Cuba Is Not Yet Receiving More Mexican Oil

Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum said on January 7 that her country has not substantially increased the volume of oil it sends to Cuba. 

Mexico surpassed Venezuela in 2025 to become Cuba’s leading source of oil, according to a Financial Times report. 

Despite Trump’s announcement on social media that Venezuela would no longer be sending oil to Cuba, current U.S. policy allows Mexico to continue sending oil to the island, U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright and another official told CBS. 

Rep. Carlos Gimenez threatened Sheinbaum on social media, alleging that “she claims to be a friend of the USA and then betrays us by providing free oil to the dictatorship in #Cuba. This must stop immediately. The consequences will be severe.”