Mexico City, March 24 (Prensa Latina) Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum stressed today that only the Cuban people should define their destiny and no one else, amid the tightening of the blockade and threats from the United States against the island.
“No one should define the destiny of another nation other than its own people, and we will always defend that, not only because it is in our Constitution, but because it is our conviction, and the people of Cuba must define their destiny. No one else,” the president asserted.
Also during her usual meeting with the media, the head of the Executive yesterday asserted the right of the Caribbean nation to self-determination and advocated for the use of multilateral means and not violent action in the face of disagreement.
“We uphold, and will always uphold, the right of the Cuban people to self-determination. And that in the face of any conflict, multilateral channels, the United Nations, should be used,” the dignitary stated from the National Palace.
He considered those as “the ways, in case of any dispute”, and “not one country over another, not invasion, not a violent solution”.
He stated that it is public knowledge that the United States and Cuba are holding talks, and affirmed that his administration has spoken with both sides “seeking mechanisms to let them know that Mexico is always present to prevent any conflict.”
Sheinbaum reiterated her rejection of the economic, commercial and financial blockade applied by Washington to the island for more than six decades and tightened last January through an executive order signed by the US president, Donald Trump.
The lack of access to fuel resulting from this resurgence affects sensitive areas such as electricity generation, the operation of hospitals, food production and distribution, and water pumping in the Caribbean country.
Sheinbaum reiterated that her nation will continue sending food and other products to Cuba.
“Today another humanitarian aid ship departs from Mexico to the island, to the Cuban people, and we are going to send all the humanitarian aid that is necessary,” he said, adding that the United Nations should also send material aid to the Caribbean country.
He noted that his government is also seeking “the possibility of fuel arriving, without affecting Mexico, as humanitarian aid or even through trade agreements.”
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