Since October 16, Meganoticias has questioned Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum about Mexico’s fuel shipments to Cuba.
The mayor confirmed the shipments, without specifying amounts, but stated that they are covered by contracts.
“It’s a fuel purchase, just like other countries do. There’s currently a surplus of diesel, and it’s being exported. First and foremost, humanitarian aid, in any case, Mexico will always provide it; always, to Cuba and other countries that need it. That’s our essence, humanism, always. Now, there are contracts,” she said in response to a direct question from Meganoticias.
Meganoticias’ Investigative Unit requested these contracts through a transparency request. Neither the Ministry of Energy, the National Energy Commission, the National Energy Control Center, Pemex, nor the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had this information.
What the president failed to mention at that press conference is that Pemex has a subsidiary, governed by private commercial law, which is therefore not obligated to provide information through the national transparency platform. This subsidiary is called Gasolinas del Bienestar (Gasoline for Well-being).
She also failed to mention that since July 2023, this subsidiary has been purchasing crude oil and petroleum products from other Pemex subsidiaries under the same conditions, and exporting them to Cuba.
In total, in 2023, it exported 3,091,200 barrels of crude oil and 607,200 barrels of petroleum products.
Meanwhile, in 2024, it exported 20,100 barrels of crude oil and 2,700 barrels of petroleum products to Cuba. That is, 7,939,500 barrels of crude oil and 985,500 barrels of petroleum products.
This made Mexico an important source of support for the Cuban government, especially in the face of U.S. intervention in Venezuela.
“Of course, with the current situation in Venezuela, Mexico has obviously become an important supplier. Before, it was Venezuela, but this is part of what has historically been sent,” he said during the conference on Wednesday, January 7.
Mexico gives a significant amount of oil to Cuba, but there is no clarity on the total amount sold and given away.
Source: meganoticias
