Two Mexican Navy ships laden with humanitarian aid arrive in Cuba as US blockade sparks energy crisi

Описание: (12 Feb 2026)
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Havana, Cuba - 12 February 2026
1. Various of Mexican ship before entering the Havana bay
2. Dawn with smoke from refinery
3. Cuban boat
4. Mexican pilot boat
5. Various of Mexican ship
6. Yohandri Espinosa with daughter
7. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Yohandri Espinosa, Havana resident:
"I consider that it's a very important help for the Cuban people at this moment we are living. Difficult moments of huge need and much uncertainty, and we don't know how long we will be like this."
8. Fishermen in the bay, Mexican ship
9. Javier González talking on cellphone
10. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Javier González, Havana resident:
"Sometimes you think that things are going to improve but it’s not like that. We need another way. Let's give some time to see what happens. We can’t stay like this. We can’t stay how we are because it's too hard. We'll have to wait and see."
11. Mexican ship BAL02 entering the bay
12. Mexican flag on ship
13. Various of military on Mexican ship
14. Mexican ship, city
STORYLINE:
Two Mexican Navy ships laden with humanitarian aid arrived in Cuba on Thursday amid an energy crisis sparked by a U.S. blockade.

The ships arrived two weeks after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened tariffs on any country selling or providing oil to Cuba, prompting the island to ration energy in recent days.

The Mexican government has said that one ship is carrying some 536 tons of food, including milk, rice, beans, sardines, meat products, cookies, canned tuna, and vegetable oil, as well as personal hygiene items.

The second ship is carrying just over 277 tons of powdered milk.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said that while diplomatic efforts to resume oil supplies are underway, humanitarian aid would be sent.

Before Trump's announcement, the state-owned oil company Petróleo Mexicanos (Pemex) had already suspended crude oil shipments to Cuba in January, though it has not clarified the reasons for that decision.

Cuba relied heavily on oil shipments from Venezuela that were halted when the U.S. attacked the South American country in early January and arrested its leader.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel has called Trump's threats an “energy blockade" and said it affects transportation, hospitals, schools, tourism, and the production of food.

In addition to severe blackouts, Cuban officials note that U.S. sanctions, which increased under Trump's second term, cost the country more than $7.5 billion between March 2024 and February 2025.

AP Video shot by Ariel Fernández and Milexsy Durán

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