruling‑party senators backed the aid plan as Cuba condemned the U.S. measures, and Mexico says any decision on oil shipments will be pursued through diplomacy.