Arturo Sánchez Jiménez and Emir Olivares — La Jornada
February 24, 2026
Mexico City. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE) reported Tuesday night that the Mexican Navy sent a new shipment of humanitarian aid to Cuba.
In a statement released this Tuesday, the Foreign Ministry indicated that, on the instructions of President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, the Navy Secretariat sent a new shipment of humanitarian aid to the Caribbean nation.
He explained that on Tuesday the logistics support ships Papaloapan and Huasteco set sail from the port of Veracruz, carrying a total of 1,193 tons of supplies destined for the civilian population of the island.
Among the essential food items being transported by the ARM Papaloapan are beans and powdered milk, totaling 1,078 tons. Meanwhile, the ARM Huasteco’s cargo consists of 92 tons of beans and 23 tons of miscellaneous food products.
The Foreign Ministry specified that these “23 tons of humanitarian aid were delivered by various social organizations with the support of the Mexico City government at the collection center set up in the Historic Center and correspond to a first delivery.”
He also emphasized that “the people of Mexico maintain their tradition of solidarity with the peoples of Latin America, and particularly with the people of Cuba.” He added that the country “has always provided assistance to our sister nations in need,” and recalled that in recent months aid has been sent to various countries requiring support in the face of emergencies, such as the wildfires in California, USA, and Chile; the floods in Texas; and other tragedies caused by natural disasters across the continent.
For the maritime transfer, whose estimated travel time is four days, as well as for the loading and unloading of the cargo, more than 350 naval personnel were used, in addition to a crane and five forklifts, the Foreign Ministry reported.
