The Government of Mexico announced this Wednesday that it will send a second shipment of humanitarian aid to Cuba, after a first shipment which left last Sunday.
The president Claudia Sheinbaum He also assured that his country will continue with shipments until completing about 800 tons, in the middle of the crisis facing the island after the US tariff announcement to the countries that supply oil.
“They arrive tomorrow, the ship returns. And a second shipment is going to be made and that’s how it will be sent. Until it reaches 800 tons,” explained Sheinbaum, who also opened the possibility of integrating donations from civil organizations into shipments.
The president explained that the bilateral logistics bridge is still underway, after the departure of the first humanitarian shipment, which included food and supplies.
In this context, he assured that his Government carries out “all the necessary diplomatic actions to be able to recover the oil shipment.” according to an office of EFE.
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Solidarity of Mexico with Cuba
“You cannot hang a people like that in that way, very unfair.”very unfair. So, a call for there not to be these sanctions and for the people to always be supported,” declared the president about the oil siege and the Trump Administration’s sanctions against Cuba.
Sheinbaum pointed out that citizen groups that collect food could join the shipments, although he specified that the federal administration has not formally called for collections.
“I know that there are groups in society that are organizing to collect supplies and if they can deliver it they will also be sent,” he stated.
He added that the Ministry of the Interior will enable an institutional channel to coordinate possible additional contributions.
Until now, the Mexican Executive has not detailed the content of the second shipment or the complete shipping schedule, although it reiterated its intention to complete the announced volume.
The president recalled that the decree signed by her American counterpart Donald Trump plans tariffs on countries that export oil to Cubato which he acknowledged that Mexico has stopped crude oil shipments to the island to avoid repercussions while diplomatic efforts continue.
Chile evaluates joining
In parallel, the Government of Chili is evaluating sending humanitarian aid to Cuba, in the midst of the crisis that the island is going through, as confirmed this Wednesday by the official spokesperson, Camila Vallejo.
“Mexico is already sending help and it seems very positive and necessary to me. We are in that evaluation process, depending on the resources that are available and the specific needs for help,” Vallejo said in an interview with ADN Radio.
The spokesperson added that the administration of President Gabriel Boric “has always been willing to come to the aid, for humanitarian reasons, of people who have needed it due to situations of war, invasions or, even in this case, economic blockades that affect not the political system (…) but, ultimately, the people.”
However, Vallejo clarified that “any decision will depend on the budgetary and logistical capabilities of the Chilean State.” referred The Century.
From the parliamentary level, communist senator Daniel Núñez recalled that, after the earthquake and tsunami that affected Chile in 2010, Cuba sent a field hospital and a medical brigade.
“Now that people can die in Cuba due to the blockade and the lack of medicines and basic supplies, it is time for Chile to give back and send humanitarian aid,” he wrote on the social network X.
When the earthquake and tsunami of 2010 affected us, Cuba set up a field hospital and a medical brigade. Now that people can die in Cuba due to the blockade and the lack of medicines and basic supplies, it is time for Chile to give back and send humanitarian aid. pic.twitter.com/Xp9kW5pFzJ
— Daniel Nuñez A. (@daniel_nunez_a) February 10, 2026
The declarations of possible aid from Chile occur in a context of growing regional tensions due to Washington’s measures and pressure against Havana, which has impacted the island’s energy supply and has motivated diplomatic reactions in Latin America and other parts of the world.
