Comprehensive Scoring Analysis

Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, has pledged to send humanitarian aid this week to Cuba and said Mexico was “expl…

Donald Trump last week signed an executive order allowing the US to slap tariffs on countries sending crude oil to Cuba…

“We never discussed with President Trump the issue of oil with Cuba,” Sheinbaum said at a public event on Sunday in the…

Mexico’s support for Cuba has become a sudden sticking point in its relationship with Washington, already under immense…

The Mexican government last year eclipsed Venezuela to become Cuba’s top oil supplier, a lifeline for a country in econ…

After the US attack on Caracas last month to capture President Nicolás Maduro, Trump halted oil shipments from Venezuel…

Since Maduro was captured and renditioned to the US, Washington has increasingly turned its attention to Cuba, with Mar…

But after threatening a virtual oil blockade, Trump said on Sunday that Washington was negotiating a deal with the Cuba…

“Cuba is a failing nation.

It has been for a long time, but now it doesn’t have Venezuela to prop it up.

So we’re talking to the people from Cuba, the highest people in Cuba, to see what happens,” Trump told reporters on Sun…

“I think we’re going to make a deal with Cuba.

” After slamming Trump’s executive order as “an unusual and extraordinary threat”, Cuba’s foreign minister, Bruno Rodrí…

Havana’s sudden willingness to negotiate may be an act of desperation: the Financial Times has reported that, according…

But Trump’s efforts to pressure Cuba on to the negotiating table rely partly on Mexico halting its oil supply, putting …

William LeoGrande, an expert on US-Latin America relations at American University said: “It’s a little hard to see thro…

” Underscoring the tightrope Sheinbaum is walking, her vow to keep sending humanitarian aid to Cuba drew strong praise …

“From the United States Congress, we do not understand President Sheinbaum’s eagerness to continue undermining our coun…

“We do not understand her eagerness to continue aiding the murderous and cruel dictatorship that tramples on the people…

” As Mexico and the US head towards trade negotiations in July, Sheinbaum will have to continue treading carefully, par…

“It’s leverage that Washington has and we’ve seen Trump do this all the time – use economic coercion to get countries t…

“So I’m sure that has to be a concern to President Sheinbaum as she’s preparing to negotiate these troubled waters