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US ally hardens stand against Trump amid Russia, China backing for Cuba | 'Mexico won't surrender'
A quiet energy crisis is rapidly turning into a geopolitical showdown stretching from Washington to Mexico City and all the way to Havana. As Cuba struggles with crippling blackouts and fuel shortages,
Mexico and Cuba share a history as Spanish colonies, but their relationship with one another has had its ups and downs through the years.
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez condemned the executive order, calling it a “brutal act of aggression against Cuba and its people.”
Mexico has found itself walking a diplomatic tightrope after US President Donald Trump threatened to impose tariffs on countries that send oil to Cuba.
Mexico sold less than 1% of its total 2025 oil production to Cuba and was paid about $496 million, officials with state-owned oil company Pemex said on Wednesday.
President Donald Trump said the U.S. was beginning to talk with Cuban leaders as his administration is putting greater pressure on the communist-run island and cutting off key oil supplies.