Mexico City, Feb 14 (Prensa Latina) Very close to the tents erected in the emblematic Zócalo of the capital to celebrate the Day of Love and Friendship, the people of Mexico once again demonstrated today how much they carry Cuba in their hearts.

• February 14, 2026 | 8:53 PM

Among flags of both nations and images of the historical leader of the Revolution on the island, Fidel Castro, and the Argentine-Cuban guerrilla Ernesto (Che) Guevara, the space set up to receive supplies destined for the largest of the Antilles experienced a constant hustle and bustle.

The continuous flow of people arriving with large or small packages, containing everything from food to medicine and other supplies, was complemented by the counting and organization of the products into larger boxes for later shipment to the Caribbean nation.

Organized by the Militant Solidarity Collective Va por Cuba and the José Martí Association of Cuban Residents in Mexico, the campaign “From town to town, let’s end the blockade” aims to make it clear that the island, besieged by the United States, is not alone.

“We have seen the massive response from the Mexican people. Long before the tent opened, there were already people lined up with their donations,” Olivia Garza, vice president of the Association, told Prensa Latina, describing the turnout as impressive.

“It’s so full that we’ve had to ask two trucks to take away boxes, because otherwise we wouldn’t fit in the tent, and we still have a lot to collect,” he commented when there were still three hours left before the end of the first day of the initiative.

Regarding the message this reaction from the Mexican people sends to US President Donald Trump, Garza maintained that Washington’s aggressive policy “will not be able to defeat the people of Cuba, nor block international solidarity.”

The campaign comes after Trump signed an executive order in January declaring a purported national emergency and establishing a process for imposing tariffs on goods from countries that supply crude oil to the Caribbean nation.

Organizations have warned that depriving the country of access to oil would paralyze it, as it affects such sensitive areas as electricity generation, the operation of hospitals, food production and distribution, and water pumping.

Amid the tightening of the embargo imposed by Washington on the island for more than six decades, Jocabeth Garay, of the Mexican Movement of Solidarity with Cuba, assured that everything possible is being done “to break this criminal blockade” that “tries to strangle” the population.

“Mexicans have always been supportive, and Cubans are a brother nation that has always been in our hearts,” he said.

Acts like this add to other tangible displays of solidarity emanating from the country, such as the arrival at the port of Havana last Thursday of 814 tons of aid sent by the government and the decision of President Claudia Sheinbaum to make more shipments.

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Mexico City, Feb 14 (Prensa Latina) The renowned Mexican newspaper La Jornada addresses today in its pages the international denunciations against the energy blockade imposed by the United States on Cuba and its impacts on the population of the Caribbean country.

• February 14, 2026 | 11:19

On its front page, the news outlet refers to the warnings from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights regarding the effects of the oil blockade on access to food, water and health in the Caribbean nation.

The spokesperson for that organization, Marta Hurtado, pointed out that intensive care units and emergency rooms are at risk, as well as the production, supply and storage of vaccines, blood products and other temperature-sensitive medicines.

High Commissioner Volker Türk reiterates his call to lift all unilateral measures due to their broad and indiscriminate impact on the population, the statement notes, stressing that such actions constitute a violation of human rights.

This statement comes after US President Donald Trump signed an executive order in January declaring a supposed national emergency and establishing a process to apply tariffs to goods from countries that supply crude oil to Cuba.

The Republican’s decree, another turn of the screw in the economic siege imposed for more than 60 years, is part of Washington’s current maximum pressure policy against that country, and attempts to justify it with the interest of national security and the foreign policy of the United States.

La Jornada also refers to the impact of the controversial measure on food production and management in Cuba, and the possibility mentioned yesterday by President Claudia Sheinbaum of opening an air bridge to deliver aid, if Havana requests it.

On Thursday, the ships Papaloapan and Isla Holbox, of the Mexican Navy, arrived in Havana with some 814 tons of basic food and hygiene items, after departing on Sunday bound for the Caribbean nation.

“As soon as the ships return, we will send more support of different kinds,” the head of the Executive stated that day.

Solidarity was also evident from the ruling National Regeneration Movement (Morena), and groups such as the Militant Solidarity Collective Goes for Cuba and the Association of Cubans Residing in Mexico, which called on the population to support the island with food supplies.

In what it described as an act of consistency and Latin American brotherhood, the Morena parliamentary group in the Congress of this capital, together with the State Executive Committee of the political formation, also announced the start of a solidarity campaign.

In addition, at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, the Assembly of Postgraduate Students in Latin American Studies invited people to join in the collection of food supplies in another initiative from the 17th to the 20th of this month.

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 Feb 14, 2026 — WCVB Boston

BOSTON —

President Donald Trump’s oil blockade on Cuba caused concern among demonstrators who took to the streets of Boston, Massachusetts, to support the island nation.

Demonstrators said the blockade could cause Cuba to run out of oil by month’s end.

The Trump administration is also imposing tariffs on any country that sells oil to the island nation.

“The emergency declaration is based on the preposterous lie that Cuba poses an imminent threat to the National Security of the United States,” a spokesperson for the Massachusetts Peace Action wrote in a press release.

Several protesters gathered outside the MBTA’s Park Street station, holding signs of support for Cuba.

In an executive order, President Trump said the “policies, practices, and actions of the Government of Cuba constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat.”

He told reporters on Friday the order is not meant to choke off Cuba’s economy, but added he doesn’t think the island nation can withstand the blockade.

Mexico City, Feb 13 (Prensa Latina) President Claudia Sheinbaum stated today that Mexico could open an air bridge, if Cuba requested it, through which other countries could send support to the Caribbean nation.

“If Cuba requests it, those conditions would be met, of course,” the president asserted in response to a question about that possibility during her usual press conference, in a context marked by the tightening of the United States blockade against the island.

The head of the Executive Branch also stated that flights are not closed.

Aircraft “can come to Mexico (to refuel). In fact, Mexican airline flights to Cuba are not closed, because there is jet fuel here and it is very close,” he pointed out.

Yesterday, the ships Papaloapan and Isla Holbox, of the Mexican Navy, arrived in the largest of the Antilles with some 814 tons of basic food and hygiene items, after departing on Sunday from the port of Veracruz bound for the Caribbean country.

“As soon as the ships return, we will send more support of different kinds,” Sheinbaum said yesterday, who has described the energy blockade imposed by Washington as unfair.

US President Donald Trump signed the executive order on January 29 declaring a supposed national emergency and establishing a process to apply tariffs to goods from countries that supply crude oil to Cuba.

On the other hand, the ruling party National Regeneration Movement, as well as groups such as the Militant Solidarity Collective Goes for Cuba and the Association of Cubans Residing in Mexico, called on the population to support the largest of the Antilles with food supplies.

Organizations have warned that depriving Cuba of access to oil would paralyze the country and constitute collective punishment considered by international law as genocide and the greatest violation of human rights.

Diverse voices in Mexico and the rest of the world, from parliamentarians to political movements and formations, have spoken out in support of the Caribbean nation in the face of the United States’ energy blockade, described as cruel and anachronistic.

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The Cuban ambassador to Mexico confirmed the arrival of the two SEMAR vessels with humanitarian aid.

Once Noticias February 12, 2026

The Cuban ambassador to Mexico, Eugenio Martínez Enríquez , confirmed that the Havana coastline received the two vessels sent by the Secretariat of the Navy (Semar) with humanitarian aid sent by Mexico .

“The Havana coastline welcomes the two ships of the Mexican Navy carrying the material aid donated by #Mexico to #Cuba . Thank you, Mexico! The Cuban people will be in port very soon,” commented Eugenio Martínez Enríquez , Cuban ambassador to Mexico.

The Mexican government reported the shipment of 814 tons of humanitarian aid to Cuba via two Mexican Navy ships :

• The Papaloapan River , which transported 536 tons of essential food supplies.
• The Isla Holbox , which brought 277 tons of powdered milk to the island.

Mexico reaffirms its international commitment

Among the essential items that Mexico sent to Cuba were: liquid milk, meat products, cookies, beans, rice, tuna, sardines, vegetable oil, and personal hygiene items.

February 12, 2026 — Belly of the Beast

Rumors and reports have circulated in the international press and on social media that Alejandro Castro, the son of former Cuban President Raúl Castro, has been representing Cuba in negotiations with the United States in Mexico.

But these reports and Trump’s claims appear to be “fake news”: There have been no high-level negotiations between Cuba and the United States, according to a Drop Site News article published on Monday based on interviews with five anonymous Cuban and U.S. officials.
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Trump is “saying that because that’s what Marco is telling him,” a senior Trump administration official told Drop Site.

The official added that Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s strategy is to pretend negotiations are dragging on so they can later be dismissed as pointless — with Havana taking the blame. Once diplomacy is portrayed as exhausted, regime change would appear as the only remaining option.

If Trump were to reach an agreement with Cuba, Rubio would face a choice: abandon the cause that has defined him and his hardline Cuban-American supporters or step down as secretary of state.

Drop Site’s reporting has been corroborated by The New York Times. An article published on Sunday reports that there have been no substantive negotiations between Cuba and the Trump administration. An anonymous senior State Department official told The Times that there have been no talks about changes to the island’s political or economic system. Communication between the two governments, the source said, is mostly about technical issues, such as repatriation flights.

Last week, Cuba’s Deputy Foreign Minister Carlos Fernández de Cossío said the two countries have had “some exchanges of messages” that were “linked” to the highest levels of government in Cuba, but have not established a “bilateral dialogue.”

In televised remarks last Thursday, President Miguel Díaz-Canel said Cuba remains open to dialogue with the United States, but the country’s sovereignty isn’t on the table.

“Viva’s planes are fueled for the round trip, so we reiterate that operations continue as normal,” the company said in a statement.

February 9, 2026 — teleSUR

Despite the lack of aviation fuel at Cuban airports, Mexican airlines operating flights to the island are maintaining their schedules as normal , confirmed Eugenio Martínez Enríquez, Cuba’s ambassador to Mexico, on Monday.

” Flights to Cuba from Mexico are not suspended. We have confirmed that all airlines with connections to Cuba are maintaining their schedules ,” the diplomat stated in a message posted on social media.

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Díaz-Canel thanks Mexico for sending more than 800 tons of humanitarian aid to Cuba

This situation arises after the Cuban government informed international airlines on Sunday , via a NOTAM (Notice to Airmen), that the country would run out of aviation fuel starting February 10 due to the United States’ “oil blockade.” The notice affects all nine of Cuba’s international airports and is initially valid for one month, until March 11.

Embajada de Cuba en México

@ Hemos confirmado que todas las líneas aéreas que tienen conexión con #Cuba mantienen sus frecuencias.

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Flights to Cuba are not suspended from Mexico. We have confirmed that all airlines that have a connection with #Cuba maintain their frequencies.

Given this situation, airlines have adopted contingency measures . Viva Aerobus announced that its planes will depart from Mexico with enough fuel to complete round trips . ” Viva’s planes are fueled for the round trip, so we reiterate that operations continue as normal ,” the company stated in a press release.

Their strategy contrasts with that of other international companies, where Air Canada announced the immediate suspension of its services to the island, while the Spanish airlines Air Europa and Iberia will implement technical stops in the Dominican Republic to refuel on their flights from Havana to Madrid .

The fuel crisis is a direct consequence of the tightening of the US embargo , which first halted oil shipments from Venezuela on January 3 and then threatened to impose tariffs on any country that supplies crude to Cuba, a measure announced on January 29. Mexico, which was one of the island’s main crude oil suppliers, opted to suspend those shipments and will instead send 814 tons of humanitarian aid .

Two Mexican military ships carrying food and hygiene products are scheduled to dock in Cuba mid-week. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has prioritized her country’s support in this area while she continues talks with Washington to resume oil shipments to the island.

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Source: Agencies

Washington, Feb 10 (Prensa Latina) Important figures in the United States signed an open letter demanding that President Donald Trump cease his aggression against Cuba, warning that trying to subdue a people today through starvation is a form of terrorism.

Actors Mark Ruffalo, Kal Penn and Susan Sarandon, writer Alice Walker and 22 members of the New York City Council are among the group of artists, elected officials, public figures and organizations that signed the petition.

“Massive famine and human suffering in Cuba are the target of Trump’s latest ’emergency’ Executive Order, which prevents Cuba, an island nation, from importing oil or any energy source necessary for its survival,” the letter, titled “A Call to Conscience,” stated.

According to the text, published on The People’s Forum’s X account, “this is a cynical and crude ploy to distract public opinion from internal problems that are causing massive public dissent and, as we have seen with Venezuela, a precursor to an illegal military attack.”

The statement said: “We, along with millions of people in the United States and around the world, reject this inhumane act against the Cuban people.”

“This is not a national security policy; it is a deliberate act of economic warfare intended to strangle an entire population,” he stressed.

He recalled the Call that at the time President Barack Obama (2009-2017) initiated an important effort to normalize relations between the United States and Cuba.

“Both countries reopened their embassies after 50 years of closure. In the United States, Cuba, and throughout the Western Hemisphere, people welcomed this as a finale to the anachronistic Cold War policies that had dominated the relationship,” he added.

But Trump, he said, has reversed the course set by the Obama administration. His Executive Order of January 29 designates Cuba as an “unusual and extraordinary threat” to the United States.

This is obviously false, but it provides a pretext for imposing severe economic sanctions on any country that attempts to supply oil or trade with Cuba, the Appeal to Conscience stressed.

The message warned that “the consequences of the new Executive Order will be measured in human suffering: families will be left without electricity, refrigeration or cooking; hospitals will face impossible decisions, with the risk of closing wards and suspending critical treatments.”

Furthermore, “the distribution of food and medicine will be paralyzed, while the most vulnerable —children, the elderly and the sick— will suffer the consequences of this cruelty.”

This policy is unacceptable. Cuba poses no threat to the United States. Subjugating a population through starvation is not diplomacy; it is a form of terrorism, he stated.

We call upon all people of conscience to reject this cruelty and demand an immediate end to the economic, commercial, and financial blockade imposed by successive US governments against the island, the publication added.

He argued that, for more than 30 years, the UN General Assembly has voted annually, by an overwhelming majority, to condemn the unilateral blockade against Cuba.

Therefore, the Appeal urged Trump to conduct “his foreign policy respecting the wishes of the American people and in accordance with international law.” We, the American people, want normal relations with Cuba, to treat it with equality and respect, and, most importantly, to see Cuba and the Cuban people as our neighbors and not as our enemies, the Appeal emphasized, concluding with “Let Cuba live! Cuba is not a threat!”

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Mexico City, Feb 8 (Prensa Latina) The Mexican government announced today that it sent more than 814 tons of humanitarian aid to Cuba, in a context marked by the intensification of the economic blockade imposed by the United States on the Caribbean nation.

• February 8, 2026 | 5:11 PM

In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs specified that, in compliance with the instruction of President Claudia Sheinbaum, the logistics support ships Papaloapan and Isla Holbox, of the Mexican Navy, set sail this Sunday from the port of Veracruz.

The supplies from the Central Naval Region were concentrated at the dock of the National Port System Administration of Veracruz, from where the shipment was made.

According to reports, the Papaloapan transports essential food items, including liquid milk, meat products, cookies, beans, rice, tuna in water, sardines and vegetable oil, as well as personal hygiene items, with a cargo of around 536 tons of these goods.

Meanwhile, on Isla Holbox, just over 277 tons of powdered milk were loaded for the same purpose.

The first vessel departed at 8:00 a.m. local time, and the second at noon, the Foreign Ministry detailed, adding that they are expected to arrive at their destination in four days and noting that there are still more than 1,500 tons of powdered milk and beans pending shipment.

The statement emphasized that, with these actions, the Government reaffirms the humanist principles and solidarity that guide it, and its commitment to international cooperation between peoples, especially with those who, in situations of emergency and vulnerability, require humanitarian aid.

“Cuba and Mexico are sister nations, heirs to a long history of solidarity that we honor today,” she stressed.

In noting that the people of Mexico keep alive their tradition of solidarity with those of Latin America and in particular with those of Cuba, the Foreign Ministry also recalled the aid sent in recent months to other countries that have requested it.

In that regard, he mentioned the support provided in response to the fires in California, USA, and in Chile, the floods in Texas, and the tragedies caused by natural disasters in various nations of the continent.

Sheinbaum stated last Friday that Mexico would send humanitarian aid to Cuba no later than tomorrow, while diplomatic efforts continued to supply oil, following Washington’s threat to impose tariffs on countries that send crude oil to the largest of the Antilles.

Various voices in Mexico, from parliamentarians to social organizations and political parties such as the ruling Morena and the Labor Party, have spoken out in support of the Caribbean nation in the face of the United States’ energy siege, described as unfair, cruel and anachronistic.

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