Radio Cadena Agramonte emisiora de Camagüey
Mexico City, Feb 13.- 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 exist, of course," asserted the president 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 also mentioned that flights are not suspended.
Aircraft "can come to Mexico (to load jet fuel). In fact, flights of Mexican airlines are not closed to Cuba, because there is jet fuel here and it is very close," she pointed out.
Yesterday, the Mexican Navy vessels Papaloapan and Isla Holbox arrived in the largest of the Antilles with approximately 814 tons of essential food items and hygiene products, after departing Sunday from the port of Veracruz bound for the Caribbean country.
"As soon as they return (the ships), we will send more support of different kinds," Sheinbaum stated the day before, who has described the energy siege imposed by Washington as unfair.
U.S. President Donald Trump signed the executive order on January 29 declaring a supposed national emergency and establishing a process to apply tariffs on goods from countries that supply crude oil to the largest of the Antilles.
On the other hand, the ruling party National Regeneration Movement, as well as groups such as the Vapor Cuba Militant Solidarity Collective and the Association of Cubans Resident in Mexico, called on the population to support the largest of the Antilles with supplies.
Organizations have warned that depriving Cuba of access to oil implies paralyzing the country and applying 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 movements and political formations, have spoken out in support of the Caribbean nation in the face of the United States energy siege, described as cruel and anachronistic. (Source: Prensa Latina)
