Move from Claudia Sheinbaum comes after Trump signed an order threatening tariffs on countries that sell oil to Cuba. “We never discussed with President Trump the issue of oil with Cuba,” Sheinbaum said at a public event on Sunday in the northern state of Sonora. After the US attack on Caracas last month to capture President Nicolás Maduro, Trump halted oil shipments from Venezuela, making Mexico’s support even more critical. “From the United States Congress, we do not understand President Sheinbaum’s eagerness to continue undermining our country’s policies,” wrote the Republican congressman Carlos Giménez Monday on X. “So I’m sure that has to be a concern to President Sheinbaum as she’s preparing to negotiate these troubled waters.” (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/02/claudia-sheinbaum-mexico-oil-cuba-trump)

Source: The Guardian February 05, 2026 22:41 UTC