Mexico pauses oil shipments to Cuba after becoming its top supplier

Mexico has suspended its shipments of oil to Cuba. The state-owned oil company Pemex made the decision, and President Claudia Sheinbaum has said the country has not increased its oil supply to Cuba.

This pause comes after reports that Mexico had recently become Cuba's number one supplier of crude oil, taking advantage of a situation where Venezuela, a traditional ally, has reduced its own shipments. Some Mexican officials, including a senator and the son of former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, had defended sending aid to Cuba, arguing against policies that 'punish the civilian population.'