The Mexican government announced that it sent another ship yesterday with humanitarian aid destined to support the people of Cuba and that it will also facilitate civilian initiatives with the necessary permits to deliver donations to the island, President Claudia Sheinbaum reported at a press conference.
“Solidarity with Cuba at this time is solidarity with Latin America,” the president emphasized, referring to the words of General Lázaro Cárdenas from 1961 in support of the Caribbean nation. “That is the solidarity that we are committed to giving to the people of Cuba,” the Mexican president pledged.
Meanwhile, in the context of the high-level forum between the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) and Africa, held in Bogotá, Colombia, Foreign Minister Juan Ramón de la Fuente met with his Cuban counterpart, Bruno Rodríguez, to whom he reiterated that Mexico will maintain humanitarian aid and a close bilateral relationship with the island, “as instructed” by President Sheinbaum.
The head of the Executive Branch reaffirmed her government’s position regarding the series of measures that the United States has imposed on Cuba, ranging from a decades-long economic blockade to new measures that isolate the country from fuel imports.
The people must decide how to govern themselves.
“We will continue to support the Cuban people and seek ways to provide fuel to the Cuban people, which is fundamental at this time, without affecting Mexico,” she insisted.
She explained that Cuba has endured an economic blockade for years, which has prevented the Cuban people from developing freely in terms of economic factors. “We always defend the self-determination of peoples. It is the Cuban people themselves who must decide how to govern themselves, without foreign intervention,” Sheinbaum emphasized.
The mayor added that the Mexican government has promoted humanitarian aid and will continue to do so, while also facilitating permits for citizen initiatives that seek to bring supplies to the island.
For this reason, another ship carrying humanitarian aid to the island departed yesterday, sent by the federal government, and the Mexican Navy also facilitated all the necessary permits for the Our America Flotilla, an initiative of Latin American activists that departed from Yucalpetén, near the port of Chelem, in Yucatán.
