The United States government will allow Mexico to supply oil to Cuba, despite President Donald Trump's threats to leave Havana without crude, according to Energy Secretary Chris Wright during an interview with CBS. Wright said that U.S. policy is to 'allow' Mexico to continue bringing oil to Cuba, as the official told CBS News, which states that another official also supports this claim. The Secretary's statements come after Trump said on Sunday in his social media posts that 'there will be no more oil or money for Cuba: zero.' According to an official cited by CBS on condition of anonymity, the U.S. administration is not seeking to cause Cuba to collapse without oil but hopes it will 'abandon its communist system.' Amid the tensions, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel assured that there are currently no conversations with the Trump government, except for contacts related to migration issues. Following the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, Cuba was exposed to an imminent negative effect due to the breakdown of bilateral relations with the South American country. Meanwhile, the Mexican president, Claudia Sheinbaum, had previously said that her country is willing to be the 'best vehicle for communication' between the United States and Cuba.
No intervention. The president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, said that a possible military intervention by the United States in Mexico against drug organizations was ruled out during the call the two leaders held this Monday. The conversation, which Sheinbaum described as 'very good' and 'friendly,' comes after Trump declared in an interview with Fox News on Thursday that Washington would now start attacking 'by land' the drug cartels that, he claims, control Mexico. 'Was military action ruled out?' a reporter asked the president during her daily press conference. 'Yes,' Sheinbaum responded twice. Additionally, she stated that in one year, the illegal trafficking of fentanyl to the neighboring country, which has caused the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Americans in recent years, had been reduced by 50%. Previously, in a message on X, the head of state informed that the call covered security, reduction in drug trafficking, trade, and investments.
