Alejandro Alegría
La Jornada Newspaper
Friday, January 30, 2026, p. 3
Neither the Ministry of Energy (Sener) nor Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) issued comments regarding the tariff measures that the United States will take against countries that sell oil to Cuba.
After the president of the United States, Donald Trump, signed an executive order to impose taxes on goods from nations that provide crude oil to the island, The Day He requested a positioning from both the company and Sener; However, the communication area of the Ministry of Economy (SE) indicated that there would be no comments, as it is an issue that is not within its competence.
The above occurs a few days after Bloomberg and Reuters reported that Mexico had suspended fuel shipments to Cuba, which are used for electricity generation. Granma reported energy deficits, despite the fact that the island has around 49 photovoltaic plants, which are insufficient to cover demand.
In recent days, President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo declared that the shipments made to the island are due to humanitarian reasons, which is not recent. He added that on other occasions they are also carried out within the framework of signed contracts.
According to reports sent by Pemex to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), since July 2023, the subsidiary Gasolinas Bienestar has acquired energy from the company to sell them to Cuba. Between January and September 2025, Gasolina Bienestar exported 17.2 thousand barrels per day of crude oil and 2 thousand barrels per day of oil products, for a total amount of 7.9 billion pesos, equivalent to 400 million dollars.
Information released by the company indicates that these sales represented 3.3 percent of total exports of crude oil and 1.8 percent of total exports of petroleum products, respectively.
