SAN LUIS POTOSÍ, Mexico.- A ship with about 400,000 barrels of oil It left the Mexican port of Pajaritos and heads to Cuba, in the midst of an energy crisis that has left the entire country in darkness.
According to a report from the agency Reuters, from of maritime transport data, the Mexican Government has sent crude oil to the Island.
The arrival of the Cuban-flagged oil tanker Vilma is scheduled for the end of this week, according to data from the financial company LSEG, which has exclusively covered the Mexico-Cuba routes this year.
Reuters stated that a cargo Previous oil was shipped in mid-September by Mexico to a port serving the Cuban Cienfuegos refinery.
The news comes after the president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaumwill reveal that your government is evaluating the possibility of sending fuel to Cubain response to the serious energy crisis facing the Island.
The president also reiterated Mexico’s historic position against the United States embargo on the Havana regime. “We are against the blockade of Cuba, it is the sovereignty of the people, that is what our foreign policy says, it is the Cuban people who must decide how to organize themselves and their form of government, there does not have to be intervention and, furthermore “The blockade affects the people,” Sheinbaum said.
The situation in Cuba, which was already critical, worsened on Friday, October 18, due to the total disconnection of the National Electroenergy System (SEN) and a consequent national blackout that caused the massive closure of schools, the collapse of hospitals and has forced many citizens to cook in the streets. Besides, At least 28 protests have been registered in seven provinces of the country.
From January to September, Mexico supplied Cuba with about 20,000 barrels per day (bpd) of Olmeca crude oil, which arrived mainly in Cienfuegos. In all of 2023, Mexico exported about 16,000 bpd of crude oil and refined products to the Island, according to data consulted by Reuters.
Gasolina Bienestar, a subsidiary of Pemex, sold 21.8 thousand barrels of crude oil diaries from January to March last to the Island, which represented an increase of 30% when compared to the 16.8 thousand barrels shipped between July and December 2023, reported The Universal.
In 2023, Mexico will send at least $200 million in oil to Cuba, according to calculations by the University of Texas Energy Institute. cited by the EFE news agency. However, at the time Petróleos Mexicanos (PEMEX) denied that it was a donation, and now Sheinbaum emphasizes that the current assistance has been of a technical nature.
