Mexico Sends Food — But Not Oil

Since Trump’s executive order two weeks ago, which threatens to impose additional tariffs on countries that send oil to Cuba, oil shipments from Mexico have stopped.

Mexico and Venezuela were Cuba’s two main oil suppliers. Now, neither is sending tankers to the island.

On Thursday, two vessels from the Mexican Navy carrying humanitarian aid docked in Cuba. The aid includes more than 800 tons of food, powdered milk and personal hygiene products. Mexico’s foreign ministry said it will soon dispatch another 1,500 tons of aid.

Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum this week said that the U.S. policy of “strangling” the Cuban people is “unjust.” She added that her government is talking to Washington to look for ways to continue sending fuel to Cuba without facing economic reprisals.